--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stanley@> > wrote: > > Thanks for the detailed report, I enjoyed that. I wonder if writing that report brought on some bad juju, because about 45 minutes ago, I heard Bilitis, my favorite kitty, howling in distress. She was breathing hard and drooling, so I went over to talk to Petra about it. When I returned, Bilitis was dead.
http://alex.natel.net/kitties/bilitis2.jpg Rest in Peace, Billie. > > Out of curiosity, I went to last night's event with Mahendra Kumar Trivedi. > > He speaks English, but his accent is so thick that it was excruciatingly > > fatiguing for me to follow along with what he was saying. So, I pretty much > > tuned him out and sat there for two hours, bored out of my mind. > > > > When it came time to do the blessing, where he does his ooga-booga energy > > transmission, we had to sign a release form. It would have been nice if > > they'd mentioned that in the flyer, because I would have brought my reading > > glasses and a pen. So, on top of boredom, I was now annoyed. I borrowed a > > pen and went right up to one of the bright little floor lights and did my > > best to read the form and sign it. > > > > He then tells us to take off our shoes and socks and instructs us to pray > > to god, as we understand him/her/it, with our desire while he does his > > energy transmission. And, I'm yet again going WTF? All those seeds, plants > > and animals you supposedly performed magic on didn't have to pray in order > > for your woo-woo to work, so why do we? My upbringing was atheist, and > > unbounded ineffable transcendence is the closest I get to having anything > > resembling an understanding of god, and it's certainly not something I > > would pray to. > > > > So, I sat there and put my attention on my neck, which has been bothering > > me for a couple years. This morning, my neck is unchanged. Needless to say, > > I'm not the least bit inspired to fork over $300 for an individualized > > "blessing" because the only thing that would be blessed is his bank > > account. At least part of the $15 I did pay to see him goes to the civic > > center, which is struggling financially. > > >
