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Start Date (UTC): 09/14/13 00:00:00
End Date (UTC): 09/21/13
All of this furor over Neo has reminded me that the world of mobile apps
is just SO much more spiritual than the world of Web apps. Those who are
bitching are missing out on this.
Direct Update (We're going to 'upgrade' your app without your
permission the instant you log in) is SO much more Zen
Every morning here in Paris I watch the florist across the street bring
out flowers and arrange them in front of her shop. And every morning
it's a different arrangement, never the same. There is a certain Zen
magic in this.
--- turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote:
Every morning here in Paris I watch the florist across the street
bring
out flowers and arrange them in front of her shop. And every morning
it's a different arrangement, never the same. There is a certain Zen
magic in this.
Ann, there is definitely flat silence and lively silence. TM is about the
former and TMSP is about the latter. I think the big trick about silence is to
not try to have it. Awareness might be a better word than silence. Does one
really have to try and be aware?! Nope, awareness is always
Interesting POV. I think people communicate to connect with others. Sometimes
the connection doesn't happen and that can feel sad. But what would really be
sad IMHO is to stop trying to connect.
From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To:
Buck, thanks for writing about this. I can feel what you're saying in my hands.
Nice change of pace post for FFL and it's so good for us all to know about this
stuff.
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
turq, another spiritual practice for you might be to stop trying to change, by
various subtle methods, posters who post more than you'd like them to post.
What happened to just ignoring them?! Whoops! I can see that my spiritual
practice is to stop trying to change you ha ha.
insightful...
From: s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 6:30 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] David Frost/John Lennon quote
DAVID FROST: When Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia, if people
I am going to re-send this post of yours back to you the next time you post an
indignant message calling for the Gate Keepers of the Domes to begin allowing
people who visit Ammaji et al into the Domes.
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
are you saying there are no TM'ers amongst the nation's corporate farmers?
From: dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 7:44 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Monsanto crap
So, what is Chromecast?
Broadcast to your TV with the Chrome browser on your laptop computer.
Anything you see on your computer screen, you can cast it to your big
screen TV. That way you can see your YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and
Amazon. And you can subscribe to Google Channels.
Get rid of
Every morning here in the Northern Hemisphere I see the light of the sunrise
and wake with a smile and climb out of bed. And every morning I walk to the
kitchen and drink some water and proceed to make espresso in a familiar coffee
pot. Then I proceed to the toilet and take a dump. The feces
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
Interesting POV. I think people communicate to connect
with others. Sometimes the connection doesn't happen
and that can feel sad. But what would really be sad
IMHO is to stop trying to connect.
I'm commenting on
Perhaps the Turq is reminiscing the days women followed the attractive men as
he witnessed the feminine flow of grace and flowery scent towards a real man
and as they, the female form, wish to only respond to that one man ie; kind of
like we all do to Mr. Bob Price and Ravi Chivukula.
Turqs
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote:
Perhaps the Turq is reminiscing the days women followed the attractive men as
he witnessed the feminine flow of grace and flowery scent towards a real man
and as they, the female form, wish to only respond to that one
s3raphita passes along:
Seventeen syllables?
OK, seventeen syllables...
h...
aw, fuck it
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Doc wrote:
To convey one's moods
in seventeen syllables
is very diffic
Very funny, both of them. I still like my brother's Email Blues haiku:
Oh no
--- Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
Interesting POV. I think people communicate to connect
with others. Sometimes the connection doesn't happen
and that can feel sad. But what would really be sad
IMHO is to stop trying to connect.
--- turquoiseb turquoiseb@.. wrote:
I'm
He is such a terrible advertisement for just about anything he preaches
to us.
Author, he could try toilet paper?
He is such a terrible advertisement for just about anything he preaches
to us.
Author, he could try toilet paper?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpOmmmWMnCM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpOmmmWMnCM
Whoops! Thanks for heads up, Judy. Anyway, Buck thanks for POSTING this, good
to know, nice change of pace topic, etc. love and peace (-:
From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013
I think you nailed it Jimmy. Click below to see what the
most notorious attention troll in FFL had written.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/224700
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/224700
--- doctordumbass doctordumbass@.. wrote:
Is this meant to be
turq, I think everyone aims to contribute what they think is valuable.
It's human nature. And there's a learning curve. Plus everyone wants to
connect. I don't think there's anything wrong with having needs. Though I also
think it's healthier to vibe those needs up to preferences. It's a
Judy, I got turq's image.
From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 9:02 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Haiku by John Cooper Clarke
Barry, do you realize none of your
I would LOVE it, and also would attempt follow the haiku rules, if it turned
out that there is a physiological reason for the 5/7/5 formula for haiku. For
example, iambic pentameter seems to coincide with normal breathing. Am I
missing something?
From:
Yes, turq. Thanks for posting a thought provoking article, which is actually a
Conan O'Brien show piece. Elenor McCabe's cousin. :)
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
turq, I think everyone aims to contribute what they think is valuable.
It's human
Ok, I have a confession which I hope doesn't offend anyone: I think Seraphita
is a guy. Why? Because once he posted: goodbye, I'm going out now. It didn't
sound like something a woman would say.
From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To:
Judy, same here: image in email but not on web site. Mysterious...well, at
least to me!
From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re:
I too, have a confession. I am a guy.
What woman talks about poop and video games?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote:
Ok, I have a confession which I hope doesn't offend anyone: I think Seraphita
is a guy. Why? Because once he posted: goodbye, I'm going
Well, Obbajee, it was late at night when Seraphita made this announcement. I
think a woman would have said: I'm meeting some friends or I've got a date,
etc. I bet new mothers talk about poop (-:
From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To:
Seraphita wrote:
Like you, it's been decades since I read any logical
positivism - Carnap and Wittgenstein - so I know where
you're coming from. Have to say though that the
austerity of their approach had a kind of chilling
beauty to it.
--- authfriend authfriend@... wrote:
It
Right, Obbajee! I read the transcript without watching the clip. Thanks, turq
for posting a thought provoking item!
From: obbajeeba no_re...@yahoogroups.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 9:42 AM
Subject:
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/top-10-superfoods-women-145300922.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote:
I too, have a confession. I am a guy.
What woman talks about poop and video games?
As long as we're doing confessions today,
I empathize with your plight. I am a lesbian
trapped in a man's body*.
* Credit for that line
Doc, I really love all three of your recent posts about this topic of silence.
Kind of illuminating for my own on going experience. Thanks.
From: doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday,
Judy posted an interesting question for a change:
I wonder if it's possible for two philosophers to
have an argument (or just a conversation) using
only mathematical formulations, no words.
I can cast third-hand hearsay evidence on this
question. At least on the having a conversation
The key word here is 'casting', as in broadcast.
You can broadcast anything you see on your computer
screen using Chrome to any Chromecast device in any
room.
With the Google Chromecast you don't need an HDMI
cable running across the room from your lap top to the
back of the TV set. You can
The only interesting answers are those which destroy the question. - Susan
Sontag
Sometimes, finding an answer to a question forces you to redefine the terms of
the question, or think differently about their relations to each other. These
are the really interesting answers: The ones that make
Alex:
crude interfaces to the Internet.,,
Maybe so, but there's nothing more crude than the interface you
see at Time-Warner, where you pay your cable bill! LoL!
And, the on-screen menu from Time-Warner is no piece of art. I
checked out the TiVo interface menu and it was pretty crude too.
Go
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/206212/coca-cola-cancels-promotion-after\
-bottle-caps-call-people-douche-and-you-retard/
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/206212/coca-cola-cancels-promotion-afte\
r-bottle-caps-call-people-douche-and-you-retard/
The reason I mentioned the 2 XD is from Roku's site it looks like they
are blowing out the two 720p units. The 2 XD can also do 720p if
needed. They are probably just simplifying their product line. Their
top model just just adds a couple more features including games and dual
band wifi.
On 9/21/2013 10:15 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba no_reply@... wrote:
I too, have a confession. I am a guy.
What woman talks about poop and video games?
As long as we're doing confessions today,
I empathize with your plight. I am a lesbian
trapped in a
Of course there is no such thing as a perfect program as well as no
such thing as a perfect programmer ( though a lot of them think they
are). Stuff needs updating to get rid of bugs or fix the bugs they
shipped with to just to look good for the stock analysts who will trash
them if they
Here's another article about the recent Beer Goggles study that was
awarded this year's Ignoble Prize. It's actually a pretty interesting
study. The issue is *not* that the higher your blood alcohol content is
the more attractive you think your drinking partner is; that was a given
before the
On 09/21/2013 08:55 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
The key word here is 'casting', as in broadcast.
You can broadcast anything you see on your computer
screen using Chrome to any Chromecast device in any
room.
With the Google Chromecast you don't need an HDMI
cable running across the room
We used to go out to bars and restaurants to socialize. But MADD put an
end to that. The unintended consequences of that is people now stay
home and socialize via the Internet. I actually had someone ask if they
could share my table at Starbucks the other day. You don't know how
unusual
Literally, according to a new theory that suggests that your universe
was formed from debris ejected when a four-dimensional star collapsed
into a black hole
http://www.nature.com/news/did-a-hyper-black-hole-spawn-the-universe-1.\
13743
You're possibly black hole shit. Get over it. :-)
If your number one priority is security don't forget that the operating
system is designed to keep track of everything you do. If the OS fails
to keep track of you, your anti-virus program will. Assume that every
application has built in code to track you - your phone, your PC and
even your car.
Well, noozguru, is it simply lust for something new? Or is it some drive to
stimulate sleepy parts of the brain? Fire up some new neuronal pathways? In the
past I would have automatically agreed. But now, I'm not so sure it's always a
bad thing!
From:
I think this is beautiful and moving, Carde, even though there are parts I
don't understand. thank you...
From: cardemais...@yahoo.com cardemais...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 5:32 AM
Subject:
Richard, I guess they're not into confessing (-:
From: Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
To: Richard J. Williams FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Louis C.K. explains why people
I posted it actually.
From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Monsanto crap
Whoops! Thanks for heads up,
thanks, MJ, yeah, good to see that NY Times is changing its mind about that. Or
at least, has an open mind about it (-:
From: Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 21,
To Reflect...
A Special Beauty
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance (Proverbs 15:13).
I have experienced what it is to be in Christ. I am poor, old, and have
nothing special, except to have Christ in my heart. In Him I am strong, I am
beautiful and I am happy. His presence
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Subject: [FairfieldCafe] Presentation on healthcare reform and you
Date: September 21, 2013 10:38:15 AM CDT
To: fairfieldc...@yahoogroups.com
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING NEW
can you give example of this?
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Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: On Being An Eagle
The only interesting
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