[FairfieldLife] Professional Bringdowns

2013-11-16 Thread TurquoiseB
A rap I rediscovered lurking on my hard disk this morning, shortly after reading the article I posted earlier from The Atlantic. I started it in a cafe near the one in which I'm sitting now over two weeks ago. I never posted it here or did anything with it because it was only an in-the-moment rap,

[FairfieldLife] All Bullies Are Narcissists

2013-11-16 Thread TurquoiseB
Fascinating article from The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/all-bullies-are-narcis\ sists/281407/ Read through it and see if it doesn't remind you of the Mean Girl behavior we've

[FairfieldLife] Officially the best flashmob event ever :-)

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20755319,00.html

[FairfieldLife] [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Well, Judy I'm not young and I think I'm cute rather than > beautiful. And I'm a pretty good swimmer. You remind me > of the young monk who's still holding on to an event that's > long passed. Flow on! Since we segued into this stream of

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > turq, that Puritanical, anti-body, anti-life streak runs so deep in some of us and goes back way farther than the Puritans. Notice how often FFL posters try to shame their enemies with sexual references. It's insidious to a horrifying deg

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: > > > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@ wrote: > > > > Emily, it is and has been a pleasure for me to read posts > > from just about all the men on FFL The posts of the > > MGC? Not so much. Silly me!. > > Men! Listen up. You are

[FairfieldLife] Re: spirituality of self.

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Did Danial Boone have a family? You know, was he also a family man? Did he get along with people in some form or was it all 'rip-off or be ripped-off' on the frontier? Are you implying that ole Dan'l wore a "con-skin cap?" :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: I Love Because I Love

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
I think you meant to write "unrequited." Is this the quote that Sathya Sai Baba used to excuse his pedophilia and child molestation? Was he "unable to endure" that unrequited love? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Every man or woman loves differently and uniquely and each of us

[FairfieldLife] TV for FFLers -- Your Weekly Woo Woo

2013-11-15 Thread TurquoiseB
Hey, don't blame me. I'm just passing along the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1gx3yEarY8

[FairfieldLife] Re: Putin's belts!

2013-11-14 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Putin's belts > > judo: rokudan (6th degree black) > > kyokushin-karate: rokudan Putin's belt buckle:

[FairfieldLife] The Hilarious World of Autocorrect

2013-11-14 Thread TurquoiseB
http://funkypickens.com/25-funny-auto-correct-fails/ Great source of laughter. There's even one about meditation. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Still crazy -- and alive -- after all these years?

2013-11-14 Thread TurquoiseB
Andy Kaufman, that is. http://defamer.gawker.com/is-andy-kaufman-still-alive-1463790778 This sounds like *exactly* the kind of stunt Andy would have dreamed up, and arranged to have played out by accomplices before his death. If h

[FairfieldLife] Re: Acronym Test

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
works on Facebook, but not here. > On 11/13/2013 12:13 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > > Out of necessity today, I created a new Net acronym. I needed to say > > "Whatever The Fuck," and needed all those letters to do it. So here's > > a test to see whether the symbol shows up on FFL: > > > > W*â^z(*TF > > > > :-) > > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Acronym Test

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > > > Out of necessity today, I c

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pay for the coffee of the person queuing behind you

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
And you think this *wasn't* predictable? :-) > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > > Nice. I like this suggestion..."Want to be nicer? Move to the >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Acronym Test

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > Out of necessity today, I created a new Net acronym. I needed to say > > "Whatever The Fuck," and needed all

[FairfieldLife] Re: Acronym Test

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > Out of necessity today, I created a new Net acronym. I needed to say > "Whatever The Fuck," and needed all those letters to do it. So here's a > test to see whether the symbol shows up on FFL: &

[FairfieldLife] Acronym Test

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
Out of necessity today, I created a new Net acronym. I needed to say "Whatever The Fuck," and needed all those letters to do it. So here's a test to see whether the symbol shows up on FFL: W∞TF :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pay for the coffee of the person queuing behind you

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Nice. I like this suggestion..."Want to be nicer? Move to the country." There is a certain wisdom in this, that I was reminded of when I spent my summer vacation way out in the French countryside. You get to know your neighbors there, and you tend

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
fe@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@ wrote: > > fwiw, I figured we had all been in a previous life together and then a healer mentioned that out of the blue about a month ago. My intuition says Atlantis but I've not had any experiences to confirm. Hope we get it right this time around (-: > &

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
reater Glory of God. They were ECSTATIC, as if torturing a heretic was GETTING THEM OFF. > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: > > > > I was going to say this: If

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: > > I was going to say this: If I was to find myself suddenly in a past-life - let's say in Elizabethan London - I'd take careful note of what clothes the people around me wore, what food they ate, what the houses looked like, etc. and then w

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
e truth ... Seraph has liberated me from my illusion with good ol' Western psychologistic rationality. > > No need for experience when you've actually know the rational truth ... now that we have finally jettisoned neolithic myths. Eureka! > > > > > > ---In fairf

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Room Full Of Feminists Applauds A Guy Who Attacks Feminists

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > You really should have watched this video, Barry, before posting about it. Whedon does not attack feminists. You allowed the headline on the blog to mislead you (possibly because the idea of attacking feminists turns you on). Ahem. And *you* shou

[FairfieldLife] Tiny Yachts

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
We've seen a lot of incredibly creative "tiny houses" on the Net, but now there's a yacht for the rest of us, who don't quite fit into the 1%. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/11/jet-capsule/#slideid-108171

[FairfieldLife] Re: More Watchables

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > Gettin' ready to watch Slingblade again, haven't seen it in a while. Great soundtrack by Daniel Lanois, too.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-13 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > > Re [empty's statement that]: "The residual effect was that I taught myself how to conduct my conscious mind to see into past lives.": > > Look - if you and others could really access past-life information you could tell the rest of us stuff that

[FairfieldLife] A Room Full Of Feminists Applauds A Guy Who Attacks Feminists

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
Of course, it helps that the guy is Joss Whedon, and that he's right. http://www.upworthy.com/a-room-full-of-feminists-just-applauded-a-guy-wh\ o-attacked-feminists-wait-for-it-re2-7a?g=2&c=ufb1

[FairfieldLife] Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
y a more reasonable explan- ation for how "psychics" can be "right" sometimes. It's more of a matter of "self-fulfilling prophecies" than it is "seeing." > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogrou

[FairfieldLife] Re: Playing Tennis at Midnight

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > (On the other hand, speaking of Jersey Shore psychics, when my mother was a girl, for a lark she consulted a psychic who held forth in a little shack on the Asbury Park boardwalk. The psychic told her that the letter "J" would be very important in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > > > A waitress was arrested and charged with public intoxication and > > loitering for having sex in the back seat o

[FairfieldLife] Re: Headline of the Day - So Far

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > A waitress was arrested and charged with public intoxication and > loitering for having sex in the back seat of a Dodge truck down in > Georgia. What is the world coming to when you can't even get drunk > and have sex in the ba

[FairfieldLife] Re: OMG: viveka, vivekin?

2013-11-12 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Dukha is the opposite of sukha. Kha as in Chaos (khaos). > It literally means a bad (du) axle-hole vs good (su) axle-hole. Who exactly are you calling an axle-hole? :-) > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@ wrote: > > Card, I can

[FairfieldLife] Re: RE: A long interview with one of the best artists of a generation

2013-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" wrote: > > You guys really took Barry's post about Joni Mitchell down a level or > two this morning and turned his message into a shit pile. Good work! That was the whole point. > On 11/11/2013 9:12 AM, authfriend@... wrote: > > > > *I

[FairfieldLife] A long interview with one of the best artists of a generation

2013-11-11 Thread TurquoiseB
This could be challenging to some here, who are rather...uh...judgmental about lifestyle and beliefs in others, and who tend to "write off" people based on their prejudices. For example, the interview starts with the artist, who just turned 70 a couple of days ago, sitting there smoking a cigarette

[FairfieldLife] Sorry, Card...

2013-11-10 Thread TurquoiseB
I didn't find it. It was forwarded my way by a friend. Hard As Life. A Finnish commercial for bread:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Who's Going to Win the Miss Universe 2013 Contest?

2013-11-10 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: > > So why the posting of these pictures and this subject line to this otherwise spiritual site? So what does these photos now have to do with FFL? On earth as in heaven? Does this person remind you of someone on Mother Divine? Context. Why are you

[FairfieldLife] Try to imagine this scenario...

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
King Tony's wife takes the children, runs off, and divorces him. When asked why, she admits to wanting to protect the children from evangelism, and from being indoctrinated into the TM cult by their father's obsessive beliefs. Further imagine how she would be treated by many die-hard TMers. Intere

[FairfieldLife] Great Idea

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/wikipedia-zero-data-internet/ I don't know how many of you were around on the Internet before it was called that, and before it had graphical user interfaces in the form of the World Wide Web. Th

[FairfieldLife] Re: We Have a Dumb Religion Problem -- Not a Political Problem

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
MO that line is structured not in consciousness but in ego. As you put it, they want others to become "just like them." The HUBRIS of that. The EGO of that. It's astounding. > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroup

[FairfieldLife] Re: We Have a Dumb Religion Problem -- Not a Political Problem

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Sorry, forgot to use the Rich Text editor for this NYTimes link: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/us/politics/gop-weighs-limiting-clout-\ of-right-wing.html?ref=republicanparty < http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/us/politics/gop-weighs-limiti

[FairfieldLife] Einstein's Sundials

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
I just came back from a wonderfully pleasant and relaxing lunch at Einstein, a cafe/restaurant here in Leiden. Einstein's name frequently comes up in conjunction with Leiden, of course, since he worked here at the university. Then when I came home, and relaxed even more by surfing the Net, one of

[FairfieldLife] Two articles best read one after the other

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Worried about the guvmint snooping on your email or phone calls, or your online presence? Small potatoes, and useless to worry about. If you have a face, they already know everything about you. http://cironline.org/reports/facial-recognition-once-battlefield-tool-la\ nds-san-diego-county-5502?utm_

[FairfieldLife] We Have a Dumb Religion Problem -- Not a Political Problem

2013-11-09 Thread TurquoiseB
Bingo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/we-have-a-dumb-religion-p_\ b_4241442.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

[FairfieldLife] Re: Transcendental Meditation Revolutionary Mission:

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson wrote: > > just hard-wired into the con artists who claim to be able to do it. I am less harsh than you are, Michael, in that I suspect a lot of people who have such laudable goals "mean well," at least at the beginning. What I think is "hard

[FairfieldLife] Translation issues

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
The online Infocenter for the product I've been working on just went off for translation into 10 languages. Next, we'll be bombarded by requests from the translators for us to explain to them exactly what we may have meant by the English we used, so they can translate it properly. Good thing. One

[FairfieldLife] Re: MANICHAEAN VIEWS OF BUDDHISM

2013-11-08 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > On the topic of religious rituals - and to take this thread even further away from Mani - were there ever any group ceremonies (puja) performed at the various HQs where Maharishi established himself in Switzerland and Holland? > > And did those att

[FairfieldLife] Re: Much Ado About Nothing

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
ng, all-seeing God talks back to her. > ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@ wrote: > > It's been available at Redbox for a few weeks but I was vested in a 31 days of horror fest so haven't gotten to it yet. > > On 11/07/2013 02:07 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Much Ado About Nothing

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
No, this is not a cafe rap about Fairfield Life and its daily squabbles. It's a review of a film that I have been dying to see, but have been unable to because it won't be officially released either in France or in the Netherlands until January. But the pirateverse hath come to the rescue -- I sco

[FairfieldLife] Re: RE: Who's who on FFL?

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > If you wanted to be nasty to JOHN DOE (say) couldn't you > open a free web email account using their name; then join > an on-line forum and use "John Doe" as the handle; then > post lots of messages on the forum saying what a splendid > but misunder

[FairfieldLife] Re: The academic fields with the least discipline...

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
finished. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@ wrote: > > ...and the most ego. I found this chart interesting, in that the longest Ph.D. dissertations seem to be in the fields most subject to opinion -- history, antrhopology, political science, communication, english, sociology, an

[FairfieldLife] Re: The academic fields with the least discipline...

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
See Share, *this* is what I mean about the difference between simply presenting one's opinion, and getting one's ego-panties in a twist, and trying to turn it into a "battle" that's all going on inside the egomaniac's head. All I did is present an opinion. I even said at the end that that was *all

[FairfieldLife] Re: The academic fields with the least discipline...

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
e to write a lot to justify majoring in it. :-) > On Thursday, November 7, 2013 2:26 AM, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote: > > ...and the most ego. I found this chart interesting, in that the longest Ph.D. dissertations seem to be in the fields most subject to opinion -- history, antrhopolo

[FairfieldLife] Re: The academic fields with the least discipline...

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Ok, turq, here's a question for you: what goes to battle > with ego? There is rarely a *need* for "battle" if there are no egos involved. > Being? Truth? Love? I don't think so. Other egos? Hmmm... > I'd guess yes. But that's just my op

[FairfieldLife] The academic fields with the least discipline...

2013-11-07 Thread TurquoiseB
...and the most ego. I found this chart interesting, in that the longest Ph.D. dissertations seem to be in the fields most subject to opinion -- history, antrhopology, political science, communication, english, sociology, and education. It's almost as if the grad students in those fields are alread

[FairfieldLife] Couldn't happen to nicer people

2013-11-06 Thread TurquoiseB
Blockbuster is closing all its remaining stores. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/blockbuster-closing_n_4226735.h\ tml I always loathed the place, and it really was one of those chains where no matter where th

[FairfieldLife] Re: It must be more Jingoism

2013-11-06 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > How the Government Spied on Me > My complaint to the FBI about a stalker was regarded as an > invitation to invade my privacy. > http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303482504579179\ 670250714560-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwNTEwNDUyWj?tesla

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pamela Anderson...shown with the Science of Being...on ABC news

2013-11-06 Thread TurquoiseB
Found this GIF today, and couldn't resist poking fun at Ann's dream life about me (both waking and sleeping). :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: > > Why Barry, when I whack off I only think of you. Add > that to all my dreams I have about you and my life is > one big whack job

[FairfieldLife] Re: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
Fascinating. Here I am in France, and I try the video you posted, and I get: This video contains content from INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.Sigh. I'm not really a Serge Gainsbourg buff, except for his taste in women, so I must sea

[FairfieldLife] Le Saint Regis

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
Back on the Ile Saint-Louis this week, before settling in for a few weeks in the quartier I'd rather explore, the Butte aux Cailles. And this week, I've managed to find an outside table at the closest Wifi Bar to me. It was always so packed before -- during the less...uh...chilly weather -- but ton

[FairfieldLife] Re: Before the British Invasion

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita wrote: > > Yep, but we were talking about British imitation rock so > Vince Taylor and Cliff Richard are two important pioneers > in the UK. I'm guessing one reason they never made a name > for themselves in the States is because Americans didn't >

[FairfieldLife] One for the movie freaks -- Unscripted

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
Someone's "supercut" of their 25 top moments that weren't in the scripts, but improvised by the actors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFQBHBeleE

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pamela Anderson...shown with the Science of Being...on ABC news

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... wrote: > > Brings up a number of interesting questions, for instance: > > 1. What do you think Robin Carlsen uses for whack-off material? Well, if he's really NPD, probably his groupies: [Barry's fantasy image of Judy] [raunchydog]

[FairfieldLife] What time would Jesus run in a marathon?

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
Real photos from the recent NYC marathon. No wonder Pamela Anderson is icing down afterwards...she OD'd on darshan: [jesus] [marathon jesus] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/marathon-jesus-new-york_n_42123\ 29.html?utm_hp_ref=uk&ir=UK

[FairfieldLife] All the ice has melted...is your city still there?

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
Fascinating interactive map from National Geographic. Suffice it to say I wouldn't still be in the Netherlands, and a few others here would be in different places, too. Fairfield would still be as high, dry, and boring as ever. :-) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melt

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pamela Anderson...shown with the Science of Being...on ABC news

2013-11-05 Thread TurquoiseB
d Saraswati, or about that girl back in high school they had a crush on but were too shy to ever talk to? My bet is on the latter. Here's one for those gurus who would prefer to pretend they were visualizing Ganesha and not Marilyn: > > On Mon, 11/4/13, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wr

[FairfieldLife] Re: Pamela Anderson...shown with the Science of Being...on ABC news

2013-11-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Dick Mays wrote: > > > On ABC TV news this morning (Nov. 4), a Pamela Anderson > > photo was shown, of her resting after Sunday's NYC marathon. > > > > On her twitter account, click on the photo of the ice on her > > knee, and you see that she has a Maharishi

[FairfieldLife] Re: NPD

2013-11-04 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > NPD = narcissistic personality disorder ? [http://media.salon.com/2013/10/brosh_embed3.jpg] http://media.salon.com/2013/10/brosh_embed3.jpg

[FairfieldLife] Harmony

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
Given the response to my recent posts about Crosby, Stills, & Nash, I shall continue on the general theme of vocal harmony. It's to some extent a "lost art" in modern music, and that, to my way of seeing, is a pity. It's a high art. One of the best harmonists I know of in music is Emmylou Harris.

[FairfieldLife] What lightning really looks like...

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
...if only you weren't trapped in this limited human timespace: http://www.snowaddiction.org/2013/08/super-slow-motion-lightning-strike-\ 1-second-in-3-minutes.html

[FairfieldLife] Hell House

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
No, it's not in Fairfield. It *is* in Texas, but other than that this article isn't about Fairfield Life. :-) But it certainly is interesting. Try to imagine evangelizing for a spiritual teacher and the only way you can think of to do it is to scare the bejeezus out of people to lead them to Jeezu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Growing up transgendered or, confused?

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > I found this story to be rather disturbing in that the 'parents' were acting more as 'enablers' (as well as the doctors). It reminded me of the fabled story of the Lost Continent of Atlantis where they were creating men that were half animal a

[FairfieldLife] Influences

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
Earlier today I read an interesting interview with Keanu Reeves. They were talking about his new movie as a director, and of course they asked about his "influences." I thought he did a good job with his answers; he's no dummy. But it got me thinking about what my creative "influences" might have

[FairfieldLife] Re: You don't need a God to have a church, or to evangelize

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
I deleted an earlier version of this post that replied with atypically (from me) blissful silence. Blame the cafe. It's dark in here, and I hit the wrong key... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote:

[FairfieldLife] Re: You don't need a God to have a church, or to evangelize

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > > > At least they believe in something. > > And that's a Good Thing? > > I think everyone believes *something*. I certainly h

[FairfieldLife] Re: You don't need a God to have a church, or to evangelize

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u wrote: > > At least they believe in something. And that's a Good Thing? I think everyone believes *something*. I certainly have beliefs, and I suspect everyone else on this forum does, too. One of my beliefs is that it may be crossing a line of sp

[FairfieldLife] Re: You don't need a God to have a church, or to evangelize

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/11/01/atheism-evangelicals-christianity-rel\ igion.html <http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/11/01/atheism-evangelicals-christianity-re\ ligion.html> Related? http://ww

[FairfieldLife] You don't need a God to have a church, or to evangelize

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
http://mag.newsweek.com/2013/11/01/atheism-evangelicals-christianity-rel\ igion.html

[FairfieldLife] Another interesting article: the Identity Protective Cognition Thesis

2013-11-02 Thread TurquoiseB
One that might be of interest to those who seem compelled to "prove" how much smarter they are than others. As a quote from the article and the research it reports on says: A recent study by Yale's Dan M. Kahan and colleagues might be thought to call these truisms of democratic political cultur

[FairfieldLife] Re: Helplessly Hoping

2013-11-01 Thread TurquoiseB
per. > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > This song changed my life fifty years ago. > > > > I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way

Re: [FairfieldLife] Helplessly Hoping

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
Hand. Goose bumps! But Motown was also wonderful during my teen years as well as the protest music. > > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:29 PM, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@ wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > > > This song changed my lif

[FairfieldLife] Important Dating Advice for Halloween

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
If, in your fantasies, you've ever dreamed of seducing Patrick Stewart, remember to dab a little melted butter behind your ears before the date. [https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/q71/s720x720/1383688_7\ 85991438096978_1229895218_n.jpg] https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto

[FairfieldLife] Re: Girl from the North Country

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
ce. I think that was the first time I considered becoming one of them, and rather than becoming stuck behind the eight ball of societal trends, get in front of them. > On Thursday, October 31, 2013 1:49 PM, TurquoiseB turquoiseb@... wrote: > > This song changed my life fifty years ago.

[FairfieldLife] Helplessly Hoping

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > This song changed my life fifty years ago. > > I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGL

[FairfieldLife] Girl from the North Country

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
This song changed my life fifty years ago. I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI

[FairfieldLife] Re: MyFace

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > And since it's Halloween: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo2iaR-TwRE Very tasty Halloween treat! Thanks.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sgt. Pepper and TM?

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > Uh, how about they were just creative people to begin with? Many > artists and musicians are such. It's called "talent." > > On 10/31/2013 09:20 AM, cardemaister@... wrote: > > > > So, it seems like LSD might have been the main culprit fo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Sgt. Pepper and TM?

2013-10-31 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > How long had the Lads been TMing before they started > making Sgt. Pepper? I understand that you'd like to assign their creativity to their practice of TM, but isn't what you're asking in the same ballpark as asking, "How long had Dr. Harold Bloomf

[FairfieldLife] Stairway To Heaven

2013-10-30 Thread TurquoiseB
OK, I'll admit it. I'm an old fart. :-) So much so that Led Zeppelin were pretty much off my radar. I'd done the hippie music thang earlier, and by the time they showed up, I'd "moved on," to the more "spiritual" world represented by Maharishi. I can honestly state that I have never listened to a

[FairfieldLife] An "Awwwww" moment to break up the snarkitude

2013-10-30 Thread TurquoiseB
[olinguito] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/baby-olinguito-picture-photo_n_\ 4175193.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: RE: RE: Not a Vastu House

2013-10-30 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Buck wrote: > > The door facing South East is said to be a door which brings in illness, anger and court matters. two stickers of Gayatri Mantra should be fixed on both the sides of the door from outside. Use of gems like Coral, Yellow Sapphire etc. and copper

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Rue de l'Esperance

2013-10-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > Judy, I'm simply seeing the whole picture and choosing to focus on the positive which is IMO the opposite of what you almost always do, which is tofocus on the negative, the one wrong letter in a misspelled word, etc.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Rue de l'Esperance

2013-10-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > turq, I'm grateful that I don't mind fu er, messing up. And now that Judy's imitating me, I have hope that she'll allow herself and everyone else to mess up now and then. Just for the fun of it. > Speaking of fun, I got Castle out of the library, a

[FairfieldLife] What do 70% of Americans believe in?

2013-10-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Pure evil. Satan. >From the article: "How can we measure people's belief in pure evil (BPE) and what consequences does such a belief have on our responses to wrong-doers? According to this research, one of the central features of BPE is evil's perceived immutability. Evil people are born evil –

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Rue de l'Esperance

2013-10-29 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Share, your opinion of my opinions about you are wrong, > but you are entitled to them anyway. Ah, pretty much the ultimate statement. Be thankful you're still "entitled" to your opinion, Share. Some of us are not. :-) Judy "knows" best. Or, as sh

[FairfieldLife] Re: Police State Amerika

2013-10-28 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > This is just another example of the continuing militarization of local police forces throughout the USA. > > Welcome to Barack Hussein's Amerik-ass. Brought to you by all those Chicago gangsters and their wonderful White House lackey. > > Love him n

[FairfieldLife] Comic Sutra

2013-10-28 Thread TurquoiseB
Another interesting article: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115361/comic-sutra-how-animated-porn-\ star-changing-indian-culture

[FairfieldLife] Mean Girls, the study

2013-10-28 Thread TurquoiseB
Here's an interesting article. http://www.livescience.com/40717-indirect-aggression-between-females-wor\ ks.html

[FairfieldLife] Re: An app for the STD generation

2013-10-28 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > Re "I read a short rap by one of my favourite authors, Ursula K. Le Guin": > > The only one of her books I've read was The Lathe of Heaven which didn't really work for me. However, I've always had a soft spot for anarchist ideas and I understand t

[FairfieldLife] Re: An app for the STD generation

2013-10-28 Thread TurquoiseB
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: > > The implication of what you're saying is that the safest people > to have sex with are porn stars - they have mandatory STD > checks every month. As do "sex workers" in the Netherlands. And I, for one, suspect that makes them "safer bets" than the g

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