My sense of humor has actually returned and expanded since spending time on FFL. In part, I think because of the fact that the internet provides a buffer and allows for more objective review or subjective perception without the other person in the room to influence the space. It allows for all kinds of creative interpretation. And, because there is actually an amazing amount of funny and perceptive stuff here for the reverent and the irreverent alike. I've thought a lot about what Curtis said to me re: it seeming like "FFL is here to amuse me" (paraphrased). I hate to be brutally honest, but in fact, I did start laughing again after a good several years of being *very serious* and I must say, life is nicer this way. I laugh mostly in the context of "life" or "predicaments" or the "human condition" though and not in a mean, shaming or school-yard way. Sometimes it takes me awhile, but I don't sweat the small stuff nearly as much as I used to.
Miss you Curtis. In your absence, I will be posting a list of your motivations for departure shortly. Alright, bad joke. We're cool. I'm going to try that recipe for eggplant; the fact that it has pecorino in it is intriguing. ________________________________ From: Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.r...@gmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Saniel Bonder in Fairfield visits On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:57 PM, authfriend <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote: >> >> Ha ha ha. That's pretty funny actually. > > So simple when you know the secret code. ;-) > >Glad to see you back, Emily, missed you a whole lot. > I long suffered being with a person who had no understanding of irony, sarcasm, playfulness. IMHO - It just shows a lack of intelligence and emotional maturity, living in a highly fantasized world - Barry, Jason, Steve, Xeno, et al - too many idiots on this list. >> ________________________________ >> From: authfriend <authfriend@...> > >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 7:48 AM >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Saniel Bonder in Fairfield visits >> >> > > Â > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <jedi_spock@> wrote: >> > >> > > "But that does not mean that you are wrong. You may very >> > well have diagnosed me perfectly--but I doubt it." >> > >> > Robin, it's these kind of statements that worry me. You >> > sometimes imply that you 'were' enlightened and sometimes >> > you imply that you were passing yourself as enlightened. >> > >> > Sometimes the contradictions come in the same sentence or >> > paragraph. >> >> Hey, Jason--and anyone else who finds themselves occasionally >> befuddled by Robin's irony--here's a surefire way to tell >> whether he's using irony: >> >> If he says or implies that he might not have been enlightened, >> was never enlightened, or was only pretending to be enlightened, >> he's being ironic. >> >> Oh, and if he says or implies that he's *still* enlightened, >> he's also being ironic. >> > >
