Competition? Was just lookin' for a little dance music. I just found my bible in the garage last week...was looking for redemption way back even before puberty set in. Unfortunately, it's gotten moldy. At this point, I can only offer my personal slogan for the upcoming year...."change through responsible action." :) Pretty boring substitute.
________________________________ From: Bob Price <bobpri...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and Posters at FFL Its up to Denise; I say you can join---if you bring your own bible (or banjo). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bngWQN8cHk&feature=related ________________________________ From: obbajeeba <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 6, 2011 5:13:12 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and Posters at FFL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdeSvrzpmbs Traditional ending after this orgasmic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8 That was really super, Denise, and Mr. Price. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> wrote: > > OMG..what the hell..LOL.. I don't have Internet connection except for my > iPhone so I can't say who won this FFL idol competition..:-) > > > On Nov 6, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN4IvPknReM > > > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywMPtwM8avs > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:53:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sml8W5SAwo > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIuotFZnBtk > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:41:50 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GBR6PRDgBg > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:33 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a_1UhwgFU > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:23:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWJtRy_zHk&feature=related > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuiynIn-g9s > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:13:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwmBvlelVIQ > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Bob Price <bobpriced@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:00 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ho_VWslkM&feature=related > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 10:25:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > Wow. I could swear I'm on something... > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> > > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 7:49 PM > > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: An Open Letter to All the Readers and > > Posters at FFL > > > > Love it Obba..,totally right brained stuff !!! > > > > On Nov 4, 2011, at 6:38 PM, obbajeeba <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > >iLOVEBUTCHERBUNNY!THATISTHECUTESTPICTUREIHAVESEENINALONGTIME.OHTHEDOGGYLICKINGONTHESLAB!ABELINCOLNTOO1IMEAN!THANKSFOR > > > POSTING THAT PAINTING! > > > > > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" <yifuxero@> wrote: > > >> > > >> LOL!! I agree. The etiquette purists are claiming "Butcher Bunny". but > > >> the place looks rather nice (although I wouldn't actually eat some > > >> salami knowing what goes into it): > > >> http://www.wondertoonel.com/paintings/bbunny.html > > >> > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > OH,BYTHEWAY,IAMNOTDONERANTINGYET.NODOUBLESPACEFORYOU,ORYOU.TAKETHAT.NOWIHAVETOTHINKOFWHATTOTYPEABOUTBECAUSEIWASnotPREPAREDTOCONTINUETHIS.... > > >> > > > >> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > OMG OMG OMG! LOL. ROTFLMAO! LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WRONG WITH > > >> > > THE CREATIVE ENERGY TYPING WITHOUT RULES??!! DUDE, SOME NOAH'S ARE > > >> > > SET IN THEIR WAY, MAN ALIVE! IF ANYONE CAN UNDERSTAND A PROPER LINE > > >> > > AND PARAGRAPH AND A PERIOD AT THE END AND CONSECUTIVE WORDS ROLLING > > >> > > ON AND ON AND ON, WHY BOTHER CORRECTING WHAT OTHERS READ BECAUSE > > >> > > SOME ONE, (UNDERSCORE)AND WHAT OTHERS TYPE DOES NOT FRICKEN MATTER > > >> > > JUST LIKE THE HALL MONITORS FOR DOME BADGES! SOL, FOR REAL. THERE > > >> > > IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A FRIDAY NIGHT RANT ON FFL AND I WILL BE THE > > >> > > FIRST TO ALL CAPS THIS VENTURE THIS EVENING IN PROTEST OF PROPER > > >> > > ETIQUETTE FOR A MESSAGE FORUM, OF AND THIS BELOW EMAIL MARKED AS > > >> > > BARRY'S LOVE LETTER TO FFL. SO THERE. HAVE A NICE EVENING. > > >> > > > > >> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Bhairitu, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Looks, feels, reads pretty good I'd say. But the tone changes: > > >> > > > this seems less ironic in this form. The spacing you have given it > > >> > > > takes some of the sting out of it. NEVERTHELESS, I must admit it > > >> > > > reads much better the way you spaced it than I would have > > >> > > > anticipated. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Perhaps it was *what I had to be to keep going on this*; that in > > >> > > > the end, if I could stand back I would have dropped those > > >> > > > aesthetic and metaphysical concerns. Because this *does* seem > > >> > > > persuasive to me. I was not, however, like your CEO, oblivious to > > >> > > > the Wall of Words. I felt this was the only way I could sustain > > >> > > > the mood of what was driving this out of me. And so I assumed, > > >> > > > perhaps falsely, that the reader had to follow me in this. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Very much appreciate the thought to sharpen me up in my posting at > > >> > > > FFL. You write pretty damn good yourself. So, coming from you, > > >> > > > this means something. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > But recollect: this was deliberate, and I didn't want the > > >> > > > recipient or the reader to have a 'nice' experience. I think > > >> > > > maybe they got this from your own revision. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Still, I am delighted you would see fit to improve my presentation. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Thanks, Bhairitu. You've got much more flair than I have in your > > >> > > > writingâ€"you write like the French play rugby. I am more > > >> > > > pedestrian I think. Like the English. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Robin > > >> > > > > > >> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > So you want to be deliberately unreadable? Just tryin' to help. > > >> > > > > Hasn't > > >> > > > > Judy mentioned this to you? It's her profession. Here's an > > >> > > > > example of > > >> > > > > the reformat. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Dear FFL, > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > My name is Barry Wright. I say what I want. I do what I want. I > > >> > > > > criticize as I see fit. I am a good guy, just with a nasty > > >> > > > > streak in me. I don't mean anyone any harm. And be sure of one > > >> > > > > thing: if someone goes after me, I make certain I take in what > > >> > > > > they sayâ€"sifting through it carefully to see what I can learn > > >> > > > > from even my enemiesâ€"and then I respond: directly, precisely, > > >> > > > > meaningfully. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Notice this about me? When I attack someone, or ridicule them, > > >> > > > > or threaten them, or deceive them, they don't realize that I am > > >> > > > > conscientious morally as well as intellectually when I do this. > > >> > > > > I am not a hit and run kind of guy. I stay and take my medicine. > > >> > > > > I am a lover of souls. I grieve for the unhappiness and sorrows > > >> > > > > of others. I am a nice person. I deserve to have a long life. I > > >> > > > > am friendly, upbeat, kind, humble, and raring to go at all times. > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > I have had a good life, and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of > > >> > > > > Western Europe, it makes me realize I was somewhat of an > > >> > > > > unconscious philistine before > > >> > > > > ...<snip> > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > See how much more readable that is? Also wall of words is what > > >> > > > > crazy people do. You aren't crazy are you? > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > On 11/04/2011 12:16 PM, maskedzebra wrote: > > >> > > > > > Dear Bhairitu, > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Wall of words deliberate and, inside the context of what I was > > >> > > > > > attempting to do, necessary. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > It's a wall of words, or it's nothing. This is an aesthetic > > >> > > > > > and metaphysical decision. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was not after readability or pleasant or easy experience for > > >> > > > > > you. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > I was jamming it all up into a compressed act of > > >> > > > > > relentlessness. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > This is what I desired; this is what came about. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Just keep goingâ€"without break, space, respite. Part of the > > >> > > > > > strategy, Bhairitu. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > It was designed to created dissonance and irritation and even > > >> > > > > > fatigue. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > You either get it, or you don't. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > But thanks for the tip: if I were writing inside some other > > >> > > > > > context I would be aware of the pertinence of your critique. > > >> > > > > > And besides that, you are a nice guy, I think. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > I didn't want to take a breath throughout the push forward, so > > >> > > > > > I just kept it up without mercy. It was, it had to be (in the > > >> > > > > > nature of what I was doing) just one unbroken uninterrupted > > >> > > > > > full-court press. > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Robin > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, > > >> > > > > > Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> Robin, didn't you ever go to college or have decent writing > > >> > > > > >> teacher in > > >> > > > > >> college? You have a "wall of words" here. Break your thoughts > > >> > > > > >> into > > >> > > > > >> paragraphs and we might take the time to read it. Otherwise > > >> > > > > >> you look > > >> > > > > >> stupid or uneducated when you post a "wall of words." Most > > >> > > > > >> everyone else > > >> > > > > >> here is able to this so not sure why you can't. > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> At the company I worked at during the 1990s the CEO sent out > > >> > > > > >> an email > > >> > > > > >> that was a "wall of words" and the tech writers were appalled > > >> > > > > >> and not > > >> > > > > >> sure how to handle it. In fact one of our writers taught > > >> > > > > >> writing at the > > >> > > > > >> local community college and did a wonderful refresher course > > >> > > > > >> for our > > >> > > > > >> employees (that the CEO, of course, didn't take). > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > > > >> On 11/04/2011 10:00 AM, maskedzebra wrote: > > >> > > > > >>> An Open Letter to the Readers and Posters at FFL > > >> > > > > >>> > > >> > > > > >>> Dear FFL, > > >> > > > > >>> > > >> > > > > >>> My name is Barry Wright. I say what I want. I do what I > > >> > > > > >>> want. I criticize as I see fit. I am a good guy, just with a > > >> > > > > >>> nasty streak in me. I don't mean anyone any harm. And be > > >> > > > > >>> sure of one thing: if someone goes after me, I make certain > > >> > > > > >>> I take in what they sayâ€"sifting through it carefully to > > >> > > > > >>> see what I can learn from even my enemiesâ€"and then I > > >> > > > > >>> respond: directly, precisely, meaningfully. Notice this > > >> > > > > >>> about me? When I attack someone, or ridicule them, or > > >> > > > > >>> threaten them, or deceive them, they don't realize that I am > > >> > > > > >>> conscientious morally as well as intellectually when I do > > >> > > > > >>> this. I am not a hit and run kind of guy. I stay and take my > > >> > > > > >>> medicine. I am a lover of souls. I grieve for the > > >> > > > > >>> unhappiness and sorrows of others. I am a nice person. I > > >> > > > > >>> deserve to have a long life. I am friendly, upbeat, kind, > > >> > > > > >>> humble, and raring to go at all times. I have had a good > > >> > > > > >>> life, and the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Western Europe, it > > makes > > me > > realize I was somewhat of an unconscious philistine before I got here. Hey, > > you guys: no matter what you've heard, or read about me, I mean well. And > > if I seem at times harsh and brutish and cold, that never extinguishes my > > ultimate aim, which is to provoke, liberate, and finally love. It is my > > formula. Hardly anyone here gets itâ€"but Curtis does. And I guess Sal baby > > too. (Nice Sal: I am glad you're still a looker too.) Anyhow, guys, I am > > not sure why, on this Friday night in Amsterdam, I am reaching out to all > > of you; but I am. And I want to tell you that I look forward to all your > > postsâ€"Yes, even yours, Robin, which I admit, I read very carefullyâ€"Else > > how do you account for my honest engagement with all that you say to me? > > You are a miserable c**t-face, by the way, Robin. A real jerk. I wish you > > would know how pathetic and annoying and just irrelevant you are. Yes, you, > > Robin. Whoa. Gotta stop there. Don't worry, Robin: I will get down to > > addressing those uncomfortable questions you have directed my way. I am not > > a coward and I am not a liar. Else I would not have written this letter. So > > that dispenses with that. Hey, you guys: enjoy your lives today. Because I > > am just swimming in the ecstasy of being the kind of person that the good > > Lord made me. And by the way: I never miss a trick. I am cultured, I am > > well-read, and believe me, I catch everything that is said about me. I > > forgive you all for making your unkind remarks. I am your friend. And all > > of Holland joins me in wishing you all the joys of the Unified Field of > > Consciousness. There. Feel differently about me? You should. Love to you > > all. > > >> > > > > >>> > > >> > > > > >>> Barry > > >> > > > > >>> > > >> > > > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > > >Messages in this topic (17) > > >Recent Activity: > > > * New Members 3 > > > * New Photos 2 > > > > > > > > > > >
