[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Rue de l#39;Esperance
Ann, Brother David's gratefulness suggestion has been wonderful for me during challenging times. He reminds me of Father Keating, both having a simple piety that deeply moves me. The thing I realize is, gratitude is always present, just like love and truth and grace, but sometimes it's helpful to have a reminder of that. Then it just flows by itself. I love this analogy: God's grace is always present like the wind in a windy place. But we have to put up our sail to *catch it.* ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: I'm into gratitude these days. I just find one little thing to feel grateful for and then a whole bunch of other stuff pops into my mind. How does one get into gratitude? Isn't it something spontaneous and unexpected? Isn't it something that can occur at any moment, unannounced and heartfelt? Or maybe you just decide it is the day to feel grateful because you haven't felt that for a while and it is probably time -sort of like deciding you better take that multi vitamin because you haven't done so for a week now. Feeling grateful for things in your life, in the world around you isn't some prescriptive necessity. It's either present or it isn't. What, in particular, are you grateful for today Share? And did you feel that right out of the wild blue yonder? Or did you have to conciously put your attention on the fact that it was Monday and so you had to experience some aspect of gratefulness - like wearing that pair of underwear that corresponds to the appropriate day of the week because it says Monday. http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm I've even been grateful for gratitude (-: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: Hope - yeah, that's the ticket! A detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited poor American anti-social bachelor, alone and self-absorbed, wearing a goatee and a black T-shirt, typing into an iPhone - utterly free. That's our Uncle Tantra - full of hope that someone, anyone, will love him for what he is - a great and wise spiritual teacher. Go figure. There's_Gonna_Be_a_God_Damn_Riot_in_Here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175989/ On 10/26/2013 8:27 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: That's what it says on the steet sign across the road from where I'm sitting. The Street Of Hope. Cool. And the password for the free Wifi at this cafe is 'cafe'. That's cool, too. And they have Westmalle Tripel. That's just WAY cool. What can I say? I am easily amused by little things. But still, doesn't sitting down in a new cafe to write in and discovering that you're literally sitting on the Street Of Hope sound like a *sign*? Maybe what I should write about, in this new writing cafe, is HOPE. OK, here goes. Hope. I still have it, in spades. Despite what has been said about me on this forum and others in the past, I am *not* at heart a cynic. I know few people *more* hopeful than I am. And I see ample reason in the world I see around me to *be* hopeful. It's really not such a bad place. Get over it, if you believe it is. This world is full of great beauty and great art and great love. And these things are there even in the darkest corners of supposed hopelessness. And what you focus on, you become. When I find someone who's invented a new artform, as has Elena Divina with her Cyr wheel in the videos I posted earlier, I focus on that, and I feel more hopeful. A world that can produce that is FAR from hopeless. It's like the ending to Woody Allen's The Purple Rose Of Cairo. Cecilia (Mia Farrow) has had a bad day. She's on the street, homeless after telling her abusive husband to fuck off, and finding out that the other man she'd fallen in love with is fictional. She has nowhere to stay, and nowhere to go, and has very little money in her pockets. But she finds herself standing in front of a movie theater, and spends one of her last coins to go in and watch the movie. And up on the screen is Fred Astaire. And suddenly there is hope. Because no world that has Fred Astaire in it could possibly be hopeless.
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Rue de l#39;Esperance
Did you read what I said? Allow me to repeat: OK, buddy, if you mean correcting your spelling, I don't believe I've ever used a spelling correction as a rebuttal in and of itself. If I have, please quote the post. Got it now? Any words you don't understand? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: That was a few posts before you called me a bigot... ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: OK, buddy, if you mean correcting your spelling, I don't believe I've ever used a spelling correction as a rebuttal in and of itself. If I have, please quote the post. BillyG wrote: She (Judy) has pulled that card on me too, more than once. It's OK if it's done politely, but not as a rebut in and of itself, which I think she likes to use it as. It's more or less nothing but a red herring used that way.
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---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, the Judester opines: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Barry, I enjoyed your post about hope. You did seem much more upbeat and positive in the way that seemed to have allowed the less cynical defensive guy to show up but one little post by Judy and you're in the dumps again. The dumps meaning you've allowed her post to put you right back down in that well-worn depression in the dirt where you tend to wallow most of the time. But I did like your post about hope and I agree with a lot of it. Fred Astaire, spontaneous and free art are both examples of the potential for life to surprise, enthrall or transport me.
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Its a good challenge, Ann. I never much cared for affirmations of the day, or any of that. You show a lot more gratitude for Share, through your response to her, than she does, through the unfocused expression of gratitude she has made. Oftentimes, when people are blocked from seeing themselves completely, due to past trauma, they attempt to reconnect with themselves, by seeing teachers, who make them feel good, or adopting any strategy, like mindfulness, or affirmation, to try to increase their range of feeling. Until that trauma is recognized, and healed, the expressions of that limited range of feeling, can come across, to others, as vague, dry, and empty, despite the actual words and ideas professed (even 'gratitude'). Or, as much of Barry's stuff does, it comes across as too well rehearsed; detailed, but like a house that has been vacant for a long time. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: I'm into gratitude these days. I just find one little thing to feel grateful for and then a whole bunch of other stuff pops into my mind. How does one get into gratitude? Isn't it something spontaneous and unexpected? Isn't it something that can occur at any moment, unannounced and heartfelt? Or maybe you just decide it is the day to feel grateful because you haven't felt that for a while and it is probably time -sort of like deciding you better take that multi vitamin because you haven't done so for a week now. Feeling grateful for things in your life, in the world around you isn't some prescriptive necessity. It's either present or it isn't. What, in particular, are you grateful for today Share? And did you feel that right out of the wild blue yonder? Or did you have to conciously put your attention on the fact that it was Monday and so you had to experience some aspect of gratefulness - like wearing that pair of underwear that corresponds to the appropriate day of the week because it says Monday. http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm I've even been grateful for gratitude (-: On Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams punditster@... wrote: Hope - yeah, that's the ticket! A detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited poor American anti-social bachelor, alone and self-absorbed, wearing a goatee and a black T-shirt, typing into an iPhone - utterly free. That's our Uncle Tantra - full of hope that someone, anyone, will love him for what he is - a great and wise spiritual teacher. Go figure. There's_Gonna_Be_a_God_Damn_Riot_in_Here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175989/ On 10/26/2013 8:27 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: That's what it says on the steet sign across the road from where I'm sitting. The Street Of Hope. Cool. And the password for the free Wifi at this cafe is 'cafe'. That's cool, too. And they have Westmalle Tripel. That's just WAY cool. What can I say? I am easily amused by little things. But still, doesn't sitting down in a new cafe to write in and discovering that you're literally sitting on the Street Of Hope sound like a *sign*? Maybe what I should write about, in this new writing cafe, is HOPE. OK, here goes. Hope. I still have it, in spades. Despite what has been said about me on this forum and others in the past, I am *not* at heart a cynic. I know few people *more* hopeful than I am. And I see ample reason in the world I see around me to *be* hopeful. It's really not such a bad place. Get over it, if you believe it is. This world is full of great beauty and great art and great love. And these things are there even in the darkest corners of supposed hopelessness. And what you focus on, you become. When I find someone who's invented a new artform, as has Elena Divina with her Cyr wheel in the videos I posted earlier, I focus on that, and I feel more hopeful. A world that can produce that is FAR from hopeless. It's like the ending to Woody Allen's The Purple Rose Of Cairo. Cecilia (Mia Farrow) has had a bad day. She's on the street, homeless after telling her abusive husband to fuck off, and finding out that the other man she'd fallen in love with is fictional. She has nowhere to stay, and nowhere to go, and has very little money in her pockets. But she finds herself standing in front of a movie theater, and spends one of her last coins to go in and watch the movie. And up on the screen is Fred Astaire. And suddenly there is hope. Because no world that has Fred Astaire in it could possibly be hopeless.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Rue de l#39;Esperance
Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) I hope that those who have never been able to overcome their fear of rejection long enough to feel the rush of creativity and give expression to it manage to do so someday. Maybe then they wouldn't be so insanely jealous of those who do it on a regular basis, and feel the need to lash out at them. Sweetie, nobody's jealous of an old poseur, especially one whose creativity involves pretending they're holy while insanely lashing out at the folks who see through their poses, thus confirming that they're poseurs with virtually zero insight into other people and even less insight into themselves. They're a pathetic sight. If they weren't so obnoxious, one might be inclined to feel sorry for them; but as it is, the impulse is just to laugh at them for not realizing how obvious their pretense is.
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Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he has done, he accuses them of doing what he's doing as he makes his accusations. It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. And he doesn't realize it. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula he's using to tell you what my purported formula is.
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Sorry, I should have said except for Share, since she is herself a poseur. Share wrote: I am on FFL and I do have doubts that turq is a poseur. Just to answer Judy's assertion that not anyone on FFL doubts that he has membership in that category. On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:44 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he has done, he accuses them of doing what he's doing as he makes his accusations. It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. And he doesn't realize it. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula he's using to tell you what my purported formula is.
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When engaged in one of these self-examination processes, remember that a clear conscience is frequently symptomatic of a flawed memory. On 10/27/2013 9:44 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he /has done/, he accuses them of doing /what he's doing as he makes his accusations./ It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. /And he doesn't realize it/. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula /he's using to tell you what/ /my purported formula is./ / / / /
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Poseur (or poser) is a pejorative term, often used in the punk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_subculture, heavy metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subculture, hip hop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop, and goth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture subcultures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture, or the skateboarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding and surfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing communities, to describe a person who copies the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a group or subculture, generally for attaining acceptability within the group or for popularity among various other groups, yet who is deemed not to share or understand the values or philosophy of the subculture. Wiki (already posted?) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Sorry, I should have said except for Share, since she is herself a poseur. Share wrote: I am on FFL and I do have doubts that turq is a poseur. Just to answer Judy's assertion that not anyone on FFL doubts that he has membership in that category. On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:44 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he has done, he accuses them of doing what he's doing as he makes his accusations. It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. And he doesn't realize it. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula he's using to tell you what my purported formula is.
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Definition of poseur from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: a person who pretends to be what he or she is not: an affected or insincere person BillyG wrote: Poseur (or poser) is a pejorative term, often used in the punk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_subculture, heavy metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subculture, hip hop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop, and goth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture subcultures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture, or the skateboarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding and surfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing communities, to describe a person who copies the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a group or subculture, generally for attaining acceptability within the group or for popularity among various other groups, yet who is deemed not to share or understand the values or philosophy of the subculture. Wiki (already posted?)
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Standard sly attack from a poseur. As I said earlier, Share is just as honest as Barry. Share wrote: Pondering about Judy and turq, I admit I prefer the straight forward fighting style of the latter rather than the sly fighting style of the former. On Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:28 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Sorry, I should have said except for Share, since she is herself a poseur. Share wrote: I am on FFL and I do have doubts that turq is a poseur. Just to answer Judy's assertion that not anyone on FFL doubts that he has membership in that category. On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:44 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he has done, he accuses them of doing what he's doing as he makes his accusations. It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. And he doesn't realize it. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula he's using to tell you what my purported formula is.
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Have you ever seen anyone vaping? The exhaled vapor looks exactly like smoke, except that it disperses a little faster (and it doesn't stink). Seraphita wrote: Re Many of them these days are smoking those electronic cigarettes and vaping: That's like wearing a nicotine patch. It helps kill the craving but is no substitute for real tobacco. The mystique of blowing smoke is a big part of the subtle pleasure. From what I've been reading, e-cigs are much more satisfying than the nicotine patch or gum (although not as satisfying as real tobacco).
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Rue de l#39;Esperance
So, let's review - exactly how many times have Judy and Barry been to Fairfield to meditate inside one of the domes? On 10/27/2013 10:36 AM, wgm4u wrote: *Poseur* (or *poser*) is a pejorative term, often used in the punk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_subculture, heavy metal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subculture, hip hop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop, and goth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture subcultures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture, or the skateboarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding and surfing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing communities, to describe a person who copies the dress, speech, and/or mannerisms of a group or subculture, generally for attaining acceptability within the group or for popularity among various other groups, yet who is deemed not to share or understand the values or philosophy of the subculture. Wiki (already posted?) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: *Sorry, I should have said except for Share, since she is herself a poseur. * * Share wrote:* I am on FFL and I do have doubts that turq is a poseur. Just to answer Judy's assertion that not anyone on FFL doubts that he has membership in that category. On Sunday, October 27, 2013 9:44 AM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Barry wrote: Barry wrote: Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to create anything in their lives look at the old writer and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them are holy; the rest are poseurs. It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put on a very convincing demonstration of your membership in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the fun of it. Says Barry, continuing his poseur demonstration. Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about memories, and how they can be edited, both by ourselves, and by others. Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to edit memories? Actually, no, no more than anyone else expressing their opinion. Barry's doing the same thing in this post. He really thinks readers here are saps, doesn't he? I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy. But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them, as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives them, scorn and derision. Barry's getting very, VERY confused as to which posts of his I commented on, and why. HINT: It wasn't any of the posts he refers to above. Remember now which ones they were, Barry? Barry edits his own memories such that he doesn't remember that virtually everything he criticizes others for doing is stuff that he himself does routinely. By now some of you must have figured out the formula. - First, pretend to be the authority in matters such as this, whatever this may be this time. - Second, pretend to know what the person you're ragging on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's ragging on. - Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. Yup, that's what Barry's hoping when he does what he attributes to me above. He doesn't just accuse his critics of doing things he /has done/, he accuses them of doing /what he's doing as he makes his accusations./ It's really quite remarkable. When he goes on one of these rants, he is actually describing himself and just changing the names and pronouns. /And he doesn't realize it/. That's how little self-knowledge he has. The three items he lists above are not only the formula he uses, they're the formula /he's using to tell you what/ /my purported formula is./ / / / /
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Rue de l#39;Esperance
Richard wrote: You've got to realize, Share, is that these two pundits are professionals who write for a living every day - they are not posing as uninformed seekers or aspirants just passing the time of day reading their email. My posting to FFL has nothing whatsoever to do with my profession, nor do I pretend to be a pundit; nor am I interested in proving my online subculture status, whatever that means. (What you have to realize, Share, is that Richard is a troll.)
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Rue de l#39;Esperance
So, who made you the judge of the pundits? So, you admit you're posting from your Jersey shore home office - what kind of a tax break do you get from the IRS? Don't tell me you have a computer just for posting on Sunday! And, why exactly are you advertising that you're the Author's Friend? Is that some kind of business or what? Go figure. How long does someone have to post here without being called a troll or a poser? LoL! On 10/27/2013 11:45 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: *Richard wrote:* You've got to realize, Share, is that these two pundits are professionals who write for a living every day - they are not posing as uninformed seekers or aspirants just passing the time of day reading their email. *My posting to FFL has nothing whatsoever to do with my profession, nor do I pretend to be a pundit; nor am I interested in proving my online subculture status, whatever that means.* * * *(What you have to realize, Share, is that Richard is a troll.)*
