[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, george_deforest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not only does it relegate women to the level of breed sows for the planet, it's only their men children that count. this is missing the point; in light of the rest: It's the term that *lasts*, George, not

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives boo_lives@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I didn't see it that way. What I got from their posts is that taking a break let them reflect and see how futile it is for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Sh*t BushMan!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even Bush's crap is classified top secret. According to our Austrian sources, Austrian newspapers are currently abuzz with special security details of George W. Bush's recent trip to Vienna.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Ok, you're toast. Let the withdrawal begin! I would say from the posts I see here and the amount of posting some folks do have an Internet

[FairfieldLife] Re: Turq, Curt, and Peter, accept Off's competition challenge

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

I'll riff on this some more, because this is a subject of some interest to me. Whatever his faults -- and there were many of them -- the Rama fellow I studied with for some time was really big on the enlightenment of women. He went out of his way to cultivate an environ- ment that supported

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Who's your candidate?

In a message dated 12/5/07 10:23:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joe Biden ** Integrity, Wisdom, Intelligence Does he still not shop in a 7-11 unless the clerk has a slight Indian accent? **Check out AOL's list of 2007's

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He went out of his way to cultivate an environ- ment that supported strong, independent, non- subservient-to-men women seekers. Some of them decided to have kids *in addition to* being strong, independent women with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:17 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: On Dec 5, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I may be misjudging this, but I'm sensing a I'm taking my football and going home reaction in Rory's

[FairfieldLife] What is it?

What is it? The poor have it. The rich need it. What is greater than God? What is more evil than the devil? If you eat it you'll die? An interesting stat, is that 70% of Stanford University students couldn't work it out, however 80% of Kindergarten kids could. And I am not going to tell you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:23 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, you're toast. Let the withdrawal begin! I would say from the posts I see here and the amount of posting some folks do have an Internet addiction. I think it is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:49 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I haven't played a Martin in years, although i was fond of the 00 series. I really am hooked on my 12-string Taylor so much, I'm considering another. Although I have to admit, that Martin you mentioned really has me wondering. I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] What is it?

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/wishfor.asp On Dec 6, 2007, at 7:41 AM, new.morning wrote: What is it? The poor have it. The rich need it. What is greater than God? What is more evil than the devil? If you eat it you'll die? An interesting stat, is that 70% of Stanford University students

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:17 PM, Bhairitu wrote: Vaj wrote: Dying in the dark night? Samadhi is death, and I'm sure more than a few here have experienced this, but not everyone has long, drawn out dark nights.

[FairfieldLife] Hilarious British analysis of the sub-prime debacle

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ_qK4g6ntM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mulholland Drive

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:14 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: No that's not what I wanted folks to think How can you want others to think a certain way. Thoughts just

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and Psychosis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 3, 2007, at 5:07 PM, bob_brigante wrote: Lynch drinks 20 cups of coffee a day (a level of caffeination that puts him into the range consumed by Brian Wilson at the low point of his craziness, trying to float his

Re: [FairfieldLife] Shotokan Accuracy

This guy would not be any match for William Jones - Original Message From: off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2007 2:23:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Shotokan Accuracy Unbeaten in 11 pro fights, Brazil's Lyoto Machida is

[FairfieldLife] This is hilarious!

It's only 43 seconds long but REALLY funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6bW5iarpPg

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:49 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: I haven't played a Martin in years, although i was fond of the 00 series. I really am hooked on my 12-string Taylor so much, I'm considering another. Although I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Mulholland Drive

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:14 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: No that's not what I wanted folks

[FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, she probably would have dismissed him out of hand just because he was a Freemason, which is one reason I didn't bring him up. But the thing about Pike is that not only did he predict WWIII, he also

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and Psychosis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Actually, there's a wide range of individual responses to caffeine. For both my parents, coffee (not decaf) was their beverage of choice right before

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are soo stuck in the matrix dude. If that's the case, lemme just say that there's not *nearly* enough Keanu in here for my taste. That was perfect. Life is rich. And ignorance is bliss, I'd

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and Psychosis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, there's a wide range of individual responses to caffeine. For both my parents, coffee (not decaf) was their beverage of choice right before bed as well as a wake-me-up in the morning. Neither suffered from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

But can they knock you out with the first chord? My guitar has made a few articles of clothing drop off of a listener, does that count? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: On Dec 5,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

Playing fingerstyle, I've shied away from the larger Martin's mainly because of their action (historically), as I prefer to have acoustics with the action of an electric. They do come from the factory with a higher action for the tone, but you should be able to adjust it any way you prefer.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But can they knock you out with the first chord? My guitar has made a few articles of clothing drop off of a listener, does that count? Well, thats a nice assertion. But I think we need proof. In the ring.

[FairfieldLife] BBC article

A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen including Prescott Bush, GW's grandfather.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: You are soo stuck in the matrix dude. If that's the case, lemme just say that there's not *nearly* enough Keanu in here

Re: [FairfieldLife] Shotokan Accuracy

My basset hound, Pete!, could whip both of those guys. Aren't words fun? --- Louis McKenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guy would not be any match for William Jones - Original Message From: off_world_beings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who's your candidate?

He DOES have a great sense of humor. He's the one that said Giuliani uses 3 words in every sentence. A noun, a verb 9-11! This was his actual quote about 7-11. (Many Indians coming to this country DO go for small businesses they can run on their own.)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and Psychosis

TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, there's a wide range of individual responses to caffeine. For both my parents, coffee (not decaf) was their beverage of choice right before bed as well as a wake-me-up in the morning.

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

I think the term mother of men is not mother of males, but contrasted with mother of gods - - I believe that Mary is given the same title and respect in the purest of Catholic Traditions. I must admit the 'mother is at home' beats 'mother is working out of the home to earn extra cash so I can

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Sh*t BushMan!

TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even Bush's crap is classified top secret. According to our Austrian sources, Austrian newspapers are currently abuzz with special security details of George W. Bush's recent trip to Vienna.

Re: [FairfieldLife] BBC article

Rick Archer wrote: A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen including Prescott Bush, GW's grandfather.

[FairfieldLife] Re: BBC article

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen

[FairfieldLife] How to Mess with Telemarketers

Try this the next time you get a telemarketer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5l8

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

On Dec 6, 2007, at 11:26 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: But can they knock you out with the first chord? My guitar has made a few articles of clothing drop off of a listener, does that count? Please list make, model and serial number. :-)

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

On Dec 6, 2007, at 10:59 AM, new.morning wrote: I live in a great area for guitars and guitar work, as we have a lot of great acoustic guitarists in this area. Paul Noel Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary lives down the road. Just beyond him is Dan Fogelberg. And Don Mclean lives nearby as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shotokan Accuracy

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: Unbeaten in 11 pro fights, Brazil's Lyoto Machida is one of the most accurate and technical strikers in the game today. Owner of wins

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:23 PM, new.morning wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Ok, you're toast. Let the withdrawal begin! I would say from the posts I see here and the amount of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shotokan Accuracy

Yes, he learned Shotokan the most from an early age, then later added Jui Jitsu to it. Do you really think ju jitsu is used in schoolyard fights as much as say, Shotokan is used or wrestling or boxing is used in other countries. I doubt it, and if it was, it would be very poor quality and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Stand up and be counted (George Carlin - Who Really Controls America)

authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, she probably would have dismissed him out of hand just because he was a Freemason, which is one reason I didn't bring him up. But the thing about Pike is that not only did he

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 6, 2007, at 10:59 AM, new.morning wrote: I live in a great area for guitars and guitar work, as we have a lot of great acoustic guitarists in this area. Paul Noel Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary lives down

[FairfieldLife] Re: Guitarist's Dream

How do you guys tune your axes? If I tune my cheapish Japa- nese Strat copy with a meter, I'm not quite satisfied with how it sounds. My 'Kitara-kirja' (Guitar Book) sez it's preferable to use several methods in sequence to get the best (tempered??) tuning that sounds good in most positions.

[FairfieldLife] Fwd: Downloadable History Channel Documentary on Maharishi

Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:42:39 -0600 From: Ken Chawkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those of you who may have missed last week's wonderful documentary on Maharishi, someone has posted it as a download available for a short time. Enjoy! ~ JGD History International Channel Documentary on Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: You are soo stuck in the matrix dude. If that's

[FairfieldLife] Is this Buddhist meditation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBUy4ULWlsfeature=related

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

On Dec 5, 2007, at 9:49 PM, new.morning wrote: But having one's perspective flip out may explain some things. And if there is no doer, what is left but reaction. (oh yes, God's Will) (Not to be confused with God's willie, thats another topic.) Some dark nights may be depression -- low, or

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues

[FairfieldLife] Re: Jim and Rory back!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, t3rinity no_reply@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who's your candidate?

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Horsfield wrote: All Democrats concerned about the war, need to see this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC6D6uiLrgQ So, Brian, we are agreed that the U.S. is in a war. But the number

Re: [FairfieldLife] Is this Buddhist meditation?

On Dec 6, 2007, at 4:37 PM, cardemaister wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlBUy4ULWlsfeature=related The nomenclature is Hindu.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Holy Sh*t BushMan!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Even Bush's crap is classified top secret. According to our Austrian sources, Austrian newspapers are currently abuzz with special

[FairfieldLife] The New Dawn of Solar

HYPERLINK http://nanosolar.com/http://nanosolar.com/ Animation and slide show at . HYPERLINK http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.html; \nhttp://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.html The New Dawn of Solar Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just

Re: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Downloadable History Channel Documentary on Maharishi

On Dec 6, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Dick Mays wrote: Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:42:39 -0600 From: Ken Chawkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those of you who may have missed last week's wonderful documentary on Maharishi, someone has posted it as a download available for a short time. Enjoy! ~ JGD It

[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and Psychosis

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Actually, there's a wide range of individual responses to caffeine. For both my parents, coffee (not decaf) was their beverage of choice right before

[FairfieldLife] Totality through relaxing

'So when we want to give the knowledge of total reality, then this is what we bring to the student, the basic seven states of consciousness. Then we put them to experience seven states of consciousness. Three they are already experiencing—sometime waking, dreaming, sleeping. That they don't

[FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd: Downloadable History Channel Documentary on Maharishi

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears to be a one-sided report of a writer just a spoon-fed movement press releases. I'm watching it now, and sadly, I have to agree somewhat. The documentary was clearly made with the full cooperation of the TMO,

[FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the term mother of men is not mother of males, but contrasted with mother of gods - - I believe that Mary is given the same title and respect in the purest of Catholic Traditions. I must admit the 'mother is at

[FairfieldLife] How did your congressman vote on H.R. 1955?

Find out here how they voted on the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act and give them hell if they voted for it! http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-993

[FairfieldLife] Re: Turq, Curt, and Peter, accept Off's competition challenge

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: mothers of men - TMO press release

From what I've witnessed in life your various assertions about the socio-religious cults seem to be what I've witnessed -- when confined within my, and perhaps yours, hardened and specific values. There's a spectrum of perspectives and sentiments humans can experience, and do, that are out of the

[FairfieldLife] Re: BBC article -- Shemp MDIXON gone quiet all of a sudden.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen

[FairfieldLife] Re: BBC article -- Shemp MDIXON gone quiet all of a s...

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/6/07 9:01:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shotokan Accuracy

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, he learned Shotokan the most from an early age, then later added Jui Jitsu to it. Do you really think ju jitsu is used in schoolyard fights as much as say, Shotokan is used or wrestling or boxing is

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: BBC article -- Shemp MDIXON gone quiet all of a s...

In a message dated 12/6/07 9:01:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A friend of mine sent me this link to the BBC article about the recently declassified document from the US National Archives that uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Tax-Exempt Status of 'Charitable' Non-profits

Regarding your question of Do the shells of the TMorg publish any of their 990 annual reporting forms and supporting documentation anywhere, such that donors could look at how the TMmovement reports itself? Please check and see if this is helpful: http://lnp.fdncenter.org/finder.html for

[FairfieldLife] Re: new rajas today

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, boo_lives [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Almost all of the US money that's coming in is transferred out of the country to offshore accounts in the channel or jersey islands (near England), and from there into the secret untraceable world of offshore accounts.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tax-Exempt Status of 'Charitable' Non-profits

Senator Probes Megachurches' Finances NPR's morning edition, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16860611 Grassley said he wants to make sure that billions of dollars in donations are being used properly and not for personal gain. My business is the

[FairfieldLife] Re: TMO Tax-Exempt Status of 'Charitable' Non-profits

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or is the accounting all based on 'faith'? Regarding your question of Do the shells of the TMorg publish any of their 990 annual reporting forms and supporting documentation anywhere, such that donors could

[FairfieldLife] PBS on why students sometimes fail to grasp basic concepts

Topic: why students sometimes fail to grasp basic concepts that are included in most schools' curricula, illustrated with a look at the teaching of photosynthesis. Show:Minds of our own http://www.pbs.org/search/search_programsaz.html#m

[FairfieldLife] Re: PBS on why students sometimes fail to grasp basic concepts

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Topic: why students sometimes fail to grasp basic concepts that are included in most schools' curricula, illustrated with a look at the teaching of photosynthesis. Show:Minds of our own