Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread Zoran Krneta
Aboriginal folklore and fairytales''... http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3225/aboriginal-dreaming-story-leads-meteorite-crater http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/30/dreamtime-meteor-impact-found-with-google-earth-2/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
For the record, I find nothing technically wrong or offensive in Shemp's review. And his Subject line is just *perfect*. He is merely projecting his own hangups and hatreds onto a movie framework that allowed him to do so. That those hangups were so predominant as to make him miss the movie

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Stewart his team discuss Tiger Woods' religion

2010-01-09 Thread seekliberation
As far as TM and moral reasoning goes, I am fully aware that a few of the heavy hitters within the TMO have slept with other peoples wives, or at least attempted to. Very few per capita though. However, Fairfield had the highest divorce rate in Iowa in the 1990's, but as a friend pointed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Bhuutajaya in Vlodrop?

2010-01-09 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: I hope siddhas in Vlodrop next week (12th - 15th) shall use bhuuta-jaya-siddhi, or something, to warm up the weather in Europe at least by about 10 degrees of Celsius... : / Looks like that's really gonna happen! At

[FairfieldLife] FFL HTML (was Re: John Stewart his team discuss Tiger Woods' religion)

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: p.s. I've noticed that you, and perhaps one other person on this forum are able to alter the font and style of your text on this forum. Could you explain how to do that? I haven't been able to find any tabs that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
As I understand it from a muslim friend, Hindus take their mythical writings literally. I guess the question is how much we need to buy into the idea that there was once human beings who could do things that seem to defy reason. In today's world the real miracle would be for

[FairfieldLife] FFL HTML

2010-01-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberation@ wrote: p.s. I've noticed that you, and perhaps one other person on this forum are able to alter the font and style of your text on this forum. Could

[FairfieldLife] Why I am a Joss Whedon fanboy

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
As I sit here in a cafe waiting for my download of the first of the last three Dollhouse episodes to complete back at my house, I thought I'd rap for a few minutes about why I like the guy so much. I discovered Joss Whedon only with Firefly, having missed both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL HTML

2010-01-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: Totally Cool Why can't yahoo small business get their Small Business pagebuilder editor to work this good? The icelandichorse.info site stalls out, trying to load images from geocities, which Yahoo shut

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL HTML

2010-01-09 Thread PaliGap
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@... wrote: Why can't yahoo small business get their Small Business pagebuilder editor to work this good? Drupal on a different host? Any body got experience with Drupal? No, but I wonder whether Google's free Google

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jeff.evans60 jeff.evan...@... wrote: Judy's Native American name may indeed be splitting hairs ! Splitting Hairs is excellent. Almost Whedonesque. Although I think that Stands With Her Knickers In A Twist is a possible contender. :-) --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much would you pay to hear Sarah Palin?

2010-01-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie msilver1...@... wrote: Lets not forget, if Palin had been the front runner candidate for president instead of McCain, she would have been president. Its alright though, because in 2012, she will. LOL... --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: How much would you pay to hear Sarah Palin?

2010-01-09 Thread do.rflex
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, suziezuzie msilver1...@... wrote: Lets not forget, if Palin had been the front runner candidate for president instead of McCain, she would have been president. I really don't think so: CNN Poll: 7 in 10 say Palin not qualified to be president

[FairfieldLife] 3D TV is here

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
I haven't even been able to see Avatar in 3D yet, but at the recent CES show attendees got to see some of their favorite non-3D movies in 3D. On a television screen thinner than a pack of matches. I want one. Samsung rolled out its new 3D televisions. Just 1/3- inches thick, they can display 3D

[FairfieldLife] Teabaggers vs the GOP

2010-01-09 Thread do.rflex
Hee Haw meets 28 Days Later By CHARLES M. BLOW - New York Times - January 8, 2010 The attack on the Republican establishment by the tea party folks grabs the gaze like a really bad horror flick — some version of Hee Haw meets 28 Days Later. It's fascinating. But it also raises a serious

[FairfieldLife] Re: Teabaggers vs the GOP

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
dorx wrote: Teabaggers vs the GOP... Notice how almost every time 'dorx' calls the Tea Party Movement 'tea-baggers', how afraid and scared he sounds of the 'GOP'? In fact, America is not safe, after nearly nine years of war, and billions of dollars and thousands of lives. The economy is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Those who see the movie vs. those who only read the reviews

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: A spiritual teacher I studied with for a number of years (not Maharishi) had a dualistic view of things he liked to rap about from time to time, even though his predominant view was more Unity-based. He gave a number of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread RayS
Hi All: New to this group, and just selected a topic to commence reading. I chose this one, and it's interesting. There is no logical reason (or logic based reason) to consider the Bible or the gospels or the vedic literature any different from myths and fairytales -- or for that matter from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Premanand premanandp...@... wrote: Now I'm not at all sure that 'transcending' remained Maharishi's message, seems more and more he was trying to get the world to believe everything and anything contained in Indian Sacred Texts. His message was that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Vaj wrote: He replied that the only thing he heard was: Apparently MMY visited the Shankaryacharya some time ago. And after MMY had left, the Shankaracharya commented to the Swami that MMY's mind was a complete mess, a supermarket, not quiet at all. According to Paul G. van Oyen,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jeff.evans60 jeff.evans60@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: snip Not sure where or if this fits in, but my sister pointed out to me that

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Just as a followup, doncha think it's fascinating that a supposed feminist throws away several posts 1) picking a nit about another woman's unkempt appearance as if that somehow offended her, and 2) does so by

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip Let's compare my characterization of her freakout over unkempt hair to her *actual words* on the subject, shall we? No matter how many of my actual words you bold, Barry, they don't say anything even remotely like what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Was it the culture at the time that brought it about? Or, was it the Spanish language itself that caused it? Maybe the Castillian pronunciation has a special sound quality... Maybe, but as you noted, these experiences were the result of 'religious prayer'. There are no Christian

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
Good grief. This is, what, Barry's *third* off-the- rails rant now about McDonnell's hair? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Perfect way to end my posting week, by pointing out that the *other* self-proclaimed feminist on this forum seems to *agree* with

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
We all bring our own loves, hatreds, prejudices and biases to the table whenever we partake in any artistic event, be it a movie or a painting or music concert. Mine are projected onto the screen and story just as everyone else's are. For you to claim, Barry, that I missed the movie is of

[FairfieldLife] How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: [snip] guffaw [snip] Is it a sound? A facial expression only, without sound? Or is it just a state of mind which has a resonance only in the written word?

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirt...@... wrote: I'm looking forward to the day when we are inclusive and have ceased being EXclusive. The state of the heart is relevant and not the state of hair. Perhaps it is my being an artist, but i like the abstractness of a bedhead.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
But to claim that something *you haven't even exper- ienced* is Truth because you BELIEVE it is, or because you read it in a book you consider Truth? Doug wrote: Yes, discernment... Yes, discrimination between the real and the unreal - between true knowledge, gnosis, jnana, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar'

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Judy's Hair Club For Women... Judy wrote: Good grief. This is, what, Barry's *third* off-the- rails rant now about McDonnell's hair? You can always tell when these types of informant go 'off the rails' and realize they've totally lost the debate, when they change the subject line to

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread m 13
I'll have to grow my hair longer if I am to tuck my bed in it. Pass the biotin please!   If the reference was to Dances with Wolves,I wondered myself , if she was raised in the Indian tradition, why the women would not braid it,as they did. Maybe they just left it wild and natural?     Haven't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 9, 2010, at 2:50 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Just as Shemp missed the film he was watching because all he could see in it were his own hatreds and hangups... Personally I think he was kidding, at least in part. I think a lot of what Shemp posts is tongue-in- cheek, altho I could be wrong.

Re: [FairfieldLife] How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@netscape.net wrote: guffaw Is it a sound? A facial expression only, without sound? Or is it just a state of mind which has a resonance only in the written word? If others want to publish the TM mantra, it's their choice. I thought

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:06 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 9, 2010, at 2:50 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Just as Shemp missed the film he was watching because all he could see in it were his own hatreds and hangups... Personally I think he was kidding, at least in

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
I may even wear sticks, feathers, flowers, or anything that gives me delight in my hair. You may wear your hair anyway you like... Judy wrote: Meow, dear, looks like you've been misled by what Barry said about my posts. They didn't say the state of the hair was relevant to anything

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
Yikes, he's *still at it*. And it's moi who's supposed to be having the meltdown... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: For the record, I find nothing technically wrong or offensive in Shemp's review. Barry, last week: Shemp will HATE AVATAR. He'll be sitting

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirt...@... wrote: I'll have to grow my hair longer if I am to tuck my bed in it. Pass the biotin please! As would Judy. One might suggest that her...uh... somewhat strong opinions about Mary McDonnell's hair are somewhat reflected in her own

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:06 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen

[FairfieldLife] US special envoy threatens to freeze aid to Israel

2010-01-09 Thread do.rflex
Mitchell: Mideast stagnation endangers US aid Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 01.08.10, 19:58 / Israel News http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3082,00.html WASHINGTON – On the eve of his visit to the Middle East, US special envoy George Mitchell threatened that his country

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Just as Shemp missed the film he was watching because all he could see in it were his own hatreds and hangups, so did the person who freaked out over Mary McDonnell looking like a slattern because all she could see in the film were her own hangups. Judy wrote: Actually, I think

Re: [FairfieldLife] US special envoy threatens to freeze aid to Israel

2010-01-09 Thread It's just a ride
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:49 AM, do.rflex do.rf...@yahoo.com wrote: Mitchell: Mideast stagnation endangers US aid We need to not only freeze aid to Israel, but also all of its bank accounts we can gain access to. Plus place an embargo on Zionists worldwide sending money to Israel. End

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
Barry simply doesn't pay attention. When he first brought this issue up -- prior to my week-long suspension -- I responded by telling Barry that if I judged movies solely by whether I agreed with their political agendas then I would end up seeing about 3 or 4 movies a decade. I long ago gave

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip I see your point that the producers couldn't quite cope mentally with the idea of a white woman becoming one of *them* without lowering herself and becoming uncivilized, and perhaps it implies a form of unconscious

[FairfieldLife] Re: How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] guffaw Is it a sound? It's onomatopoetic. A facial expression only, without sound? Or is it just a state of mind which has a

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
If you want reality with a North-American-aboriginal-mixes-with-Europeans then I suggest you see the movie Black Robe which is about first contacts between French missionaries and Indians in cold, frozen Quebec about 300 years ago. The film's most telling moment is when the priests show the

[FairfieldLife] Re: How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] guffaw Is it a sound? It's onomatopoetic. ...like our

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
Fifth or sixth unhinged Barryrant about McDonnell's hair? I've lost count. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirteen@ wrote: I'll have to grow my hair longer if I am to tuck my bed in it. Pass the biotin

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: snip But to be sure you will get a third and possibly fourth opinion. When both the third and fourth doctors assure you that you don't have cancer, you celebrate and are much relieved. On the other hand, if the first

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip But to be sure you will get a third and possibly fourth opinion. When both the third and fourth doctors assure you that you don't have cancer,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Walking on Water as a Siddhi

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Ray wrote: There is no logical reason (or logic based reason) to consider the Bible or the gospels or the vedic literature any different from myths and fairytales -- or for that matter from any other form of fiction -- in terms of their credence or accuracy... That's because the origin

Re: [FairfieldLife] 3D TV is here

2010-01-09 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: I haven't even been able to see Avatar in 3D yet, but at the recent CES show attendees got to see some of their favorite non-3D movies in 3D. On a television screen thinner than a pack of matches. I want one. Samsung rolled out its new 3D televisions. Just 1/3- inches

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:28 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Congo Approves Economic Stimulus Package Of AK-47 For Every Citizen

2010-01-09 Thread It's just a ride
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/congo_approves_economic_stimulus -- If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms.

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: snip There is actually a scene in Dances With Wolves in which an Indian woman is helping Stands With A Fist comb her hair. Obviously, that is something she did regularly. Obviously, it didn't work for very long. Obviously,

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip I see your point that the producers couldn't quite cope mentally with the idea of a white woman becoming one of *them* without lowering herself and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip But to be sure you will get a third and possibly fourth opinion. When

[FairfieldLife] Judy's Hair Club For Women (was Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire)

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
Hairlarious! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: snip There is actually a scene in Dances With Wolves in which an Indian woman is helping Stands With A Fist comb her hair. Obviously, that is

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of authfriend Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 11:28 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: snip

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: snip Children adopted by families of a different race often long for a culture identity that goes back to their roots. Even children adopted as infants go to great lengths hunting for birth parents, perhaps hoping somehow

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 10:47 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:16 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp Actually, very few climatologists agree that

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:16 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen

[FairfieldLife] Re: US special envoy threatens to freeze aid to Israel

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
Mitchell: Mideast stagnation endangers US aid We need to not only freeze aid to Israel, but also all of its bank accounts we can gain access to. That would be illegal, obviously, and wouldn't stand up in the International Court. But, if you freeze aid to Israel, then you deny millions of

[FairfieldLife] Annals of modern journalism

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
This sentence, written by a NY Times reporter, appeared yesterday in a news story: To help me understand how the proposed cuts would affect riders, the staff reached deep into Hopstop's big, googly brain and felt around. To see the context:

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:26 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Jan 9, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Rick Archer wrote: All scientists get their research money from somewhere. Mostly either the government or corporations, I suppose. Are you suggesting that government-funded research is more biased than corporate-funded research? If so, why? Corporations are

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy's Hair Club For Women

2010-01-09 Thread jeff.evans60
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: I may even wear sticks, feathers, flowers, or anything that gives me delight in my hair. You may wear your hair anyway you like... Judy wrote: Meow, dear, looks like you've been misled by what Barry said

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jan 9, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Rick Archer wrote: All scientists get their research money from somewhere. Mostly either the government or corporations, I suppose. Are you suggesting that government-funded

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ShempMcGurk Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:26 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen

[FairfieldLife] No negro dialect: do Blacks have an advantage in basketball?

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
Is what Harry Reid said wrong (see below)? If so, why? And why should he apologise? Certainly, some groups have different dialects and accents within the bosum that is America. And there are other distinguishing characteristics amongst groups. We can certainly declare certain groups as

[FairfieldLife] Re: Annals of modern journalism

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: This sentence, written by a NY Times reporter, appeared yesterday in a news story: To help me understand how the proposed cuts would affect riders, the staff reached deep into Hopstop's big, googly brain and felt around.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Annals of modern journalism

2010-01-09 Thread jeff.evans60
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: This sentence, written by a NY Times reporter, appeared yesterday in a news story: To help me understand how the proposed cuts would affect riders, the staff reached deep into Hopstop's big, googly brain and felt around.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Wonderful, wonderful movie. I thought it appropriate that the movie came out in the same month as a study that showed the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 has not diminished:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Judy's Hair Club For Women

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
But, neither of them responded with a web cam image of their own hair. LOL!!! jeff wrote: If you are looking for pictures of guys Willy I think you have come to the wrong place. LoL! There are lots of pictures of guys in the FairfieldLife Photo Archives, but none of Barry,

[FairfieldLife] For Some 3D Movies a Headache

2010-01-09 Thread Bhairitu
Movie buffs and sports fans looking to 3D televisions for the ultimate home theater experience may want to get their eyes checked first -- or risk a 3D headache, U.S. eye experts said on Saturday. Article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6080XO20100109 Sometimes I get headaches with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Bhairitu
BillyG wrote: The idea that if you don't accept standardized health care for everyone you're calloused or selfish is a red herring argument, the Republicans just feel there is a BETTER way to reform health care, that's all, and one that doesn't compromise on quality, which what the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Annals of modern journalism

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jeff.evans60 jeff.evan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: This sentence, written by a NY Times reporter, appeared yesterday in a news story: To help me understand how the proposed cuts would affect

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Bhairitu
ShempMcGurk wrote: Ah! Sal secretly listens to country music! I just saw an interview with the wonderful Norah Jones about her early influences. As you know, her music is as far from country as you can get. I was surprised to learn from her interview that almost all her early

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip Children adopted by families of a different race often long for a culture identity that goes back to their roots. Even children adopted as

[FairfieldLife] http://www.maharishichannel.in/archives/gfc-2010.html

2010-01-09 Thread nablusoss1008
Global Family Chats http://streaming.mou.org/MOU/Chat/08_Jan_10.wmv January 9th http://streaming.mou.org/MOU/Chat/09_Jan_10.wmv Dr Eckart Stein reported on three developments in Germany, all reflecting the current demand of the time, which is for the authorities to recognize and implement TM

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Stewart his team discuss Tiger Woods' religion

2010-01-09 Thread off_world_beings
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: As far as TM and moral reasoning goes, I am fully aware that a few of the heavy hitters within the TMO have slept with other peoples wives, or at least attempted to.

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: snip Children adopted by families of a different race often long for

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG wrote: The idea that if you don't accept standardized health care for everyone you're calloused or selfish is a red herring argument, the Republicans just feel there is a BETTER way to reform health care,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread WillyTex
BillyG wrote: ...a BETTER way to reform health care, that's all, and one that doesn't compromise on quality, which what the Democrats are offering, certainly will. Bhairitu wrote: Yeah, health care for profit has been a real success in the US, hasn't it? We have the shortest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread Bhairitu
BillyG wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote: BillyG wrote: The idea that if you don't accept standardized health care for everyone you're calloused or selfish is a red herring argument, the Republicans just feel there is a BETTER way to reform

[FairfieldLife] Re: Avatar, as seen through the eyes of Shemp

2010-01-09 Thread BillyG
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, WillyTex willy...@... wrote: BillyG wrote: ...a BETTER way to reform health care, that's all, and one that doesn't compromise on quality, which what the Democrats are offering, certainly will. Bhairitu wrote: Yeah, health care for

[FairfieldLife] Ashes and Snow - Feather to Fire

2010-01-09 Thread do.rflex
Beautiful, haunting, powerful . . . Gregory Colbert has used both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSX444hQ5Vo [follow links to other clips]

[FairfieldLife] Re: How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] guffaw http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?guffaw01=guffaw

[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Avatar' arouses conservatives' ire

2010-01-09 Thread raunchydog
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-01-09 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Jan 09 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Jan 16 00:00:00 2010 97 messages as of (UTC) Sun Jan 10 00:13:55 2010 16 authfriend jst...@panix.com 16 ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@netscape.net 11 WillyTex willy...@yahoo.com 7

[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL HTML

2010-01-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Drupal on a different host? Any body got experience with Drupal? Thanks for the pointers. Starting over, I'm going to get new web hosting but also learn a real program like Frontpage. Drupal seems like up coming open source program for web paging. http://drupal.org/ Anyone

[FairfieldLife] Embedding in Fairfield, The Hermitage

2010-01-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
* Most of you know about our furnished Ecovillage Bunkhouse short term rental. We have now added The Hermitage, also a fully furnished short term guesthouse --ON CAMPUS. Address: W. Golden Lane, just west of Utopia Park, short walk from the Golden Market. It is gorgeous and, so far, guests are

[FairfieldLife] Re: How is guffaw pronounced...or is it?

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: [snip] guffaw

[FairfieldLife] Avatar is #2 in real dollars but #78 adjusted for inflation

2010-01-09 Thread ShempMcGurk
Avatar may be #2 (behind #1 Titanic) in worldwide alltime gross but is only #78 when those grosses are adjusted for inflation. Indeed, under adjusted for inflation totals, Avatar just squeeked by Swiss Family Robinson, Mrs. Doubtfire, and House of Wax in the last few days but is still behind

[FairfieldLife] Re: 1957

2010-01-09 Thread dhamiltony2k5
1976 Maharishi's Year of Government Maharishi introduced the TM-Sidhi program and starts to train Governors of the Age of Enlightenment to function from the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature to purify world consciousness. 1975 Maharishi's Year of the Dawn of the Age of