[FairfieldLife] Re: Artificial body swapping

2008-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
it, you should catch it. Thanks again. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: In today's New York Times a fascinating article on body swapping: http://tinyurl.com/5kjfyb Just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightened Robin 3: The First Three Years of Enlightenment

2008-12-03 Thread Marek Reavis
Cogent and well said, Mr. Williams; you must have been quite an initiator in your day. Really well said. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve wrote: That can throw you off unless you can get past it... All you have to do,

[FairfieldLife] Artificial body swapping

2008-12-02 Thread Marek Reavis
In today's New York Times a fascinating article on body swapping: http://tinyurl.com/5kjfyb Just the other day I was thinking about how, while driving, my sense of physical self extends to encompass my truck. Similar to the way I feel in a crowd on a busy sidewalk, I feel myself as the truck

[FairfieldLife] Re: Wouldn't it be a trip...

2008-12-01 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, if any particularized point of view persists after death of the body, it seems reasonable to me that it might follow the tracks of attention that had already been laid down. That is if there isn't some other actual-factual metareality that has other plans and the vaporous personality gets a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Solid Proof of Re-Imcarnation.

2008-12-01 Thread Marek Reavis
It seems that all the arguments regarding reincarnation, both pro and con, assume that Time is real and only flows in a single direction. If reincarnation occurs, what's to prevent me (when I die) from coming back as some other personality that existed in what I thought of as the Past in the life

[FairfieldLife] Re: Milarepa DVD

2008-11-30 Thread Marek Reavis
Just saw the DVD weekend last and I agree with you. It's excellent. Milarepa's story is really compelling; I first read his bio on some course in the 70s and it totally took me in. The director and cinematographer are fine; the actors are excellent (Milaprepa's mother is so intense); I'm

[FairfieldLife] Re: Milarepa DVD

2008-11-30 Thread Marek Reavis
were monks from his monastery. I'm waiting for part 2. According to IMDB that was Cannon Beach not La Push. And it looked like Cannon Beach the part south of Haystack Rock. But IMDB can be wrong. Marek Reavis wrote: Just saw the DVD weekend last and I agree with you. It's excellent

[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-26 Thread Marek Reavis
Turq, thanks, got a chance to read Soul Catcher when I first moved to the peninsula. Probably should read it again, it's been so long. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote

[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Bhairitu, I'll be sure to see it, thanks for the recommendation. I used to live on the Olympic Peninsula, first in Port Angeles right on a bluff 50-feet above the Straits of Juan de Fuca, later in the woods in a 2-room log cabin outside of Blynn off of Chicken Coop Road and down a quarter-mile of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Twilight

2008-11-25 Thread Marek Reavis
to the summit once from Port Angeles. After posting my recommendation for Twilight I recalled that a close friend of the family taught high school in Forks and the high school is in the film. Marek Reavis wrote: Bhairitu, I'll be sure to see it, thanks for the recommendation. I used to live

[FairfieldLife] Re: Accidental autograph

2008-11-24 Thread Marek Reavis
] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Just posted two photos of a bird crash smudge found on one of my garden windows this morning. They're in the miscellaneous folder in the photos link. Don't know how long it's been there because it's

[FairfieldLife] Accidental autograph

2008-11-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Just posted two photos of a bird crash smudge found on one of my garden windows this morning. They're in the miscellaneous folder in the photos link. Don't know how long it's been there because it's invisible except that I was dawdling this morning before heading out to the beach and, with the

[FairfieldLife] Excellent Essay on John Stuart Mill in the New Yorker 10.6.08

2008-10-19 Thread Marek Reavis
A good life for Mill,. . . is not one where you have queued before the slot machine of utility and got the candy it dispenses. It is one where you have gone out into the world to build the best self you can -- traveled where you wanted and seen what you could and said what you had to, sung

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy dancing all over the world

2008-06-26 Thread Marek Reavis
That was great, thanks. I would start to get a little bored and then some new location or group or situation would bring me right back to the infectious joy expressed in all those other humans and in the project as a whole. The change from the Happy Dance to the Indian [at around 2:40] was

[FairfieldLife] Re: TESP gains governmental recognition at last!

2008-06-24 Thread Marek Reavis
But what now, stealing everything he received from the greatest Master he ever met to make a hollow living ? How tragic ! Nablusoss1008, your accusations re this Farroukh fellow are nearly the exact same accusations made re Maharishi by some of Guru Dev's followers who saw in his mission and

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick

2008-06-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for this, Turq. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By Robert Crumb: http://www.philipkdickfans.com/weirdo.htm

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick

2008-06-23 Thread Marek Reavis
thought that had he and Aileen (and Sophie) stayed in the area it would have been a place they would have enjoyed. I would have certainly enjoyed having them. Thanks again. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek

[FairfieldLife] Re: TM is just like screwing

2008-06-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Yes, I hadn't remembered that until you brought it up. Great course, my first ATR, and the first time I saw/perceived an aura around Maharishi. It was when he first showed up for the course (maybe the last 2 weeks of it) and when he walked in bright silver points of light emanated from him

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if?

2008-06-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tertonzeno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --passed What if? - me too, as a TM/TB; but it's not complete even from Guru Dev's perspective (Cf. http:/www.tinyurl.com/4hwm5s) since he advocates devotion to the gods along with Japa (outward

[FairfieldLife] Re: What if?

2008-06-19 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: For what it's worth to anyone else, my experience with japa using the Mahamritunjaya mantra (125,000 reps in a little over a year) was very rich. Took about a hour and twenty to do 3 rounds a day and doing japa

[FairfieldLife] J.K.Rowling's Harvard Commencement Address

2008-06-17 Thread Marek Reavis
An exceptionally good address (IMO): http://harvardmagazine.com/go/jkrowling.html Text as prepared follows. Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: Enlightenment, Alzhiemers and Stoned Memory Loss -- was Byron Katie's

2008-06-10 Thread Marek Reavis
New, thanks for writing this (below). My former mother-in-law has been progressing in her Altzheimer's dementia for several years now and from what I've observed over that time at infrequent intervals also strikes me as not a bad fade out from the world. She isn't uncomfortable except when

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-08 Thread Marek Reavis
I totally understand the gesture, Curtis; it's for the same measure of respect that I've always typed out his name, too. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Jim, let me

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-08 Thread Marek Reavis
PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Jim, let me speak for myself here when I tell you that I'm not trying to pigeonhole Maharishi, nor put him down. Rather, I've come to terms, and after a very long time, with his humanity and I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-08 Thread Marek Reavis
Jim, is your internal experience the same as Byron Katie's? Does that description match yours entirely or is it different in some fashion? And, Peter, if you're reading this, is this your experience of awakening? For anyone else, does this sound familiar? Thanks in advance, Marek ** ---

[FairfieldLife] Re: Byron Katie's Awakening

2008-06-08 Thread Marek Reavis
@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Jim, is your internal experience the same as Byron Katie's? Most of the time, being a very active person, I must maintain just enough of a veneer of context in order to operate efficiently. When I am not actively engaged, all of the context just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Cooking With Cellphones

2008-06-07 Thread Marek Reavis
It's good to know that they couldn't possibly have any negative effect on the brains of people using them, though...(hold on I've got to take this call)... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A new novel way to pop popcorn. :)

[FairfieldLife] A comment from an American abroad

2008-06-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Posted 6.06.08 on Andrew Sullivan's blog [and, yes, I'm aware that Sullivan can't stand Clinton and is in the tank for Obama]. ** I am an American who is a graduate student in the UK, and I have been congratulated by people from around the world over the past couple of days for the Obama

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-07 Thread Marek Reavis
Ruth, I'm a big fan of Maharishi for what I saw in him when I was first drawn to his movement and now for how I experience the world and this life, but for a very long time the accumulation of wealth, whether in the form of real estate or gold and crystal brickabrack, appears to have been the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary's speech today

2008-06-07 Thread Marek Reavis
An excellent and gracious address. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you so much. Thank you all. Well, this isn't exactly the party I'd planned, but I sure like the company. I want to start today by saying how grateful I am to all of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rising Insanity of the Age of Enlightment

2008-06-07 Thread Marek Reavis
the same tracks of psychology and behavior as our primate cousins, Maharishi, Guru Dev, Marek Reavis and Jim Flannigan included. I love Maharishi; he's my guru and every morning I place a flower under his photo. Doesn't do anything for him but for me it's a small gesture of the love that meeting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Is Obama an enlightened being? / Spiritual wise ones say: This sure ain't no ordinary politician. You buying it?

2008-06-06 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sandiego108 Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:04 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Obama

[FairfieldLife] 3 A.M. For Feminism

2008-06-06 Thread Marek Reavis
by Michelle Goldberg, The New Republic, 6.06.08 http://snipurl.com/2ec8o [www_tnr_com] An excellent analysis; a salient excerpt: For these supporters, Clinton's portrayal during the campaign has been anything but inspirational. They say the press has demonized and degraded her, and almost

[FairfieldLife] From the Company that Sells Curtis' CD

2008-06-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Curtis, like I said, I ordered your new CD, Well Worn Blues last night and this morning I got the following email from the company, CD Baby. It's stuff like this that makes my day (makes me proud to be an American, as it were). I don't know how it is that you chose CD Baby or CD Baby chose

[FairfieldLife] Re: Has Hillary really quit, or is she just changing tactics?

2008-06-05 Thread Marek Reavis
Aw, jeez, Sal, I sure hope not, but it's not implausible, I guess. The fact that so many see the worst in her, and so easily, is more than enough reason to keep her off the ticket. Add to that the fact that the GOP is reportedly already using clips of her negative comments regarding Obama's

[FairfieldLife] What Voters Saw Tuesday Night

2008-06-05 Thread Marek Reavis
by Drew Westen, Ph.D. (HuffPost 6.05.08) Since the rise of television as a major force in American politics, and particularly since Joe McGinnis's extraordinary behind-the- scenes portrait of how the 1968 Nixon campaign, led by a team of advertising men, manipulated the public image of Richard

[FairfieldLife] Re: What Voters Saw Tuesday Night

2008-06-05 Thread Marek Reavis
country. But he didn't demand a retraction. It's the old tragic flaw: McCain knows what he ought to do. He starts to do the right thing. But John McCain is a weak man who puts his career goals first. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek

[FairfieldLife] Re: Local paper article on my show

2008-06-04 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent, Curtis. When does the new CD come out? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tinyurl.com/4mze55 My face will be getting thrown in driveways in the Fairfax Times all over Virginia tomorrow! Very nice writer.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Breaking: Hillary Clinton To Suspend Campaign on Friday

2008-06-04 Thread Marek Reavis
To lose, and to lose so closely after having poured all her attention and all her energy into this campaign that came as the culmination of an entire life's ambition and well-intentioned work must be an extraordinary blow to absorb. And I feel that Senator Clinton truly understood that she

[FairfieldLife] Re: Local paper article on my show

2008-06-04 Thread Marek Reavis
PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Excellent, Curtis. When does the new CD come out? Thanks Marek. You can hear it here, it is out! http://cdbaby.com/cd/curtisblues2 ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Look at me, I'm important! I know the Truth! (was Re: Shaken)

2008-06-02 Thread Marek Reavis
However, the historical Buddha apparently arrived at his awakening after (if not necessarily because of) the pursuit and practice of methods that were part of an already long-existing enlightenment/moksha tradition. The Upanishads were already written and discussed among practitioners and

[FairfieldLife] Chimp-in-Chief Acting Out

2008-05-29 Thread Marek Reavis
You may not want to look at these images if you've recently had something to eat but check out the pathetic antics of the Commanding Chimpanzee at the Air Force Academy graduation: http://www.tinyurl.com.au/x.php?sdy

[FairfieldLife] Why I Continue To Run - Clinton Op-Ed

2008-05-25 Thread Marek Reavis
New York Daily News, May 25, 2008 This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. I

[FairfieldLife] Worthwhile Essay re Clinton and the continuing campaign

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
by Jackson Williams, HuffPost 5.24.08 http://tinyurl.com/4v2zp8

[FairfieldLife] Orca grabs seal on Humboldt beach

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Didn't even know that Orcas cruised the waters up here but big news the other day when about a dozen beachgoers saw an adult Orca, apparently a mother teaching her calf the hunting technique, surf up onto the beach, grab a seal, and then slam it down, before rejoining the calf and moving on.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stupid is as Stupid Does

2008-05-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, Do.rflex, for posting this (below), I appreciate the historical pinpoints, and agree with the last paragraph completely: Summary: Hillary Clinton's reference to 1968 was accurate (that campaign was still in doubt) but tacky. Her reference to Bill's 1992 race was wrong on the facts. Like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-22 Thread Marek Reavis
Off, when you get done would you upload pictures of it to the Photos section? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Very cool, Off. Are you making yours from a kit

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Economic Stimulus check where my mouth is. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Curtis, I like your boat a lot and I looked all through the site but couldn't find out what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Planet of the Cats

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
That looks very cool and not creepy at all. Thanks for the site. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Cat House on the Kings: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vwM6f0liHpo

[FairfieldLife] Kyacks -- Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
updates! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Hey, Curtis, I looked up dealers on the site and one of the outdoor stores here in Eureka carries the line but all they had was one of the canoes from the company and not the advanced frame like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Very cool, Off. Are you making yours from a kit that Greenland Kayaks offers, or are you using some other template or kit? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, NOT the people who hang out on FFL, although some of us are. :-) What I had in mind are objects of power -- things in your house that you might have picked up along the Way and that hold

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
busta-move energy! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great topic, Turq, I'm interested to hear what people write about. An important object for me along these lines

[FairfieldLife] Re: Old Relics

2008-05-20 Thread Marek Reavis
new CD info and a link to hear the 6 originals on the CD. CDbaby.com will have the CD up this week. Music is sooo worth the effort. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Great story, Curtis, and extremely resonant. Surfing has been like that for me

[FairfieldLife] Re: God is a wuss

2008-05-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Wow, thanks, Curtis, I'd never heard of Elizabeth Cotten before; she's wonderful -- everything about her. Still alive? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Snip I thought a 'wuss' was always female, but I didn't know that you didn't like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **snip ** Yeah, watching surfing is great (altho I'm just as happy seeing big surf all by its lonesome) -- when I lived in Honolulu, I used to go to the North Shore in winter and catch people doing those

[FairfieldLife] Re: Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-18 Thread Marek Reavis
to drive over to get to DC, and now it is a playground that invites me into nature. It is a rabbit hole I can jump down, minutes from the city, and end up alone on a huge body of water. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Well said, Judy, and this relates to Jim's premise/experience regarding the perfection of what is. One's own sense of right and wrong, the individual's aspirations and achievements, our apparent successes and perceived failures, they are all part of the mix. Even those times in our lives

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Most Dangerous Dogma ?

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Comments (more exploration) interleaved [in brackets]: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sandiego108 sandiego108@ wrote: The perfection, if it exists, is in the enlightened person saying, Do this.

[FairfieldLife] Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Found this on YouTube http://youtube.com/watch?v=kwW500JsbQ0 and thought it gives a pretty good idea of the surf culture up here. I don't know these guys in the vid but they have that familiar look. This looks like it was taken in the fall and most of it looks like it was shot at the

[FairfieldLife] Another Humboldt Surf Vid

2008-05-17 Thread Marek Reavis
Last one: http://tinyurl.com/6exya9 shot in what looks like the winter or early spring at a break called Bunkers, just up the beach from the North Jetty. This one doesn't have music and it doesn't cut away but just follows a group of surfers for a couple of minutes. Took a long time to

[FairfieldLife] Re: How do we eva te subjective experiences? was:Some people who reached cc

2008-05-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall a guy on our sidhis course who talked about seeing Gurudev floating in lotus position on a lottos blossom floating in a fountain of cherry juice. The Sidhis Course

[FairfieldLife] Re: Hillary after the campaign

2008-05-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Excellent essay, Sal, thanks. I'd personally like to come back to some positive perspective on Senator Clinton and this really provides me with a footing to that end. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  NEWS | OPINIONS | SPORTS | ARTS

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aja?

2008-05-13 Thread Marek Reavis
are talking about (or even around) this stuff, the more likely it is that they'll hit on something of value. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Who Is Ajja? -- A Meeting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Very scary new technology (but what about the new Trikke?)

2008-05-13 Thread Marek Reavis
Hey, Edg, we're well into May now and you had said some weeks ago that the folks at Trikke HQ were giving you the greenlight to spill the beans about the new X-15 in May. What can you tell us/show us? ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[FairfieldLife] GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-depressant

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
by Jason Linkins, HuffPost 5.12.08 Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election cycle's change mandate that simultaneously reinforces the fact that their failed policies have messed up the world to such an inhuman extent that many Americans now live

[FairfieldLife] Re: GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-depressant

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The irony never ends. Sal On the other side of the coin: Below is a great, even if wonky, evaluation of Obama's 50-state voter registration drive for the national election and an analysis of what his changing

[FairfieldLife] Re: Aja?

2008-05-12 Thread Marek Reavis
Who Is Ajja? -- A Meeting With The Absolute -- Andrew Cohen, 'What Is Enlightenment Magazine' http://www.wie.org/j14/ajja.asp ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rick How's it going?! Being in business for oneself really helps one

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Church of Oprah, Exposed

2008-04-28 Thread Marek Reavis
Doug, wow, the video covers so much ground, drawing the connections through Oprah and Tolle to Obama and an ominous Department of Peace. Perfect at the end where it closes with martial-sounding music, drumbeats (of war) and a Wagnerian operatic choir with the image of Jesus on the Cross.

[FairfieldLife] How Racist Are You? -- The Game

2008-04-28 Thread Marek Reavis
So. How racist are you? That's the question asked by an online psychology test by the University of Chicago. The test involves showing you a series of photographs of 100 black or white men, either holding guns or cellphones. You have to decide - in a split second - whether to shoot them or to

[FairfieldLife] Making short URLs (was: Re: Amen Break Golden Mean)

2008-04-25 Thread Marek Reavis
any particular rhyme or reason. I appreciate the newly regained url-shortening siddhi, thanks. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Thanks, Bob, I never thought to do

[FairfieldLife] Aurora Borealis in Siberia

2008-04-25 Thread Marek Reavis
Some beautiful photos of emerald aurora borealis taken in Siberia and found at a Russian language website. Worth a look. http://evendym.livejournal.com/46993.html

[FairfieldLife] Amen Break Golden Mean

2008-04-24 Thread Marek Reavis
Can't do tinyurl from my office computer but another excellent interation of the Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Mean found in a widely sampled drum break recorded in the 60s known as the Amen Break, can be found at: http://www.constructingtheuniverse.com/Amen%20Break%20and%20GR.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: Amen Break Golden Mean

2008-04-24 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Can't do tinyurl from my office computer but another excellent interation of the Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Mean found in a widely sampled drum break recorded in the 60s known as the Amen Break, can be found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Time

2008-04-23 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks, do.rflex. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *nice* Song for today by Brendan Perry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJh2jBg1zCE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Micheal Moore

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Thanks for posting this, Louis. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore April 21st, 2008 Friends, I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Here is the RealPolitics site (reference below) where they do the popular vote count 6 different ways, including 2 versions incorporating Florida's and Michigan's vote: http://tinyurl.com/2hbf4a ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As re how

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
As re how to count the popular vote (from Mark Blumenthal, MSNBC, 4.10.08): If we check the RealClearPolitics tally of the votes cast in the 41 official contests recognized by the Democratic National Committee that released popular vote counts, Barack Obama currently leads by 717,086 votes,

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
You are correct, I didn't take the time to check out the tinyurl she included in her post to Sal. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: Here is the RealPolitics site (reference below) where they do the popular vote

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
It appears that the most accurate estimate is that Obama leads Clinton in the popular vote by that number and by that percentage point, correct. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, talk about not being able to read. This is

[FairfieldLife] From the Financial Times of London

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
To get another perspective on the Democratic nomination race, and one a bit less involved than most American ones (though, to be truthful, I'm posting it because it's congruent with my own views at present), here is an editorial from yesterday's Financial Times endorsing Obama. The penultimate

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
site that Judy sent Sal to just yesterday? Marek Reavis wrote: You are correct, I didn't take the time to check out the tinyurl she included in her post to Sal. You are supposed to read the post BEFORE you post your comments, Marek. So, why do you think Sal and Barry can't read

[FairfieldLife] Re: Micheal Moore

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 21, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Marek Reavis wrote: Thanks for posting this, Louis. I agree, Marek--a great one. I especially like this part: Seriously, I know so many people who don't care if the name under the Big D is Dancer, Prancer, Clinton or Blitzen. It can

[FairfieldLife] PA Gov. Ed Rendell Praising Rev. Farrakhan

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
Can't do tinyurl from my work computer, sorry, but there's a wonderfully ironic twist on the hypocrisy argument in a HuffPost essay: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/ed-rendell-clinton- surrog_n_97784.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
comment on it? Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: My apologies if my lapse offended your sense of propriety. No, I'm not offended - I just was wondering why you posted the same source that Judy posted

[FairfieldLife] Lapse in Judgment

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
This (below) is excerpted from Chris Durang's excellent essay Some Last-Minute Obama Thoughts, After Canvasing in PA published today (4.21.08) at HuffPost. The complete essay can be found at http://tinyurl.com/54fxv9 ** Hillary's vote in favor of authorizing the war was a serious lapse in

[FairfieldLife] Re: PA Gov. Ed Rendell Praising Rev. Farrakhan

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marek Reavis wrote: ...wonderfully ironic twist on the hypocrisy argument in a HuffPost essay: Ironic twist, but Obama has both denounced and rejected Farrakhan's praise for his candidacy. So, I guess

[FairfieldLife] Re: On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama CORRECTION

2008-04-21 Thread Marek Reavis
votes cast. The offline missive pointed out that I should probably refrain from explaining any nuances re this campaign in the future if I can't even catch an error that large. Caveat Lector, you have been warned. Marek ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED

[FairfieldLife] On the Clinton Unelectable argument against Obama

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
by Robert Creamer HuffPost 4.20 For the last several weeks we have been inundated with statements from the Clinton Campaign (and some media pundits) arguing that their incessant attacks on Obama's patriotism, their use of McCarthyite guilt by association, and attempts to make Obama look like

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Obama hypocrisy

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
An interesting, well-spun article. My comments (on the article and its author only) are interleaved and in [brackets]. **snip** Obama's claim of independence questioned By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The screen fills with grainy footage of sprawling 1970s gas lines. Nothing's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
and real? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-20 Thread Marek Reavis
mating activities, especially in the early stages of getting acquainted before the woman is lulled by hormonal attachment. When spiders get that one figured out, their evolution will leap forward. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis wrote: Hey, Ispiritkin. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
Angela, Curtis, thanks for the anecdote and the website information. Spiders are way cool, IMO. My son's tarantula, Priscilla, a Mexican Redleg, died last year after 20 years of just hanging around. She was already a 3-inch across adult when he got her as a xmas present when he was 11 years

[FairfieldLife] Cricket and sexuality is the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
In today's Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/53oqfn

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
when I meet with it in any guise No one can know how glad I am to find On any sheet the least display of mind. -- Robert Frost --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: Angela, Curtis, thanks for the anecdote and the website information

[FairfieldLife] Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M

[FairfieldLife] Re: http://tinyurl.com/4es8y9

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
As re http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MheNUWyROv8, Curtis, this is one of the classic scenes from all of moviedom for me and everytime I see 19-year old Lauren Bacall . . . well, Edg might not approve, but I think Jimmy Carter would understand. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jumping Spiders and sexuality -- the way forward

2008-04-19 Thread Marek Reavis
: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Marek Reavis reavismarek@ wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D92AUXhYZ0M That very routine worked for me last night in a bar in Sitges. But then I woke up this morning covered with a web, and my wallet was gone.

[FairfieldLife] Re: POLYGAMIST RANCH

2008-04-16 Thread Marek Reavis
Comment below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: POLYGAMIST RANCH Am I the only one who thinks that these folks had their civil rights abused? Without having the 16 year old pregnant girl in safe protection or even knowing her name, they took

[FairfieldLife] Re: From The Huffington Post

2008-04-15 Thread Marek Reavis
Old-timey joke below: ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More on this from Greenwald: Our elections are dominated by the same tired personality script, trotted out over and over and over. Democrats and liberals -- no matter how poor their

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