http://www.okmensa.org/members/mensokie/ The online version of Mensokie, Central Oklahoma Mensa's monthly newsletter. en-us 2006-09-01T00:00:14-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/fiveyears.html COM members memories of where they were on September 11, 2001. 2055@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:05-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/socialsecurity.html When the Social Security system was created, 41 workers contributed payment for every retiree, so the tax was just 2% on the first $3,000 of earnings. Today, because people are living longer, there are only three workers for every retiree and the tax has increased to 6.2% of the first $90,000 in income. 2056@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:06-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/wordsmith.html Those of us with any exposure at all to the printed and oral media must have noticed in the past decade that writers, reporters, and talking heads of all sizes have increasingly availed themselves of the locution “to beg the question.” Indeed, I venture to say that never before in the history of logic and argument have so many questions been begged, nor so wantonly. It’s a bloodbath of beggary. 2068@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:07-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/view.html Other conventions feature shop talk and widgets. Mensa gatherings offer food for thought. In small conference rooms up and down the corridors of Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, a cerebral smorgasbord awaits some 2,300 members from more than 20 countries. There are seminars such as “The Conscious Clock: Man’s Quest for Immortality,” “Pronic Energy — The Healing Touch,” and “Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Dark Force In The Universe.” 2069@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:08-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/puzzle.html Darrell McClanahan, John Trivette, David Stewart and Jane Weber solved the August puzzles, shown below. You four should be showered with roses! 2070@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:09-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/letters.html I believe a general solution exists for the intransigency of N. Korea, China, and Russia, and the irrational behavior of terrorists. It is the militarization of space... 2071@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:10-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/sugar.html Jane is a native of Oklahoma City and has written stories that fascinate; about her family, friends, odd acquaintances and events. Many of her stories have been enjoyed in the pages of Mensokie. She finally tells her own story — of a person who lived with and ultimately overcame bipolar disorder (manic-depression). She was not diagnosed until she was 32. She describes what it is like to be raised in a family overshadowed by the illness, and to try to fit in at school and to function at work with the undiagnosed disorder. The failure of a marriage and relationships are here as she struggles to understand why her life is so different and so difficult — until she realizes that something is wrong and that she needs help. 2072@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:11-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/art.html [Color covers are nice, but I also like to highlight our artists who do black & white work. Got any for our gallery? Share! — Ed.] 2073@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:12-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/extra.html Below is a sample CultureQuest poser from American Mensa’s CultureQuest-ion of the Day. The question is answered in a different part of your newsletter. Join us in April 2007 or form your own group! 2074@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:13-06:00 http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/0906/masthead.html The opinions expressed herein by the editor or the individual contributors are those of the writer and not those of American Mensa, Ltd, as Mensa has no opinions. 2075@http://www.okmensa.org/mensokie/ 2006-09-01T00:00:14-06:00