[FairfieldLife] Re: Secretary Clinton on Sunday TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: Can you even imagine, the alternative? Sarah Palin, Seductress in Chief? What a country, huh? Only in America! Oh right Robert, is that the best you have to offer to the discussion? How about picking an issue we can actually talk about such as (O.K. I pick something simple for you) why has the closing of Guantanamo stalled? This is the whole Raunchydog, Judy, and Edg problem in a nutshell: We demand that you talk about the things that *we* want you to talk about. Furthermore, you can't just talk about them, you must *debate* them with us, because these issues bum us out and we want to bum you out, too. What pathetic ego...
[FairfieldLife] But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship...
Great article from The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them By Kimberly Pruitt June 9, 2009 | Issue 4524 http://www.theonion.com/content/index/4524 [Kimberly Pruitt] I really like you. I do. You're so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don't really see a relationship in our future. It would be terrible if we let sex destroy this great friendship we have where I get everything I want and you get nothing you want. Don't you think? I knew you would understand. You always do. I really like you. I do. You're so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don't really see a relationship in our future. It would be terrible if we let sex destroy this great friendship we have where I get everything I want and you get nothing you want. Don't you think? I knew you would understand. You always do. We're so perfect as friends, you know? I can tell you anything, and you know you can always come to me anytime you need to hear me bitch about work or how ugly I feel. You wouldn't want to ruin a friendship like that just so you could be my boyfriend, and have me look at you with desire and longing in my eyes, if only oncewould you? Of course not. Well, if we started dating, it would only complicate this wonderful setup I've got going here. It's just you're like my best friend, and I would hate for something you desperately want to change that. I mean, sure, we could go on some dates, maybe mess around a little and finally validate the six years you've spent languishing in this platonic nightmare, but then what? How could we ever go back to the way we were, where I take advantage of your clear attraction to me so I can have someone at my beck and call? That part of our friendship means so much to me. No. We are just destined to be really, really good friends who only hang out when I don't have a boyfriend, but still need male attention to boost my fragile and all-consuming ego. Anything can happen once you bring romance in. Think about how awful my last relationship was at the end, remember? The guy I'd call you crying about at 3 a.m. because he wouldn't answer my texts? The guy I met at the birthday party you threw me? I had insanely passionate sex with him for four months and now we don't even talk anymore. God, I would die if something like that happened to us. Plus, ick, can you even imagine getting naked in front of each other? I've known you so long, you're more like a brother that I've drunkenly made out with twice and never mentioned again. It'd be way too weird. And if we did, then whenever you'd come shopping with me, or go to one of my performances or charity events, or take me for ice cream when I've had a bad day at work, you'd be looking at me like, I've seen her breasts. God, I can't think of anything more awkward that that. Oh, before I forget, my mom says hi. Anyway, you would totally hate me as your girlfriend. I'd be all needy and dramatic and slowly growing to love you. If I was your girlfriend, I would never be able to tell you all about the other asshole guys I date and pretend I don't see how much it crushes you. Let's never lose that. That's what makes us us. Don't worry. You're so funny and smart and amazing, any girl but me would be lucky to date you. You'll find someone, I know it. And when you do, I'll be right by your side to suddenly become all flirty and affectionate with you in front of her, until she grows jealous and won't believe it when you say we're just friends. But when she dumps you, that's just what we'll be. Best friends. Friends forever.
[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.
Leaving aside the kids learning via the David Lynch FOundation, you mean... Yes, and quite rightly so. Counting only the people who make a choice to learn off of their own backs gives us a better idea of the level of demand in society as compared with including people who are a captive audience and learn as part of a package. To judge the actual popularity of TM amongst kids you'd have to check out the traffic on Facebook amongst kids regarding TM. It's close to nil. Which implies that even though hundreds and thousands have learned there's little real enthusiasm and therefore very few are going to go on to become teachers. The probability that one of the at risk kids who learn as part of the DLF package going on to become a TM teacher is close to nil. If someone walks in to a TM center, pays their own course fees, and learns because they've made up their own mind, then the probability that they go on to become a TM teacher although it's still close to nil it is much greater. We don't have figures but I'd guess it's orders of magnitude greater. In the long run it's not the number of people that learn that counts, it's the number that become teachers. Therefore it's not worth counting the number of at risk kids who learn.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Secretary Clinton on Sunday TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: Can you even imagine, the alternative? Sarah Palin, Seductress in Chief? What a country, huh? Only in America! Oh right Robert, is that the best you have to offer to the discussion? How about picking an issue we can actually talk about such as (O.K. I pick something simple for you) why has the closing of Guantanamo stalled? This is the whole Raunchydog, Judy, and Edg problem in a nutshell: We demand that you talk about the things that *we* want you to talk about. Furthermore, you can't just talk about them, you must *debate* them with us, because these issues bum us out and we want to bum you out, too. What pathetic ego... RAUNCHYDOG: Geez, Barry, do you would think a little fact based information and an intelligent, thoughtful conversation about politics will kill ya? BARRY: Run for cover! My God! People with actual information are talking about politics! How the hell can I get into such a conversation? My usual ploy of making things up out of my ass can't possibly Edg into the conversation. What to do? I know I'll make up shit about them anyway! That's the ticket! Now hear this everyone: Don't listen to those know something folks. Listen to ME the know nothing person. RAUNCHYDOG: Geez, Douse Barry with a little water and he melts into a hysterical puddle. BARRY: Akkk! You wretched brats! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh! (he moans pathetically) My world! My world, that such a girl as you could destroy my world, my beautiful wickedness! Epilogue: RAUNCHYDOG: Move along folks, ain't nothing to see. Barry's tantrum didn't leave him any smarter about politics. He's hopelessly information impaired. (With a twinkle in her eye) Good to know. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV_ENR5IZEfeature=related
[FairfieldLife] Re: FFL Post Count Meditator Status
outing people as meditators? No, you misinterpret this. No, these are not outings in the sense of that word the way some might use it. Is simply a compiling in to a status list of those admitted meditator FFL'ers. Those who have published thus here as writers saying publicly that they are practicing meditators. Consequently, by what was publicly published before the list is known. For instance, there are some few noteworthy real names of folks we all have known in the past as meditators who have not confirmed in recent memory that they are still meditate; hence, they simply have not been upgraded as `yes'=meditator yet in the listing. Of course they may be meditators still or they may be, as Nabby would point out, quitters. Can't say. Have a nice day. I'm on now the Raja program for meditation this morning. Jai Guru Dev, -D in FF this survey is creepy. Naw, practically I find knowing the meditator status of writers here to be quite useful. You know, it helps in setting the spam filter accordingly. On the one hand, the many thoughtful postings of FFL meditators do come right through. On the other hand if a non-meditator might write something useful, when that happens it often subsequently will get picked up by some real meditators of FFL and occasionally that might become a thread worthwhile to check out. Hence it all very innocently, naturally and simply works a very effective editing of the list. hey, the spam filter usually takes care of most all that Judy/Barry personal stuff sending it directly over to spam delete file. Is highly effective that way. In the end it all does work great towards a higher quality list in simply knowing better where people are honestly coming from. A simple Meditator non-meditator sorting that weights the writing on FFL. Is that so threatening? Are you a meditator? Om, it's a pretty simple question. Jai Guru Dev, -Doug in FF posting status. Posters: 99 `Yes' = meditators Fairfield Life Post Counter, Meditator Status: 50 authfriend jstein@ `Yes' 50 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.com `Yes' 45 Vaj vajradhatu@ `Yes' 44 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 32 grate.swan no_re...@yahoogroups.com `Yes' 31 Bhairitu noozguru@ 29 sparaig LEnglish5@ 27 ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.com 27 Richard J. Williams willytex@ `yes' 24 Robert babajii_99@ 22 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.com `Yes' 22 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ 21 enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@yahoogroups.com `Yes' 20 Rick Archer rick@ `Yes' 20 Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.com 18 do.rflex do.rflex@ 17 bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.com 16 Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ `Yes' 15 BillyG. wgm4u@ 13 Richard M compost1uk@ `Yes' 12 shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ 'Yes' 10 satvadude108 no_re...@yahoogroups.com `Yes' 10 raunchydog raunchydog@ 10 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ 9 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com 8 WLeed3@ 8 Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ 7 geezerfreak geezerfreak@ 3 drpetersutphen drpetersutphen@ 3 William108 william108wm@ 3 Dick Richardson somerset_2@ `Yes' 3 Dick Mays dickmays@ `Yes' 3 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ 2 sgrayatlarge no_re...@yahoogroups.com 2 scienceofabundance no_re...@yahoogroups.com 2 beno beno mynameisbeno@ 2 Tom azgrey@ 2 Marek Reavis reavismarek@ 2 Hugo richardhughes103@ 1 uns_tressor uns_tressor@ 1 tkrystofiak krysto@ 1 pranamoocher bhrma@ 1 nelson lafrancis nelsonriddle2001@ 1 metoostill metoostill@ 1 Peter drpetersutphen@ 1 Paul Mason premanandpaul@ 1 Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ 1 Mike Doughney mike@ 1 Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ 1 Joe Smith msilver1951@ 1 Barbara Thomas barbara_thomas73@ 1 min.pige min.pige@ 1 wayback71 wayback71@ 1 jyouells2000 john_youells@ 1 shukra69 shukra69@ 1 sanosh2002 sanosh2002@ 1 Zoran Krneta krneta.zoran@ 1 John jr_esq@ `Yes' 1 enpai enpai@ 2 Jason jedi_spock@ 2 tomwalsh23 tomwalsh23@ 2 It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ 3 kaladevi93 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 2 Stu buttsplicer@ 6 Ben brbenjaminassisi@ 1 kuldip jhala kulls2005@ 1 ve-da@ 1 ultrarishi no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 sanosh2002 sanosh2002@ 1 horashastra ve-da@ 1 feste37 feste37@ 1 emptybill emptybill@ 1 WLeed3@ yes' 1 Dick Mays dickmays@ 1 Devanath Saraswati devnath9@ 1 uns_tressor uns_tressor@ 1 jimjim5886 jimjim5886@ 1 Darrylle darrystaff@ 1 Thomas Walsh tomwalsh23@ 1 fflmod@ `yes' 1 bhawani_shank2000 no_re...@yahoogroups.com 1 jim_falkenstern jimfalkenstern@ `yes'=meditator 1 at_man_and_brahman at_man_and_brahman@ 1 curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ 4 It's just a ride
[FairfieldLife] Re: But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: Great article from The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them By Kimberly Pruitt June 9, 2009 | Issue 4524 http://www.theonion.com/content/index/4524 [Kimberly Pruitt] I really like you. I do. You're so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don't really see a relationship in our future. snip,, Great commentary on the times and arrested development common to the non-gender specifics.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Secretary Clinton on Sunday TV
Hey RD, maybe you should make a Leave Hillary Alone! video like this guy did about Britney Spears: Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Finally, Secretary Clinton will be interviewed on a Sunday TV show. This Sunday, June 7, she'll appear on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. It'll be her first Sunday show interview as secretary of state and her first Sunday show since she ended her presidential campaign almost exactly a year ago. http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/05/secretary_clinton_on_sunday_tv_finally Hillary being interview by Steph and fetch it... Is like Cheney being interview by Shawn Hannity... No real hard questions, there... R.G. Stephanopoulos was subtly insulting when he interviewed Hillary. For the record this is how it went down: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Politics/story?id=7775502page=1 GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: The president has a very high-powered team, Vice President Biden, General Jones, Secretary Gates. You've got envoys for Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea. How do you fit in? (LAUGHTER) HILLARY: Well, I GEORGE: What is your role, exactly? [Translation: Obama has plenty of high-powered qualified MEN doing the heavy lifting what does he need you for? Geez! Hillary is SOS! How boneheaded can you get? A more respectful question would have been: How is your State Department coordinating its efforts with the special envoys? Or what role do the special envoys play in supporting the efforts of the State Department?] GEORGE: It [having envoys] also gives you the ability to get out of the crisis management and carve out areas where you're really going to take initiative. What are those? [Geez! This asshole thinks Hillary doesn't have to bother her pretty little head with anything important like managing a crisis, because the important MEN already have that cornered. I almost expected him to say that she might as well go shopping because that's what women do, doncha know.] GEORGE: So there's plenty of work to go around? [Give me a break! George made it sound as though Hillary had been hired by a temp agency, totally dispensable, and could be laid off if there wasn't enough work for her to do. He might as well have asked if she was eligible for unemployment. George knows very well Hillary has a reputation for being one of the hardest working politicians that Senate or a presidential race has ever known and that she is working practically non stop as SOS. Despite George's dismissive line of questioning, Hillary answered substantive questions for the rest of the interview brilliantly, belying the implication that the envoys do all her thinking for her. George, what a putz!]
[FairfieldLife] Re: Secretary Clinton on Sunday TV
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: Can you even imagine, the alternative? Sarah Palin, Seductress in Chief? What a country, huh? Only in America! Oh right Robert, is that the best you have to offer to the discussion? How about picking an issue we can actually talk about such as (O.K. I pick something simple for you) why has the closing of Guantanamo stalled? This is the whole Raunchydog, Judy, and Edg problem in a nutshell: We demand that you talk about the things that *we* want you to talk about. Furthermore, you can't just talk about them, you must *debate* them with us, because these issues bum us out and we want to bum you out, too. What pathetic ego... 'Obnoxious' pathetic ego.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: FFL Post Count Meditator Status
yes 1 Zoran Krneta krneta.zoran@ 2009/6/10 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony...@yahoo.com outing people as meditators? No, you misinterpret this. No, these are not outings in the sense of that word the way some might use it. Is simply a compiling in to a status list of those admitted meditator FFL'ers. Those who have published thus here as writers saying publicly that they are practicing meditators. Consequently, by what was publicly published before the list is known. For instance, there are some few noteworthy real names of folks we all have known in the past as meditators who have not confirmed in recent memory that they are still meditate; hence, they simply have not been upgraded as `yes'=meditator yet in the listing. Of course they may be meditators still or they may be, as Nabby would point out, quitters. Can't say. Have a nice day. I'm on now the Raja program for meditation this morning. Jai Guru Dev, -D in FF this survey is creepy. Naw, practically I find knowing the meditator status of writers here to be quite useful. You know, it helps in setting the spam filter accordingly. On the one hand, the many thoughtful postings of FFL meditators do come right through. On the other hand if a non-meditator might write something useful, when that happens it often subsequently will get picked up by some real meditators of FFL and occasionally that might become a thread worthwhile to check out. Hence it all very innocently, naturally and simply works a very effective editing of the list. hey, the spam filter usually takes care of most all that Judy/Barry personal stuff sending it directly over to spam delete file. Is highly effective that way. In the end it all does work great towards a higher quality list in simply knowing better where people are honestly coming from. A simple Meditator non-meditator sorting that weights the writing on FFL. Is that so threatening? Are you a meditator? Om, it's a pretty simple question. Jai Guru Dev, -Doug in FF posting status. Posters: 99 `Yes' = meditators Fairfield Life Post Counter, Meditator Status: 50 authfriend jstein@ `Yes' 50 TurquoiseB no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com `Yes' 45 Vaj vajradhatu@ `Yes' 44 nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 32 grate.swan no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com `Yes' 31 Bhairitu noozguru@ 29 sparaig LEnglish5@ 27 ruthsimplicity no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 27 Richard J. Williams willytex@ `yes' 24 Robert babajii_99@ 22 off_world_beings no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com `Yes' 22 dhamiltony2k5 dhamiltony2k5@ 21 enlightened_dawn11 no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com `Yes' 20 Rick Archer rick@ `Yes' 20 Duveyoung no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 18 do.rflex do.rflex@ 17 bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 16 Sal Sunshine salsunshine@ `Yes' 15 BillyG. wgm4u@ 13 Richard M compost1uk@ `Yes' 12 shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ 'Yes' 10 satvadude108 no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com `Yes' 10 raunchydog raunchydog@ 10 lurkernomore20002000 steve.sundur@ 9 cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 8 WLeed3@ 8 Nelson nelsonriddle2001@ 7 geezerfreak geezerfreak@ 3 drpetersutphen drpetersutphen@ 3 William108 william108wm@ 3 Dick Richardson somerset_2@ `Yes' 3 Dick Mays dickmays@ `Yes' 3 Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ 2 sgrayatlarge no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 2 scienceofabundance no_re...@yahoogroups.comno_reply%40yahoogroups.com 2 beno beno mynameisbeno@ 2 Tom azgrey@ 2 Marek Reavis reavismarek@ 2 Hugo richardhughes103@ 1 uns_tressor uns_tressor@ 1 tkrystofiak krysto@ 1 pranamoocher bhrma@ 1 nelson lafrancis nelsonriddle2001@ 1 metoostill metoostill@ 1 Peter drpetersutphen@ 1 Paul Mason premanandpaul@ 1 Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ 1 Mike Doughney mike@ 1 Mike Dixon mdixon.6569@ 1 Joe Smith msilver1951@ 1 Barbara Thomas barbara_thomas73@ 1 min.pige min.pige@ 1 wayback71 wayback71@ 1 jyouells2000 john_youells@ 1 shukra69 shukra69@ 1 sanosh2002 sanosh2002@ 1 Zoran Krneta krneta.zoran@ 1 John jr_esq@ `Yes' 1 enpai enpai@ 2 Jason jedi_spock@ 2 tomwalsh23 tomwalsh23@ 2 It's just a ride bill.hicks.all.a.ride@ 3 kaladevi93 no_re...@yahoogroups.com no_reply%40yahoogroups.com 2 Stu buttsplicer@ 6 Ben brbenjaminassisi@ 1 kuldip jhala kulls2005@ 1 ve-da@ 1 ultrarishi
[FairfieldLife] Fairfield Information Request
I will be in FF for some time over the summer. Is there a non-TMO regular meditation (TM, not TM Sidhis) location available for evening meditation? If there is, is there some ID required? [I don't know what that might be for meditators, but in any case I don't have any.] Thanks, Science
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Information Request
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , scienceofabundance no_re...@... wrote: I will be in FF for some time over the summer. Is there a non-TMO regular meditation (TM, not TM Sidhis) location available for evening meditation? The Catholic Church has one. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis is dead? Very sad news...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated. - Mark Twain and Curtis Rick, you beat me to it. Curtis, if you don't show up pretty soon, FFLife will become a cult site reporting sightings of you. No kidding. Nabby will say he spotted you in one of his crop circles. Barry will say you kicked sand in the face of a 97 pound weakling on the beaches of Sitges. Alex will say you mooned him at the University Amaco and I'll say, I hope you are well and will write home soon. Peace Brother. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , Rick Archer rick@ wrote: The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated. - Mark Twain and Curtis Rick, you beat me to it. Curtis, if you don't show up pretty soon, FFLife will become a cult site reporting sightings of you. No kidding. Nabby will say he spotted you in one of his crop circles. Barry will say you kicked sand in the face of a 97 pound weakling on the beaches of Sitges. Alex will say you mooned him at the University Amaco and I'll say, I hope you are well and will write home soon. Peace Brother. And I'll say he got his ass kicked by a Shotokan master. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
I'm not trying to contradict the prediction entirely, but does Offworld realize that prior to a match that Machida had to work with boxers, kickboxers, wrestlers and BJJ coaches in order to prepare for Rashad Evans? So I wouldn't necessarily consider this a win for Shotokan. In fact, look at Chuck Liddell, he started practicing Kempo. Bas Rutten started out with TaeKwondo. George St. Pierre started with traditional martial arts also. But at some point all the great fighters have to transition to Boxing, Kickboxing, or some form of grappling if they want to stand a chance against the world's best fighters. That's the reason traditional martial arts were phased out of the Octagon in the mid-90's, because they were either getting hurt, or had to transition to something different. Those are some violent fantasies you have there. They are not fantasies, just realities which your arrogance and ego cannot accept. The enlightened see the pearly white teeth in everything, the unenlightened see violence in words...lol. You might want to get that checked. Wait...you're the Ru here...you get checked. You just don't understand martial arts Curtis. You have no idea of the bone shattering power, or organ collapsing danger a Shotokan fighter is trained to give on the first strike. If you watch Shotokan fighters, it is all about the first blow. Poor quality martial artist's don't understand this. You are a VERY smart man Curtis, but on this point you are INCREDIBLY stupid. If a hardened foot or a hardened fist hits your adam's apple with full force it shoves it into the back of your neck. You would probably be dead. This is just one of MANY other Shotokan instantly devestating techniques. How about your big gorrilla guy on steroids or wiley grappler guy gets his knees broken? Not that difficult for a well trained Shotokan fighter. A Shotokan fighter cannot be tested unless the other fighters understand that one blow can be one blow too many in a real combat. If you are watching a fight where the fight is NOT stopped after one solid strike, then you are not watching a legitimate martial art. IF the fighters carry on, then it is because they do not understand that a blow with full Shotokan power, will likely break a bone or collapse an organ, or break your knees. There are techniques that even a black belt in Shotokan (never mind the 5th and 6th dan guys), that would COMPLETELY baffle and throw a grappler or a boxer off, and, in competition, before the guy knows what happened he would be gently laid to the ground, flat out, with a hard bone of a heel coming towards his face at an unprecedented speed. If it were carried through, that bone would break the guys skull. Curtis, you just don't get it. A true expert in shotokan will take down 95% of the others in a split second, but the other baboons keep fighting as if nothing happened. LOL...it is a joke. You are living in a TV ratings fantasy land when it comes to martial arts. Shotokan dominates Martial Arts, and almost all Shotokan experts are totally humble. The only thing more powerful than thatpure transcendental consiousness. NOW...since your ego is too big to concede this obvious point (there are extremely vulnerable parts that an expert can COMPLETELY incapacitate the opponent with the VERY firt strike, and therefore competitions that keep on fighting are not true martial arts, but a different and less precise sport ), I therefore predict that one day you will see a true Shotokan master enter your babies Octagon. Silence will enfold the world at that point and the monstor on steroids that you hold so highlywill be annihilated. This day will come, and you will see it. That is my prediction, and you will be awestruck. OffWorld Another prediction by OffWorld comes true. OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction - originally posted on FFL on Nov 26, 2007 - comes true -- while all you jerks scoffed... OffWorld's:- Nov 26, 2007: I therefore predict that one day you will see a true Shotokan master enter your babies' Octagon. Silence will enfold the world at that point and the monstor on steroids that you hold so highlywill be annihilated. This day will come, and you will see it. That is my prediction, and you will be awestruck. -- OffWorld And on May 24th 2009 my prediction came true (its a pity Cutris did not live to see it, but he was severely overweight, and I tried to warn him to do something about it, or he would die within the year. I am sad he ignored me, but at least I tried unlike you other jerks) ... http://tinyurl.com/kqa8qq http://tinyurl.com/kqa8qq OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Secretary Clinton on Sunday TV
I totally agree with your take on George - amazing sexism, yet he obviously felt he had deniability. That's the base genderist quality that is built in, from birth on, into most boys. Entitlement, it's what's for breakfast. Thanks for posting this. George's little boy looks can go a long way to creating a believable what? I'm just asking questions innocent facial expression, but with the below posting, it's certain that he'll at some point start looking like Bloggo to us -- smarmy and wolf-sheep-clothingized to the bone. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchydog@ wrote: Finally, Secretary Clinton will be interviewed on a Sunday TV show. This Sunday, June 7, she'll appear on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. It'll be her first Sunday show interview as secretary of state and her first Sunday show since she ended her presidential campaign almost exactly a year ago. http://hillary.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/05/secretary_clinton_on_sunday_tv_finally Hillary being interview by Steph and fetch it... Is like Cheney being interview by Shawn Hannity... No real hard questions, there... R.G. Stephanopoulos was subtly insulting when he interviewed Hillary. For the record this is how it went down: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Politics/story?id=7775502page=1 GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: The president has a very high-powered team, Vice President Biden, General Jones, Secretary Gates. You've got envoys for Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea. How do you fit in? (LAUGHTER) HILLARY: Well, I GEORGE: What is your role, exactly? [Translation: Obama has plenty of high-powered qualified MEN doing the heavy lifting what does he need you for? Geez! Hillary is SOS! How boneheaded can you get? A more respectful question would have been: How is your State Department coordinating its efforts with the special envoys? Or what role do the special envoys play in supporting the efforts of the State Department?] GEORGE: It [having envoys] also gives you the ability to get out of the crisis management and carve out areas where you're really going to take initiative. What are those? [Geez! This asshole thinks Hillary doesn't have to bother her pretty little head with anything important like managing a crisis, because the important MEN already have that cornered. I almost expected him to say that she might as well go shopping because that's what women do, doncha know.] GEORGE: So there's plenty of work to go around? [Give me a break! George made it sound as though Hillary had been hired by a temp agency, totally dispensable, and could be laid off if there wasn't enough work for her to do. He might as well have asked if she was eligible for unemployment. George knows very well Hillary has a reputation for being one of the hardest working politicians that Senate or a presidential race has ever known and that she is working practically non stop as SOS. Despite George's dismissive line of questioning, Hillary answered substantive questions for the rest of the interview brilliantly, belying the implication that the envoys do all her thinking for her. George, what a putz!]
[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: [...] Tex, apnea simply means breath suspension for whatever reason. Even when you are awake. Vaj wasn't talking about SLEEP apnea, but apnea. Though, let's be clear, the apparent breath suspension associated with periods of pure consciousness during TM practice isn't apnea, but apneusis that lasts long enough that respiration isn't apparent to the casual observer. Additionally, there's some evidence of ~1HZ fluctuations during the apneusis that may indicate respiration driven by the beating of the heart. Main Entry: ap·neu·sis Pronunciation: ap-'n(y)ü-ss Function: noun Inflected Form: plural ap·neu·ses /-sEz/ : sustained tonic contraction of the respiratory muscles resulting in prolonged inspiration Lawson
[FairfieldLife] Re: David Lynch and initiations fees.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, guyfawkes91 no_re...@... wrote: Leaving aside the kids learning via the David Lynch FOundation, you mean... Yes, and quite rightly so. Counting only the people who make a choice to learn off of their own backs gives us a better idea of the level of demand in society as compared with including people who are a captive audience and learn as part of a package. To judge the actual popularity of TM amongst kids you'd have to check out the traffic on Facebook amongst kids regarding TM. It's close to nil. Which implies that even though hundreds and thousands have learned there's little real enthusiasm and therefore very few are going to go on to become teachers. The probability that one of the at risk kids who learn as part of the DLF package going on to become a TM teacher is close to nil. If someone walks in to a TM center, pays their own course fees, and learns because they've made up their own mind, then the probability that they go on to become a TM teacher although it's still close to nil it is much greater. We don't have figures but I'd guess it's orders of magnitude greater. In the long run it's not the number of people that learn that counts, it's the number that become teachers. Therefore it's not worth counting the number of at risk kids who learn. Unless they believe that they have learned something important and are inspired to share that Something Important with others. As an ADHD person myself, my own experience with TM suggests it is very good at at least temporarily ameliorating the symptoms. If others with ADHD have the same experience they might decide to go on to become TM teachers even if it wasn't a voluntary decision on their part to learn in the first place. L.
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: My comment on the topic is that Alex doesn't eat pizza at his keyboard. He's a gourmet cook. True. But, I think it can be argued that my paleo diet and deer hunting are as good a fit with my heartless übercool elitist geek snob persona as eating pizza at a keyboard. In any event, thank you for finally weighing in on this vitally important topic. Clearly, you've given it all the thought it deserved. Oh, Alex, I'm sorry, I never actually meant to start a war with you, but clearly, my accusations of your having a geek-bent personality struck a nerve. Just for the record, when I was asking you if you would be comfortable with having a private detective create a dossier about you, I had absolutely zero knowledge -- and still do not have any -- about your private life. I guess my intuition was in a ballpark that only you recognized, and thus you started confessing various stuff just to show that you were not bothered by the revelations, and it was old news to you. I had no such intent to rile you up with those emotions -- sorry, bull china shoppe thingy. I just wanted you to budge a nanometer towards a tighter privacy policy. I do think it would profit you to see that you have a proof of some merit that karma is an actuality -- look how fast it came about that your privacy was invaded after your merely having revealed such a minor tidbit about Nab. The speed of that echo is breathtaking, right? I love it when this happens to meBAM...there you are ascending skyward at a rapid pace from your petard's hoisting. I remember being a true believer who'd take something like that and feel satisfied that the woo-woo dogma of the TMO had some serious real life markers. You? As for our relationship, it's taken a sour bend in the road, but you should know that I've always enjoyed your posts here as models of conceptual balance and semantic precision -- the good side of being geeky. As for your heart, what would I know? That's about as much apology as I can squeak out, hope it's enough. All the above said, h, Opps you did it again. I'll reply in another post. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Attention training and attention state training
From the MindBlog: Attention training and attention state training Tang and Posner (PDF here) examine two different approaches that have been shown to improve attention and self-regulation: computer based exercises in children and adults (attention training, AT); and exposure to nature, mindfulness and integrative body-mind training (IBMT, or attention state training, AST). Here is their summary of the characteristics of these two approaches: AT • Trains executive attention networks • Requires directed attention and effortful control • Targets non-autonomic control systems • Produces mental fatigue easily • Training transfers to other cognitive abilities AST • Produces changes of body-mind state • Requires effortful control (early stage) and effortless exercise (later) • Involves the autonomic system • Aims at achieving a relaxed and balanced state • Training transfers to cognition, emotion and social behaviors Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex appears to be central with both approaches, with AT involving involving changes in anterior cingulate and lateral prefrontal areas, perhaps mainly through increased connectivity between the two. AST involves increased interaction between anterior cingulate cortex and the autonomic nervous system. Increase in activity in the ACC in AST is similar to what is found in AT during task performance and could account for the improved executive attention with both methods. It is worth noting that both aerobic exercise (A.F. Kramer and K.I. Erickson, Capitalizing on cortical plasticity: influence of physical activity on cognition and brain function, Trends Cogn. Sci. 11 (2007), pp. 342–348) and music education (E.G. Schellenberg, Music and cognitive abilities, Psychol. Sci. 14 (2004), pp. 317–320.) have also been shown to enhance cognitive processes
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I have owned computers since 1980 and only a few weeks ago did I notice that Yahoo lets a poster check a box to keep the IP address hidden from the likes of you. See? Yes, I *do* see... in the archives, that despite your only noticing that option a few weeks ago, you've somehow been configured with it since your very first post, more than two years ago: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/132218?source=1var=1 There you go again . . . (Edg doing a Pres. Regan impression) I probably did know about the IP check box, but I forgot...it was years ago and I'm an old fading man, but I wasn't trying to pull a fast one and hide my earlier knowledge...since I truly had forgotten that I'd made that decision early on. But, there you go again, spilling beans about someone in order to shame them (me.) This is stalking. You fucking stalked me again. Well, let's see what karma ya get for that one. I'll leave it up to your god. And who is that god you might ask? It's your own sweet soul, and as much as you're a geek, I can sense a core of honesty and fairness in you that will eventually drive you nuts with guilt about your stalking. I'll wait. A, what a smug morning I'm having! Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Curtis is dead? Very sad news...
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated. - Mark Twain and Curtis Rick, you beat me to it. Curtis, if you don't show up pretty soon, FFLife will become a cult site reporting sightings of you. No kidding. Nabby will say he spotted you in one of his crop circles. Barry will say you kicked sand in the face of a 97 pound weakling on the beaches of Sitges. Alex will say you mooned him at the University Amaco and I'll say, I hope you are well and will write home soon. Peace Brother. I fucking miss 'im thass fer shur. I had the premonition when he left for Italy -- how ya gunna keep him down on the FFL farm after he's seen that, amazing, he has two more hours in his day in which he doesn't have to spar with someone -- fucking heaven! You go boy -- soar into the light and forget the flickers of shadow here. Wingless, yet do we imagine your heights. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
Classic abuser behavior on Edg's part. Abuse, then apologize profusely to suck the victim in for more abuse. How many suspect that Edg's sister ran away with the older guy just to get away from Edg? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Oh, Alex, I'm sorry, I never actually meant to start a war with you, but clearly, my accusations of your having a geek-bent personality struck a nerve. Just for the record, when I was asking you if you would be comfortable with having a private detective create a dossier about you, I had absolutely zero knowledge -- and still do not have any -- about your private life. I guess my intuition was in a ballpark that only you recognized, and thus you started confessing various stuff just to show that you were not bothered by the revelations, and it was old news to you. I had no such intent to rile you up with those emotions -- sorry, bull china shoppe thingy. I just wanted you to budge a nanometer towards a tighter privacy policy. I do think it would profit you to see that you have a proof of some merit that karma is an actuality -- look how fast it came about that your privacy was invaded after your merely having revealed such a minor tidbit about Nab. The speed of that echo is breathtaking, right? I love it when this happens to meBAM...there you are ascending skyward at a rapid pace from your petard's hoisting. I remember being a true believer who'd take something like that and feel satisfied that the woo-woo dogma of the TMO had some serious real life markers. You? As for our relationship, it's taken a sour bend in the road, but you should know that I've always enjoyed your posts here as models of conceptual balance and semantic precision -- the good side of being geeky. As for your heart, what would I know? That's about as much apology as I can squeak out, hope it's enough. All the above said, h, Opps you did it again. I'll reply in another post. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Re: Attention training and attention state training
Vaj, The below sounds like it was lifted from the educational manual for teachers to use: teachers of the children in THX 1138. Math flows into one via a liquid dripping into virgin veins. Ghastly it is when pure science abuts innocence. Yet that is how the world is trending. All the kids out there doing twitter or whatever are getting used to interacting with a computer screen; so the next step is involving them in behavioral therapies involving thousands of iterations. Come to school, get wired up, learn or be tasered, like that. The power of Pavlov is being explored. All that we need is a killer-ap that educates kids quickly and to a fine pointedness. Then it'll be used to bludgeon kids like Whack A Mole. But, the human spirit eschews control, so that's going to be a struggle for those who would mechanize education. If the world does encroach on the freedom of children's minds, odious, but, hey, good news: no worries mate, we'll have something far more devastating to all of us happen before that killer-ap is creatednamely: any of several singularities could POP any day now. Consider that any of the following could plunk its ass down on us: A.I. HAL happens, nanobot swarms become conscious, some kiddie chemist creates artificial life that infects all living organisms, genetic engineering busts out of the controlled field trials and all plants everywhere become right handed instead of left handed, Israel starts a nuke war that scalds the Earth, or, hey, a crop circle could tell us how to get unlimited electricity out of a gizmo made up of two tin cans and a hamster on Benzedrine. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradh...@... wrote: From the MindBlog: Attention training and attention state training Tang and Posner (PDF here) examine two different approaches that have been shown to improve attention and self-regulation: computer based exercises in children and adults (attention training, AT); and exposure to nature, mindfulness and integrative body-mind training (IBMT, or attention state training, AST). Here is their summary of the characteristics of these two approaches: AT Trains executive attention networks Requires directed attention and effortful control Targets non-autonomic control systems Produces mental fatigue easily Training transfers to other cognitive abilities AST Produces changes of body-mind state Requires effortful control (early stage) and effortless exercise (later) Involves the autonomic system Aims at achieving a relaxed and balanced state Training transfers to cognition, emotion and social behaviors Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex appears to be central with both approaches, with AT involving involving changes in anterior cingulate and lateral prefrontal areas, perhaps mainly through increased connectivity between the two. AST involves increased interaction between anterior cingulate cortex and the autonomic nervous system. Increase in activity in the ACC in AST is similar to what is found in AT during task performance and could account for the improved executive attention with both methods. It is worth noting that both aerobic exercise (A.F. Kramer and K.I. Erickson, Capitalizing on cortical plasticity: influence of physical activity on cognition and brain function, Trends Cogn. Sci. 11 (2007), pp. 342348) and music education (E.G. Schellenberg, Music and cognitive abilities, Psychol. Sci. 14 (2004), pp. 317320.) have also been shown to enhance cognitive processes
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: I'm not trying to contradict the prediction entirely, but does Offworld realize that prior to a match that Machida had to work with boxers, kickboxers, wrestlers and BJJ coaches in order to prepare for Rashad Evans? So I wouldn't necessarily consider this a win for Shotokan. In fact, look at Chuck Liddell, he started practicing Kempo. Bas Rutten started out with TaeKwondo. George St. Pierre started with traditional martial arts also. Incorrect. You are lumping all martial arts together. My point is that Shotokan is by far the superior form. I predicted a Shotokan Master would enter the Octagon, not some other martial art. I had never heard of Lyoto Machida at the time, and knew little about the MMA. Machida was trained from an early age by his father who was a Shotokan master. Without this training, all the other training in the world are ineffective by comparison. There is a reason why, in Shotokan competition, most punches and kicks are 'pulled' (completely held back in the last few centimeters - just enough to strike), and that there are ONLY three strikes allowed. Because, with Shotokan, if you hit someone once with full force you could easily kill someone, and if not, the first could disorient completely, and on the second or third, you could kill. For this reason, Machida is FAR MORE highly trained than the others, and he has complete control that he HAS to hold back A LOT, in order not to kill someone. He is unbeatable in the MMA. Even if he was allowed into the heavyweights, he would STILL win the title -- all because of his Shotokan training. He is trying to get into the Heavyweight section now. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Erotic Lurking from Curtis
I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers!
[FairfieldLife] Worst Side Story
http://www.newsday.com/media/flash/2009-04/46217527.swf Clever writing, professional level performance, and brief. And, bi-partisan. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Dalai Lama a Patriot's Fan [1 Attachment]
From the recent teaching at Gillette stadium in Boston
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer rick@ wrote: My comment on the topic is that Alex doesn't eat pizza at his keyboard. He's a gourmet cook. True. But, I think it can be argued that my paleo diet and deer hunting are as good a fit with my heartless übercool elitist geek snob persona as eating pizza at a keyboard. In any event, thank you for finally weighing in on this vitally important topic. Clearly, you've given it all the thought it deserved. Oh, Alex, I'm sorry, I never actually meant to start a war with you, but clearly, my accusations of your having a geek-bent personality struck a nerve. Indeed, it did! Right smack dab in the physiological laughter center. I'm laughing at you, laughing at myself, and laughing at this entire ridiculous thread. Just for the record, when I was asking you if you would be comfortable with having a private detective create a dossier about you, I had absolutely zero knowledge -- and still do not have any -- about your private life. I guess my intuition was in a ballpark that only you recognized, and thus you started confessing various stuff just to show that you were not bothered by the revelations, and it was old news to you. What you call confessing, I call explaining what my impostor had posted and why it is a non-issue. If there's anyone on FFL right now on the receiving end of what might be labeled stalking, it's me, and even though I have the power to boot off my stalker, I haven't. FFL has always been a rough'n'tumble forum with very few restrictions, and that's the way Rick wants it. I had no such intent to rile you up with those emotions -- sorry, bull china shoppe thingy. I just wanted you to budge a nanometer towards a tighter privacy policy. What you're pushing for is a tighter illusion of privacy policy, and I will not be a part of enabling such dumbassery. Anonymity is like virginity, either ya got it or ya don't. If you publicly post your IP address to the completely public FFL archives, you are no longer as private as you thought you were, and ignorance of the technical reality doesn't change that reality. It's like if you have sex, you're no longer a virgin; you can argue 'til you're blue in the face that you're still a virgin because you didn't know that having sex would destroy your virginity, but the fact remains that you are no longer a virgin.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Information Request
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scienceofabundance Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:51 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Information Request I will be in FF for some time over the summer. Is there a non-TMO regular meditation (TM, not TM Sidhis) location available for evening meditation? If there is, is there some ID required? [I don't know what that might be for meditators, but in any case I don't have any.] There are lots of things. Doug Hamilton publishes a list. You might enjoy our Wednesday Night Satsang. Not meditation, but lively discussion. Email me privately for details.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Information Request
On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:50 AM, scienceofabundance wrote: I will be in FF for some time over the summer. Is there a non-TMO regular meditation (TM, not TM Sidhis) location available for evening meditation? If there is, is there some ID required? [I don't know what that might be for meditators, but in any case I don't have any.] Yes, but not only is there an ID required, but you must also know the secret handshake and password. Sal
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Attention training and attention state training
On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Duveyoung wrote: Vaj, The below sounds like it was lifted from the educational manual for teachers to use: teachers of the children in THX 1138. Math flows into one via a liquid dripping into virgin veins. Ghastly it is when pure science abuts innocence. Yet that is how the world is trending. All the kids out there doing twitter or whatever are getting used to interacting with a computer screen; so the next step is involving them in behavioral therapies involving thousands of iterations. Come to school, get wired up, learn or be tasered, like that. The power of Pavlov is being explored. All that we need is a killer-ap that educates kids quickly and to a fine pointedness. Then it'll be used to bludgeon kids like Whack A Mole. But, the human spirit eschews control, so that's going to be a struggle for those who would mechanize education. If the world does encroach on the freedom of children's minds, odious, but, hey, good news: no worries mate, we'll have something far more devastating to all of us happen before that killer-ap is creatednamely: any of several singularities could POP any day now. Consider that any of the following could plunk its ass down on us: A.I. HAL happens, nanobot swarms become conscious, some kiddie chemist creates artificial life that infects all living organisms, genetic engineering busts out of the controlled field trials and all plants everywhere become right handed instead of left handed, Israel starts a nuke war that scalds the Earth, or, hey, a crop circle could tell us how to get unlimited electricity out of a gizmo made up of two tin cans and a hamster on Benzedrine. The reason I posted the article was because it is one in a growing number of scientific papers that demonstrate it's (it = optimal attentional training) not all about effortlessness as TM-bots seem to unknowingly repeat, but the balance between effortless training and effortful training. It was actually lifted from Deric Bownds blog, a gay, formerly married molecular biologist and zoologist, who also plays a really mean Chopin.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Attention training and attention state training
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Vaj, The below sounds like it was lifted from the educational manual for teachers to use: teachers of the children in THX 1138. Math flows into one via a liquid dripping into virgin veins. Ghastly it is when pure science abuts innocence. Yet that is how the world is trending. All the kids out there doing twitter or whatever are getting used to interacting with a computer screen; so the next step is involving them in behavioral therapies involving thousands of iterations. Come to school, get wired up, learn or be tasered, like that. The power of Pavlov is being explored. All that we need is a killer-ap that educates kids quickly and to a fine pointedness. Then it'll be used to bludgeon kids like Whack A Mole. But, the human spirit eschews control, so that's going to be a struggle for those who would mechanize education. If the world does encroach on the freedom of children's minds, odious, but, hey, good news: no worries mate, we'll have something far more devastating to all of us happen before that killer-ap is creatednamely: any of several singularities could POP any day now. Consider that any of the following could plunk its ass down on us: A.I. HAL happens, nanobot swarms become conscious, some kiddie chemist creates artificial life that infects all living organisms, genetic engineering busts out of the controlled field trials and all plants everywhere become right handed instead of left handed, Israel starts a nuke war that scalds the Earth, or, hey, a crop circle could tell us how to get unlimited electricity out of a gizmo made up of two tin cans and a hamster on Benzedrine. Edg Well Edg, I'm on board for a whopping conspiracy theory. Let's follow the money. Who would pay for such research and why? The villain in all things capable of controlling human behavior is the military industrial complex of course. And what about all those one line items with scientific sounding names tucked away in thousands of pages of a spending bill for the military? Congress allocates billions for obscure projects such as cognition training to control emotions and social behaviors and they don't even read the damn bill written by their lobbyists friends paying for their next election who say they damn well better pass it. Besides, it's just too big, too ponderous to bother and they must pass it NOW in the dead of night while no one tunes in C-SPAN. That's right folks, like a thief in the night, our government plots to control every detail of your life and by the time you notice you won't be able to remove the RFD chip attached to your brain you so willingly agreed to because you were just so sure you were getting Alzheimer's and didn't to have your family to find you wandering the street of Fairfield, naked as a jay. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajradhatu@ wrote: From the MindBlog: Attention training and attention state training Tang and Posner (PDF here) examine two different approaches that have been shown to improve attention and self-regulation: computer based exercises in children and adults (attention training, AT); and exposure to nature, mindfulness and integrative body-mind training (IBMT, or attention state training, AST). Here is their summary of the characteristics of these two approaches: AT Trains executive attention networks Requires directed attention and effortful control Targets non-autonomic control systems Produces mental fatigue easily Training transfers to other cognitive abilities AST Produces changes of body-mind state Requires effortful control (early stage) and effortless exercise (later) Involves the autonomic system Aims at achieving a relaxed and balanced state Training transfers to cognition, emotion and social behaviors Activation of the anterior cingulate cortex appears to be central with both approaches, with AT involving involving changes in anterior cingulate and lateral prefrontal areas, perhaps mainly through increased connectivity between the two. AST involves increased interaction between anterior cingulate cortex and the autonomic nervous system. Increase in activity in the ACC in AST is similar to what is found in AT during task performance and could account for the improved executive attention with both methods. It is worth noting that both aerobic exercise (A.F. Kramer and K.I. Erickson, Capitalizing on cortical plasticity: influence of physical activity on cognition and brain function, Trends Cogn. Sci. 11 (2007), pp. 342348) and music education (E.G. Schellenberg, Music and cognitive abilities, Psychol. Sci. 14 (2004), pp. 317320.) have also been shown to enhance cognitive processes
[FairfieldLife] Lynn Twist
Lynn Twist spoke in FF last night to a full house and receive an award from the mayor. Very inspiring lady. She's behind this and other things: http://www.pachamama.org/
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: I believe it's you that is incorrect. One fighter alone is not a good case for the best form of martial arts. You are correct, however, that Shotokan is much more dangerous. This is why it will have a much harder time producing the caliber of fighters coming out of the less dangerous forms. For example, I have been teaching hand to hand combat in the Marine Corps since 2001. Our techniques are much more dangerous than just about any art, including Shotokan. And that's why we can't produce the high quality fighters of MMA competition, BECAUSE OUR TECHNIQUES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO GET ANY VAST EXPERIENCE AGAINST A RESISTING OPPONENT. It's not the technique that wins, it's how well you implement that technique. You are also giving Shotokan way too much credit, and too little credit to Machida as a fighter. I've seen Machida pull guard, get submissions on fighters and go for chokes and armbars. Where did he learn that? He started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a teenager, as well as wrestling. His father apparently knew that Shotokan alone wouldn't suffice. What i'm getting at is if he practiced Shotokan only, he'd be done for in MMA competition. Yes, you're right, Shotokan was a good basis, same for St. Pierre, Bas Rutten, and Oleg Taktarov. But even they all had to transition to a Boxing/kickboxing workout in order to prepare for a match. If they didn't, they'd get brutalized in the ring. If you'd like a bit more of a reality check in Martial Arts, i'd recommend the book Living the Martial Way by Forrest Morgan, who also practiced Shotokan. He is a retired Colonel, has multiple black belts, and has a serious disgust for the superficial approach of most karate schools. In the book he explains why boxing and wrestling, which are sports rather than martial arts, are producing better fighters than traditional Karate. It's not because their techniques are superior, but because they actually train like real fighters. For some reason, typical civilians, and other more passive natured people, believe they can take on real fighters by learning a special technique or form of fighting, then they walk around their whole lives thinking they are Obi Wan Kenobi despite the fact they couldn't even handle one day of a collegiate wrestlers workout, or a professional boxers training regimen. Basically, i'm saying you're giving way too much credit to Shotokan, and not enough to Machida who has combined wrestling, BJJ, Shotokan and Boxing all into one form. He is an exceptional athlete, and a future UFC hall of famer, most likely. But if you took the wrestling, BJJ, and Boxing away, with shotokan only, he ain't looking nearly as good. Seekliberation Incorrect. You are lumping all martial arts together. My point is that Shotokan is by far the superior form. I predicted a Shotokan Master would enter the Octagon, not some other martial art. I had never heard of Lyoto Machida at the time, and knew little about the MMA. Machida was trained from an early age by his father who was a Shotokan master. Without this training, all the other training in the world are ineffective by comparison. There is a reason why, in Shotokan competition, most punches and kicks are 'pulled' (completely held back in the last few centimeters - just enough to strike), and that there are ONLY three strikes allowed. Because, with Shotokan, if you hit someone once with full force you could easily kill someone, and if not, the first could disorient completely, and on the second or third, you could kill. For this reason, Machida is FAR MORE highly trained than the others, and he has complete control that he HAS to hold back A LOT, in order not to kill someone. He is unbeatable in the MMA. Even if he was allowed into the heavyweights, he would STILL win the title -- all because of his Shotokan training. He is trying to get into the Heavyweight section now. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The photos people choose to portray their inner selves
WillyTex wrote: Turq - I did not take this photo with a web cam. That's my real hair. LOL! You look very confused!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
Thank God you're not dead! Anyhoo, I erotically miss you, either erratically indisposed or exposed. Hugs. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Information Request
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Yes, but not only is there an ID required, but you must also know the secret handshake and password. Sal Hello Sal. I actually started that group but now it is functioning well on its own, so I am looking for a straightforward group TM meditation. [And I would remind you that that the oaths you took were forever.] Science
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stanley@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: I have owned computers since 1980 and only a few weeks ago did I notice that Yahoo lets a poster check a box to keep the IP address hidden from the likes of you. See? Yes, I *do* see... in the archives, that despite your only noticing that option a few weeks ago, you've somehow been configured with it since your very first post, more than two years ago: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/132218?source=1var=1 There you go again . . . (Edg doing a Pres. Regan impression) I probably did know about the IP check box, but I forgot...it was years ago and I'm an old fading man, but I wasn't trying to pull a fast one and hide my earlier knowledge...since I truly had forgotten that I'd made that decision early on. Ok, fair enough. But, there you go again, spilling beans about someone in order to shame them (me.) This is stalking. You fucking stalked me again. No, Edg, discussing on FFL that which has been posted to FFL is not stalking. FFL is a discussion forum with archives and very few restrictions. If you can't handle it, then perhaps you should leave FFL and hang out instead in the warm, fuzzy, enforced positivity-only world of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Fairfield_Community_Kiosk/ Seriously, Edg, who are you to whine about me when the only reason you started posting here in the first place was to rip someone a new asshole for not having your degree of knowledge about astronomy. Your first sentence ever posted to FFL: Offworld is without doubt the most ignorant fool when it comes to supernovae. I'm astounded that I had to bother to announce this -- what the hell are the rest of you folks thinking to let Offworld spew absolute nonsense at you like that and not one of you had the idea to, like, what?, maybe Google the word supernova? Well, let's see what karma ya get for that one. You started posting here in order to insult Offie. Nabby's participation on FFL consists largely of him hurling abuse at anyone who disagrees with his cultish TB worldview. And, now you're both riled up in return. Yeah, karma's a bitch. I'll leave it up to your god. And who is that god you might ask? It's your own sweet soul, and as much as you're a geek, I can sense a core of honesty and fairness in you that will eventually drive you nuts with guilt about your stalking. I'll wait. I would first have to accept your ridiculous definition of stalking before I could ever feel guilty about it. Not. Gonna. Happen.
[FairfieldLife] He's alive!
Curtis is alive! Imagine my surprise after so much mourning, weeping, and crying to awaken this morning, turn on my computer, log onto FFL and discover that Curtis is NOT dead! Oh, happy day. What possessed that moron in Vermont to claim such a thing?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Information Request
On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:57 AM, scienceofabundance wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: Yes, but not only is there an ID required, but you must also know the secret handshake and password. Sal Hello Sal. I actually started that group but now it is functioning well on its own, so I am looking for a straightforward group TM meditation. [And I would remind you that that the oaths you took were forever.] Correct. What happens in the Temple of Doom, stays in the Temple of Doom... Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: The photos people choose to portray their inner selves
Turq - I did not take this photo with a web cam. That's my real hair. LOL! Bhairitu wrote: You look very confused! Sometimes you just don't seem to get it - you totally missed the point: I did not take this photo with a web cam and that is my real hair. LOL!
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
Alex Stanley wrote: Seriously, Edg, who are you to whine about me when the only reason you started posting here in the first place was to rip someone a new asshole for not having your degree of knowledge about astronomy. Yeah, I did that. Urp. But what does that have to do with the thread's issue of defining stalking? Except of course, that your just stalked me again and cherry picked something to show my nasty side without mentioning that I've posted some very heartful stuff here too. That's your agenda showing, ya see? It was off topic, but it gave you some footing to smack back at me; you're striking blindly back at me as your psyche backpedals from the stalking accusation. Yup, youse is on da run. No need, bub, settle down. I'm not trying to find a knockout punch...honest. I'm glad to have you as a moderator so that Rick can have a vacation 24/7/365. Come on though, if you applied for a job somewhere and someone stalked you via googling and offered your prospective employer -- out of context -- a ton of blurbs you've posted over the years that, like my blast at Off, can seemingly label your entire personality but are actually merely small pieces of it that do not necessarily characterize the whole person, what would your emotional reaction be? You'd be miffed even though right now you know that that material is out there and can be spun into a negativity by an agenda pusher. I've been all over the map in my posts here: anyone could easily cherry pick as you did above and make me seem a saint or a demon, and doing such to me would constitute stalking for the purpose of yellow journalism. Muck raking. Yes? Look at how Willy does this very thing all the time: quotes people their own words, but out of context, just to piss them off that they're being spun by a troll. Do you morally approve of this or are you merely being neutral about such? Do you think that folks must be held accountable for everything they've ever done or said? If so, welcome to the the wonderful world of Lutheranism. Oh well, you're young and snotty. So was I. You're learning. It takes a heap O' whacks to make a heart a home. I'll see you in twenty years maybe and we'll compare notes. BTW, I do admire that you haven't taken revenge on your stalker. I wudda failed that test. Edg
[FairfieldLife] Obama orders general to shave Cobert's head LOL
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/229768/june-08-2009/obama-orders-stephen-s-haircut---ray-odierno
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
Machida rules!!! Its easy to see he has a great future ahead and is very exciting to watch. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: I believe it's you that is incorrect. One fighter alone is not a good case for the best form of martial arts. You are correct, however, that Shotokan is much more dangerous. This is why it will have a much harder time producing the caliber of fighters coming out of the less dangerous forms. For example, I have been teaching hand to hand combat in the Marine Corps since 2001. Our techniques are much more dangerous than just about any art, including Shotokan. And that's why we can't produce the high quality fighters of MMA competition, BECAUSE OUR TECHNIQUES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO GET ANY VAST EXPERIENCE AGAINST A RESISTING OPPONENT. It's not the technique that wins, it's how well you implement that technique. You are also giving Shotokan way too much credit, and too little credit to Machida as a fighter. I've seen Machida pull guard, get submissions on fighters and go for chokes and armbars. Where did he learn that? He started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as a teenager, as well as wrestling. His father apparently knew that Shotokan alone wouldn't suffice. What i'm getting at is if he practiced Shotokan only, he'd be done for in MMA competition. Yes, you're right, Shotokan was a good basis, same for St. Pierre, Bas Rutten, and Oleg Taktarov. But even they all had to transition to a Boxing/kickboxing workout in order to prepare for a match. If they didn't, they'd get brutalized in the ring. If you'd like a bit more of a reality check in Martial Arts, i'd recommend the book Living the Martial Way by Forrest Morgan, who also practiced Shotokan. He is a retired Colonel, has multiple black belts, and has a serious disgust for the superficial approach of most karate schools. In the book he explains why boxing and wrestling, which are sports rather than martial arts, are producing better fighters than traditional Karate. It's not because their techniques are superior, but because they actually train like real fighters. For some reason, typical civilians, and other more passive natured people, believe they can take on real fighters by learning a special technique or form of fighting, then they walk around their whole lives thinking they are Obi Wan Kenobi despite the fact they couldn't even handle one day of a collegiate wrestlers workout, or a professional boxers training regimen. Basically, i'm saying you're giving way too much credit to Shotokan, and not enough to Machida who has combined wrestling, BJJ, Shotokan and Boxing all into one form. He is an exceptional athlete, and a future UFC hall of famer, most likely. But if you took the wrestling, BJJ, and Boxing away, with shotokan only, he ain't looking nearly as good. Seekliberation Incorrect. You are lumping all martial arts together. My point is that Shotokan is by far the superior form. I predicted a Shotokan Master would enter the Octagon, not some other martial art. I had never heard of Lyoto Machida at the time, and knew little about the MMA. Machida was trained from an early age by his father who was a Shotokan master. Without this training, all the other training in the world are ineffective by comparison. There is a reason why, in Shotokan competition, most punches and kicks are 'pulled' (completely held back in the last few centimeters - just enough to strike), and that there are ONLY three strikes allowed. Because, with Shotokan, if you hit someone once with full force you could easily kill someone, and if not, the first could disorient completely, and on the second or third, you could kill. For this reason, Machida is FAR MORE highly trained than the others, and he has complete control that he HAS to hold back A LOT, in order not to kill someone. He is unbeatable in the MMA. Even if he was allowed into the heavyweights, he would STILL win the title -- all because of his Shotokan training. He is trying to get into the Heavyweight section now. OffWorld
Re: [FairfieldLife] But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship...
TurquoiseB wrote: Great article from The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/but_if_we_started_dating_it But If We Started Dating It Would Ruin Our Friendship Where I Ask You To Do Things And You Do Them By Kimberly Pruitt June 9, 2009 | Issue 45•24 http://www.theonion.com/content/index/4524 [Kimberly Pruitt] I really like you. I do. You're so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don't really see a relationship in our future. It would be terrible if we let sex destroy this great friendship we have where I get everything I want and you get nothing you want. Don't you think? I knew you would understand. You always do. I really like you. I do. You're so nice, and sweet, and you listen to all my problems and respond with the appropriate compliments. But, well, I don't really see a relationship in our future. It would be terrible if we let sex destroy this great friendship we have where I get everything I want and you get nothing you want. Don't you think? I knew you would understand. You always do. We're so perfect as friends, you know? I can tell you anything, and you know you can always come to me anytime you need to hear me bitch about work or how ugly I feel. You wouldn't want to ruin a friendship like that just so you could be my boyfriend, and have me look at you with desire and longing in my eyes, if only once—would you? Of course not. Well, if we started dating, it would only complicate this wonderful setup I've got going here. It's just…you're like my best friend, and I would hate for something you desperately want to change that. I mean, sure, we could go on some dates, maybe mess around a little and finally validate the six years you've spent languishing in this platonic nightmare, but then what? How could we ever go back to the way we were, where I take advantage of your clear attraction to me so I can have someone at my beck and call? That part of our friendship means so much to me. No. We are just destined to be really, really good friends who only hang out when I don't have a boyfriend, but still need male attention to boost my fragile and all-consuming ego. Anything can happen once you bring romance in. Think about how awful my last relationship was at the end, remember? The guy I'd call you crying about at 3 a.m. because he wouldn't answer my texts? The guy I met at the birthday party you threw me? I had insanely passionate sex with him for four months and now we don't even talk anymore. God, I would die if something like that happened to us. Plus, ick, can you even imagine getting naked in front of each other? I've known you so long, you're more like a brother that I've drunkenly made out with twice and never mentioned again. It'd be way too weird. And if we did, then whenever you'd come shopping with me, or go to one of my performances or charity events, or take me for ice cream when I've had a bad day at work, you'd be looking at me like, I've seen her breasts. God, I can't think of anything more awkward that that. Oh, before I forget, my mom says hi. Anyway, you would totally hate me as your girlfriend. I'd be all needy and dramatic and slowly growing to love you. If I was your girlfriend, I would never be able to tell you all about the other asshole guys I date and pretend I don't see how much it crushes you. Let's never lose that. That's what makes us us. Don't worry. You're so funny and smart and amazing, any girl but me would be lucky to date you. You'll find someone, I know it. And when you do, I'll be right by your side to suddenly become all flirty and affectionate with you in front of her, until she grows jealous and won't believe it when you say we're just friends. But when she dumps you, that's just what we'll be. Best friends. Friends forever. Sort of along these lines because you like movie tips I recommend the movie Careless but mainly because of one of the cast members. It's a film about a young bookstore clerk (Colin Hanks) who finds a severed finger in his apartment and tries to figure out where it came from with help from his dysfunctional dad (Tony Shalhoub) and his buddy (Franz Kranz). It's a fairly decent B-comedy (I think Colin is a much better actor than dad Tom). It is playing on Showtime for subscribers here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0834900/ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To
[FairfieldLife] Don't fall off the roof
This Friday is the big day. Analog TV goes away. Means nothing if you don't get broadcast TV because if you watch TV then you're probably getting it by cable, satellite or the new IPTV critter. Or you're watching via the Internet. It's a weird thing because some people thing the switch goes off the analog channel and the digital one goes one. Actually most all TV stations have been broadcasting in both analog and digital. Some like in my area for a number of years. TV transmitters eat a lot of electricity and running two of them is quite expensive. So maybe, just maybe that will mean fewer commercials. But I'm not holding my breathe. Of course I watch using DVR and skip the commercials. One of the goofy things about this transition which I think was a BIG mistake was allowing stations to move their digital signal back to their VHF channel if was in the high VHF band (7-13). The lower channels are going to be used for emergency mobile and other things probably like some cheap broadband wide-fi. That's going to be confusing and frustrating for people who've been watching the HD channel in UHF and they now have to find and receive the VHF again. But that's what the boys and girls in their gray flannel suits wanted and I bet their engineer argued against. I'm in a valley so can't get any broadcast signals so I have cable. Those receiving via roof antenna take care unless you're already set. (Some areas, like San Diego, already switched). And BTW, there's a new movie channel which will not only be available on cable or satellite but also on the Internet, for free! And they will have movies that haven't reached DVD yet and in HD too: Lionsgate, Paramount, and MGM have joined forces to launch Epix, an HD television channel and accompanying online 720p streaming service. Thanks to an innovative business model, you won't see a charge for either service. http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/movie-studios-launch-epix.ars
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The photos people choose to portray their inner selves
Richard J. Williams wrote: Turq - I did not take this photo with a web cam. That's my real hair. LOL! Bhairitu wrote: You look very confused! Sometimes you just don't seem to get it - you totally missed the point: I did not take this photo with a web cam and that is my real hair. LOL! And you still look confused. ROTFL!
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_re...@... wrote: Yeah, I did that. Urp. But what does that have to do with the thread's issue of defining stalking? Except of course, that your just stalked me again and cherry picked something to show my nasty side without mentioning that I've posted some very heartful stuff here too. You are free to start your own Yahoo Group with rules that define stalking as discussing within the group posts that were previously posted to the group. But, that won't fly on FFL. It was off topic, but it gave you some footing to smack back at me; you're striking blindly back at me as your psyche backpedals from the stalking accusation. Yup, youse is on da run. Reflecting back at you, from your own words, that you are exactly what you accuse me of being is striking blindly? IMO, a better description would be striking back with deadly accurate precision. I find it quite interesting that what is pissing you guys off so much is simply having your own public presence on FFL reflected back at you. Look at how Willy does this very thing all the time: quotes people their own words, but out of context, just to piss them off that they're being spun by a troll. Do you morally approve of this or are you merely being neutral about such? Willy has been in my killfile for years because, IMO, his S/N ratio is zero. I neither approve nor disapprove of his quote posts. Usually, the only time I ever see what he writes is if I happen to read a post that quotes him. For the most part, the only attention he gets from me is in my capacity as moderator if he overposts. There are other moderators besides me, so if Willy's posts are in violation of the few rules we have here, it's up to the other mods to deal with him. Considering that the person who posted suggestions to Kirk on how to commit suicide is still subscribed and free to post, it's not likely that Willy is going to get the boot for posting his bizarre quote posts. You're asking for changes to the FFL rules that Rick very clearly has no interest in making. On FFL, your desperate accusations of stalking are hollow and impotent. Do you think that folks must be held accountable for everything they've ever done or said? If so, welcome to the the wonderful world of Lutheranism. Of course people are accountable for their words and actions. Do you live in some bizarro fantasy world where people are not? Who do you think is accountable for yours? Basement Cat?
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: I believe it's you that is incorrect. One fighter alone is not a good case for the best form of martial arts. You are correct, however, that Shotokan is much more dangerous. This is why it will have a much harder time producing the caliber of fighters coming out of the less dangerous forms. For example, I have been teaching hand to hand combat in the Marine Corps since 2001. Our techniques are much more dangerous than just about any art, including Shotokan. And that's why we can't produce the high quality fighters of MMA competition, BECAUSE OUR TECHNIQUES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO GET ANY VAST EXPERIENCE AGAINST A RESISTING OPPONENT. It's not the technique that wins, it's how well you implement that technique. Marine Core are not a good example. It is common knowledge outside of the army that military can't fight for shit. They have all the wrong attitude. They joined the military for all the reasons that are the exact opposite of the Shotokan spirit, and this affects their abilit to fight. They can only knock down the doors of little old ladies and children in Iraq. You are wrong about Shotokan, and no technique in hand to hand combat in the marine core is more dangerous than Shotokan. Machida could not do this if he had not been trained from an early age in Shotokan. THAT is why he is more effective. Your Marine Core grunts could easily be killed in hand to hand combat by a fully trained Shotokan. You are correct though that a fully trained person could kill someone easily. That is why it is the best out of 3 (pulled) strikes in Shotokan. When I last had this argument here on FFL, a bunch of nanas started saying how hard it is to kill someone by hand, almost impossible. I am glad you agree about that with me. What i'm getting at is if he practiced Shotokan only, he'd be done for in MMA competition. Nonsense, any highly trained Shotokan would give your goons hell. The dumb goons would have to make a choice: Will he break my kneecap, will sweep me, and then crush my face in, will he crush my adam's apple with his heel and stop my breathing, will he hit any number of knock-out points, or will he just break my jaw? Any of these these could happen before your goons even realised they got hit. If you'd like a bit more of a reality check in Martial Arts, i'd recommend the book Living the Martial Way by Forrest Morgan I'm all set thanks. I practiced Shotokan 6 days a week, in 3 hour grueling sessions, 52 weeks a year for 3 years. How often do your marines practice a week, and for how many years? I praticed Maharishi's TM-Sidhis for 25 years.you? OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: He's alive!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: Curtis is alive! Imagine my surprise after so much mourning, weeping, and crying to awaken this morning, turn on my computer, log onto FFL and discover that Curtis is NOT dead! Oh, happy day. What possessed that moron in Vermont to claim such a thing? I heard you guys say it a while back no? He has no reality to you though. He is just an online personlaity - ie. not a real one. Just like you, and ulike me who gives my real name in Vermont. Only an idiot worries so much about an anonymous digital personality who he has never met. OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. They said you were dead Curtis ! Shotokan Rules. Lyota Machida owns your ass now boy ! I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Had you ever been out of the US before? OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley Seriously, Edg, who are you to whine about me when the only reason you started posting here in the first place was to rip someone a new asshole for not having your degree of knowledge about astronomy. Your first sentence ever posted to FFL: Offworld is without doubt the most ignorant fool when it comes to supernovae. I'm astounded that I had to bother to announce this -- what the hell are the rest of you folks thinking to let Offworld spew absolute nonsense at you like that and not one of you had the idea to, like, what?, maybe Google the word supernova? There you go Edg. Ofcourse this arrogant asshole Alex is stalking you. He is pissed because someone starting asking questions about his practises of revealing IP-adresses to the readers of FFL not availble to the general public. Now he is after you; the quote out of context shows it all. He is pissed, arrogant and Rick Archers femi younger friend.
[FairfieldLife] Re: He's alive!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Curtis is alive! Imagine my surprise after so much mourning, weeping, and crying to awaken this morning, turn on my computer, log onto FFL and discover that Curtis is NOT dead! Oh, happy day. What possessed that moron in Vermont to claim such a thing? I heard you guys say it a while back no? He has no reality to you though. He is just an online personlaity - ie. not a real one. Just like you, and ulike me who gives my real name in Vermont. Only an idiot worries so much about an anonymous digital personality who he has never met. OffWorld I went to MIU with Curtis from '75 to '79. I know he's a real person, what he looks like, and what he's like. Yes, I have remained anonymous and Curtis doesn't know who I am but I assure you if he met me, he'd remember me (and, yes, he played a really mean mouth organ even back then!). As for you giving your real name, you did that in a pique of temporary insanity when you were going to sue new.morning for some imagined slight he perpetrated against your ex-wife. When you calmed down from your stupor, you were sorry you had exposed yourself. The proof of that is your silly ranting posting of a few months ago when you complained that I had outed you by giving your real name when it was you yourself who had done that. So don't try and bullshit everyone here by claiming that you're some sort of brave soul who has given his real name. Now, go take your meds and stop bothering everybody.
RE: [FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nablusoss1008 Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 4:08 PM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: ) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Duveyoung no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com , Alex Stanley Seriously, Edg, who are you to whine about me when the only reason you started posting here in the first place was to rip someone a new asshole for not having your degree of knowledge about astronomy. Your first sentence ever posted to FFL: Offworld is without doubt the most ignorant fool when it comes to supernovae. I'm astounded that I had to bother to announce this -- what the hell are the rest of you folks thinking to let Offworld spew absolute nonsense at you like that and not one of you had the idea to, like, what?, maybe Google the word supernova? There you go Edg. Ofcourse this arrogant asshole Alex is stalking you. He is pissed because someone starting asking questions about his practises of revealing IP-adresses to the readers of FFL not availble to the general public. But they are available to the general public. That's the point Alex keeps making, which you keep ignoring. I'm sure someone could come up with a web link offering step-by-step instructions on how to see them, but Alex has already explained it pretty clearly.
[FairfieldLife] Shemp is Mr. NoWhereMan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Curtis is alive! Imagine my surprise after so much mourning, weeping, and crying to awaken this morning, turn on my computer, log onto FFL and discover that Curtis is NOT dead! Oh, happy day. What possessed that moron in Vermont to claim such a thing? I heard you guys say it a while back no? He has no reality to you though. He is just an online personlaity - ie. not a real one. Just like you, and ulike me who gives my real name in Vermont. Only an idiot worries so much about an anonymous digital personality who he has never met. OffWorld I went to MIU with Curtis from '75 to '79. I know he's a real person, what he looks like, and what he's like. Yes, I have remained anonymous and Curtis doesn't know who I am but I assure you if he met me, he'd remember me (and, yes, he played a really mean mouth organ even back then!). As for you giving your real name, you did that in a pique of temporary insanity Your stuff about my real name is bullshit. I gave my real name a very long time ago, several times, because you or someone else had your usual unbelievably disgusting insults, and I said, I'd like to see you say that to my face, and then I gave my name and state. That was LONG before the insult you gave me about my ex-wife. The offer to say any of it to my face is still open to you or any of the other NoWhereMen anonymous haters on FFL. Now, go take your meds and stop bothering everybody. That's what people say when they are entirely lonely and lost little loosers, who can ONLY get social interaction as an anonymous poster, posting endless insults to people on the internet. I'm off out to the pub for nachos and a beer with my girlfriend, and drink a good pint of Vermont organic beer. Keep posting here while I'm gone Mr. NoWhereMan. Mr. NoWhereMan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scFa5DYupkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scFa5DYupkU OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_re...@... wrote: He is pissed because someone starting asking questions about his practises of revealing IP-adresses to the readers of FFL not availble to the general public. The FFL archives, including the message headers and the IP addresses they contain, are publicly available to *anyone* on the Internet. Accessing the FFL archives does not require a subscription to FFL or even a Yahoo ID. You can see that for yourself by opening this link to the FFL archives in a web browser that is not logged in to Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages To the right of any message on there, you can click Show Message Option (in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome it reads Show Message Info) and View Source to see the entire message with the complete header, IP addresses and all... completely available to the general public.
[FairfieldLife] Alex invaded the poster's privacy (Re: Rick Archer: )
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: He is pissed because someone starting asking questions about his practises of revealing IP-adresses to the readers of FFL not availble to the general public. The FFL archives, including the message headers and the IP addresses they contain, are publicly available to *anyone* on the Internet. Accessing the FFL archives does not require a subscription to FFL or even a Yahoo ID. You can see that for yourself by opening this link to the FFL archives in a web browser that is not logged in to Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/messages To the right of any message on there, you can click Show Message Option (in Internet Explorer and Google Chrome it reads Show Message Info) and View Source to see the entire message with the complete header, IP addresses and all... completely available to the general public. Just in case I was not entirely clear, when I wrote To the right of any message on there I mean when you've clicked on a message to read it, and it is displayed on your monitor. To the right of the message body are the Show Message Option/Info and View Source links.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Shemp is Mr. NoWhereMan
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Curtis is alive! Imagine my surprise after so much mourning, weeping, and crying to awaken this morning, turn on my computer, log onto FFL and discover that Curtis is NOT dead! Oh, happy day. What possessed that moron in Vermont to claim such a thing? I heard you guys say it a while back no? He has no reality to you though. He is just an online personlaity - ie. not a real one. Just like you, and ulike me who gives my real name in Vermont. Only an idiot worries so much about an anonymous digital personality who he has never met. OffWorld I went to MIU with Curtis from '75 to '79. I know he's a real person, what he looks like, and what he's like. Yes, I have remained anonymous and Curtis doesn't know who I am but I assure you if he met me, he'd remember me (and, yes, he played a really mean mouth organ even back then!). As for you giving your real name, you did that in a pique of temporary insanity Your stuff about my real name is bullshit. I gave my real name a very long time ago, several times, because you or someone else ...wasn't me. Why would you even hint that it was me? had your usual unbelievably disgusting insults, and I said, I'd like to see you say that to my face, and then I gave my name and state. That was LONG before the insult you gave me about my ex-wife. What insult that I gave you about your wife? Frothing again. That was new.morning, not me. The offer to say any of it to my face is still open to you or any of the other NoWhereMen anonymous haters on FFL. Now, go take your meds and stop bothering everybody. That's what people say when they are entirely lonely and lost little loosers, who can ONLY get social interaction as an anonymous poster, posting endless insults to people on the internet. I'm off out to the pub for nachos and a beer with my girlfriend, and drink a good pint of Vermont organic beer. Keep posting here while I'm gone Mr. NoWhereMan. Mr. NoWhereMan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scFa5DYupkU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scFa5DYupkU OffWorld
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltabl...@... wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers! Man, you are such a nice guy. No flipping anyone off or anything. I spend too much time on the net so I understand the need to step back. I'll miss you. It is not the same without you.
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, seekliberation seekliberat...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_reply@ wrote: I believe it's you that is incorrect. One fighter alone is not a good case for the best form of martial arts. You are correct, however, that Shotokan is much more dangerous. This is why it will have a much harder time producing the caliber of fighters coming out of the less dangerous forms. For example, I have been teaching hand to hand combat in the Marine Corps since 2001. Our techniques are much more dangerous than just about any art, including Shotokan. And that's why we can't produce the high quality fighters of MMA competition, BECAUSE OUR TECHNIQUES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO GET ANY VAST EXPERIENCE AGAINST A RESISTING OPPONENT. It's not the technique that wins, it's how well you implement that technique. There cannot possibly be a best style because different styles were designed by and for different types of people. L.
[FairfieldLife] GOP Less Popular Than Russia, China, Venezuela
In the new USA Today/Gallup Poll about the state of the GOP, 34% had a favorable impression of the Republican Party, matching the lowest level in more than a decade. In comparison, 53% had a favorable impression of the Democratic Party. Dissatisfaction with the GOP extends to within its own ranks. Among Republicans, 33% had an unfavorable impression of their own party. In contrast, 4% of Democrats had an unfavorable impression of their party. http://www.gallup.com/poll/120806/Limbaugh-Gingrich-Cheney-Seen-Speaking-GOP.aspx?CSTS=alert [In the Polling Report] 34% is lower than Americans rate many countries, including Putin's Russia, Chavez's Venezuela and Communist China. But the silver lining for the GOP is they're still slightly more popular (34%-27%) than the Palestinian Authority. [LOL!] http://www.pollingreport.com/nations.htm
[FairfieldLife] Post Count
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[FairfieldLife] Re: Fairfield Information Request
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer r...@... wrote: There are lots of things. Doug Hamilton publishes a list. You might enjoy our Wednesday Night Satsang. Not meditation, but lively discussion. Email me privately for details. Thanks Rick. I have Doug's list from a posting some time ago, and I will probably visit with some of the groups listed. I realize that my initial email was not as clear as it could have been. What I intended to ask was if anyone knew of a group TM meditation (not TM sidhis program - regular 20 minute TM group meditation.) It would have to be outside the TMO as I don't fulfill the requirements of that wonderful organization we all know and love... Science
[FairfieldLife] moving fruits in an infinite linear world
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[FairfieldLife] 'Please Someone, Get Karl a Drool Cup!'
Watch a drooling Karl 'Spinmeister' Rove, freakout... Now freak... You go Maureen! http://www.breitbart.tv/html/357973.html
[FairfieldLife] White House Proclamation
Below is an announcement from the White House which came out (so to speak) on June 1st. To put it mildly, it means a lot to thousands of Gay BLT Americans and friends. Also, based on some previous contributions to FFL, it will raise the blood pressure of some members thus providing another reason for some of FFL's most beloved members to contribute their insights. Science _ THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___ For Immediate Release June 1, 2009 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans. LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic. Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States. These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. BARACK OBAMA http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/
Re: [FairfieldLife] White House Proclamation
On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:42 PM, scienceofabundance wrote: Below is an announcement from the White House which came out (so to speak) on June 1st. To put it mildly, it means a lot to thousands of Gay BLT Americans Is that gay Americans who like a certain type of sandwich? and friends. Also, based on some previous contributions to FFL, it will raise the blood pressure of some members thus providing another reason for some of FFL's most beloved members to contribute their insights. Done. Sal
[FairfieldLife] 'Celebacy in Fairfield'
The per-capia rate of celebacy in Fairfield, Iowa, has sky-rocked, reports a local yocal... 'They mus be a puttin' somethin' in the water...Henry Wright, of Lockport said... Them folks up there, look like they could use a little nookie once in a while, Wright was heard mumbling to himself... Sure, I know it's good to meditate and everything, but sometimes you need to bust a move, so to speak... Henry Wright of Lockport, telling like it is! R.G.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers! Man, you are such a nice guy. No flipping anyone off or anything. Are you kidding me ! He's not as bad as some, but in the past he was unbelievably self-serving and harsh. OffWorld I spend too much time on the net so I understand the need to step back. I'll miss you. It is not the same without you.
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Celebacy in Fairfield'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii...@... wrote: The per-capia rate of celebacy in Fairfield, Iowa, has sky-rocked, reports a local yocal... 'They mus be a puttin' somethin' in the water...Henry Wright, of Lockport said... Lockport? Is that some kind of mutant hybrid of the two nearby towns of Lockridge and Stockport?
[FairfieldLife] 'Coming Soon to a Universe Near You!'
Going to the Essential We often make available to you, resources, tools to help you accomplish your development work much faster, and you don't notice them. We ask that you be very attentive to all tools which will be made available to you to help you work easier, faster, and more comfortably. Please don't be blind as the tools we provide to you are not necessarily tools coming from outside. It could be that any of you, through your conduct, through a word, be himself or herself the tool that we desire to put momentarily at the reach of the person who needs to work on himself or herself or who needs to cleanse what still need to be cleansed. For this reason we ask you to beware of what you are going to go through in the coming days, in the coming months because if you are not careful, you cannot do the work that we ask from you since you will not see what we make available to you to help you accomplish it. Remember that each one of you is the master, the guide, the Light for the other. There is no first or last one, there are simply souls who seek to reach the Light and who have available to them various resources to help them achieve this . Some human entities hinder access to this new consciousness that can propel them toward their future, to a greater or a lesser extent, by being asleep. They hinder because of fear, or a poorly controlled emotional, sometimes because of feelings which are not what they should be. Beware of what you are receiving inside yourself, beware of everything you are receiving from outside, be aware of encounters, be aware of the other, your friend, your brother, your companion, of all those you love, and especially of all those you love less. They might have the tool you need or the key which will allow your consciousness to open a new door. We would like to remind you that as the days and months pass, your role will be important, and you should be clear with yourself, the more you should be clear with life, the more you should let go of everything that hurts you, of everything you have created around you which not only hinders you but also conceals the Light. YOU MUST GO TO THE ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT IS BY GOING TO THE ESSENTIAL THAT YOU WILL FIND US, IT IS BY GOING TO THE ESSENTIAL THAT YOU WILL BE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANT HELP THAT WE ARE GIVING YOU. Remember, how much we are counting on you and how important you are to us. Do not waste your energy with useless words, with superficial judgments, focus on the best within you in order to be able to give it, to be able to give yourself. Even if everything collapses around you, it is not by falling that you will be able to be effective and serve the Divine Plan, but by standing while everything collapses around you, by trusting and by having Faith in the Divine Love, in the Strength that we put in you and especially by knowing for sure that you are not alone and that each one of you work with all his brothers and with us. http://ducielalaterre.org by the Sublime and Beautiful... Monique Mathieu
Re: [FairfieldLife] My upcoming return to Fairfield - I need your help please
On Jun 10, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Michael Dean Goodman wrote: Dear Fairfield Lifers, I lived in Fairfield for 19 years between 1979 and 2004. I was one of the first people to move off campus and buy a house in town after we all came to Fairfield from the big Amherst course. I bought a dilapidated old junker that had been subdivided into 3 cheap apartments, and totally transformed it into a really nice single family home. In 2004, when my father passed away, I moved to Florida to care for my very sick, blind mother, as he had asked me to. They had been together for over 60 years. My mother died recently, finally ending years of suffering - great pain and very little quality of life - so my loving service to her is over, and I am free to travel again. Next week, I'm returning to Fairfield by car, and I'll stay for the rest of June and all of July, at least. I'm primarily coming to repair my house there that's not gotten proper attention for these 5 years (and I don't want to live in it while I'm repairing it). I'm also coming to reconnect. Since I haven't been in Fairfield for a long time, I'm relying on those of you who live there to help me find some resources that I'll be needing: 1. HOUSE OR APARTMENT I need a small house or apartment to rent on a month-to-month basis, in town or out. Preferably somewhat furnished (at least a bed, desk, DR table, kitchen appliances, etc.). But I'm open even to unfurnished. I am quiet and neat. I could use anything from an efficiency to a 1 or 2 bedroom situation. I'd be happy to put down a security deposit as needed and provide referenc- es. It could even be a place that's on the market and I'd give them some income while they're waiting for it to sell. 2. WORKMEN/CONTRACTORS I need workmen of various kinds to repair my house. Please send me refer- als to people who can do: a. Carpentry b. Plumbing c. HVAC (furnace a/c) d. Electrical e. Grading (earth-moving) f. Roofing g. General labor I will be acting as my own general contractor, since I once owned and ran a contracting company in Chicago and Fairfield. 3. LAWN MOWING I need someone to reliably mow the lawn every 2 weeks all through the mowing season. It's a small yard, and took about 30 minutes max. when I used to do it. 4. DUMPSTER Who should I use to place a dumpster on the property for trash from the renovations? 5. CONTAINER MOVING COMPANY I need to find a 'container moving company' who parks a container on your property, you load it with your stuff, and then they come pick it up and trans- port it to your destination on a truck or train. 6. INTERNET PROVIDERS I need to know what the fast internet options are in Fairfield - DSL, cable, wireless, etc. (not dial-up). 7. CELL PHONE COMPANIES I need reliable cell phone service in Fairfield - who should I trust? U.S. Cellular, Sprint, ATT? 8. DANCING OPPORTUNITIES What partner dances are regularly held? (Ballroom, Latin, tango, swing, etc.) 9. DRUM CIRCLES Are there regular drum circles in Fairfield these days? I'm bringing my djembe. Please answer by writing to me off-list or calling me. Any leads are deeply appreciated! I look forward to reconnecting to many of my friends while I'm back. Namaste, My condolences on your parents, Michael. But you know the reality of your house situation as well as anyone, or soon will. It's beyond repair, it's even too dangerous to safely walk into, so dangerous in fact that even the few animals that were living there all moved out. There's no need for a dumpster, only a wrecking ball at this point. Its life as any kind of a livable dwelling has been over for years. You told the city you had 10G to fix it up, supposedly that's only a small fraction of what would be needed, if someone could even be found to do the work on a condemned building. A contractor looked at it, said it was unsalvageable and wouldn't do it for any amount because it was too dangerous. In all the years you spent caring for your parents, did you ever give any thought to the children who live near there, and their parents, who have had to look at that eyesore every day for years now, and to avoid the possible pests that it might attract? Not that it matters at this point, but I'm wondering why you ignored the many letters the city sent you. You're wasting your time now...let the city do its work and give them the 10G to pay for the job of getting rid of an unsightly, dangerous building that was once a proud old home. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: OffWorld's Shotokan Prediction comes true
Marine Core are not a good example. It is common knowledge outside of the army that military can't fight for shit. Man for man, no, they aren't hand to hand combat experts. Many of them have jobs that have more emphasis on other qualities. Many of them are simply pussies who just want to wear a uniform. However, you're not talking to one of those people. They have all the wrong attitude. They joined the military for all the reasons that are the exact opposite of the Shotokan spirit, and this affects their abilit to fight. They can only knock down the doors of little old ladies and children in Iraq. You are claiming that I only fight women and children? You are saying that men have never attacked me in Afghanistan? I've never come under machine gun fire or mortar fire by religious fanatics who are known for suppression of women and children? FYI - in Afghanistan it's the Americans, like me, who are there to assist women and children every time a suicide bomber blows up their madrassa or village. Do the Taliban provide care for these people? No, they don't. Women are lower than animals in their culture. I actually have several medics that have served with me that are directly responsible for saving some young teenage boys and some infants. Without us providing their medical care, they are purely victims of the Taliban's motives. You've been paying too much attention to liberal media. Also, do you really think Feudal Japan had only enlightened reasons for war? Do some more objective research into the reality of the Samurai and other famous warriors. They killed, no remorse, period. You are wrong about Shotokan, and no technique in hand to hand combat in the marine core is more dangerous than Shotokan. How do you know? Have you looked into this? How many Marines have you sparred with? Machida could not do this if he had not been trained from an early age in Shotokan. THAT is why he is more effective. Your Marine Core grunts could easily be killed in hand to hand combat by a fully trained Shotokan. Send whoever you know is a fully trained Shotokan to Camp Lejeune, NC. Let him claim that he can defeat any of our fighters, and let him spar with a few of our guys out here. We've got many pro and amateur fighters that would be glad to oblige. I'm on my way out to Okinawa in a few weeks for a new duty station, so my contact information will not help you. However, email me at seekliberat...@yahoo.com if you're serious, and i'll hook you up(or whoever the shotokan master is) with a place either in Wilminton, Jacksonville, or New Bern, North Carolina. Nonsense, any highly trained Shotokan would give your goons hell. The dumb goons would have to make a choice: Will he break my kneecap, will sweep me, and then crush my face in, will he crush my adam's apple with his heel and stop my breathing, will he hit any number of knock-out points, or will he just break my jaw? Any of these these could happen before your goons even realised they got hit. First of all, I'm not a goon, nor are any of the fighters I train with. Some of them are very courageous individuals who have been practicing martial arts their whole lives, have wives and children, have risked their lives on numerous occasions, and care deeply for others. Second of all, what i'm trying to explain is that it's not the deadliness or lethal quality of the technique that determines who wins a fight. It's the ability of the fighter to implement the technique on a resisting opponent at 100% effort. Boxers and wrestlers get that experience, as well as jiu-jitsu competitors. Most of the traditional karate practitioners don't get that experience unless their from a country that allows more brutal competition, or if they're a criminal or fighting illegally. I'm all set thanks. I practiced Shotokan 6 days a week, in 3 hour grueling sessions, 52 weeks a year for 3 years. How often do your marines practice a week, and for how many years? You are correct in the assessment that 'most' Marines don't practice H2H combat as often as you do. We don't have time, just like an LAPD SWAT member doesn't have time to concentrate on H2H combat as much either. I, on the other hand, don't fall in this category. I had a strong interest in martial arts way before joining the Marine Corps. I practiced TaeKwando for 2 years in Florida, and Shotokan for 1 year in Fairfield Iowa. After joining the Marine Corps I transitioned to kickboxing while living in southern California. When I was stationed in Camp Lejeune I started with traditional JiuJitsu, and transitioned to Brazilian JiuJitsu, which has been my preference since 2003, but the place I train at also offers kickboxing and Kempo, which I will practice, but much less than BJJ. I have also had the opportunity to train directly with Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, and Renato Verrisimo(nickname Charuto, he fought
[FairfieldLife] Re: My upcoming return to Fairfield - I need your help please
House does not look too bad from the photo: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/picsum.php?gid=11230 House and land valued at 27K: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/parcel.php?gid=11230 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jun 10, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Michael Dean Goodman wrote: Dear Fairfield Lifers, I lived in Fairfield for 19 years between 1979 and 2004. I was one of the first people to move off campus and buy a house in town after we all came to Fairfield from the big Amherst course. I bought a dilapidated old junker that had been subdivided into 3 cheap apartments, and totally transformed it into a really nice single family home. In 2004, when my father passed away, I moved to Florida to care for my very sick, blind mother, as he had asked me to. They had been together for over 60 years. My mother died recently, finally ending years of suffering - great pain and very little quality of life - so my loving service to her is over, and I am free to travel again. Next week, I'm returning to Fairfield by car, and I'll stay for the rest of June and all of July, at least. I'm primarily coming to repair my house there that's not gotten proper attention for these 5 years (and I don't want to live in it while I'm repairing it). I'm also coming to reconnect. Since I haven't been in Fairfield for a long time, I'm relying on those of you who live there to help me find some resources that I'll be needing: 1. HOUSE OR APARTMENT I need a small house or apartment to rent on a month-to-month basis, in town or out. Preferably somewhat furnished (at least a bed, desk, DR table, kitchen appliances, etc.). But I'm open even to unfurnished. I am quiet and neat. I could use anything from an efficiency to a 1 or 2 bedroom situation. I'd be happy to put down a security deposit as needed and provide referenc- es. It could even be a place that's on the market and I'd give them some income while they're waiting for it to sell. 2. WORKMEN/CONTRACTORS I need workmen of various kinds to repair my house. Please send me refer- als to people who can do: a. Carpentry b. Plumbing c. HVAC (furnace a/c) d. Electrical e. Grading (earth-moving) f. Roofing g. General labor I will be acting as my own general contractor, since I once owned and ran a contracting company in Chicago and Fairfield. 3. LAWN MOWING I need someone to reliably mow the lawn every 2 weeks all through the mowing season. It's a small yard, and took about 30 minutes max. when I used to do it. 4. DUMPSTER Who should I use to place a dumpster on the property for trash from the renovations? 5. CONTAINER MOVING COMPANY I need to find a 'container moving company' who parks a container on your property, you load it with your stuff, and then they come pick it up and trans- port it to your destination on a truck or train. 6. INTERNET PROVIDERS I need to know what the fast internet options are in Fairfield - DSL, cable, wireless, etc. (not dial-up). 7. CELL PHONE COMPANIES I need reliable cell phone service in Fairfield - who should I trust? U.S. Cellular, Sprint, ATT? 8. DANCING OPPORTUNITIES What partner dances are regularly held? (Ballroom, Latin, tango, swing, etc.) 9. DRUM CIRCLES Are there regular drum circles in Fairfield these days? I'm bringing my djembe. Please answer by writing to me off-list or calling me. Any leads are deeply appreciated! I look forward to reconnecting to many of my friends while I'm back. Namaste, My condolences on your parents, Michael. But you know the reality of your house situation as well as anyone, or soon will. It's beyond repair, it's even too dangerous to safely walk into, so dangerous in fact that even the few animals that were living there all moved out. There's no need for a dumpster, only a wrecking ball at this point. Its life as any kind of a livable dwelling has been over for years. You told the city you had 10G to fix it up, supposedly that's only a small fraction of what would be needed, if someone could even be found to do the work on a condemned building. A contractor looked at it, said it was unsalvageable and wouldn't do it for any amount because it was too dangerous. In all the years you spent caring for your parents, did you ever give any thought to the children who live near there, and their parents, who have had to look at that eyesore every day for years now, and to avoid the possible pests that it might attract? Not that it matters at this point, but I'm wondering why you ignored the many letters the city sent you. You're wasting your time now...let the city do its work and give them the 10G to pay for the job of getting rid of an
[FairfieldLife] Making a flamethrower in your garage
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: My upcoming return to Fairfield - I need your help please
On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:45 PM, bob_brigante wrote: House does not look too bad from the photo: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/picsum.php?gid=11230 House and land valued at 27K: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/parcel.php?gid=11230 The house is a total wreck, Bob...unlivable, condemned, and not even fit to enter. The trees in front as well as the location of the camera conceal much of the damage. The whole back section is a sagging, soggy mess, with, I am sure, the attendant mold and rats such situations usually bring, dangerous and unhealthy. Heartbreaking, really. The neighbors have been far better sports than I would have been. Sal
[FairfieldLife] Re: Lieberman-Graham Dropped From Supplemental
Holy Cow! When I posted this 3 days ago, I had no idea that lurking in the Graham-Lieberman amendment, supported by Obama, was an attempt to gut FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act. Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, Chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee, vehemently opposed the amendment in an interview with Glenn Greenwald yesterday. Next to Social Security and Medicare, FOIA signed into law by LBJ in 1962 represents one of the most important pieces of legislation Democrats have ever passed. Without FOIA, Obama's promise of transparency in government? Not so much. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/10/foia/index.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, raunchydog raunchy...@... wrote: According to sources on the Hill, the Lieberman-Graham detainee photo suppression amendment is out of the conference report of the supplemental. For everyone who made phone calls -- pat yourself on the back. Let us all now sit back and enjoy the spectacle of Joe Lieberman throwing a tantrum. If you decided you wanted to celebrate by donating to the Marcy Wheeler fund, -- well, I could think of worse things. [Good job Jane and Marcy. Now let's see if and when Obama actually releases the torture photos. I sure hope we don't hear more foot dragging excuses.] raunchydog Source: Lieberman-Graham Dropped From Supplemental By: Jane Hamsher Monday June 8, 2009 4:08 pm http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/08/breaking-lieberman-graham-dropped-from-supplemental/
[FairfieldLife] Re: 'Celebacy in Fairfield'
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Alex Stanley j_alexander_stan...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Robert babajii_99@ wrote: The per-capia rate of celebacy in Fairfield, Iowa, has sky-rocked, reports a local yocal... 'They mus be a puttin' somethin' in the water...Henry Wright, of Lockport said... Lockport? Is that some kind of mutant hybrid of the two nearby towns of Lockridge and Stockport? It is an off-the-grid town in Iowa where the CIA did many of their MK-ULTRA experiments. Evidently, back in the day, Babajii spent lotsa time there.
[FairfieldLife] Ron Paul on Global Warming
Global Warming Petition Signed by 31,478 Scientists by Ron Paul http://www.house.gov/paul/mail/welcome.htm by Ron Paul [http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/lg-share-en.gif] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php [Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com] [Save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com] http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul537.html#[Email a link to this article] [Email a link to this article] http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul537.html#[Printer-friendly version of this article] [Printer-friendly version of this article] http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul537.html#[View a list of the most popular articles on our site] [View a list of the most popular articles on our site] http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul537.html# [http://adserve.lewrockwell.com/www/delivery/lg.php?bannerid=43campaign\ id=33zoneid=5loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lewrockwell.com%2Fpaul%2Fpaul537.htm\ lreferer=http%3A%2F%2Flewrockwell.com%2Fcb=3f46812a9d] Statement before the US House of Representatives, June 4, 2009 Madam Speaker, before voting on the cap-and-trade'' legislation, my colleagues should consider the views expressed in the following petition that has been signed by 31,478 American scientists: We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind. There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.'' Circulated through the mail by a distinguished group of American physical scientists and supported by a definitive review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature, this may be the strongest and most widely supported statement on this subject that has been made by the scientific community. A state-by-state listing of the signers, which include 9,029 men and women with PhD degrees, a listing of their academic specialties, and a peer-reviewed summary of the science on this subject are available at www.petitionproject.org http://www.petitionproject.org/ . The peer-reviewed summary, Environmental Effects of Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide'' by A. B. Robinson, N. E. Robinson, and W. Soon includes 132 references to the scientific literature and was circulated with the petition. Signers of this petition include 3,803 with specific training in atmospheric, earth, and environmental sciences. All 31,478 of the signers have the necessary training in physics, chemistry, and mathematics to understand and evaluate the scientific data relevant to the human-caused global warming hypothesis and to the effects of human activities upon environmental quality. In a letter circulated with this petition, Frederick Seitz past President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, President Emeritus of Rockefeller University, and recipient of honorary doctorate degrees from 32 universities throughout the world wrote: The United States is very close to adopting an international agreement that would ration the use of energy and of technologies that depend upon coal, oil, and natural gas and some other organic compounds. This treaty is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful. The proposed agreement we have very negative effects upon the technology of nations throughout the world; especially those that are currently attempting to lift from poverty and provide opportunities to the over 4 billion people in technologically underdeveloped countries. It is especially important for America to hear from its citizens who have the training necessary to evaluate the relevant data and offer sound advice. We urge you to sign and return the enclosed petition card. If you would like more cards for use by your colleagues, these will be sent.'' Madam Speaker, at a time when our nation is faced with a severe shortage of domestically produced energy and a serious economic contraction; we should be reducing the taxation and regulation that plagues our energy-producing industries. Yet, we will soon be considering so-called cap and trade'' legislation that would increase the taxation and regulation of our energy industries. Cap-and-trade'' will do at least as much, if not more, damage to the economy as the treaty referred by Professor Seitz! This
[FairfieldLife] Re: My upcoming return to Fairfield - I need your help please
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@... wrote: On Jun 10, 2009, at 10:45 PM, bob_brigante wrote: House does not look too bad from the photo: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/picsum.php?gid=11230 House and land valued at 27K: http://jefferson.iowaassessors.com/parcel.php?gid=11230 The house is a total wreck, Bob...unlivable, condemned, and not even fit to enter. The trees in front as well as the location of the camera conceal much of the damage. The whole back section is a sagging, soggy mess, with, I am sure, the attendant mold and rats such situations usually bring, dangerous and unhealthy. Heartbreaking, really. The neighbors have been far better sports than I would have been. Sal *** Aha...then see this post: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/221496
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ruthsimplicity no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers! Man, you are such a nice guy. No flipping anyone off or anything. I spend too much time on the net so I understand the need to step back. I'll miss you. It is not the same without you. Right on Ruth! Curtis is one of those multi-dimensional folks who are rare and so much fun to interact with. FFL will be a lesser place without him. But as the man sayshe's easy to contact and stay in touch with. Curtis.man, come out to the left coast why dontcha??? You know how to contact me. Do it!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Erotic Lurking from Curtis
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , ruthsimplicity no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com , curtisdeltablues curtisdeltablues@ wrote: I meant Erratic lurking but Erotic had much better headline attention grabbing power! Thanks for thinking of me. I don't want my recent non-posting to seem like a negitive statement on FFL. I apologize for not giving any explanation for an obvious change in my posting behavior here. Just dropping out sends the wrong message. I have experienced good vibes (even spontaneous kind eulogies) and a fantastic opportunity to write regularly, getting feedback from intelligent people whom I respect here. FFL has been very useful for developing my thinking on certain topics and has given me much more than I ever contributed. Anyhooo, I had a profound experience in Florence of what the Renaissance means to me, a focus on humanity rather than divinity. Like the artists of that period, my attention is shifting. Spending time away from my cyber-focused life here in the US made my time priorities change since I have been back. Anyone who cares to can contact me by email, I am the easiest person to find on the Web. I've been getting more from one-one-one emails lately. Many people here have touched me. (Well not touched-me touched me but you get the idea!) My lurking is too erratic for posting to me here to be effective. In direct contradiction to all those who posted out flipping the cyber bird here: this place rocks and I my life is richer for having spent time here. When I'm done with some projects I'm working on now I can reconsider spending time on FFL again. Like the best sort of old friends or neighborhood bars, I feel as though I could drop in any time and my favorite drink would be in front of my bar stool in no time. Cheers! Man, you are such a nice guy. No flipping anyone off or anything. Are you kidding me ! He's not as bad as some, but in the past he was unbelievably self-serving and harsh. OffWorld Oh really? Coming from youdo you see the irony? Fuck you Off. Fuck Off, Off.
