[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Admit it, admit it, you like this because you feel it exonerates Share in some strange way and not because you understand what this actually implies about Barry and yourself by finding it funny. Whoa, whoa. Let me shift gears here, from chill mode to self analysis mode. Let's see, Barry pushed a big ass button. And I do apologize that I think the subject matter of psychological rape could really stand some comedic relief, being that it was, (IMO of course), blown way the hell out of proportion. Exonerate Share. M. As the Greek philosopher might say, first I must believe that Share needs exoneration! Cool, which Greek philosopher knew Share? I think it was Epicurus. No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Really? Do I know her? Who is she and where did she say that? And why? Says it all the time. You may know her. Pretty blonde, but no bimbo this lady. Hell no! Always good advice!
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
turq, third or fourth reading of this and still it makes me chuckle and can't stop grinning and love especially all the eths at the end of verbs, which built IMHO to a wonderful crescendo in numbers 8, 9 and 10. Brilliance happening. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: The Ten Commandments For Posting On the Funny Farm Lounge (and originators) OTOH, enjoy and don't feel any pressure (-: 1. Thou shalt not write posts that are too long. (turq) 2. Thou shalt not write posts that are short and snappy. (Xeno) 3. Thou shalt not write more than 50 posts per week. (Rick et al) 4. Thou shalt not write less than 50 posts per week. (Ravi) 5. Thou shalt not write posts wherein the lines go all the way over to the far far edge of the screen like this line is almost doing. ( I forget.) 6. Thou shalt not write posts with bad first lines. (S. King) 7. Thou shalt not reply to more than one poster in any one given post. (Various ha ha, get it?) 8. Thou shalt not write a post that is only about one poster. (Richard) 9. Thou shalt not ever ever use (-: (Ann, Emily, BP) 10. Thou shalt not post a url that is unclickable. (Seraphita?) I've never been a fan of Thou shalt not's, so I will respond to Share's list with their Tantric opposite: 1. Thou shalt attempt to have more fuckin' FUN with this saloon in cyberspace, and with your life, because both are far too silly to do anything else with. 2. Thou shalt feel free to ignore those who can only seem to post Thou shalt not's, just as people have managed to ignore the original Ten Commandments all these centuries; if they knew what they were talking about, more people would have paid attention. 3. Thou shalt post whatever the fuck thou wanteth. 4. Thou shalt attempt to enjoy those who reacteth badly or angrily or negatively to whatever the fuck thou wantedeth to post as much as you enjoy those who reacteth to it positively. 5. Thou shalt try to notice trends over time, and how some folks may not actually have much of anything to post other than the same old ragging-on-posters- they-don't-like shit. 6. Thou shalt feel free to posteth things thou liked about the things you liked, free from feeling in any way intimidated by those who'll rag on those things just because you liked them. 7. Thou shalt feel free to use smiley faces or other emoticons as much as thou likest; those who still haven't learned to recognize a smile when it's sideways just aren't worth concerning yourself with. 8. Thou shalt attempt to last out the week, and not shooteth thy wad in the first few days of the posting week; that just marketh you as an obsessive. 9. Thou shalt reply ONLY to that which thou wanteth to reply; NO ONE on this forum deserveth a reply from thou. 10. When thou chooseth to reply, try at least to be-eth funny; funny goeth a long way.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Brilliance happening?? Yes, for a sixth grader, or so, it is a brilliant piece of writing. For someone approaching 70, it is stale, immature, and embarrassing, IMO. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: turq, third or fourth reading of this and still it makes me chuckle and can't stop grinning and love especially all the eths at the end of verbs, which built IMHO to a wonderful crescendo in numbers 8, 9 and 10. Brilliance happening. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: The Ten Commandments For Posting On the Funny Farm Lounge (and originators) OTOH, enjoy and don't feel any pressure (-: 1. Thou shalt not write posts that are too long. (turq) 2. Thou shalt not write posts that are short and snappy. (Xeno) 3. Thou shalt not write more than 50 posts per week. (Rick et al) 4. Thou shalt not write less than 50 posts per week. (Ravi) 5. Thou shalt not write posts wherein the lines go all the way over to the far far edge of the screen like this line is almost doing. ( I forget.) 6. Thou shalt not write posts with bad first lines. (S. King) 7. Thou shalt not reply to more than one poster in any one given post. (Various ha ha, get it?) 8. Thou shalt not write a post that is only about one poster. (Richard) 9. Thou shalt not ever ever use (-: (Ann, Emily, BP) 10. Thou shalt not post a url that is unclickable. (Seraphita?) I've never been a fan of Thou shalt not's, so I will respond to Share's list with their Tantric opposite: 1. Thou shalt attempt to have more fuckin' FUN with this saloon in cyberspace, and with your life, because both are far too silly to do anything else with. 2. Thou shalt feel free to ignore those who can only seem to post Thou shalt not's, just as people have managed to ignore the original Ten Commandments all these centuries; if they knew what they were talking about, more people would have paid attention. 3. Thou shalt post whatever the fuck thou wanteth. 4. Thou shalt attempt to enjoy those who reacteth badly or angrily or negatively to whatever the fuck thou wantedeth to post as much as you enjoy those who reacteth to it positively. 5. Thou shalt try to notice trends over time, and how some folks may not actually have much of anything to post other than the same old ragging-on-posters- they-don't-like shit. 6. Thou shalt feel free to posteth things thou liked about the things you liked, free from feeling in any way intimidated by those who'll rag on those things just because you liked them. 7. Thou shalt feel free to use smiley faces or other emoticons as much as thou likest; those who still haven't learned to recognize a smile when it's sideways just aren't worth concerning yourself with. 8. Thou shalt attempt to last out the week, and not shooteth thy wad in the first few days of the posting week; that just marketh you as an obsessive. 9. Thou shalt reply ONLY to that which thou wanteth to reply; NO ONE on this forum deserveth a reply from thou. 10. When thou chooseth to reply, try at least to be-eth funny; funny goeth a long way.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: turq, third or fourth reading of this and still it makes me chuckle and can't stop grinning and love especially all the eths at the end of verbs, which built IMHO to a wonderful crescendo in numbers 8, 9 and 10. Brilliance happening. Share, stop feeding the narcissist. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:36 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: The Ten Commandments For Posting On the Funny Farm Lounge (and originators) OTOH, enjoy and don't feel any pressure (-: 1. Thou shalt not write posts that are too long. (turq) 2. Thou shalt not write posts that are short and snappy. (Xeno) 3. Thou shalt not write more than 50 posts per week. (Rick et al) 4. Thou shalt not write less than 50 posts per week. (Ravi) 5. Thou shalt not write posts wherein the lines go all the way over to the far far edge of the screen like this line is almost doing. ( I forget.) 6. Thou shalt not write posts with bad first lines. (S. King) 7. Thou shalt not reply to more than one poster in any one given post. (Various ha ha, get it?) 8. Thou shalt not write a post that is only about one poster. (Richard) 9. Thou shalt not ever ever use (-: (Ann, Emily, BP) 10. Thou shalt not post a url that is unclickable. (Seraphita?) I've never been a fan of Thou shalt not's, so I will respond to Share's list with their Tantric opposite: 1. Thou shalt attempt to have more fuckin' FUN with this saloon in cyberspace, and with your life, because both are far too silly to do anything else with. 2. Thou shalt feel free to ignore those who can only seem to post Thou shalt not's, just as people have managed to ignore the original Ten Commandments all these centuries; if they knew what they were talking about, more people would have paid attention. 3. Thou shalt post whatever the fuck thou wanteth. 4. Thou shalt attempt to enjoy those who reacteth badly or angrily or negatively to whatever the fuck thou wantedeth to post as much as you enjoy those who reacteth to it positively. 5. Thou shalt try to notice trends over time, and how some folks may not actually have much of anything to post other than the same old ragging-on-posters- they-don't-like shit. 6. Thou shalt feel free to posteth things thou liked about the things you liked, free from feeling in any way intimidated by those who'll rag on those things just because you liked them. 7. Thou shalt feel free to use smiley faces or other emoticons as much as thou likest; those who still haven't learned to recognize a smile when it's sideways just aren't worth concerning yourself with. 8. Thou shalt attempt to last out the week, and not shooteth thy wad in the first few days of the posting week; that just marketh you as an obsessive. 9. Thou shalt reply ONLY to that which thou wanteth to reply; NO ONE on this forum deserveth a reply from thou. 10. When thou chooseth to reply, try at least to be-eth funny; funny goeth a long way.
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Steve, I also really like the Stoics founded by Xeno of From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: Cool, which Greek philosopher knew Share? I think it was Epicurus. No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Really? Do I know her? Who is she and where did she say that? And why? Says it all the time. You may know her. Pretty blonde, but no bimbo this lady. Hell no! Always good advice!
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Steve, I also really like the Stoics founded by Xeno of Citium. I think that makes me a Stoic Epicurean, a Stepicurean ho ho. PS to Ann: IMHO, that Barbie woman looks like a zombie so I'll stick to my cookies though have never worn Birkenstocks or granny dresses either. However, I did have a full length, white, jersey, backless, halter gown in which I looked hot, if I don't mind saying so myself. One guy said I looked like Marilyn Monroe in it. But you know, with brown hair! From: seventhray27 steve.sun...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: Cool, which Greek philosopher knew Share? I think it was Epicurus. No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Really? Do I know her? Who is she and where did she say that? And why? Says it all the time. You may know her. Pretty blonde, but no bimbo this lady. Hell no! Always good advice!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
So the question is, Share, did said complimentor look like Cary Grant, or Danny DeVito?...just trying for another data point, here... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Steve, I also really like the Stoics founded by Xeno of Citium. I think that makes me a Stoic Epicurean, a Stepicurean ho ho. PS to Ann: IMHO, that Barbie woman looks like a zombie so I'll stick to my cookies though have never worn Birkenstocks or granny dresses either. However, I did have a full length, white, jersey, backless, halter gown in which I looked hot, if I don't mind saying so myself. One guy said I looked like Marilyn Monroe in it. But you know, with brown hair! From: seventhray27 steve.sundur@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:20 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: Cool, which Greek philosopher knew Share? I think it was Epicurus. No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Really? Do I know her? Who is she and where did she say that? And why? Says it all the time. You may know her. Pretty blonde, but no bimbo this lady. Hell no! Always good advice!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson mjackson74@... wrote: how do you figure that? Nader was touted as a great example of a Purusha leader - man you are out to lunch. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden It wasn't. Is this now the official story, that Maharishi did know? Hence the broiling disaffection movement fragmenting of Mother Divine about Tony misleading Maharishi is for naught[?]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: No one ever gets a second chance to write a first sentence, so you should probably do it right. This is especially good advice for those who tend to write posts to FFL that no one reads *except* for the first sentence, glimpsed in Message View. :-) http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/ But it's also good advice for anyone who cares about writing, period, as was King's book On Writing, by far the most practical How to be a writer manual I've ever read. Reading this article I had to chuckle, because I once started a book with the sentence: If I had better bladder control, I probably wouldn't be writing this. It was true, it set up the first story (which set up the rest of the book), and above all it captured that sense of voice that King talks about. I hear all the time from readers who picked up the book, having heard that it was about what it was like to study with an odd spiritual teacher. Having heard that, they kinda expected it to be just another one of those clone books about spiritual teachers -- humorless, devotional, and above all SERIOUS. But my first line made them laugh, which clued them in to the fact that mine was NOT exactly going to be like that. So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Did that get anyone's attention? Maybe I should have started this post: Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... Or: I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Ann, A little discretion, please. Dan P.S. I just couldn't help myself. Goodbye for a long-time, this time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater awoelflebater@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: No one ever gets a second chance to write a first sentence, so you should probably do it right. This is especially good advice for those who tend to write posts to FFL that no one reads *except* for the first sentence, glimpsed in Message View. :-) http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/ But it's also good advice for anyone who cares about writing, period, as was King's book On Writing, by far the most practical How to be a writer manual I've ever read. Reading this article I had to chuckle, because I once started a book with the sentence: If I had better bladder control, I probably wouldn't be writing this. It was true, it set up the first story (which set up the rest of the book), and above all it captured that sense of voice that King talks about. I hear all the time from readers who picked up the book, having heard that it was about what it was like to study with an odd spiritual teacher. Having heard that, they kinda expected it to be just another one of those clone books about spiritual teachers -- humorless, devotional, and above all SERIOUS. But my first line made them laugh, which clued them in to the fact that mine was NOT exactly going to be like that. So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Did that get anyone's attention? Maybe I should have started this post: Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... Or: I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves...
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I will definitely read the book about stripping during flying in the Ladies Dome! From: awoelflebater awoelfleba...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:38 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: No one ever gets a second chance to write a first sentence, so you should probably do it right. This is especially good advice for those who tend to write posts to FFL that no one reads *except* for the first sentence, glimpsed in Message View. :-) http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/ But it's also good advice for anyone who cares about writing, period, as was King's book On Writing, by far the most practical How to be a writer manual I've ever read. Reading this article I had to chuckle, because I once started a book with the sentence: If I had better bladder control, I probably wouldn't be writing this. It was true, it set up the first story (which set up the rest of the book), and above all it captured that sense of voice that King talks about. I hear all the time from readers who picked up the book, having heard that it was about what it was like to study with an odd spiritual teacher. Having heard that, they kinda expected it to be just another one of those clone books about spiritual teachers -- humorless, devotional, and above all SERIOUS. But my first line made them laugh, which clued them in to the fact that mine was NOT exactly going to be like that. So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Did that get anyone's attention? Maybe I should have started this post: Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... Or: I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves... A good start. You might also get some mileage from: Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... I used to believe that the men's dome was about the same as the ladies' dome, but that was before my sex change operation... I once believed that those 'Letters to Penthouse' were fiction, but that was before I opened a South- facing doorway and discovered Bevan and an aardvark engaged in something that looked clearly Off The Program... As the aliens prepared their glistening rectal probes again, once more I realized how gullible I had been to believe Nabby when he called them our 'Space Brothers'... The biggest problem with FFL is that people talk too much about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and don't spend nearly enough time talking about ME... :-) One of my favorite first paragraphs of a novel was Richard Farina's opener to Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. Talk about voice -- To Athene then. Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis, furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged back from the asphalt seas of the great wasted land: oh highways U.S. 40 and unyielding 66, I am home to the glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of lakes, the golden girls of Westchester and Shaker Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots stomping, mind awash with schemes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Do you wear a wadded up sock in the crotch of your pants, too? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves... A good start. You might also get some mileage from: Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... I used to believe that the men's dome was about the same as the ladies' dome, but that was before my sex change operation... I once believed that those 'Letters to Penthouse' were fiction, but that was before I opened a South- facing doorway and discovered Bevan and an aardvark engaged in something that looked clearly Off The Program... As the aliens prepared their glistening rectal probes again, once more I realized how gullible I had been to believe Nabby when he called them our 'Space Brothers'... The biggest problem with FFL is that people talk too much about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and don't spend nearly enough time talking about ME... :-) One of my favorite first paragraphs of a novel was Richard Farina's opener to Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. Talk about voice -- To Athene then. Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis, furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged back from the asphalt seas of the great wasted land: oh highways U.S. 40 and unyielding 66, I am home to the glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of lakes, the golden girls of Westchester and Shaker Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots stomping, mind awash with schemes.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, danfriedman2002 no_reply@... wrote: Ann, A little discretion, please. Dan OK Dan, but only a little. P.S. I just couldn't help myself. Goodbye for a long-time, this time. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater awoelflebater@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: No one ever gets a second chance to write a first sentence, so you should probably do it right. This is especially good advice for those who tend to write posts to FFL that no one reads *except* for the first sentence, glimpsed in Message View. :-) http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/07/why-stephen-king-spends-months-and-even-years-writing-opening-sentences/278043/ But it's also good advice for anyone who cares about writing, period, as was King's book On Writing, by far the most practical How to be a writer manual I've ever read. Reading this article I had to chuckle, because I once started a book with the sentence: If I had better bladder control, I probably wouldn't be writing this. It was true, it set up the first story (which set up the rest of the book), and above all it captured that sense of voice that King talks about. I hear all the time from readers who picked up the book, having heard that it was about what it was like to study with an odd spiritual teacher. Having heard that, they kinda expected it to be just another one of those clone books about spiritual teachers -- humorless, devotional, and above all SERIOUS. But my first line made them laugh, which clued them in to the fact that mine was NOT exactly going to be like that. So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Did that get anyone's attention? Maybe I should have started this post: Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... Or: I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves...
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Quit reading the book at the first encountered with my name. Felt like some sort of rape. I guess I shouldn't take things personally, eh? Edg
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:28 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Well he got his just desserts, eh? Quit reading the book at the first encountered with my name. Felt like some sort of rape. I guess I shouldn't take things personally, eh? Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Well he got his just desserts, eh? He sure got some karma. Not sure it was from his guru doings. Can't toss any stones at him, cuz, hey, we're all just trying our best, and that was his version of it. He wanted to teach so badly, but but but. Felt sorry for him. Very high I.Q. and yet . . . Edg Quit reading the book at the first encountered with my name. Felt like some sort of rape. I guess I shouldn't take things personally, eh? Edg
RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:53 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Well he got his just desserts, eh? He sure got some karma. Not sure it was from his guru doings. Can't toss any stones at him, cuz, hey, we're all just trying our best, and that was his version of it. He wanted to teach so badly, but but but. Felt sorry for him. Very high I.Q. and yet . . . Edg It's not so much that he wanted to teach. He wanted to be the recipient of veneration and devotion. When I was teaching on the east coast, he did a residence course in which he sat up on a dais and had people give him flowers. He later got called over to Switzerland where Maharishi told him that one guru was enough for the movement.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Well he got his just desserts, eh? He sure got some karma. Not sure it was from his guru doings. Can't toss any stones at him, cuz, hey, we're all just trying our best, and that was his version of it. He wanted to teach so badly, but but but. Felt sorry for him. Very high I.Q. and yet . . . Edg It's not so much that he wanted to teach. He wanted to be the recipient of veneration and devotion. When I was teaching on the east coast, he did a residence course in which he sat up on a dais and had people give him flowers. He later got called over to Switzerland where Maharishi told him that one guru was enough for the movement. He sorta settled down after being warned -- for a few years -- but then when the shit hit the fan for all his business doings, he put on the dhoti again. I called him on it when he tried to recruit me into his thang, and that was the parting of the ways for us. Given what we know of Maharishi's business doings, I kinda have to cut Vaughn a break in that, hey, birds of a feather. I, too, have to ask my mirror how much of a charlatan I was/am to resonate with the movement's willingness to break any law it wanted to break. For Vaughn (and Sri Sri, and Andy Rymer, et alia)to do what they did, I'm feeling like Maharishi's immorality MODELED THAT for them. When I consider how many scoundrels the movement attracted and how few saints it produced (so far: none?) I am sobered. And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg
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From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:32 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family so much as I would fault some of the other mucky-mucks for hitting on married women, co-eds, etc.
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These are hilarious Barry! From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:47 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves... A good start. You might also get some mileage from: Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... I used to believe that the men's dome was about the same as the ladies' dome, but that was before my sex change operation... I once believed that those 'Letters to Penthouse' were fiction, but that was before I opened a South- facing doorway and discovered Bevan and an aardvark engaged in something that looked clearly Off The Program... As the aliens prepared their glistening rectal probes again, once more I realized how gullible I had been to believe Nabby when he called them our 'Space Brothers'... The biggest problem with FFL is that people talk too much about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and don't spend nearly enough time talking about ME... :-) One of my favorite first paragraphs of a novel was Richard Farina's opener to Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. Talk about voice -- To Athene then. Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis, furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged back from the asphalt seas of the great wasted land: oh highways U.S. 40 and unyielding 66, I am home to the glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of lakes, the golden girls of Westchester and Shaker Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots stomping, mind awash with schemes.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Quit reading the book at the first encountered with my name. Felt like some sort of rape. I guess I shouldn't take things personally, eh? Sounds to me as if you missed a grand opportunity for fun. It's NOT as if literature -- much less scripture -- is short of hit men who kill for spiritual reasons. Much of the canon of Indian spiritual literature is full of gods (presumably enlightened) who go around either whacking people themselves, or telling their devotees to do it for them. :-) But your story reminds me of one of my own. Back in Santa Fe, as usual I had a favorite writing cafe, and was there pretty much every morning. A newbie to town chatted me up there, and because he still *was* very much a Santa Fe newbie, and still trying to run his Aspen, CO number on every- one and impress them, I once invented a story to blow him off and get him to stop pestering me so that I could get back to writing. (To his credit, he got over it, and we later became friends.) But in that initial chat, he came up to me, sat down at my table without asking if he could, and just started talking. And talking. And talking. He finally said something like, I've noticed that you're only here on weekends. What do you do the rest of the week. I said, I fly out to other cities and do my work there four days a week or less, which leaves me free to come back here and enjoy my long Santa Fe weekends. He said, Well...what do you do in these cities. Without missing a beat, I said, I'm a hit man. He shut up, and soon afterwards got up and moved to another table to try to impress someone else. I forgot all about it until a year or more later, after he had calmed down and we actually became more friendly, at which point I learned that he had actually *believed me*. Like a hit man would go around telling strangers what he did for a living. That's the kind of dweeb he was before he caught the Don't try to impress anyone in Santa Fe, because you can't vibe and lightened up. But I did kinda have fun trying to imagine him imagining *me* whacking people for a living. And wanting to be friends with me anyway. He was a former shrink, who had to stop practicing because his own bipolar disorder started getting in the way. 'Nuff said. :-)
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And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family so much as I would fault some of the other mucky-mucks for hitting on married women, co-eds, etc. I never met Tony, so what do I know?... and his little secret was slight comparatively, but the concept still holds: we were modeled unto that anything goes -- especially if you don't get caught at it. And shame on me for snickering about it so many times instead of quitting the movement. Rick, I'm out of Fairfield and don't keep up -- do you know about any others that could make the top-ten scoundrels list? My off the cuff top ten in no special order: 1. Dr. Bloomfield 2. Ed Beckeley 3. Heggy 4. Bevvy 5. Girish 6. The serial rapist guy who lived in the dome house 7. The guys who made it possible for the MUM campus murder 8. The money launderers 9. The commodities company leaders 10. Andy Rymer See? Tony, Sri Sri, Vaughn, didn't even make the list! Edg
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And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family so much as I would fault some of the other mucky-mucks for hitting on married women, co-eds, etc. I never met Tony, so what do I know?... and his little secret was slight comparatively, but the concept still holds: we were modeled unto that anything goes -- especially if you don't get caught at it. And shame on me for snickering about it so many times instead of quitting the movement. Rick, I'm out of Fairfield and don't keep up -- do you know about any others that could make the top-ten scoundrels list? My off the cuff top ten in no special order: 1. Dr. Bloomfield 2. Ed Beckeley 3. Heggy 4. Bevvy 5. Girish 6. The serial rapist guy who lived in the dome house 7. The guys who made it possible for the MUM campus murder 8. The money launderers 9. The commodities company leaders 10. Andy Rymer See? Tony, Sri Sri, Vaughn, didn't even make the list! And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!!
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Which lie are you referring to Edg? About being celibate when he had a wife and young'uns? Or something else? From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 1:31 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... Heh, you made me remember that Vaughn Abrams wrote a book in which he named a character Edg who was an assassin who killed for spiritual reasons. Never asked me for permission, and insisted that I was his model for the character. Pissed me off! Well he got his just desserts, eh? He sure got some karma. Not sure it was from his guru doings. Can't toss any stones at him, cuz, hey, we're all just trying our best, and that was his version of it. He wanted to teach so badly, but but but. Felt sorry for him. Very high I.Q. and yet . . . Edg It's not so much that he wanted to teach. He wanted to be the recipient of veneration and devotion. When I was teaching on the east coast, he did a residence course in which he sat up on a dais and had people give him flowers. He later got called over to Switzerland where Maharishi told him that one guru was enough for the movement. He sorta settled down after being warned -- for a few years -- but then when the shit hit the fan for all his business doings, he put on the dhoti again. I called him on it when he tried to recruit me into his thang, and that was the parting of the ways for us. Given what we know of Maharishi's business doings, I kinda have to cut Vaughn a break in that, hey, birds of a feather. I, too, have to ask my mirror how much of a charlatan I was/am to resonate with the movement's willingness to break any law it wanted to break. For Vaughn (and Sri Sri, and Andy Rymer, et alia)to do what they did, I'm feeling like Maharishi's immorality MODELED THAT for them. When I consider how many scoundrels the movement attracted and how few saints it produced (so far: none?) I am sobered. And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg
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Here is a piece of an old LA Times article that mentioned Beckley: The get-rich-quick business is quickly getting poorer. Consider Ed Beckley, a skinny, squeaky-voiced man with choir-boy looks who sells a $299 Millionaire Maker package of cassettes and books promising to teach people how to get rich buying real estate even if they are broke. Once based near Sacramento, the former schoolteacher moved his operation in 1984 to Fairfield, Iowa, to be closer to a university founded by his spiritual mentor, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the renowned Indian transcendental meditation guru. Within a year, Beckley, 39, built the largest company in the business of distributing advice on buying real estate with no money down. His Million Dollar Secrets cable television program appeared in about 200 markets, his payroll grew to 560 and the company he controls, the Beckley Group, claimed to have $40 million in sales. But while Beckley was telling people how to get rich, his Beckley Group was going broke. Deluged with more than 40,000 refund requests from people who bought Beckley's home-study courses, the company ran out of money a year ago. On March 22, the company, in which Beckley owns an 80% stake, filed in Des Moines for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, listing $6 million in debts. All but 35 of Beckley's employees have been fired, the program now appears in only 20 television markets and the company is having trouble making good on a promise made to the Iowa attorney general's office to refund more than $3 million still owed to 11,000 people. That pledge followed an inquiry by the agency into alleged violations of state consumer laws. Donald Neiman, the Beckley Group's attorney, said it may take three to five years to repay those customers. Here is his current website: http://www.edbeckley.org/ From: Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family so much as I would fault some of the other mucky-mucks for hitting on married women, co-eds, etc. I never met Tony, so what do I know?... and his little secret was slight comparatively, but the concept still holds: we were modeled unto that anything goes -- especially if you don't get caught at it. And shame on me for snickering about it so many times instead of quitting the movement. Rick, I'm out of Fairfield and don't keep up -- do you know about any others that could make the top-ten scoundrels list? My off the cuff top ten in no special order: 1. Dr. Bloomfield 2. Ed Beckeley 3. Heggy 4. Bevvy 5. Girish 6. The serial rapist guy who lived in the dome house 7. The guys who made it possible for the MUM campus murder 8. The money launderers 9. The commodities company leaders 10. Andy Rymer See? Tony, Sri Sri, Vaughn, didn't even make the list! Edg
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And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) seventhray: Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Considering the source, yes I admit it is funny! Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
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The Ten Commandments For Posting On the Funny Farm Lounge (and originators) OTOH, enjoy and don't feel any pressure (-: 1. Thou shalt not write posts that are too long. (turq) 2. Thou shalt not write posts that are short and snappy. (Xeno) 3. Thou shalt not write more than 50 posts per week. (Rick et al) 4. Thou shalt not write less than 50 posts per week. (Ravi) 5. Thou shalt not write posts wherein the lines go all the way over to the far far edge of the screen like this line is almost doing. ( I forget.) 6. Thou shalt not write posts with bad first lines. (S. King) 7. Thou shalt not reply to more than one poster in any one given post. (Various ha ha, get it?) 8. Thou shalt not write a post that is only about one poster. (Richard) 9. Thou shalt not ever ever use (-: (Ann, Emily, BP) 10. Thou shalt not post a url that is unclickable. (Seraphita?) From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King So good luck creating your first sentences from now on. If you make them inviting enough, and infuse them with enough voice, some people may even read the rest of the post. :-) When I was a student at MIU I often stripped during the flying portion of my Dome program while at the same time the women around me... Back when I was having an affair with this man, that you all know here, I discovered something very strange about... I have had always wanted to be able to tell someone my deepest, darkest sexual secret and it involves... A good start. You might also get some mileage from: Back before I was fully enlightened, and was just another hit man for the Mafia... I used to believe that the men's dome was about the same as the ladies' dome, but that was before my sex change operation... I once believed that those 'Letters to Penthouse' were fiction, but that was before I opened a South- facing doorway and discovered Bevan and an aardvark engaged in something that looked clearly Off The Program... As the aliens prepared their glistening rectal probes again, once more I realized how gullible I had been to believe Nabby when he called them our 'Space Brothers'... The biggest problem with FFL is that people talk too much about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and don't spend nearly enough time talking about ME... :-) One of my favorite first paragraphs of a novel was Richard Farina's opener to Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me. Talk about voice -- To Athene then. Young Gnossos Pappadopoulis, furry Pooh Bear, keeper of the flame, voyaged back from the asphalt seas of the great wasted land: oh highways U.S. 40 and unyielding 66, I am home to the glacier-gnawed gorges, the fingers of lakes, the golden girls of Westchester and Shaker Heights. See me loud with lies, big boots stomping, mind awash with schemes.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: The Ten Commandments For Posting On the Funny Farm Lounge (and originators) OTOH, enjoy and don't feel any pressure (-: 1. Thou shalt not write posts that are too long. (turq) 2. Thou shalt not write posts that are short and snappy. (Xeno) 3. Thou shalt not write more than 50 posts per week. (Rick et al) 4. Thou shalt not write less than 50 posts per week. (Ravi) 5. Thou shalt not write posts wherein the lines go all the way over to the far far edge of the screen like this line is almost doing. ( I forget.) 6. Thou shalt not write posts with bad first lines. (S. King) 7. Thou shalt not reply to more than one poster in any one given post. (Various ha ha, get it?) 8. Thou shalt not write a post that is only about one poster. (Richard) 9. Thou shalt not ever ever use (-: (Ann, Emily, BP) 10. Thou shalt not post a url that is unclickable. (Seraphita?) I've never been a fan of Thou shalt not's, so I will respond to Share's list with their Tantric opposite: 1. Thou shalt attempt to have more fuckin' FUN with this saloon in cyberspace, and with your life, because both are far too silly to do anything else with. 2. Thou shalt feel free to ignore those who can only seem to post Thou shalt not's, just as people have managed to ignore the original Ten Commandments all these centuries; if they knew what they were talking about, more people would have paid attention. 3. Thou shalt post whatever the fuck thou wanteth. 4. Thou shalt attempt to enjoy those who reacteth badly or angrily or negatively to whatever the fuck thou wantedeth to post as much as you enjoy those who reacteth to it positively. 5. Thou shalt try to notice trends over time, and how some folks may not actually have much of anything to post other than the same old ragging-on-posters- they-don't-like shit. 6. Thou shalt feel free to posteth things thou liked about the things you liked, free from feeling in any way intimidated by those who'll rag on those things just because you liked them. 7. Thou shalt feel free to use smiley faces or other emoticons as much as thou likest; those who still haven't learned to recognize a smile when it's sideways just aren't worth concerning yourself with. 8. Thou shalt attempt to last out the week, and not shooteth thy wad in the first few days of the posting week; that just marketh you as an obsessive. 9. Thou shalt reply ONLY to that which thou wanteth to reply; NO ONE on this forum deserveth a reply from thou. 10. When thou chooseth to reply, try at least to be-eth funny; funny goeth a long way.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams wrote: And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) seventhray: Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Considering the source, yes I admit it is funny! Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt Welcome to the Funny Farm Lounge, of which you are a distinguished member!
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@... wrote: From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duveyoung Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:32 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden is the proof that even HE thought it was, what, shameful? Something like that, right? Something like Oh, if they find out I'm a commoner/fucker, then I'll lose all respect in my kingdom, right? That's not an enlightened being. That's a guy covering his ass for a paycheck. BAH! And Maharishi knew, right? So he was a shyster too. Edg
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden It wasn't.
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how do you figure that? Nader was touted as a great example of a Purusha leader - man you are out to lunch. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:33 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden It wasn't.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden It wasn't. It seems you are off medication again Edg. Because if you were perhaps you could have used your brain for reasoning. For example; the fact that his wife did not show up in Vlodrop, what did that tell you ? Perhaps she simply didn't want to go ? Perhaps she had her own career to think of, children to raise, perhaps she's simply not very interested. Perhaps she's not even a meditator, who knows ? Do you ? No you don't, still you produce, backed by the Rumor-maker par Excellence Himself, Rick Stanley, claim after claim that if they did not have your stamp on it would have had you sued from A to Z and back. I suggest you go back to the prescribed medication asap before you disgrace yourself further.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Admit it, admit it, you like this because you feel it exonerates Share in some strange way and not because you understand what this actually implies about Barry and yourself by finding it funny.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Admit it, admit it, you like this because you feel it exonerates Share in some strange way and not because you understand what this actually implies about Barry and yourself by finding it funny. Whoa, whoa. Let me shift gears here, from chill mode to self analysis mode. Let's see, Barry pushed a big ass button. And I do apologize that I think the subject matter of psychological rape could really stand some comedic relief, being that it was, (IMO of course), blown way the hell out of proportion. Exonerate Share. M. As the Greek philosopher might say, first I must believe that Share needs exoneration! No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Always good advice!
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@... wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family so much as I would fault some of the other mucky-mucks for hitting on married women, co-eds, etc. I never met Tony, so what do I know?... and his little secret was slight comparatively, but the concept still holds: we were modeled unto that anything goes -- especially if you don't get caught at it. And shame on me for snickering about it so many times instead of quitting the movement. Rick, I'm out of Fairfield and don't keep up -- do you know about any others that could make the top-ten scoundrels list? My off the cuff top ten in no special order: 1. Dr. Bloomfield 2. Ed Beckeley 3. Heggy 4. Bevvy 5. Girish 6. The serial rapist guy who lived in the dome house 7. The guys who made it possible for the MUM campus murder 8. The money launderers 9. The commodities company leaders 10. Andy Rymer See? Tony, Sri Sri, Vaughn, didn't even make the list! Edg Yep, some day it will be interesting to hear from the people who collaborated removing the Kaplan money from the Boone Purusha project to accounts overseas. The people who actually pulled the levers, proly some Purusha who initially handled the Purusha accounts. Who was aware of it and who did it in the chain of things. The President's Office?
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ann wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seventhray27 steve.sundur@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: snip And Robin doesn't count because he was only a serial *psychological* rapist. :-) Admit it. Admit it. That is funny!! Admit it, admit it, you like this because you feel it exonerates Share in some strange way and not because you understand what this actually implies about Barry and yourself by finding it funny. Whoa, whoa. Let me shift gears here, from chill mode to self analysis mode. Let's see, Barry pushed a big ass button. And I do apologize that I think the subject matter of psychological rape could really stand some comedic relief, being that it was, (IMO of course), blown way the hell out of proportion. Exonerate Share. M. As the Greek philosopher might say, first I must believe that Share needs exoneration! Cool, which Greek philosopher knew Share? No, I was never in that camp. There's a lady up in Victoria, BC, who is found of saying, Lighten Up Really? Do I know her? Who is she and where did she say that? And why? Always good advice!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Great writing advice from Stephen King
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: And seeing how King Tony lied to all of us, well, seems to be that the apple fell from the tree and didn't roll an inch. Edg I wouldn't fault King Tony for having a clandestine family Why do you claim it was clandestine ? No one knew about his family except Maharishi, but so what ? Nader was never presented as a Brahmachary. It's one of you fantasies again Rick. Doesn't matter how he was presented -- the fact that it was hidden It wasn't. It seems you are off medication again Edg. Because if you were perhaps you could have used your brain for reasoning. For example; the fact that his wife did not show up in Vlodrop, what did that tell you ? Perhaps she simply didn't want to go ? Perhaps she had her own career to think of, children to raise, perhaps she's simply not very interested. Perhaps she's not even a meditator, who knows ? Do you ? No you don't, still you produce, backed by the Rumor-maker par Excellence Himself, Rick Stanley, claim after claim that if they did not have your stamp on it would have had you sued from A to Z and back. I suggest you go back to the prescribed medication asap before you disgrace yourself further. Dearest Nabs, I gotta say, something inside me clicked off, and I find you endearing now. As my next good friend, Willy, would say, Go figure. Gotta get you on a Trikke, and by the way, I'm been working for months on my next modification and might have the world's fastest Trikke shortly. Wait, I already do, but my first mod only added a few mph, so that's not such a great thing to crow about, but the one I'm building now will go more than twice as fast -- 40 mph! Wanna ride it? Don't miss the bliss! Meanwhile, I would remind you that (according to Hollywood) Gandhi almost divorced his wife, because she wouldn't shovel dirt over shit in the ashram's latrine, so King Tony is simply not surmounting Gandhi's moral high ground bar of demanding harmony with his partner FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. Tony's probably just a wonderful guy, doesn't beat his wife or eat peas with his knife, but as a King, hm. As Rama told Sita, the fame of the King is his most preci0us attribute, and the least whispering amongst the people is something that simply cannot be allowed, and so, Sita was sent TO HELL. Not threatened with divorce, you might note. If King Tony has a wife who is not into his thang, then what does that say about his view of women that he would hide her? Where's his respect for her? If she'd been sold out to Maharishi, I'm sorta thinking he could have worked her into the movement's various activities, and she could have been a powerful inspiration for the true believing women of the movement, but no, he chose someone whom he would have to be at odds with on a, say, vibrational level, FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. What's that karma, eh? Was it to instruct us all to get into intimate side-by-side relationships with non-believers? If so, THEN LET ME BACK INTO THE FUCKING DOMES! I would sit there quietly, honest! No intoning of Tibetan throat voicings! I won't hand out pamphlets. See how easy I am to work with? But n, you can call me on my various impurities, but I can't call bullshit on someone whose YEARS-LONG secret actions completely surprised the entire movement -- shocked most of the true believers -- shocked such that, say, 60% felt a deep betrayal, because they'd had him pegged as a saint. And shocking too that Bevvy and the Crowned Knobs were just fine with all of us thinking that about Tony. We wuz played. We wuz always being played. SINCE 1957. But that's all our karma, so no one gets to bitch. It's all good. Note that I have NEVER said TM doesn't work. I've only said that it doesn't change anything, but that's okay! We're all getting out of the changing business, right? Love ya, Dude! Edg
