lol...I have read somewhere that cells painted pastel pink reduced the violence of inmates!
On Mar 3, 11:39 am, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Rigsy, very good article. I now wish to volunteer at the > convalescence center and paint the funeral parlor next door pink! > > On Mar 3, 11:51 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "Old Age, From Youth's Narrow Prism" By Marc E. Agronin, > > M.D.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/health/02case.html > > > On Mar 3, 9:48 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Time -Roger Waters > > > > Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day > > > Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way > > > Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town > > > Waiting for someone or something to show you the way > > > > Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain > > > And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today > > > And then one day you find ten years have got behind you > > > No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun > > > > And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking > > > Racing around to come up behind you again > > > The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older > > > Shorter of breath and one day closer to death > > > > Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time > > > Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines > > > Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way > > > The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say... > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The waning sunset is the daily reminder of where did it all go when it > > > > seemed all so slow but now looking like the end is rapidly coming. > > > > Somehow still looking through the eyes of the child but only the bag > > > > of bones that houses them has been withering. The colors are not as > > > > bright as they once were. If only we could gain years with the > > > > donning of new clothes. I'd confess that I keep within the confines > > > > of a select few colors myself, the subtle hues that don't shout out > > > > loud or appear to stand out like a tourist in the square. I tend to > > > > blend in with the environment whenever possible. I guess colors fade > > > > too so why not us. Soon enough I'll be blending in with the soil in > > > > Elysian fields. I don't waste much time trying to fit the molds or > > > > run the gamuts of the world. I've seen too often promises of gold > > > > turn gray as silver hair multiplies and dreams become mere episodes of > > > > failed hope. As they say, somewhere over the rainbow, red orange > > > > yellow green blue violet. > > > > > On Mar 2, 10:02 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> With you as my personal trainer and guru Slip, how can I fail? Snappy > > > >> duds - it's all I can do to prevent the dentist giving me a set of > > > >> plastic snappers! My Brief Encounter days are long gone and I suspect > > > >> my boxers predate the last few. I'm just about fit to sit round the > > > >> fire telling old wives ta > > > > >> On 3 Mar, 00:48, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > Yep, fire is the thing for me. It has been around for thousands of > > > >> > years, possibly before our time here and has remained the same since > > > >> > our primordial beginnings. When I sit around a fire I realize that > > > >> > it > > > >> > is the same fire that our ancient ancestors sat around. We've > > > >> > advanced and yet we haven't. The earth remains the same, the stars, > > > >> > the cosmos, the solar system and all the events. We are just fools > > > >> > without regard for what is more powerful than us. So your clothes are > > > >> > dark and worn out and your not the fashion aficionado. That's why > > > >> > the > > > >> > young chicks don't dig you man, your passe, out dated like some of > > > >> > the > > > >> > stuff in your fridge. Time to throw out those rags and get you some > > > >> > snappy duds. Stop being a pathetic neutralist and watch your life > > > >> > change before your eyes. I think color has healing power. > > > > >> > On Mar 2, 10:54 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > I had forgotten fires Slipper. Do you start many? > > > > >> > > I often think TJ Hooker symbolises much that has really happened in > > > >> > > regard of gender relations - well not really, but I just caught 30 > > > >> > > seconds of it switching through to the news channel. > > > > >> > > The universe is beige. This makes me suspect some property > > > >> > > speculator > > > >> > > has painted it 'neutral' for a ready sale. There is splendour in > > > >> > > colour once one is outside the media flow, maybe even on the > > > >> > > Steiner > > > >> > > fringe. Some animals are sensitive to a far greater range of > > > >> > > colour > > > >> > > reception-creation than we are. West Germany was the bundes > > > >> > > republic > > > >> > > - their adverts are even worse than ours. One can find more > > > >> > > colour in > > > >> > > a black and white page than in that blared at us in 'primary > > > >> > > vision'. > > > >> > > Colour tends to disappear in night time sniping vision. Hard to go > > > >> > > back to black and white tv after a colour one, but as the Goons > > > >> > > said, > > > >> > > you can't do a flock of flying elephants dropping raspberries from > > > >> > > 30,000 feet into bowls of whipped cream other than on the radio. > > > >> > > Much > > > >> > > more colourful. > > > > >> > > Most of my clothes are dark, old and worn out. I just don't care. > > > >> > > Colours are more likely to upset me than interest me (outside the > > > >> > > lab) > > > >> > > - so I guess I'm a pathetic neutralist. Next couple of hours will > > > >> > > be > > > >> > > spent breaking in new shoes. I had a grey pair once - that was > > > >> > > metrosexual enough for me! > > > > >> > > On 2 Mar, 15:29, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > Interesting. I don't get much, if any, pleasure from colors. > > > >> > > > Indeed, > > > >> > > > your mentioning of the shape of a woman's behind was revealing. > > > >> > > > Watching as she walks away from me in heels reminds me of how > > > >> > > > much I > > > >> > > > love old black and white movies. The way women dressed and > > > >> > > > walked and > > > >> > > > vamped on the silver screen was awesome to behold. Some of the > > > >> > > > sexy > > > >> > > > clothes business women wear now does the same thing and most > > > >> > > > business > > > >> > > > wear is black or gray or white anyway. Can't get much blander > > > >> > > > then > > > >> > > > that. It's all in how it hugs the curves, ain't it? > > > > >> > > > Ever see one of the 'colorized' b&w movies? Horrid. Turner > > > >> > > > deserved > > > >> > > > the AOL disaster just for doing that. And marrying Hanoi Jane. > > > >> > > > How > > > >> > > > can someone so smart be so dumb? > > > > >> > > > dj > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > >> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > How pleasurable is it? Unfortunately with equal pleasure I > > > >> > > > > will have > > > >> > > > > to point out that you are wrong. You see the sentence > > > >> > > > > reads ...............there has been assignments of color > > > >> > > > > throughout > > > >> > > > > the years.......... and this is true as stated, the > > > >> > > > > assignments of > > > >> > > > > colors with the added element of "time". I would think post > > > >> > > > > 1920's > > > >> > > > > fits into the realm of "throughout the years". Therefore to > > > >> > > > > indicate > > > >> > > > > that blue and pink were assigned to boys and girls > > > >> > > > > respectively is > > > >> > > > > correct during the era they were in actual use. Furthermore > > > >> > > > > your > > > >> > > > > "colored" glasses might have caused a visual refraction > > > >> > > > > resulting in > > > >> > > > > an ophthalmic anomaly whereby you missed the admission that I > > > >> > > > > 'knew > > > >> > > > > there were exceptions', one of which you were so gracious to > > > >> > > > > point > > > >> > > > > out. A little bit of a tid bit might also show that the one > > > >> > > > > sentence > > > >> > > > > was not and is not the foundation of the thread post, ergo: > > > >> > > > > your own > > > >> > > > > house of cards has collapsed. > > > >> > > > > But don't worry mate, it looks like you have dug yourself out > > > >> > > > > of the > > > >> > > > > rubble. Now to get on with color induced pleasures, I don't > > > >> > > > > get any > > > >> > > > > anatomical tingle from color but I wouldn't discount it as a > > > >> > > > > viable > > > >> > > > > occurrence and cognate feature. I think the sensations > > > >> > > > > derived by the > > > >> > > > > visual of the female posterior would be the same whether it was > > > >> > > > > appearing in black and white or in vivid technicolor. I do > > > >> > > > > tremendously enjoy watching a fire and when I have one going > > > >> > > > > on in my > > > >> > > > > backyard fire pit I sometimes become mesmerized by it; > > > >> > > > > something about > > > >> > > > > the richness in the colors of flame and the extreme depth of > > > >> > > > > the > > > >> > > > > glowing embers, almost as if it were alive. I'm also affected > > > >> > > > > by the > > > >> > > > > colors in the forest and at places such as the Grand Canyon, a > > > >> > > > > sight > > > >> > > > > to see by the way if you ever get the opportunity. Nature > > > >> > > > > offers the > > > >> > > > > best colors in the world. > > > >> > > > > I would agree, as you say, color is an accepted method of > > > >> > > > > making > > > >> > > > > statement and used very blatantly in advertising. I neither > > > >> > > > > have a > > > >> > > > > pink shirt or any other wardrobe piece and wouldn't consider > > > >> > > > > driving > > > >> > > > > or owning anything pink but my wife insists that I should get > > > >> > > > > a pink > > > >> > > > > shirt. She makes a point of it to draw my attention to men on > > > >> > > > > television that are wearing a pink shirt or tie and stating > > > >> > > > > that it is > > > >> > > > > the new thing for men followed by my retort of not caring > > > >> > > > > about things > > > >> > > > > pushed on society by media offerings. If they were to start > > > >> > > > > wearing > > > >> > > > > glasses with flowers on them that's their business. I > > > >> > > > > personally view > > > >> > > > > all that as a media push to generalize sexual orientation, an > > > >> > > > > extension of the unisex movement of past notoriety and the > > > >> > > > > feminist > > > >> > > > > agenda of breaking down the long held position of machismo, I > > > >> > > > > don't > > > >> > > > > see it happening anytime soon except on a small scale, in > > > >> > > > > microcosmic > > > >> > > > > cultural forms > > > >> > > > > . > > > >> > > > > I might point out, though I thought you would have saved me > > > >> > > > > the time, > > > >> > > > > that > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
