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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Jagit Singh's voice is very soothing..I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLFFwq-uucfeature=related Emily, it's nice you bring him up, I'm a big fan of him, this album, sajda - together with Lata, is my favorate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7IUm8iXoTU He was called King of Ghazal, a persian type of poetry related to sufism. Many TMers probably are more aware of his Krishna Bhajans, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSwgJYc6v08 He passed away 10. Oct this year. RIP
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Zarzari: A simply lovely accompaniment to the morning - thank you. From: zarzari_786 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:47 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Jagit Singh's voice is very soothing..I like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLFFwq-uucfeature=related Emily, it's nice you bring him up, I'm a big fan of him, this album, sajda - together with Lata, is my favorate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7IUm8iXoTU He was called King of Ghazal, a persian type of poetry related to sufism. Many TMers probably are more aware of his Krishna Bhajans, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSwgJYc6v08 He passed away 10. Oct this year. RIP
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They should talked to the girl to find out how she was able to fly. http://news.yahoo.com/couples-avoid-marriage-because-fear-divorce-160403956.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: Flying Russian Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzSFLOzZRIAfeature=related Yamuna Arati, Vrindavan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizwsBNhij4feature=related Sri Yamuna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdOXlbFSSjIfeature=related On the way to Madan-mohan mandir http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgmz14k_-zYfeature=related
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi raviyogi@... wrote: These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove Bob - Despite the sarcasm I say bullshit - I sense lot of discomfort and passive aggressive behavior on your part with the E label - may be you should stay within the H (humor) territory and not venture towards the E , I don't think you have completely undressed from your old clothes yet - I really do enjoy your humor though. And yeah like the wife would say - check the mirror darling..LOL..
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For old time's sake From: Ravi Yogi raviy...@att.net To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:07:22 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different... These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove Bob - Despite the sarcasm I say bullshit - I sense lot of discomfort and passive aggressive behavior on your part with the E label - may be you should stay within the H (humor) territory and not venture towards the E , I don't think you have completely undressed from your old clothes yet - I really do enjoy your humor though. Ravi my man, Your insights are always appreciated, saves me asking the wife what her opinion is. Should I state the obvious? All aggressive behaviour,on a forum like this, is passive in nature. And if being different is what gets you through the night, not to worry-I'm OK with that. But as your friend, I need to mention that boring the hell out of people can wreak havoc onrelationships. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Thanks Curtis,  I'm pleased that someone thinks my voice training is showing results.  I knew Robin by reputation till he began posting on FFL. During his hay day I was as far from the TMO and Big G as I think one could get. But I still knew people in the movement, although I think they thought of me as more of a heavy un-dresser than a friend. There was no shortage of wankers claiming CC or GC when I was all in. It took years for me to understand the reason they made me so angry- was that they were forcing me to look more closely at Big M and more importantly at my own motivations for thinking of someone as my guru. When I heard about Robin I felt he was something different. From his story I felt he was a real artist. IOM, only an artist would look the TMO and Maharishi straight in the eye and push all his chips onto roulette red. Although I'm a businessman, I have nothing but affection for artists. That might explain my enjoyment of yours and Turqs posts. No matter what else Robin is I will always think of him as an artist.  These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:30:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...  Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@ wrote: Curtis, Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch Rabbit Hole. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you either learn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your life, but never free yourself from. But on another level-it seemed to be saying: The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't exist-we'll have to invent him. I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed to have no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the doubt. IOM, this is always the best type of writing. The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like  to be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boy shows more grief in a look than I knew was possible. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early Christianity.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different...  An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as religious headgear. http
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Ravi my man,  Your insights are always appreciated, saves me asking the wife what her opinion is. Should I state the obvious? All aggressive behaviour,on a forum like this, is passive in nature.  And if being different is what gets you through the night, not to worry-I'm OK with that. But as your friend, I need to mention that boring the hell out of people can wreak havoc onrelationships. Thanks Bob, this confirms my understanding of you - it's a lotta fun mocking others but starts to get uh...boring when getting mocked at..LOL..No worries though I'm used to this kind of behavior from a certain Mr. TurquoiseB, a legend, a 60 year old man with the emotional maturity of a 6 year old.
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Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Curtis, Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch Rabbit Hole. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you either learn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your life, but never free yourself from. But on another level-it seemed to be saying: The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't exist-we'll have to invent him. I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed to have no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the doubt. IOM, this is always the best type of writing. The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like  to be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boy shows more grief in a look than I knew was possible. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early Christianity.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different...  An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as religious headgear. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523 What is so brilliant about this for me is that it shows the arbitrariness in societies protected beliefs. In every other area of human discourse you can point your finger and go bullshit when some makes an absurd claim like that the Holocaust never happened. But in the area of religion absurd claims are protected as if assumed sacred. It is a holdover from our tribal ancestry and is long overdue for a revising. Religion has protected so many bad ideas in societies and still does. And if the claims of religion were true, if the world really does work as they claim, then why be so touchy as if it is delicate? If their view is reality then is should hold up like any other set of beliefs with good reasons supporting them. But we treat these beliefs as fragile little flowers that can't stand up to a little challenge. So many religions claim that God want's us to wear special hats, or special underwear. The creator of the universe who spent about 260 million years on this planet alone with the dinosaurs, gets pissed off if you take a piece of fabric off your head. Well I guess it's OK as long as it only applies to women because God has universally made it clear in the world's scriptures how we should think of them.
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Thanks Curtis, I'm pleased that someone thinks my voice training is showing results. I knew Robin by reputation till he began posting on FFL. During his hay day I was as far from the TMO and Big G as I think one could get. But I still knew people in the movement, although I think they thought of me as more of a heavy un-dresser than a friend. There was no shortage of wankers claiming CC or GC when I was all in. It took years for me to understand the reason they made me so angry- was that they were forcing me to look more closely at Big M and more importantly at my own motivations for thinking of someone as my guru. When I heard about Robin I felt he was something different. From his story I felt he was a real artist. IOM, only an artist would look the TMO and Maharishi straight in the eye and push all his chips onto roulette red. Although I'm a businessman, I have nothing but affection for artists. That might explain my enjoyment of yours and Turqs posts. No matter what else Robin is I will always think of him as an artist. These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove. From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:30:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different... Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Curtis, Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch Rabbit Hole. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you either learn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your life, but never free yourself from. But on another level-it seemed to be saying: The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't exist-we'll have to invent him. I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed to have no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the doubt. IOM, this is always the best type of writing. The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like  to be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boy shows more grief in a look than I knew was possible. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early Christianity.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different...  An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as religious headgear. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523 What is so brilliant about this for me is that it shows the arbitrariness in societies protected beliefs. In every other area of human discourse you can point your finger and go bullshit when some makes an absurd claim like that the Holocaust never happened. But in the area of religion absurd claims are protected as if assumed sacred. It is a holdover from our tribal ancestry and is long overdue for a revising. Religion has protected so many bad ideas in societies and still does. And if the claims of religion were true, if the world really does work as they claim, then why be so touchy as if it is delicate? If their view is reality then is should hold up like any other set of beliefs with good reasons supporting them. But we treat these beliefs as fragile little flowers that can't stand up to a little challenge. So many religions claim that God want's us to wear special hats, or special underwear. The creator of the universe who spent about 260 million years on this planet alone with the dinosaurs, gets pissed off if you take a piece of fabric off your head. Well I guess it's OK as long as it only applies to women because God has universally made it clear in the world's scriptures how we should think of them.
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These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove Bob - Despite the sarcasm I say bullshit - I sense lot of discomfort and passive aggressive behavior on your part with the E label - may be you should stay within the H (humor) territory and not venture towards the E , I don't think you have completely undressed from your old clothes yet - I really do enjoy your humor though. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Thanks Curtis,  I'm pleased that someone thinks my voice training is showing results.  I knew Robin by reputation till he began posting on FFL. During his hay day I was as far from the TMO and Big G as I think one could get. But I still knew people in the movement, although I think they thought of me as more of a heavy un-dresser than a friend. There was no shortage of wankers claiming CC or GC when I was all in. It took years for me to understand the reason they made me so angry- was that they were forcing me to look more closely at Big M and more importantly at my own motivations for thinking of someone as my guru. When I heard about Robin I felt he was something different. From his story I felt he was a real artist. IOM, only an artist would look the TMO and Maharishi straight in the eye and push all his chips onto roulette red. Although I'm a businessman, I have nothing but affection for artists. That might explain my enjoyment of yours and Turqs posts. No matter what else Robin is I will always think of him as an artist.  These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: I think I'm tall but as the wife says If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove.  From: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:30:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different...  Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@ wrote: Curtis, Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch Rabbit Hole. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you eitheràlearn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your life, but never free yourself from. But on another level-it seemed to be saying: The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't exist-we'll have to invent him. I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed toàhave no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the doubt. IOM, this is always the best type of writing. The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like àto be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boyàshows more grief in a look than I knew was possible. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early Christianity. àFrom: curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different... àAn Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license photo wearing a pasta strainer as religious headgear. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523 What is so brilliant about this for me is that it shows the arbitrariness in societies protected beliefs. In every other area of human discourse you can point your finger and go bullshit when some makes an absurd claim like that the Holocaust never happened. But in the area of religion absurd claims are protected as if assumed sacred. It is a holdover from our tribal ancestry and is long overdue for a revising. Religion has protected so many bad ideas in societies and still does. And if the claims of religion were true, if the world really does work as they claim, then why be so touchy
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ShempMcGurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: http://gimundo.com/videos/view/wonderful-guitar-music-from-botswana/ This is one of the most entertaining and sensual guitar styles I have ever seen. This makes me happy in every way. Seeing and hearing that video reminded me two things: 1) that blind Canadian rock guitarist who recently died. Like the player in the video he too had unconventional fingering style. Jeff Healey? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaaXQ6boLjQ 2) Paul Simon's album from the '80s called Graceland that used a lot of south African music (Ladysmith Black Mambasso?). A lot of the same guitar sounds.
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And now for something that takes different to a ho nuva levo: http://trololololololololololo.com/ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: http://gimundo.com/videos/view/wonderful-guitar-music-from-botswana/ This is one of the most entertaining and sensual guitar styles I have ever seen. This makes me happy in every way.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: http://gimundo.com/videos/view/wonderful-guitar-music-from-botswana/ This is one of the most entertaining and sensual guitar styles I have ever seen. This makes me happy in every way. Seeing and hearing that video reminded me two things: 1) that blind Canadian rock guitarist who recently died. Like the player in the video he too had unconventional fingering style. 2) Paul Simon's album from the '80s called Graceland that used a lot of south African music (Ladysmith Black Mambasso?). A lot of the same guitar sounds.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: Getting away from the Bash Judy, MMY, etc fest, I thought I'd promote (once again) my favorite time-waster: http://www.examiner.com/x-4734-Second-Life-Examiner~y2009m4d6-What-is-Second-Life-video You mean the bash Judy and MMY fest hasn't moved from this life yet? What are we waiting for, opportunites abound! Actually, I'd like to go live there, the streets are nice and clean and the people move in an extremely interesting way.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Getting away from the Bash Judy, MMY, etc fest, I thought I'd promote (once again) my favorite time-waster: http://www.examiner.com/x-4734-Second-Life-Examiner~y2009m4d6-What-is-Second-Life-video You mean the bash Judy and MMY fest hasn't moved from this life yet? What are we waiting for, opportunites abound! Actually, I'd like to go live there, the streets are nice and clean and the people move in an extremely interesting way. You meet interesting people. For example, this is Which Linden, one of the engineers working on the system: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/431884271/
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig lengli...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Getting away from the Bash Judy, MMY, etc fest, I thought I'd promote (once again) my favorite time-waster: http://www.examiner.com/x-4734-Second-Life-Examiner~y2009m4d6-What-is-Second-Life-video You mean the bash Judy and MMY fest hasn't moved from this life yet? What are we waiting for, opportunites abound! Actually, I'd like to go live there, the streets are nice and clean and the people move in an extremely interesting way. You meet interesting people. For example, this is Which Linden, one of the engineers working on the system: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/431884271/ I can honestly say that would be the last thing I would choose as an alternative self, but he's sure to stand out from the crowds. Does the bamboo ambulate satisfactorily? Can we get a peep at the world without joining? It's all totally new to me. I had heard that it was poor graphically but that looks OK, I could engineer quite a good domain there I reckon. I bet it's all the sort of thing you can get highly addicted to very easily. Besides, I ought to get my first life sorted out first;-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig LEnglish5@ wrote: Getting away from the Bash Judy, MMY, etc fest, I thought I'd promote (once again) my favorite time-waster: http://www.examiner.com/x-4734-Second-Life-Examiner~y2009m4d6-What-is-Second-Life-video You mean the bash Judy and MMY fest hasn't moved from this life yet? What are we waiting for, opportunites abound! Actually, I'd like to go live there, the streets are nice and clean and the people move in an extremely interesting way. You meet interesting people. For example, this is Which Linden, one of the engineers working on the system: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/431884271/ I can honestly say that would be the last thing I would choose as an alternative self, but he's sure to stand out from the crowds. Does the bamboo ambulate satisfactorily? Can we get a peep at the world without joining? He waddles for walking, and his branches lean forward to indicate typing. His office is a grove of bamboo with a few couches strewn around. His chair is a planter table between two of the couches It's all totally new to me. I had heard that it was poor graphically but that looks OK, I could engineer quite a good domain there I reckon. I bet it's all the sort of thing you can get highly addicted to very easily. Besides, I ought to get my first life sorted out first;-) Eh, the graphics certainly are not cutting edge, but they're better than a olot of relatively recent games. They have a policy of trying to suppot legacy hardware as far back as possible, so the default settings are pretty sad. L
