[FairfieldLife] This is your chance to help honor Ringo Starr with the quot;Lifetime of Peace Love Awardquot;

2013-12-29 Thread nablusoss1008
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[FairfieldLife] Dutch landscape

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
A couple of kilometers from where I live, you can go for a brisk winter walk and see a classic steam train roll by. It's actually pretty damned charming.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Emptybill, don't know why this comes to mind, but I wonder how the Chinese will figure in the Euro Muslim apocalypse. In fact, I wonder in general about these two extreme cultures and how they *dance* with one another these days. On Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:30 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Seraph, I like her too because she thinks way outside any box and she seems able to hold the extremes of any polarity in her thinking. Like you, I don't always agree with her, but she always leads my thinking in directions it has not gone before, boldly or otherwise! On Saturday, December

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Five, six, and seven for Feste

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
ah, emptybill, I think that's what they call a damned if you do and damned if you don't! I know a woman artist, partially Russian, and she learned how to mix her own paints so that she could create more authentic contemporary icons. If I remember correctly, the base ingredient was egg whites!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Dutch landscape

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Really good photo, turq, perfect subject, I think, for black and white: the steam, the light coming through the train's windows. Thanks for posting. On Sunday, December 29, 2013 6:36 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   A couple of kilometers from where I live, you can go for a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Dutch landscape

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: Really good photo, turq, perfect subject, I think, for black and white: the steam, the light coming through the train's windows. Thanks for posting. The photo is in color. That's part of what makes it so striking; this is what the light

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
Om, have either of you earned a real PhD from a real university or are you just pretty well read in spiritual things? Most of what I know I learned from my teachers: MMY, Suzuki Roshi, Lama Govinda, and Chogyam Trungpa. After learning how to meditate I was interested in learning exactly what it

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: MMY's Buddha

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
[image: Inline image 2] When Shakya the Muni attained the buddha state, he is reported to have said: Profound, simple, transparent! What did he mean by this? The 'Buddha', Shakya the Muni, was born in 563 BCE - in the sixth century in what is now Nepal, at Kapilavastu. He was the founder of the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
Two groups of smug, urban sophisticates got outsmarted by a backwoodsman who carves duck calls with a pocket knife for a living and shoots ducks for entertainment. Go figure. 'Who are the losers in the ‘Duck Dynasty’ flap?' http://washingtonexaminer.com/duck-dynasty-flap/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: Two groups of smug, urban sophisticates got outsmarted by a backwoodsman who carves duck calls with a pocket knife for a living and shoots ducks for entertainment. Go figure. 'Who are the losers in the Duck Dynasty flap?'

Re: [FairfieldLife] The Rent is Too Damn High!

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
Two guys got together in San Antonio to sell some trucks and some TVs - Ernesto Ancira at Ancira-Winton Chevrolet and Bjorn's Audio Video. You can buy a new regular cab 2-wheel drive Chevrolet Silverado for $23,948 and Bjorn will throw in a free JVC 32 flat screen TV. WOW! I'm really impressed! I

Re: [FairfieldLife] TM -- like falling in love!?

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/28/2013 9:04 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: Obviously written by someone before they went batty from unstressing. Well, I sort of figured you were batty but I didn't know why. So, why would anyone go batty from unstressing? Usually, people go batty from getting stressed out. Go figure.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/28/2013 9:16 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: That's certainly what he wants you to think. It's not always borne out by his behavior, though. He's actually extremely uptight but takes great pains to conceal it. Not sure how Judy would know how he is extremely uptight - is that a parody or

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/28/2013 9:30 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: It is all preparation for the Euro-Muslim apocalypse. VOLGOGRAD, Russia - A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, killing at least 14 people in the second deadly attack within three

[FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread authfriend
Me, I think she's wildly overrated as an intellect. I think she picks her positions (perhaps unconsciously) based on their outrageousness quotient and then figures out how to support them. She impresses more because of her skill with words and her contrariness than the quality of her thinking.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
Yesterday I washed one of my cars, with a little help from this dog, Spot. At our place, we have a garage with two doors with independent electro-mechanical door openers. That way, when we drive up to the house we can open the doors and drive in and the dorr will shut behind us with the touch of a

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 8:44 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: I think she's wildly overrated as an intellect. I think she picks her positions (perhaps unconsciously) based on their outrageousness quotient and then figures out how to support them. She impresses more because of her skill with words and her

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Mike Dixon
I think both of these comments are correct.Phil Robertson *bayoubilly*,and those supporting him, managed to sway public opinion in his favor by convincing everyone that this was about freedom of religion and freedom of speech. I never read any comments that GLAAD made concerning the issue. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Uh oh. I think I've achieved one of those milestones along the path to You know you're in danger of becoming Dutch when... consciousness. I read through this post, bemused by it, but I didn't notice until I'd gotten almost all the way to the end of it that part of my mind was still saying, What's

[FairfieldLife] RE: MMY#39;s Buddha

2013-12-29 Thread emptybill
You can just call me Phool Das if that works better. If we were PhD.s we wouldn't be here. Academics don't inhabit forums like this but take their insights and judgements to professional conferences and to academic journals. Primary teacher was Alfonso Verdu, originally an academic Jesuit who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
Small country, flat land. On 12/29/2013 07:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: */Uh oh. I think I've achieved one of those milestones along the path to You know you're in danger of becoming Dutch when... consciousness. I read through this post, bemused by it, but I didn't notice until I'd gotten

[FairfieldLife] RE: Camille Paglia: A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
I've never read any of her writing but on taking a cursory look at some stuff she wrote, here are two links: http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/27/pops-drop-from-madonna-to-miley/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/magazine/article389697.ece

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
noozguru et al, small country, flat land. And no snow or ice on the roads and bike paths! On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:11 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   Small country, flat land.  On 12/29/2013 07:43 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:   Uh oh. I think I've achieved one of those

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dutch landscape

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
yep, turq, it's time for me to have an eye exam! Actually, I can detect a bit of a undertone, almost pale maroon or something. It adds to the loveliness of the photo. On Sunday, December 29, 2013 7:19 AM, TurquoiseB turquoi...@yahoo.com wrote:   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread bobpriced
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Bob, I feel fortunate to be able spend time with family in a special place doing fun activities. First, I do enjoy Richard's writing style. Now, I know that has nothing to do with content, but style points do count

[FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: noozguru et al, small country, flat land. And no snow or ice on the roads and bike paths! Ahem. Only pussies leave their bikes at home when it snows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6XHvQ

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, bobpriced@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Bob, I feel fortunate to be able spend time with family in a special place doing fun activities. First, I do enjoy Richard's writing style. Now, I know

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
turq, I stand corrected! and dare I say: no pussies in the Netherlands (-: On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:36 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: noozguru et al, small country, flat land. And no snow or ice on the roads and bike paths! On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:11 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
* I read through this post, bemused by it, but I didn't notice until I'd gotten almost all the way to the end of it that part of my mind was still saying, What's a car? :-)*You probably don't even need a car over there - in fact, it would be a problem. Over, here a car is just another tool for

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: The thread I thought had potential was the one with his snaps of run down houses, but so far he's failed to close the deal by not somehow pointing out the irony of these images coming from a tea bagger who's never gone beyond warm water. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Thanks for your thoughts on this, Mike. A couple of spiritual teachers that have been to FF talk about, not indifference but rather what they call loving neutrality. I think it's a bit like what Maharishi calls restful alertness. On Sunday, December 29, 2013 9:25 AM, Mike Dixon

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread doctordumbass
Very well said, Bob - enjoyed the dickens out if it! As for Richard's stuff, it is like walking into a gourmet supermarket and finding that *everything*, from the garlic mustard, to the pastries, to the holiday ham, is all composed of well-disguised, mushy oatmeal. As Judy's possibly distant

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: I understand you find Richard entertaining, but I think we can agree that being entertained is not the same thing as learning something. You came to the wrong place, Bob - if you came here to learn anything. To learn something you need to get

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: I thought when you mentioned Richard's original content there might be something in his posts that you found edifying - that I had missed; from what you say here, it appears that's not the case. You're actually reading my stuff, Bob? Go

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: As entertainment, I personally find the voice Richard employs on FFL more than a little bit grating - not unlike one of those automated customer service bots you get when you call Future Shop. Now this is really funny coming from a guy that

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Ok, Seraph, here's a story for you: a tantric teacher complained to his master that he was too tired to make love with his wife. His master immediately told him to do so every night for two weeks, whether he was tired or not! I'm not sure what the intended lesson was but I think it's great if a

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Richard, congratulations for getting off the Crystal Light. Might as well inject sugar right into the veins! Thanks for the recipe too. I love both cabbage and cooked celery. Do you all ever eat baby bok choy? I think it's high in Vit A or something that's hard to get via food. Bon appetite!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm not sure how much original content I've been able to harvest from Richards offerings, but lets take a look: 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock - I'm guessing you've heard of ROLLING STONE, Probably everyone has heard of Rolling Stone

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
to bobpriced from an ancient and wise story: Is that so? On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote:   ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, steve.sundur@... wrote: Thanks Bob, I feel fortunate to be able spend time with family in a special

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: lets not forget his /reports from the front/ of his yoga mat (which he does not seem to be visiting enough) - on the history of consciousness; Maybe, but I don't think I've posted anything on the history of consciousness, Bob. That would be

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
LOL but Richard I have heard that the corpse pose is actually the hardest to do. And the most beneficial. Yes, one could say go figure! On Sunday, December 29, 2013 1:50 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: lets not

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: ALL ABOUT RICHARD. IMO, 90% of his wikipuff output are cut and paste jobs from the threatened opus he claims he's been working on the last 50 years. Please direct me to anything original in any of this output. Who did you think it was about,

[FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread doctordumbass
I was just looking at a report on my music distributor's site, and was struck by the huge difference in music royalties, from two partners: MediaNet sold 1,841 of my songs, for a grand total of $20.58 :-( also thumbs down on Spotify. iTunes sold 104 of my songs, for a total of $71.98 :-) also

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: And since its the award season, and she decided to jump into our conversation - before I could respond to you; how bout an award for Uriah for The Years Most Obvious? Well, Bob, I don't think the Post Count could really be YOUR conversation,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 12:20 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: *Uriah Heep* is a fictional character http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_character created by Charles Dickens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens in his novel David Copperfield http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 9:24 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: That would be like Christ referring to the adulteress as a slutty, little dirty whore This is just my opinion, but I really don't think Jesus really said anything about an adulteress because that would have opened up a whole other can of worms in his

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 1:13 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: As for Richard's stuff, it is like walking into a gourmet supermarket and finding that *everything*, from the garlic mustard, to the pastries, to the holiday ham, is all composed of well-disguised, mushy oatmeal. As Judy's possibly

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 1:28 PM, Share Long wrote: here's a story for you: a tantric teacher complained to his master that he was too tired to make love with his wife. It's just like a Zen koan, Share. Tantra is all about positioning and placement. It's that simple.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 1:52 PM, Share Long wrote: LOL but Richard I have heard that the corpse pose is actually the hardest to do. At Bob's age, just finding the mat is probably the hardest thing to do. It's not so much the laying down in the corpse pose that is so difficult - it's the getting back up

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, sharelong60@... wrote: Thanks for your thoughts on this, Mike. A couple of spiritual teachers that have been to FF talk about, not indifference but rather what they call loving neutrality. I think it's a bit like what Maharishi calls restful alertness.

Re: [FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 1:58 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I was just looking at a report on my music distributor's site, and was struck by the huge difference in music royalties, from two partners: MediaNet sold 1,841 of my songs, for a grand total of $20.58 :-( also thumbs down on Spotify.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote: I understand you find Richard entertaining, but I think we can agree that being entertained is not the same thing as learning something. You came to the wrong

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote: I thought when you mentioned Richard's original content there might be something in his posts that you found edifying - that I had missed; from what you say

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote: As entertainment, I personally find the voice Richard employs on FFL more than a little bit grating - not unlike one of those automated customer service bots you

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, sharelong60@... wrote: Richard, congratulations for getting off the Crystal Light. Might as well inject sugar right into the veins! Thanks for the recipe too. I love both cabbage and cooked celery. Do you all ever eat baby bok choy? I think it's high

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpriced@... mailto:bobpriced@... wrote: I'm not sure how much original content I've been able to harvest from Richards offerings, but lets take a look: 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock - I'm guessing

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 2:40 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't think a couple of spiritual teachers talking about indifference relates to anything Mike was posting about. Maybe not, but I think Mike's point was that Jesus was indifferent to social mores concerning adultery. From what I've read,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread anartaxius
To do the corpse pose properly Share, you have to die. Most find this more than they can handle. Also you have to use methods that allow getting into the proper form prior to expiration. ---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, sharelong60@... wrote: LOL but Richard I have heard that the corpse

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius wrote: To do the corpse pose properly Share, you have to die. Most find this more than they can handle. Also you have to use methods that allow getting into the proper form prior to expiration. Now THAT is funny. First real LOL post in a while.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 1:13 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: As for Richard's stuff, it is like walking into a gourmet supermarket and finding that *everything*, from the garlic mustard, to the pastries, to the holiday ham, is all composed of well-disguised, mushy oatmeal. As Judy's possibly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 12/29/2013 1:13 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: As for Richard's stuff, it is like walking into a gourmet supermarket and finding that *everything*, from the garlic mustard, to the pastries, to the holiday ham, is all

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
In my tantric tradition there is that ritual of having sex in a graveyard. It is apparently a test for becoming an acharya because the idea there is to be no climax so it demonstrates control. My tantra teacher would have guys calling him because they thought tantra was sex and he could

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What I Did Today

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
So you have a mountain bike? It also wouldn't work very well in France which I recall being very hilly. Otherwise we have bike paths on the streets but there are often Darwin Award candidates going the wrong way on the one way bike lanes where they might get offed by cars pulling out from

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: In my tantric tradition there is that ritual of having sex in a graveyard. It is apparently a test for becoming an acharya because the idea there is to be no climax so it demonstrates control. My tantra teacher would have guys calling

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
Crystal Light is artificially sweetened. Not good to fool the body though if it is actually asking for sugar (doesn't have to be sugar though but some carbs). On 12/29/2013 11:38 AM, Share Long wrote: Richard, congratulations for getting off the Crystal Light. Might as well inject sugar

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 11:44 AM, bobpri...@yahoo.com wrote: these two old farts in a wind storm - who hated each other a few weeks ago; not unlike watching the last days of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, just before Operation Barbarossa Speaking of old farts, Bob - I don't think anyone here realized you

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 2:42 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: If you don't think this is a place to learn anything why do you keep trying to teach us all stuff, Ricardo? I've done my best to dumb it down so you and some others can understand the mechanics of consciousness, Ann. If it's not simple

Re: [FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
So you sell your songs on iTunes for $1 apiece and Apple takes 30 cents? That would be fairly standard (similar to Google and Amazon). And are folks on Spotify just paying for a listen? Back in the day mechanical royalties on a 45 would be about 5 cents. On 12/29/2013 11:58 AM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 2:43 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: When are you going to get to work and post something worth commenting on? Evidently he just did. But, what is it worth, Ann, that's the question - more than two cents?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 2:45 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: BoB really did get you going, Regardez-vous. Well, it is kind of slow around here today. That is, until you opened your big pie hole. LoL!

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 2:50 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: P.S. You seem to be getting better at posting using NEO - your post at least has an almost readable size font face. Maybe someday, in a few dozen years, you'll be able to upload a digital photo like I do; or a link to a

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Hey, Xeno, that's why I practice every day. They call it dying before dying. Very cool. On Sunday, December 29, 2013 2:56 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote:   To do the corpse pose properly Share, you have to die. Most find this more than they can handle. Also you have

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 12:20 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. It's really great that you've kept up on the latest

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 9:24 AM, Mike Dixon wrote: That would be like Christ referring to the adulteress as a slutty, little dirty whore This is just my opinion, but I really don't think Jesus really said anything about an adulteress

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Brave New World

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
noozguru, it sounds like these traditions of tantra and transcending have a lot in common. The point is to be with whatever, to not be overshadowed by anything, to experience silence, beingness during all kinds of activity. In this moment, it all seems like a great gift to us all, to be alive

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 2:40 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: I don't think a couple of spiritual teachers talking about indifference relates to anything Mike was posting about. Maybe not, but I think Mike's point

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Good point, noozguru, thanks for correction. This kind of health info is important for people to know imo. On Sunday, December 29, 2013 3:27 PM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote:   Crystal Light is artificially sweetened.  Not good to fool the body though if it is actually asking

[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, turquoiseb@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: On 12/29/2013 1:13 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: As for Richard's stuff, it is like walking into a gourmet supermarket and finding that *everything*, from the

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 2:42 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: If you don't think this is a place to learn anything why do you keep trying to teach us all stuff, Ricardo? I've done my best to dumb it down so you and

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, punditster@... wrote: On 12/29/2013 2:45 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote: BoB really did get you going, Regardez-vous. Well, it is kind of slow around here today. That is, until you opened your big pie hole. LoL!

Re: [FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread doctordumbass
I recognize the difference between buying a song and streaming it, but the difference is 100 to 1. 10 to 1 would be nice.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread doctordumbass
I cannot stand that artificially sweetened crap! I bought a Pepsi at the 7-11 recently, took a swig, and then realized it was diet - ugh! Tastes and metabolizes like sweetened plastic.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: What People Eat

2013-12-29 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@{{emailDomain}}, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: I cannot stand that artificially sweetened crap! I bought a Pepsi at the 7-11 recently, took a swig, and then realized it was diet - ugh! Tastes and metabolizes like sweetened plastic. Ah, the dreaded Aspartame. It

[FairfieldLife] RE: music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread s3raphita
Bhairitu, that reminds me: is whoever wrote the songs for Magic Fern still getting royalties? A friend of mine over here who fronted a pub covers band wrote a few original songs; they were never released commercially but he sent recordings out to all the local and national radio stations

[FairfieldLife] RE: This is your chance to help honor Ringo Starr with the quot;Lifetime of Peace Love Awardquot;

2013-12-29 Thread dhamiltony2k5
Hey, I would really love to go to this. If anyone here does win the chance to go but can't make the trip, I'll go in your place, Donate and win a chance to: A ticket to honor Ringo Starr at David Lynch's birthday event - Access to the exclusive afterparty at a private location with

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
The song Maggie is public domain (even though Jerden slapped I.M. Flowers on it as author) having been written in the 19th century. So there is no royalties on it. Accounting took care of any royalties back in the day of the release of the 45s, LPs and CDs. On 12/29/2013 03:59 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread Bhairitu
I don't know that much about Spotify but it looks per play and possibly even ad driven? If you got paid per play then the royalty could be higher but you might be just getting paid for ad clicks. On 12/29/2013 03:07 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: I recognize the difference between

[FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 30-Dec-13 00:15:08 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): 12/28/13 00:00:00 End Date (UTC): 01/04/14 00:00:00 260 messages as of (UTC) 12/30/13 00:12:31 58 Richard J. Williams 31 Share Long 26 awoelflebater 20 Richard Williams 17 emptybill 16 TurquoiseB 15 authfriend

[FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread emptybill
Wolf Baiter You are showing your vicious side. Obviously you are trying to usurp the throne so you can now declare yourself as the Ankle Bite Queen.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Information Technology Systems

2013-12-29 Thread Richard Williams
It's almost breath taking in it's scope! Imagine the BIOS of your computer hacked by the feds BEFORE it even reaches the stockroom of your local computer store. The BIOS - that's where you want to be if you are a spy agency. Forget tracing your calls; forget meta data warehousing; forget call

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 4:34 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: But, in a way I'm not surprised at anything I read in the Bible since it's probably all made up anyway. But one thing is fer sure if true - robbing that kid of his coat of many colors and selling him into slavery was a bad thing to do - why

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Get Your Ducks in a Row

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 4:38 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I don't care what you think and I wasn't talkin' to you. Keep your pie hole shut and give the little lady a chance to speak for herself. Well, I started this thread about the Duck Dynasty, so I can butt in anytime I want to, Comrad Ann.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 4:47 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: could you do it in one post instead of wasting so much band width Well, If I did that, Ann what would you have to read?

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 12/29/2013 6:41 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Wolf Baiter You are showing your vicious side. Obviously you are trying to usurp the throne so you can now declare yourself as the Ankle Bite Queen. It looks like Judy took the day off, so Ann is just taking up the slack. Give her

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 30-Dec-13 00:15:08 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Richard J. Williams
It looks like we are the top posters again, Share. Keep up the good work! P.S. This is where it gets tricky: post something with Judy's name in it - that will set things off for at least a dozen rounds. Judy loves to see her name in messages - it's an attention thing. I've never seen Judy not

Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count Mon 30-Dec-13 00:15:08 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Richard, sorry you have to do all the heavy lifting here. But we girls just wanna have fun. Go figure! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A On Sunday, December 29, 2013 7:28 PM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote:   It looks like we are the top posters again, Share. Keep

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Richard, I think they say the corpse pose is so difficult because it's so simple and we westerners like to make things complicated and be doing, doing, doing! Anyway, I think you and Rita have mastered it. Congratulations and keep up the good work! On Sunday, December 29, 2013 2:36 PM,

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Post Count Sat 28-Dec-13 00:15:02 UTC

2013-12-29 Thread Share Long
Richard, I can empathize. I was thrilled to discover that Judy has also read the novels of Susan Howatch, a favorite author of mine. I asked her who her favorite Howatch character is. She responded with a putdown containing references to teens and Harry Potter! I still think she needs a pitta

Re: [FairfieldLife] music royalties

2013-12-29 Thread doctordumbass
It is actually per streamed song - that detail is covered in my report - the partner, the song, and number of plays - I read an article on Spotify, and by the way, David Byrne says they suck and has pulled his catalog (Yes!). They reserve oodles of noodles for Britney Spears, Katie Perry et al,

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