Very good Molly, it is a recognition of the spark of life that energizes the heartbeat, gives breath to the soul and allows for the free mind.
On Apr 27, 6:48 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > I think a person who voices this phrase is either in love with his > golden shadow, found his godhood, or in a sleazy bar with his mind so > blurred by mind altering substances that they haven't a clue as to > what is really attractive. Knowing you, Slip, you have just come from > a campfire where you were contemplating the finer things in life, so I > guess, one of the first two would apply. > > On Apr 26, 7:15 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Molly, what do you think of the expression, "God you Turn me On". > > > On Apr 26, 3:38 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > practically > > > > On Apr 26, 4:00 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I find arch to be creative with a humorous flair, a sort of toying > > > > with ideas, another dimension of linguistics, a provocation of mind > > > > and an experiment in mentalism. Possibly, one's repetitious immersion > > > > in academia livelihood has a dulling effect on extra dialectic > > > > engagement. I'm always thankful for his presence in the forum and > > > > look forward to his contribution to my threads and posts. > > > > Practically Signature Slip > > > > > On Apr 26, 2:30 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > and practically signature Orn to illustrate with authority. > > > > > > On Apr 26, 3:15 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > It's practically signature Neal to deconstruct without engaging. > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Neil, as is the case quite often, your post appears to be from a > > > > > > > place > > > > > > > of disillusionment. Not that I wish a Pollyannaish point of view, > > > > > > > but > > > > > > > with as much insight as you have, I have great hopes for future > > > > > > > offers > > > > > > > presenting more practice in wiping the excrement from those not so > > > > > > > rose colored glasses. > > > > > > > > The throw-away lines you like to close with, while containing a > > > > > > > tad of > > > > > > > a pedagogical Bill Porter (O. Henry), are so lightly presented as > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > become more ethereal than instructive. > > > > > > > > On Apr 26, 1:28 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> We have two toilets, but also water rates. What is given with > > > > > > >> one > > > > > > >> hand is taken away with the other. Poverty easily becomes the > > > > > > >> Monty > > > > > > >> Python joke, until one sees real people living in a 'shoe-box' > > > > > > >> in a > > > > > > >> central reservation in Sao Paulo. In serious vein, we are > > > > > > >> overpopulating and producing spurious notions of meritocracy and > > > > > > >> democracy as merely superior forms of human resource management. > > > > > > >> One might see it this way: We are merely vessels for the > > > > > > >> survival of > > > > > > >> our genetic material. Thus one dominates the world with > > > > > > >> CIA-assisted > > > > > > >> marketing of banal but standardised software, steals eggs from > > > > > > >> one's > > > > > > >> partner, transplants one's DNA into such eggs and speeds the > > > > > > >> result > > > > > > >> off into the vastness, ensuring the survival of one's DNA. > > > > > > >> There is > > > > > > >> now no need for the human world at all. Victory is assured as > > > > > > >> soon as > > > > > > >> one gets a gullible politico to push a red button. Quite what > > > > > > >> the > > > > > > >> purpose of the triumph of one's DNA is in such circumstances > > > > > > >> might get > > > > > > >> more debate than it does. > > > > > > > >> On 26 Apr, 05:30, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > Dang! I left out the toilet, my home has two full baths, I'm > > > > > > >> > living > > > > > > >> > like royalty!! > > > > > > > >> > I'm going to borrow that Ghandi quote for the collective > > > > > > >> > mentality > > > > > > >> > thread, thanks! > > > > > > > >> > On Apr 25, 11:14 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > A poster on the wall at work: > > > > > > > >> > > If your home has something other than a dirt floor you are > > > > > > >> > > in the top > > > > > > >> > > half of the world’s population. > > > > > > > >> > > If your home has a roof, a door, windows and more than one > > > > > > >> > > room, you > > > > > > >> > > are in the top 20%. > > > > > > > >> > > If you have refrigeration, you are in the top 5%. > > > > > > > >> > > If you have a car, a microwave, a video, a computer and this > > > > > > >> > > toilet > > > > > > >> > > has a cubicle door, then you are in the top 1%. > > > > > > > >> > > “We must be the change we want to see in the world.” – > > > > > > >> > > Mahatma Gandhi > > > > > > > >> > > On Apr 25, 5:58 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > In further retrospect I have to say that there were many > > > > > > >> > > > times I > > > > > > >> > > > realized the poverty in which my youth had developed but > > > > > > >> > > > now I realize > > > > > > >> > > > when witnessing the abject poverty of third world > > > > > > >> > > > countries that I am > > > > > > >> > > > living the life of luxury just by the mere fact that I can > > > > > > >> > > > walk over > > > > > > >> > > > to a sink and get water, take hot showers, have a > > > > > > >> > > > refrigerator and a > > > > > > >> > > > microwave oven. We can take life for granted which is why > > > > > > >> > > > the wealthy > > > > > > >> > > > and privileged keep hording. It is basically the concept > > > > > > >> > > > of relative > > > > > > >> > > > deprivation. > > > > > > > >> > > > On Apr 25, 7:16 pm, archytas <[email protected]> > > > > > > >> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > > Maybe 'read' was a typo for 'ride' Slip. I get confused > > > > > > >> > > > > easily these > > > > > > >> > > > > days - good job you are about to fix my intentionality. > > > > > > >> > > > > Boys' Town > > > > > > >> > > > > was obviously a privileged place - our first car was a > > > > > > >> > > > > borrowed > > > > > > >> > > > > Vandenplas Princess with bald tires, followed by a > > > > > > >> > > > > Morris Oxford my > > > > > > >> > > > > brother fixed. England was always a poor place with > > > > > > >> > > > > memories of > > > > > > >> > > > > walking, waiting for buses that came sometimes, though > > > > > > >> > > > > we often spent > > > > > > >> > > > > our fare money on a shared bag of chips, eating them > > > > > > >> > > > > whilst clinging > > > > > > >> > > > > to the rear door rail of the bus sparking our clogs. > > > > > > >> > > > > Credit was > > > > > > >> > > > > something for the few who bed and breakfasted or shorted > > > > > > >> > > > > shares, > > > > > > >> > > > > travelling in chauffeur-driven cars -plus ca change ... > > > > > > > >> > > > > On 26 Apr, 00:37, Chris Jenkins > > > > > > >> > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Something along that line...and I see Gruff right at > > > > > > >> > > > > > home on that seat. ;) > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Slip Disc > > > > > > >> > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > NIce! My old man had one of those and sold it off > > > > > > >> > > > > > > when I was too > > > > > > >> > > > > > > young to realize the value of it. > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > You made the off the wall connection though, Chris, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > it must be the > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Floridian Hooch eh? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > On Apr 25, 3:33 pm, Chris Jenkins > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Like so? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >>http://www.american-v.co.uk/custom_bikes/001_indian/01c_indian_12.jpg > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Slip Disc > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Gruff's auto? Is there some kind of car trouble? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Really Arch! New thread without a "Link"? > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Imagine what some Indian might be thinking! > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Apr 24, 11:01 pm, archytas > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> An easy read Gruff - in the sense it went down > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> well. Found myself > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> wondering whether the themes repeat often > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> through later years and > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> wanting to know more. > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >> Neil- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > >> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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