[FairfieldLife] Re: Starz's Spartacus

2010-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Joe geezerfr...@... wrote: Cippolina was a real master, way ahead of his time. Is he still around? Those Quicksilver concerts when they were a quartet with Gary Duncan, were incredible! As I see from Message View that Bhairitu posted, John died some

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
Gotta agree. I love the concept of the project, but I've been bored senseless by the people themselves, for almost exactly the reasons tartbrain puts into words so well below. As for the Yahoo discussion group, way into their heads is too kind. One visit was enough. I can't see most people on the

[FairfieldLife] Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost

2010-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/volcanic-ash-cloud-turns_b_5\ 40283.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/volcanic-ash-cloud-turns_b_\ 540283.html Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost Andy Borowitz ICELAND (The Borowitz Report http://tinyurl.com/pj3476 ) - A

[FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic ash keeps flights across Europe grounded.....

2010-04-18 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: I'm hoping mount Eyjafjallajokull (will we ever learn how to pronounce that)

[FairfieldLife] Statement from the EU Parliament in Brussels about The Cloud

2010-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
As many of you know, European Union immigration and visa procedures have been criticized in the past as being cum- bersome, discriminatory, vague, and a nightmare of bureau- cracy run wild. We have tried to fix this problem the old-fashioned way, by throwing additional bureaucrats at it, but

[FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic ash keeps flights across Europe grounded.....

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, lurkernomore20002000 steve.sun...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: It's like going back in time a century, the high price of oil keeps most cars off the road so us cyclists are having a super time, and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Lou Valentino: Astrological Predictions for April 2010 come true................

2010-04-18 Thread m 13
Was all that doggin' Lou? I don't know why. I find the messages he posts inspirational. Methinks I am out of the loop. This is a spiritual forum which beings that aspire to vibrate higher log onto. Negative makes the tummy hurt y'all.   Help the digestion and re write that.   Just sayin'    

[FairfieldLife] Re: Statement from the EU Parliament in Brussels about The Cloud

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: As many of you know, European Union immigration and visa procedures have been criticized in the past as being cum- bersome, discriminatory, vague, and a nightmare of bureau- cracy run wild. We have tried to fix this

[FairfieldLife] A flabbergasting Today's Message from Ramana Maharshi !

2010-04-18 Thread AnkhAton
A Flabbergasting Message from Ramana Maharshi Message List Reply | Delete Message #12333 of 12334 Prev | Next In the middle of a dispute in french on a french blog Perles de Bonheur on ND I wrote an answer saying that present interpretation of Ramanas words were corrupting and

[FairfieldLife] Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo
The reply function seems to be not working today so I'll expound on my reply to Lurker here. Do you remember the TM intro lecture when one of the benefits proposed was that a reduction in the background noise of the mind would allow you to hear deep thoughts more clearly This is what the

[FairfieldLife] New Maharishi book hits the streets...

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo
As far as I know it's new anyway. I think this is the one Shemp was after reading. http://www.robesofsilkfeetofclay.com/

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the Sheet)

2010-04-18 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@... wrote: It seems the swath of fabric carbon tested, was from the patched material. Carbon dating on the same kind of fabric, linen, found in Egyptian tombs, have been *off* by seven hundred years or more due to contamination

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
Wow, Carol, you've been through a lot. Congrats on making it out the other end! I read most of your narratives. Tough stuff. Also read up a bit on Christian Universalism, which I'd never heard of. It seems like a very appealing approach if one feels an affinity for the essence of Christianity

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obscene crucifix shocks parishioners.

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: snip Hopefully world museums and collectors will ban together and gift the world the art of the ages in digital form. if anything, it will increase their traffic -- the more one gets hooked on great art -- the more one will go

[FairfieldLife] Re: Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the Sheet)

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: snip The most recent findings I know of are that the face is identical to one of Leonardo's drawings that he made of a cadaver he was studying in one of his pursuits of understanding how the body really worked. Facial

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread WillyTex
lurker: Then again, I don't have time to do a lot of speculative exploring... Well, you seem to have had time to post to FFL on Saturday night! LOL!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
Barry frantically tries to distract attention from the exposure of his lies in a previous post, his usual approach to dealing with being nailed. Never seems to occur to him that this tactic just results in his being nailed *again*. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread Carol
Thanks for the kind words Judy. Of course, we all have tough stuff. As my son often quotes (or close to a quote) Biblo Baggins, It's dangerous business going out your front door. :-) Yay for life and gratitude for all the good! I had never heard of Christian Universalism either until 2007. At

[FairfieldLife] Mystical Placebos (Re: Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the Sheet)

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
To me, its a fascinating illustration of projection manifesting -- a sort of mystical placebo effect. If one believes a relic or symbol (or for that matter practice, posture or pranayam -- or hug, darshan, or saintly attention, or wafer/wine, incense and flowers, murtis and icons, herbs and

[FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic ash keeps flights across Europe grounded.....

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , cardemaister no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Obscene crucifix shocks parishioners.

2010-04-18 Thread WillyTex
Curtis: For me the lingham/yoni worship is one of the more honest versions of spirituality. There is magic between those two that transcends their Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire coupling... That seems to be the idea: the sexual opposites united in order to spiritually transcend the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: Barry frantically tries to distract attention from the exposure of his lies in a previous post, his usual approach to dealing with being nailed. Never seems to occur to him that this tactic just results in his being nailed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: This is what the sudden removal of the thousands of large jets circling over the towns of southern England is like. I can sit in my garden and without realizing what it is that's missing I can hear what bird song actually

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread Carol
Judy, below is a link about Girard's theories if you or anyone is interested. http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf Cheers,~carol http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: This is what the sudden removal of the thousands of large jets circling over the towns of southern England is like. I can sit in my garden and without

[FairfieldLife] Profiting from 12/21/2012 Hysteria--It's Happening Already

2010-04-18 Thread do.rflex
I'm not especially worried about the world ending on 12/21/2012--anymore than I think The Rapture is coming any time soon. http://bicsplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/rapture-will-take-place-before-mo\ nday.html However, I am worried about what seems to me the increasingly likely probability of lots

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwe...@... wrote: Judy, below is a link about Girard's theories if you or anyone is interested. http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf Cheers,~carol

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread Bhairitu
tartbrain wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodlewix@ wrote: This is what the sudden removal of the thousands of large jets circling over the towns of southern England is like. I can sit in my

[FairfieldLife] Re: Profiting from 12/21/2012 Hysteria--It's Happening Already

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
Why would any sane person go to a shelter (actually perhaps the question actually answers itself). The week preceding is going to be the most awesome party ever (making spring breaks look like puritan prayer meetings. Unprotected fornicating bodies everywhere (what you are going to put me in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost

2010-04-18 Thread Bhairitu
TurquoiseB wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/volcanic-ash-cloud-turns_b_5\ 40283.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/volcanic-ash-cloud-turns_b_\ 540283.html Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost Andy Borowitz ICELAND (The Borowitz Report

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: Barry frantically tries to distract attention from the exposure of his lies in a previous post, his usual approach to dealing with being nailed. Never

[FairfieldLife] Mystical Placebos (Re: Shroud of Turin Report (or, When the Fans Hit the Sheet)

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, tartbrain no_re...@... wrote: To me, its a fascinating illustration of projection manifesting -- a sort of mystical placebo effect. If one believes a relic or symbol (or for that matter practice, posture or pranayam -- or hug, darshan, or saintly

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwe...@... wrote: Thanks for the kind words Judy. Of course, we all have tough stuff. Yes, we all have our tough stuff, but usually-- providentially?--only in proportion to how tough *we* are. As I was reading your story at the links, I kept

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwe...@... wrote: Judy, below is a link about Girard's theories if you or anyone is interested. http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf http://www.kyrie.com/outer/girard/Girard_and_Theology_Part_I.pdf Thanks! Interesting

[FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic ash keeps flights across Europe grounded.....

2010-04-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Yea, I understand the sentiment. Kind of like the chick in the egg. We deplete one set of resources, and we have to find something new, hopefully more efficient. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo fintlewoodle...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] New book with words by Ellen Roth and photos by Werner Elmker........

2010-04-18 Thread Dick Mays
check out this new book with words by Ellen Roth and photos by Werner Elmker... at this link you can actually flip through all 40 pages and also order the book..:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread m 13
Used to live in Vegas.Constant air traffic, planes, helicoptors, be they police, with beams,TV news, or for pleasure helicoptor rides, and the hospital helicoptors. live in Iowa now. My kids exclaim, oh, there's  plane- like it's a really big amazing thing when we go into the cities here. I

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread Carol
Post sharing. :-D Don't mind at all. Nuttin' on the net is sacred, though some folks would like to think so. Not sure what Moma is and, of course, I am not going to touch the online relationship feud(s), for lack of a better word. I probably should clarify that I have no idea if Girard is a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread Carol
Tough cookie. Ha. Not sure about that, but I am putting on weight, becoming a larger cookie. ;-) I don't know how far you read the narrative and if you read about my dad. He was (and still is in memory), one tough cookie. After his wreck and subsequent quadriplegia, he continued to live (13

[FairfieldLife] Smoke on the Water

2010-04-18 Thread do.rflex
Animation of ash cloud over Europe from Iceland's volcano: http://www2.dmu.dk/atmosphericenvironment/Vulkansky/dreameu_ani.gif

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread mainstream20016
For more than two weeks I have repeatedly and closely listened to the BATGAP episodes via iTunes downloads via a portable iPod. The BATGAP episodes are a fascinating record of the personal histories and subjective perspectives of persons who have courage to publicly discuss permanently

[FairfieldLife] Re: Smoke on the Water

2010-04-18 Thread TurquoiseB
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Animation of ash cloud over Europe from Iceland's volcano: http://www2.dmu.dk/atmosphericenvironment/Vulkansky/dreameu_ani.gif Notice in this animation the one country not covered by the cloud. Some have suggested that this

[FairfieldLife] Re: Smoke on the Water

2010-04-18 Thread Duveyoung
Hmmm, even God can miss now and then -- I suggest you spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder. He's sure to try again. My job is to not get between you two. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2010, at 5:14 PM, mainstream20016 wrote: For more than two weeks I have repeatedly and closely listened to the BATGAP episodes via iTunes downloads via a portable iPod. The BATGAP episodes are a fascinating record of the personal histories and subjective perspectives of persons

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
I think all of that is good. However, as stated, I have not found it very interesting, yet. I have not listened as extensively as you, and there may be great gems that I missed. However, others seem to be having the same problem as I -- in maintaining interest. Perhaps these may be raw feeds

[FairfieldLife] Re: Smoke on the Water

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Animation of ash cloud over Europe from Iceland's volcano: http://www2.dmu.dk/atmosphericenvironment/Vulkansky/dreameu_ani.gif Notice in this animation

[FairfieldLife] Re: Starz's Spartacus

2010-04-18 Thread Joe
Indeed. Dino Valenti (IMO) basically ruined an incredible band with his ego-mad, semi-serviceable vocals. Nicky was a wonderful pianist but he was much to mellow to compete with Valenti or even to get Valenti to lighten up a bit. Valenti ended up writing practically all the material after

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread Duveyoung
I had (and may continue, but I'm on pause right now) a very very long conversation with one of the BATGP folks, Dan, over months of time, and I took the tact that I would assume he was enlightened and just, you know, sincerely ask questions as if he were sorta a personal guru with whom I might

[FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost

2010-04-18 Thread WillyTex
Bhairitu: ancient Egypt with the sun obelisks which were of course phallic symbols because the king had to have a bigger dick than everyone else... An Egyptian stele or obelisk is a funery monument, not a phallic symbol. Ancient Egyptian obelisks are designed after the petrified rays of

[FairfieldLife] Re: Father Len Dubi: How TM enriches my religious life

2010-04-18 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Carol jchwe...@... wrote: Tough cookie. Ha. Not sure about that, but I am putting on weight, becoming a larger cookie. ;-) I don't know how far you read the narrative and if you read about my dad. He was (and still is in memory), one tough cookie.

[FairfieldLife] Post Count

2010-04-18 Thread FFL PostCount
Fairfield Life Post Counter === Start Date (UTC): Sat Apr 17 00:00:00 2010 End Date (UTC): Sat Apr 24 00:00:00 2010 128 messages as of (UTC) Mon Apr 19 00:02:42 2010 26 tartbrain no_re...@yahoogroups.com 15 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com 14 authfriend jst...@panix.com

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Volcanic Ash Cloud Turns Out to Be Finale of Lost

2010-04-18 Thread Bhairitu
WillyTex wrote: Bhairitu: ancient Egypt with the sun obelisks which were of course phallic symbols because the king had to have a bigger dick than everyone else... An Egyptian stele or obelisk is a funery monument, not a phallic symbol. Ancient Egyptian obelisks are designed

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
What I can't figure out is, who would really want to talk about themselves like this? It's kind of like talking about your sex life. It's sort of personal thing. Sometimes these types of experiences come up in conversations here, but usually as side bar, not the main dish. --- In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:24 PM, lurkernomore20002000 wrote: What I can't figure out is, who would really want to talk about themselves like this? It's kind of like talking about your sex life. It's sort of personal thing. Sometimes these types of experiences come up in conversations here,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
I guess you've got something about Saturday nights, Richard. I am guessing that you must have sensitive about it in junior high school, and not having plans on that night. Fortunately, Richard we are at least, chrnologically past that point in our lives, and we may, or may not have plans on

[FairfieldLife] Re: Look on the bright side.

2010-04-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m 13 meowthirt...@... wrote: Cities promote monkey mind. Little itty bitty towns have peace and bliss that promotes serenity. My opinion. Oh yea. This is definitely the case. How one raises kids etc. has nothing to do with it. Itty bitty towns are just

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread tartbrain
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: I had (and may continue, but I'm on pause right now) a very very long conversation with one of the BATGP folks, Dan, over months of time, and I took the tact that I would assume he was enlightened and just, you know,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Gas Pump Blues

2010-04-18 Thread lurkernomore20002000
Dude, you've got more big words here than we've heard in a long time. I pretty much bailed after the first sentence. But based on what seems to be your very dry and academic assessment, I can see where these accounts would have been right up your alley.. -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

[FairfieldLife] Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco

2010-04-18 Thread John
After having breakfast at a Thai restaurant near the Ocean Beach, I decided to visit the Japanese Center. When I got there, I realized that today was the Cherry Blossom Festival. There was a parade of organization members of the Japanese community, including a float of the annual festival

[FairfieldLife] Housing and the End of Upward Mobility in the U.S.

2010-04-18 Thread gullible fool
http://seekingalpha.com/article/199135-housing-and-the-end-of-upward-mobility-in-the-u-s   Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only love.    - Amma 

[FairfieldLife] Mirror Image?

2010-04-18 Thread scienceofabundance
From the NYT, April 19, 2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/world/asia/19swami.html?hp