Hey Xeno, I just realized a few days ago that I can read Greek letters. Someone sent me an email in Greek. But I realized that he was speaking English, but using Greek letters. I eventually figured out what he said.
The funny thing is that when I copied the Greek text it would paste in English on this forum. Strange indeed. So, I'll just leave that as a mystery for now. JR n FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > The Underbelly of FFL > Recently I was in the Big City, I wanted to see again the place where my > family came into the United States; so I took a trip to see Ellis > Island, which unfortunately was closed due to Hurricane Sandy damage, > though I could see it from afar. It was made into a park in 1954. > FFL to me is kind of like seeing New York from a distance at first, big > imposing, beautiful. Ah! FFL is about spirituality! > [New York Skyline] > But as one approaches closer, one begins to grasp that there is a hustle > and bustle that belies that deceptively serene appearance that one might > have on distant approach. > [Fifth Avenue, New York City] > Finally one gets close enough, there seems to be a dark current of decay > and corruption as one looks under the surface. > [Underbelly of New York City] > > The Big Apple seems more chewed up down below than I can remember, and > now with posting limits off on FFL, it is more difficult to find the > beauty among the lines here at FFL now that the dark undercurrents have > been given full reign, the untrammeled desire of mere human intrigue and > he said/she said dialogues take to the fore, the mental equivalent of > flapping jaw muscles, the nourishing equivalent of junk food. > > Still, there are some gems in here. Before it was like tunneling for > gold. Now it is like strip mining, and sifting through tons of material > to get to some pure shining metal. > > In some ways though, this also dilutes the inner corruption. With the > reduced posting, the dark side becomes in some ways more visible, gets > more concentrated, the vile tendencies of human psyches to project their > inner value to the surface for all to see. >
