[FairfieldLife] Mother Meera Darshan Blessing on You Tube

[dhamiltony2k5]

'This is Mother Meera's collective blessing at the end of Darshan. After the 
last person has received the personal Darshan, Mother sits with closed eyes for 
about 3 - 4 minutes in silence.' 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wh64ErJLo&feature=youtu.be 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wh64ErJLo&feature=youtu.be 
 
 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=53wh64ErJLo&feature=youtu.be 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wh64ErJLo&feature=youtu.be 
 

 [  Close your eyes... ]

[FairfieldLife] The Thin Red Line

[dhamiltony2k5]

War don't ennoble people.
It turns 'em into dogs.
Poisons the soul.
I was a prisoner. You set me free. 
We.
We together.
One being.
Flow together like water,
till l can't tell you from me.
I drink you.

Maybe all men got one big soul
who everybody's a part of.
All faces of the same man.
One big self.

Everyone looking for salvation by himself.
Each like a coal
drawn from the fire.

#

Who are you to live in all these many forms?
Your death that captures all.
You, too, are the source
of all that's gonna be born.



Your glory.
Mercy.
Peace.
Truth.
You give calm a spirit,
understanding,
courage.
The contented heart. 
Get a medic here!
 We're Iiving in a world that's blowing itself
 to hell as fast as everybody can arrange it.
In a situation like that all a man can do
is shut his eyes and Let nothing touch him.
Look out for himself. 
 
   


 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
>
>  This is the sure sign of a scammer.

And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
sure sign that you've been scammed.

Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
than he does.

Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
victory" can happen.

If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
*that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
covered with slime from interacting with them.

Just my opinion...

[FairfieldLife] ZZZZZZZZZZ

[Michael Jackson]

I reckon the 8,000 yogic flyers musta been asleep yesterday during program.

Attackers in Mexico blow up nine electrical plants

By Tracy Wilkinson

October 27, 2013, 5:05 p.m.

MEXICO CITY -- Assailants early Sunday blew up at least nine electrical power 
plants in one of Mexico's largest states, triggering blackouts that gunmen then 
used as cover to torch gasoline stations, residents and authorities said.

The attacks in Michoacan state, west of the capital, did not cause deaths or 
serious injuries, authorities said. But they served as a pointed reminder of 
the strength of drug gangs and other criminals.

Shortly after midnight, attackers armed with Molotov cocktails almost 
simultaneously disabled electrical substations in at least nine cities and 
towns in Michoacan, plunging an estimated 1 million people into darkness. The 
power was out for 15 hours.

Gunmen then torched four gasoline stations, including two in the state capital 
of Morelia, a popular tourist destination.

Michoacan for years has been controlled either by the Knights Templar or its 
predecessor La Familia, cartels that specialize in methamphetamine exported to 
the United States and that have controlled many city halls and police 
departments. More recently, groups of citizens have taken up weapons to form 
self-defense squads against the traffickers.

It may have been one of these groups that briefly seized the city hall in the 
large town of Apatzingan, residents said.

Federal authorities said they were sending hundreds of police and military 
troops to reinforce security in the region. The attacks came barely two days 
after the state's governor, Fausto Vallejo, resumed duties after a long illness.

"The only thing we can conclude ... is that the organized criminals are winning 
the battle against federal and state authorities," Miguel Angel Chavez, head of 
the opposition National Action Party, told the Quadratin news agency, adding 
that the violence of the last 24 hours was a terrorist attack.

Organized criminals were suspected of unleashing a series of attacks on 
government forces in Michoacan in July that resulted in the deaths of 20 
criminals and two federal police officers, according to the federal government.

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-blow-up-nine-electrical-plants-20131027,0,3659405.story#axzz2j1JFnbl6

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[doctordumbass]

uh, Barry, you should know that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, 
while you were in the men's room... 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
wrote:
 >
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 >
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
 than he does.
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 victory" can happen.
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 Just my opinion...

[FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 uh, Barry, you should know that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, 
while you were in the men's room... 

 

 Post of the moment. I love it...
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
wrote:
 >
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 >
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
 than he does.
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 victory" can happen.
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 Just my opinion...


 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[authfriend]

Er, I don't have to "declare victory." Barry does it for me by reacting with 
posts like this. And he'll react to my response by trying to claim I'm 
"spinning." But he knows it's true. He's Mr. Reactivity.
 

 Note that this post is really only about his rage at me; Richard is a red 
herring. Barry needed to find a way to disguise the fact that he's freaked out 
about a whole string of Barry-idiocies I'd picked up on and lambasted him for 
over the past week.
 

 He's the gift that keeps on giving: Get him once, and he'll react for days, 
getting angrier and angrier each time. And when he's angry, his brains get 
scrambled, so he makes worse and worse mistakes, making it easier and easier to 
"get" him.
 

 

 Barry wrote:

 (snip)
 > Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls

 > like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
 >
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
 >
> Just my opinion...
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Michael Jackson]

I can't decide if Barry or WIllyTex hold the FFL record for being the most 
reviled in FFL history.

On Mon, 10/28/13, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com  wrote:

 Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:10 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
   
     
 
 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,
  wrote:
 
 uh, Barry, you should know
 that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, while you
 were in the men's room... 
 
 Post of the moment. I love
 it... 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
  wrote:
 
  ---
 In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
  wrote:
 
  >
 
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 
 >
 
 >  This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 
 
  And trying to argue with him about what
 follows is a
 
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you
 "know" more
 
 than he does.
 
 
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument
 trolls
 
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about
 who
 
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start,
 because
 
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All
 they care about
 
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 
 victory" can happen.
 
 
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they
 "win."
 
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try
 to spin
 
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you
 won't be all
 
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 
 
 Just my opinion...
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Lou Reed R.I.P.

[Share Long]

One of the best koans to ever appear during my time on FFL, imho...





On Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:13 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
 "Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony."

 


---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


Lou Reed death hoax spreads on Facebook?

http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html


On 10/27/2013 2:47 PM, emptybill@... wrote:
>
  
>He didn't like it as much as speedballs ... i.v. coke and smack.
>
> 
>
>
>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
>
>One of my all-time favourite rockers - at least during his Velvet Underground 
>days - has dropped the body. 
>
>
>And I only learnt recently he'd tried TM himself back in the day.

[FairfieldLife] Fitness in 40s, 50s Tied to Lower Dementia Risk

[Dick Mays]

http://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/dementia/37184?xid=ob_&utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=psyc&hr=obPsychiatryFitness in 40s, 50s Tied to Later Dementia RiskPublished: Feb 4, 2013By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage TodayReviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse PlannerAction PointsHigher midlife fitness levels seem to be associated with lower hazards of developing all-cause dementia later in life.The magnitude and direction of the association were similar with or without previous stroke, suggesting that the lower risk for dementia later in life was independent of cerebrovascular disease.Individuals with the highest levels of cardiorespiratory fitness during middle age were significantly less likely to develop dementia in their senior years, a long-term prospective study suggested.Among nearly 20,000 participants in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study, those in the highest quintile of cardiorespiratory fitness at roughly age 50 were 36% less likely than those in the lowest quintile (adjusted hazard ratio 0.64, 95% CI 0.54 to 0.77) to be diagnosed with dementia after age 65, according to Laura F. DeFina, MD, of the Cooper Institute in Dallas, and colleagues.The risk of all-cause dementia did not appear to be affected by whether participants had a stroke during follow-up, nor did educational attainment appear to make a difference, the researchers reported online in Annals of Internal Medicine.Although the observational study could not prove that cardiorespiratory fitness actually prevents onset of dementia later on, DeFina and colleagues indicated that such a causal connection is plausible.For example, greater fitness would reduce the incidence of other known risk factors for dementia such as diabetes and hypertension, the researchers noted. Fitness has also been linked to greater brain volume, and some evidence points to connections between physical activity and neural plasticity, neurotrophic factors, and beta-amyloid protein deposits."Future studies should address the dose-response relationship with physical activity needed to modify fitness levels to inform public health recommendations for dementia prevention," DeFina and colleagues wrote."In addition, studies on the effect of midlife physical activity and fitness levels on brain structure and function may further elucidate the mechanism(s) of the protective effect of fitness levels."In an accompanying editorial, a prominent researcher in dementia agreed that a causal relationship was credible enough to warrant action by clinicians."Physical activity seems to be a reasonable prescription for dementia prevention," wrote Mary Sano, PhD, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, given the weight of evidence to which the current study adds.Another dementia expert, David Geldmacher, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, told MedPage Today that the potential benefit for dementia risk is worth bringing up with patients, even though recommendations of physical activity and fitness are familiar to everybody.Compared with the benefit of exercise for cardiovascular health, "many physicians are not as clear that [the benefit] also translates to dementia risk," Geldmacher said."Many patients will [say] that, 'Well, it's not so bad if I die of a heart attack,' but they fear Alzheimer's disease very much. So knowing that fitness can reduce the Alzheimer risk may give them further motivation to follow through with an exercise and fitness plan."The current study drew on data collected as part of the long-running Cooper Center study, begun more than 40 years ago under the leadership of Kenneth Cooper, MD, the famous advocate of aerobic exercise. It began with individuals who came to Cooper's wellness-oriented clinic, with later participation by people referred to it as part of employer-based programs.DeFina and colleagues analyzed data on 19,458 participants, after excluding about 9,000 for whom later Medicare records were not available or with incomplete baseline data, those with a history of heart attack or stroke at baseline, those entering Medicare because of disability or a need for renal dialysis, and those with dementia or stroke prior to 2000 or at age 65 or younger (67 or younger for dementia).All participants had a treadmill test when entering the study. Their mean age was 50. Fitness was calculated from time on the treadmill and the final speed and grade.Participants' Medicare records were examined for diagnoses of dementia at ages 70, 75, 80, and 85. DeFina and colleagues calculated the risk for such a diagnosis according to quintiles of cardiorespiratory fitness, after adjusting for sex, age at baseline exam, year of exam, and other baseline factors including fasting glucose, cholesterol, body mass index, blood pressure, and smoking status.Mean treadmill times for the five quintiles ranged from 8.1 maximal m

Re: [FairfieldLife] ZZZZZZZZZZ

[Richard Williams]

You have to sink pretty low to blame some poor Hindu pundit boys for not
stopping a terrorist act like this. Go. Figure.
On Oct 28, 2013 7:47 AM, "Michael Jackson"  wrote:

> **
>
>
> I reckon the 8,000 yogic flyers musta been asleep yesterday during program.
>
> Attackers in Mexico blow up nine electrical plants
>
> By Tracy Wilkinson
>
> October 27, 2013, 5:05 p.m.
>
> MEXICO CITY -- Assailants early Sunday blew up at least nine electrical
> power plants in one of Mexico's largest states, triggering blackouts that
> gunmen then used as cover to torch gasoline stations, residents and
> authorities said.
>
> The attacks in Michoacan state, west of the capital, did not cause deaths
> or serious injuries, authorities said. But they served as a pointed
> reminder of the strength of drug gangs and other criminals.
>
> Shortly after midnight, attackers armed with Molotov cocktails almost
> simultaneously disabled electrical substations in at least nine cities and
> towns in Michoacan, plunging an estimated 1 million people into darkness.
> The power was out for 15 hours.
>
> Gunmen then torched four gasoline stations, including two in the state
> capital of Morelia, a popular tourist destination.
>
> Michoacan for years has been controlled either by the Knights Templar or
> its predecessor La Familia, cartels that specialize in methamphetamine
> exported to the United States and that have controlled many city halls and
> police departments. More recently, groups of citizens have taken up weapons
> to form self-defense squads against the traffickers.
>
> It may have been one of these groups that briefly seized the city hall in
> the large town of Apatzingan, residents said.
>
> Federal authorities said they were sending hundreds of police and military
> troops to reinforce security in the region. The attacks came barely two
> days after the state's governor, Fausto Vallejo, resumed duties after a
> long illness.
>
> "The only thing we can conclude ... is that the organized criminals are
> winning the battle against federal and state authorities," Miguel Angel
> Chavez, head of the opposition National Action Party, told the Quadratin
> news agency, adding that the violence of the last 24 hours was a terrorist
> attack.
>
> Organized criminals were suspected of unleashing a series of attacks on
> government forces in Michoacan in July that resulted in the deaths of 20
> criminals and two federal police officers, according to the federal
> government.
>
>
> http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-mexico-blow-up-nine-electrical-plants-20131027,0,3659405.story#axzz2j1JFnbl6
>  
>

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[authfriend]

Oh, Barry, by a long shot. Richard is annoying, but most people figure him out 
quickly and stop paying much attention to him. Barry is malicious, vicious, and 
genuinely sadistic, absolutely determined to cause damage (even if he isn't 
anywhere near as successful at it as he'd like to believe). Richard is just a 
pain in the ass.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I can't decide if Barry or WIllyTex hold the FFL record for being the most 
reviled in FFL history.
 
 On Mon, 10/28/13, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
mailto:awoelflebater@...> wrote:
 
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:10 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 uh, Barry, you should know
 that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, while you
 were in the men's room... 
 
 Post of the moment. I love
 it... 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 ---
 In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 wrote:
 
 >
 
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 
 >
 
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 
 
 And trying to argue with him about what
 follows is a
 
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you
 "know" more
 
 than he does.
 
 
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument
 trolls
 
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about
 who
 
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start,
 because
 
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All
 they care about
 
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 
 victory" can happen.
 
 
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they
 "win."
 
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try
 to spin
 
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you
 won't be all
 
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 
 
 Just my opinion... 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I can't decide if Barry or WIllyTex hold the FFL record for being the most 
reviled in FFL history.
 

 Well I don't revile anyone here. There are some who I might find interesting 
to interact with in 'real' life to see if they are either as agreeable or 
disagreeable as they seem to be here at FFL. A few I feel a real affinity with 
and others I would be curious to see if they have an online persona that is at 
odds with the person they are in 3D. Certainly Barry is the biggest sitting 
duck for major gaffs and intentional shit stirring and lazy half truths he 
spouts continually so he just brings the flak onto himself; no one with any 
self respect would let him continually fire off stink bombs at them and not 
call them on it. Richard is just a guy from Texas, what else would/could you 
expect?
 
 On Mon, 10/28/13, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
mailto:awoelflebater@...> wrote:
 
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:10 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 uh, Barry, you should know
 that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, while you
 were in the men's room... 
 
 Post of the moment. I love
 it... 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 ---
 In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 wrote:
 
 >
 
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 
 >
 
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 
 
 And trying to argue with him about what
 follows is a
 
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you
 "know" more
 
 than he does.
 
 
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument
 trolls
 
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about
 who
 
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start,
 because
 
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All
 they care about
 
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 
 victory" can happen.
 
 
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they
 "win."
 
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try
 to spin
 
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you
 won't be all
 
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 
 
 Just my opinion... 
 

[FairfieldLife] Joss Whedon's Equality Now Speech

[TurquoiseB]

This is from 2006 (thus Meryl Streep's reference to the "Wonder Woman"
series that never happened). But it's worth replaying, because this
answers the oft-asked question, "Why do you love Joss Whedon?"

Joss' actual speech (short, to the point, and brilliant) starts at about
the 2 minute mark. It's about him dealing with "press junkets," in which
reporters ask the same questions over and over and over and over and
over. In particular, they ask one question: "Why do always write these
strong women characters?"

There has never been -- nor is there ever likely to be -- a better set
of answers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaczoJMRhs

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Rue de l'Esperance

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, the Judester opines:
 >
> Barry wrote: 
> 
> > Thank you, merudanda. Made my day. 
> > 
> > Robert just nails it. Those who have never been able to 
 > > create anything in their lives look at the old writer 
> > and see nothing but a poseur. Robert sees holiness. 
> 
> There are old writers and old writers. Only some of them 
 > are holy; the rest are poseurs. 
> 
> It was easier than I thought it would be to get you to put 
 > on a very convincing demonstration of your membership 
 > in the latter category. (Not that anyone on FFL was in doubt.) 

 Because I'm in a jolly mood today, I'll reply to this for the
fun of it. 

Did anyone watch the TED talk I posted a link to recently?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/361507 

It's really worth your 18 minutes, if you didn't. It is about
memories, and how they can be "edited," both by ourselves,
and by others. 

Isn't that Judy's Whole Act -- trying to "edit memories?"

I just wrote a bunch of shit today because I felt happy and
felt like writing. If any of you enjoyed the posts I made, and
one or more of them lifted your spirits, that's just gravy.

But Judy doesn't want you to remember them as lifting your
spirits. She wants you to remember the way SHE sees them,
as a response to HER, and as worthy only of what SHE gives
them, scorn and derision. 

By now some of you must have figured out the formula. 
- First, pretend to be the "authority" in matters such as this,
whatever "this" may be this time.
- Second, pretend to "know" what the person you're ragging
on was thinking and feeling as they wrote whatever she's
ragging on. 
- Third, pretend that everyone already agrees with you. 

Do this enough times, and science tells us that some of the 
weak-willed ones *will* agree with you. 
 

 Barry, I enjoyed your post about hope. You did seem much more upbeat and 
positive in the way that seemed to have allowed the less cynical defensive guy 
to show up but one little post by Judy and you're in the dumps again. The 
"dumps" meaning you've allowed her post to put you right back down in that 
well-worn depression in the dirt where you tend to wallow most of the time. But 
I did like your post about hope and I agree with a lot of it. Fred Astaire, 
spontaneous and free art are both examples of the potential for life to 
surprise, enthrall or transport me. 

[FairfieldLife] Police State Amerika

[Bhairitu]

This happened only about an hour's drive from where I live.  I would 
think the CHP would be better than this:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/photo-checkpoint-cops-point-guns-at-motorists/

Coming soon to a location near you.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Lou Reed R.I.P.

[s3raphita]

And like most koans it completely goes over my head.
 The death of Lou reminds me of the stir created when VU drummer Maureen Tucker 
revealed her support for the Tea Party some time back.   
 "All tomorrow's tea parties" was the cute newspaper headline:

 http://tinyurl.com/ocledzu http://tinyurl.com/ocledzu

 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 One of the best koans to ever appear during my time on FFL, imho...
 

 
 
 On Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:13 PM, "s3raphita@..."  wrote:
 
"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony."
 

  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Lou Reed death hoax spreads on Facebook?
 
 http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html 
http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html
 
 On 10/27/2013 2:47 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote:
 
   He didn't like it as much as speedballs ... i.v. coke and smack.
 
  
 
 
 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:s3raphita@... wrote:
 
 One of my all-time favourite rockers - at least during his Velvet Underground 
days - has dropped the body. 
 
 And I only learnt recently he'd tried TM himself back in the day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 


 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
> >
> > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
> >
> >  This is the sure sign of a scammer.
>
> And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
> sure sign that you've been scammed.
>
> Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
> and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
> than he does.
>
> Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
> like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
>
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
>
> Just my opinion...

Hi Empty,

I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning,
partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind
them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be
Disobeyed herself:

"Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
- Judy Stein, 13 October 2013

Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex
spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
He's trolled you.

That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal."

It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
just how trolls think.

The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a
"win" for them, too. Just as the three people whom *I* did
not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
did today.

I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some
kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
worth your time to try to rebut or correct them. They don't
care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
you to argue with them.

IMO, doing so is a classic waste of time. But if you've got
so much time left in this life that you don't mind wasting
it, forgive me for butting in and more power to ya...argue
with them all you want. Your call...

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[azgrey]

Judy Koan: If Barry was talking to himself while walking alone in the woods is 
he still lying?
 

 

 

  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Oh, Barry, by a long shot. Richard is annoying, but most people figure him out 
quickly and stop paying much attention to him. Barry is malicious, vicious, and 
genuinely sadistic, absolutely determined to cause damage (even if he isn't 
anywhere near as successful at it as he'd like to believe). Richard is just a 
pain in the ass.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I can't decide if Barry or WIllyTex hold the FFL record for being the most 
reviled in FFL history.
 
 On Mon, 10/28/13, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... 
mailto:awoelflebater@...> wrote:
 
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:10 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 uh, Barry, you should know
 that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, while you
 were in the men's room... 
 
 Post of the moment. I love
 it... 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 ---
 In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,
 wrote:
 
 >
 
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 
 >
 
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 
 
 And trying to argue with him about what
 follows is a
 
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you
 "know" more
 
 than he does.
 
 
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument
 trolls
 
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about
 who
 
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start,
 because
 
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All
 they care about
 
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 
 victory" can happen.
 
 
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they
 "win."
 
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try
 to spin
 
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you
 won't be all
 
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 
 
 Just my opinion... 

[FairfieldLife] Read page 10 and weep?

[cardemaister]

http://www.torahclass.com/images/stories/pdf/stc_genesis/stcwk2.pdf 
http://www.torahclass.com/images/stories/pdf/stc_genesis/stcwk2.pdf

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Neo-Vedanta, Maya, Two Vidya-s and Bhakti

[azgrey]

The confused mutt wrote: " So you're a fan of anti-Semitism too, just like your 
pal Barry?"
 

 Non sequitur.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 azgrey wrote:
 
 > "However, which part of the universe would be Brahman’s ass-hole?"
 > 
 > New Jersey
 
 So you're a fan of anti-Semitism too, just like your pal Barry?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Bhairitu]

On 10/28/2013 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> >
> > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
> >
> > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
>
> And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
> sure sign that you've been scammed.
>
> Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
> and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
> than he does.
>
> Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
> like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
>
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
>
> Just my opinion...

Hi Empty,

I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning,
partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind
them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be
Disobeyed herself:

"Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
- Judy Stein, 13 October 2013

Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex
spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
He's trolled you.

That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal."

It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
just how trolls think.

The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a
"win" for them, too. Just as the three people whom *I* did
not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
did today.

I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some
kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
worth your time to try to rebut or correct them. They don't
care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
you to argue with them.

IMO, doing so is a classic waste of time. But if you've got
so much time left in this life that you don't mind wasting
it, forgive me for butting in and more power to ya...argue
with them all you want. Your call...



I have a vision of a dusty, broken down abandoned small school house 
somewhere in the desert outside Austin where Willy is lecturing to a 
class . of stuffed prairie dogs. :-D

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Neo-Vedanta, Maya, Two Vidya-s and Bhakti

[azgrey]

 emptybill wrote:"Newark or Trenton? 
I gotta know to avoid the stink." 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Newark or Trenton? 
I gotta know to avoid the stink.
  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 "However, which part of the universe would be Brahman’s ass-hole?"
 

  New Jersey
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 TeaParty: If you ask a traditionalist like Dayananda, he will deny that Ramana 
had reached the highest level, because he didn't really learn the vedantic 
scriptures, like the Brahma Sutras, from an authorized teacher!
 Ramana was at the intersection of Traditional Vedanta and Neo-Vedanta. He 
emphasized the importance of “experience” (neo-vedanta) along with yoga 
(atma-vichara). All that places him in the lineage of Yogic-Advaita 
(Vidyaranya, et al.) and not in Shankara’s traditional method. Both Dayananda 
and Swartz explain the teachings of Shankara while still maintaining a clear 
demarcation of them from the yoga-darshana. Shankara considered the purpose of 
yoga to be creating purity of heart and clarification of the intellect in 
preparation for âtma-jñâna.
  
 TeaParty: Kevala Advaita, mark my words, is not a philosophy, it is just a 
teaching device. And it is not complete in itself. To say that the world is 
maya, unreal, and then urge people to follow this teaching, in order to save 
them from this very maya, is a contradiction in itself.
 Maya means measuring. For Shankara, Maya connotes the veil of appearances that 
seem to measure the immeasurable. "Maya" is appearances presenting themselves 
as independent. What is it that Maya actually measures? It measures the 
distinction between appearances and reality (Brahman). In truth, the doctrine 
of Maya simply says that anything that seems different from Brahman (and thus 
stands on its own) does not do so but rather presents a distorted picture of 
Brahman itself. However, for your part you are simply spouting off the same old 
misunderstandings of Advaita (such as Ramanuja’s claim that “mayavada is a 
doctrine of illusion”). For Ramanuja himself, the world (jagat) is eternally 
existent as a part of the body (sharira) of Brahman. Such nice speculation. 
However, which part of the universe would be Brahman’s ass-hole? 
  
 TeaParty: What Swartz misses is that in traditional Advaita, there are two 
types of knowledge, higher and lower. Traditionally, the lower knowledge is the 
Veda, the Higher is the Vedanta, the end of the Veda. Now you, and he, 
juxtapose yoga/meditation to Vedanta. Wrong, according to tradition you have to 
go through the lower knowledge, in olden times the vedic rituals, so that you 
are purified enough, to receive the higher knowledge, the Vedanta.
 Shankara’s commentary on BS I.ii.21 points out that the divisions into lower 
and higher knowledge (vidya) are according to the results of each particular 
knowledge. To give a synopsis: karma-vidya is for prosperity and felicity while 
jñâna-vidya is for freedom/liberation. The karma-vidya of the Rg-veda deals 
with the elements of the yajña along with the roles of the sacrificial 
officiants. Consequently, it is upon this very sacrifice that they place their 
faith for obtaining the bliss of the heavens. This in spite of the obvious – 
that all the constituents (and the sacrificers themselves) are perishable 
because of their fragility. This ignorantly misplaced reliance upon the hope of 
heavenly bliss only results in repeated old age and death. Thus, the 
karma-vidya can only commence the entry towards the jñâna-vidya and presents 
itself to eulogize the ultimacy of the higher knowledg. Those who are competent 
for the higher vidya are those who reject the necessity of the karma-vidya 
because of its transience. Examining the higher worlds acquired by this lower 
knowledge, they realize that everything which exists at all is a result of 
karma. Thus recognized, they think … “What then is the need to make even more 
karma?” The defect thus identified, they approach a teacher for instruction on 
liberation from bondage to appearances and knowledge of the actual nature of 
freedom. This is the opposite of your claim.
  
 TeaParty: For example the more devotional or yogic passages in the Upanishads. 
Aurobindo, in his own commentary on the Upanishad pointed this out, as well as 
the Vaishanvic Acharyas like Ramanuja et al. 
 Apparently you haven’t read Shankara’s Bhagavad Gita Bhasya, much less studied 
it. It is the oldest extant commentary and free of the schema of later 
commentaries and their divisions into karma/jñâna/bhakti. That includes MMY’s 
own triple division. What Shankara discusses are the two nishtaa-s (resolute 
observances) of karma and jñâna. Bhakti is not seen in the Gita as a separate 
observance because it is considered intrinsically present. Thus Vedic orthodoxy 
did not envision considering bhakti as an independent viewpoint - whether for 
exegesis of Gita texts or observance of karma and jñâna.
  
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Richard J. Williams]

Uh oh! Somebody got their buttons pushed. LoL!

On 10/28/2013 12:49 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
>
> This is the sure sign of a scammer.

And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
sure sign that you've been scammed.

Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
than he does.

Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
victory" can happen.

If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
*that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
covered with slime from interacting with them.

Just my opinion...

[FairfieldLife] Re: Neo-Vedanta, Maya, Two Vidya-s and Bhakti

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey  wrote:
>
>  > emptybill wrote:"Newark or Trenton?
> > I gotta know to avoid the stink."
>
>  Pull off the turnpike and pull into any one of the ubiquitous
>  "convenience stores." A display near the cashier always
>  contains a generous sullpy of Vick's Vapo Rub. Apply
>  liberally beneath the nostrils and continue on your journey.
>
>  The Garden State. Go figure.
>
>  "What do they call a HazMat suit in Jerzey? Evening wear.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[authfriend]

Love it! How long will Barry continue to react? Can we get
 a few more rants out of him today?
 
Barry wrote:
 (snip)
 > I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning, 
 > partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
> people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
> to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind 
> them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be 
> Disobeyed herself:
>
> "Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
 >
 > - Judy Stein, 13 October 2013

 
 And Barry proves himself a doofus one more time. He had assumed,
 mistakenly, that Ann and I had been trying to start a "flame war" with
 him and decided, by God, that he was going to nip it in the bud. He
 went on at some length about it, too, poor lad. I gave it a mercy snip.
 

 (snort giggle wheeze)

 

 Ann told him the same thing I did, BTW, so it wasn't as if we left him 
 to languish in his big fat blooper.
 

 > Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
> while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex 
> spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
> get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
> He's trolled you. 
>
> That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
 

 Now he's afraid to mention my name...
 
> DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
> they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
> batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal." 
>
> It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
> for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
> just how trolls think.
 

 Um, that's how Barry thinks, actually. If I post a definitive
 refutation of something, I don't expect an argument.

> The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
> them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a 
> "win" for them, too.
 

 So if someone posts something I know is in error and
 I correct it and nobody objects, as far as Barry is
 concerned that's a loss for me.
 

 Got that, folks?
 

 (Hey, Bar, you maybe want to think about whether
 that's really what you wanted to say? I suspect you
 got a little lost in your own rhetoric here.)
 

 > Just as the three people whom *I* did

 > not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
> did today. 

Told you he'd make that claim.
 
> I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some 
> kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
> Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
> worth your time to try to rebut or correct them.
 

 I'm sure empty is very grateful that Barry explained to him
 The Nature Of Trolls and gave him that extremely helpful
 reminder, since empty has obviously never been capable
 of deciding on his own what's worth his time and what isn't.
 (According to Barry, at least.)
 

 AmIright, empty? AmIright?
 

 (snicker chortle snort)

 

 > They don't

 > care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
> you to argue with them.
 

 Hey, who's the "they" here that empty has been arguing with,
 Barry?
 

 (whoop cackle guffaw)
 

 God, he's funny when he gets into Pompous Outraged Mode.
 He's virtually guaranteed to make one embarrassing blooper
 after another, and he sure didn't disappoint this time.
 

 

[FairfieldLife] An app for the STD generation

[TurquoiseB]

A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors,
Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something about the
"sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before, and have
rarely since -- its brevity.

She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history that
existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control pill,
and the entrance of AIDS.

That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*,
having sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in
childbirth, and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely
untreatable, and sometimes fatal.

We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has
become a potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an
experience that could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating
STDs.

That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing
sexual revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\
e-sex-with

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Neo-Vedanta, Maya, Two Vidya-s and Bhakti

[authfriend]

New Jersey is actually one of the most beautiful states in the Union. But we're 
just as happy to have ignoramuses like you think it's a garbage dump, so you 
won't come here and spoil it for us.
 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, azgrey wrote:
 >
> > emptybill wrote:"Newark or Trenton? 
> > I gotta know to avoid the stink." 
> 
> Pull off the turnpike and pull into any one of the ubiquitous 
 > "convenience stores." A display near the cashier always 
 > contains a generous sullpy of Vick's Vapo Rub. Apply 
 > liberally beneath the nostrils and continue on your journey. 
> 
> The Garden State. Go figure. 
> 
> "What do they call a HazMat suit in Jerzey? Evening wear.

 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Read page 10 and weep?

[jr_esq]

 Carde,
 

 I don't see anything wrong with the statements made on page 10 of the link.  
However, many scientists in physics are saying that there may more than more 
than the four dimensions that we see in the physical world.
 

 They're saying that there may be 11 dimensions in the world, based on their 
understanding of the equations in quantum physics.
 

 IMO, these 11 dimensions are realized in the human physiology and 
consciousness.   We have the four physical dimensions plus the seven states of 
consciousness in the human being.  Thus, the 11 dimensions are either realized 
or attainable in the sum total of a human being.
 

  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 http://www.torahclass.com/images/stories/pdf/stc_genesis/stcwk2.pdf 
http://www.torahclass.com/images/stories/pdf/stc_genesis/stcwk2.pdf

[FairfieldLife] Starbucks Automation

[Bhairitu]

Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at 
work, here's Starbuck's machines:
http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated

The second one can make over 850 different drinks.

[FairfieldLife] RE: An app for the STD generation

[s3raphita]

The implication of what you're saying is that the safest people to have sex 
with are porn stars - they have mandatory STD checks every month.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors, 
Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something about the 
"sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before, and have rarely 
since -- its brevity. 

She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history that 
existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control pill, and the 
entrance of AIDS. 

That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*, having 
sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in childbirth, 
and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely untreatable, and 
sometimes fatal. 

We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has become a 
potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an experience that 
could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating STDs. 

That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing sexual 
revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully. 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: An app for the STD generation

[TurquoiseB]

-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> The implication of what you're saying is that the safest people
> to have sex with are porn stars - they have mandatory STD
> checks every month.

As do "sex workers" in the Netherlands. And I, for one,
suspect that makes them "safer bets" than the guy or gal
you meet at the corner bar.

Wait'll you see how the Barry-haters spin *this* one.  :-)

> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
wrote:
>
>  A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite
authors, Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something
about the "sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before,
and have rarely since -- its brevity.
>
> She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history
that existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control
pill, and the entrance of AIDS.
>
> That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*,
having sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in
childbirth, and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely
untreatable, and sometimes fatal.
>
> We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has
become a potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an
experience that could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating
STDs.
>
> That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing
sexual revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully.
>
>
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\
e-sex-with
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\
e-sex-with
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Lou Reed R.I.P.

[Share Long]

Seraphita, over my head too. That's what I love about it!




On Monday, October 28, 2013 12:15 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
And like most koans it completely goes over my head.    
The death of Lou reminds me of the stir created when VU drummer Maureen Tucker 
revealed her support for the Tea Party some time back.   
"All tomorrow's tea parties" was the cute newspaper headline:

http://tinyurl.com/ocledzu



---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


One of the best koans to ever appear during my time on FFL, imho...





On Sunday, October 27, 2013 5:13 PM, "s3raphita@..."  wrote:
 
  
 "Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony."

 


---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


Lou Reed death hoax spreads on Facebook?

http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html


On 10/27/2013 2:47 PM, emptybill@... wrote:
>>
  
>He didn't like it as much as speedballs ... i.v. coke and smack.
>
> 
>
>
>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
>
>One of my all-time favourite rockers - at least during his Velvet Underground 
>days - has dropped the body. 
>
>
>And I only learnt recently he'd tried TM himself back in the day.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: An app for the STD generation

[authfriend]

How would you like us to spin it, Barry? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
wrote:
 >
 > The implication of what you're saying is that the safest people
 > to have sex with are porn stars - they have mandatory STD
 > checks every month.
 
 As do "sex workers" in the Netherlands. And I, for one,
 suspect that makes them "safer bets" than the guy or gal
 you meet at the corner bar.
 
 Wait'll you see how the Barry-haters spin *this* one. :-)
 
 > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 > fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
 wrote:
 >
 > A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite
 authors, Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something
 about the "sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before,
 and have rarely since -- its brevity.
 >
 > She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history
 that existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control
 pill, and the entrance of AIDS.
 >
 > That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*,
 having sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in
 childbirth, and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely
 untreatable, and sometimes fatal.
 >
 > We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has
 become a potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an
 experience that could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating
 STDs.
 >
 > That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing
 sexual revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully.
 >
 >
 http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\ 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\
 e-sex-with
 http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\ 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-hav\
 e-sex-with
 > 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Richard J. Williams]

This is progress, of a sort - Barry read my post and Judy called me 
Richard instead of Willytex. LoL!


After years of shunning me and trying to get others to shun me, now they 
try to pick fight with each other over me winning. Go figure.


On 10/28/2013 9:29 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


Er, I don't /have/ to "declare victory." Barry does it for me by 
reacting with posts like this. And he'll react to my response by 
trying to claim I'm "spinning." But he knows it's true. He's Mr. 
Reactivity.



Note that this post is really /only /about his rage at me; Richard is 
a red herring. Barry needed to find a way to disguise the fact that 
he's freaked out about a whole string of Barry-idiocies I'd picked up 
on and lambasted him for over the past week.



He's the gift that keeps on giving: Get him once, and he'll react for 
days, getting angrier and angrier each time. And when he's angry, his 
brains get scrambled, so he makes worse and worse mistakes, making it 
easier and easier to "get" him.




Barry wrote:

(snip)

> Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls

> like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
>
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
>
> Just my opinion...

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Richard J. Williams]

It sure didn't take long for this thread to go to shit. LoL!

On 10/28/2013 11:30 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:




---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

I can't decide if Barry or WIllyTex hold the FFL record for being the 
most reviled in FFL history.


Well I don't revile anyone here. There are some who I might find 
interesting to interact with in 'real' life to see if they are either 
as agreeable or disagreeable as they seem to be here at FFL. A few I 
feel a real affinity with and others I would be curious to see if they 
have an online persona that is at odds with the person they are in 
3D. Certainly Barry is the biggest sitting duck for major gaffs and 
intentional shit stirring and lazy half truths he spouts continually 
so he just brings the flak onto himself; no one with any self respect 
would let him continually fire off stink bombs at them and not call 
them on it. Richard is just a guy from Texas, what else would/could 
you expect?



On Mon, 10/28/13, awoelflebater@... 
mailto:awoelflebater@...>> wrote:

Subject: [FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 2:10 PM




























---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com
,
mailto:no_re...@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:

uh, Barry, you should know
that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, while you
were in the men's room...

Post of the moment. I love
it...

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
,
mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:

---
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
,
wrote:

>

> "So, let's sum up what we know ... "

>

> This is the sure sign of a scammer.



And trying to argue with him about what
follows is a

sure sign that you've been scammed.



Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,

and you had to dive in to "prove" that you
"know" more

than he does.



Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument
trolls

like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about
who

really "wins" any of the arguments they start,
because

they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All
they care about

is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the

arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of

victory" can happen.



If you react to their provocation, in their minds they
"win."

If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try
to spin

*that* into a "win," too, but at least you
won't be all

covered with slime from interacting with them.



Just my opinion... 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Richard J. Williams]

We are the Materialists, one of the schools of Indian Philosophy, 
founded by Brhaspati, and very old. We have always existed, and we will 
exist at the end of time. Our teacher is Ajitakeshakambalin, (of the 
hair-blanket), so-called because he wanted to be having a hair-blanket 
wrapped about him at all times. Go figure.


We believe in four elements. Our motto is "emphasize the substance, 
ignore the shadows". Perception is rejected as a valid means of 
knowledge and we reject inference as a leap in the dark. Verbal 
testimony is a lie. In fact we reject all means of knowledge.


Earth, water, fire, and air are reality. Enjoyment is the true end of 
human existence. Consciousness is a product of the elements, an 
epi-phenomenon, and the senses are the by-product of matter. There is no 
other world and no individual soul: death is liberation. There is no 
returning here again. The three authors of the Vedas were clowns, 
buffoons, and knaves.


Eat, drink and be merry. Pleasure is a fact, desired by all. After all, 
all humans are animals, and satisfaction is as natural as life itself. 
As Vatsyana has written: "No pleasure should be neglected."


On 10/28/2013 1:12 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> >
> > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
> >
> > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
>
> And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
> sure sign that you've been scammed.
>
> Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
> and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
> than he does.
>
> Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
> like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
>
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
>
> Just my opinion...

Hi Empty,

I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning,
partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind
them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be
Disobeyed herself:

"Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
- Judy Stein, 13 October 2013

Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex
spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
He's trolled you.

That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal."

It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
just how trolls think.

The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a
"win" for them, too. Just as the three people whom *I* did
not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
did today.

I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some
kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
worth your time to try to rebut or correct them. They don't
care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
you to argue with them.

IMO, doing so is a classic waste of time. But if you've got
so much time left in this life that you don't mind wasting
it, forgive me for butting in and more power to ya...argue
with them all you want. Your call...

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[Richard Williams]

> I have a vision of a dusty, broken down abandoned small school
> house somewhere in the desert outside Austin where Willy is
> lecturing to a class . of stuffed prairie dogs.
>
[image: Inline image 1]


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:

> **
>
>
> On 10/28/2013 11:12 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> > >
> > > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
> > >
> > > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
> >
> > And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
> > sure sign that you've been scammed.
> >
> > Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
> > and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
> > than he does.
> >
> > Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
> > like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> > really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> > they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> > is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> > arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> > victory" can happen.
> >
> > If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> > If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> > *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> > covered with slime from interacting with them.
> >
> > Just my opinion...
>
> Hi Empty,
>
> I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning,
> partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
> people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
> to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind
> them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be
> Disobeyed herself:
>
> "Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
> - Judy Stein, 13 October 2013
>
> Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
> while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex
> spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
> get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
> He's trolled you.
>
> That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
> DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
> they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
> batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal."
>
> It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
> for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
> just how trolls think.
>
> The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
> them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a
> "win" for them, too. Just as the three people whom *I* did
> not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
> did today.
>
> I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some
> kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
> Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
> worth your time to try to rebut or correct them. They don't
> care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
> you to argue with them.
>
> IMO, doing so is a classic waste of time. But if you've got
> so much time left in this life that you don't mind wasting
> it, forgive me for butting in and more power to ya...argue
> with them all you want. Your call...
>
>
> I have a vision of a dusty, broken down abandoned small school house
> somewhere in the desert outside Austin where Willy is lecturing to a class
> . of stuffed prairie dogs. :-D
>
>
>  
>

[FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

[doctordumbass]

You'd really have to like coffee to buy one for personal use - 15K for the 
small one (164 drinks), and 19K for the bigger one - (850 drinks). 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at 
 work, here's Starbuck's machines:
 http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated 
http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated
 
 The second one can make over 850 different drinks.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[doctordumbass]

He really needs to protect his laptop password. That ten year old kid has an 
uncanny ability to know, precisely, when Barry is leaving the room. I wonder if 
there is a teddy bear on the mantle, with a camera in its head?
  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 uh, Barry, you should know that some ten year old kid, just posted to FFL, 
while you were in the men's room... 

 

 Post of the moment. I love it...
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
wrote:
 >
 > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
 >
 > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
 
 And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
 sure sign that you've been scammed.
 
 Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
 and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
 than he does.
 
 Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
 like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
 really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
 they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
 is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
 arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
 victory" can happen.
 
 If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
 If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
 *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
 covered with slime from interacting with them.
 
 Just my opinion...


 

[FairfieldLife] The ETs May be Us

[jr_esq]

In one of his lectures, KN Rao, the renowned jyotishi, stated that Brahma 
creates new models of humans every year here on earth.  If that's the case, 
then these humans are coming from the various sectors, or nakshatras, of the 
universe.  So, it is conceivable that there are humans who come from the 
Pleiades or the nakshatra of Krittika who are members of this forum right now. 
 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMaChqaBbqQ 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMaChqaBbqQ

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

[Bhairitu]

Those are probably for businesses like the place where Turq works and 
also probably might make sense for some convenience stores.  But the 
word was these may also replace a baristas at some regular Starbucks.  I 
would have to see how much a Seattle's Best machine costs.  We have 
those a Safeways and Luckys over here.



On 10/28/2013 02:20 PM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote:


You'd really have to like coffee to buy one for personal use - 15K for 
the small one (164 drinks), and 19K for the bigger one - (850 drinks).




---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  
wrote:


Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at
work, here's Starbuck's machines:
http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated

The second one can make over 850 different drinks.

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

[authfriend]

The word was from where/whom?
  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Those are probably for businesses like the place where Turq works and also 
probably might make sense for some convenience stores.  But the word was these 
may also replace a baristas at some regular Starbucks.  I would have to see how 
much a Seattle's Best machine costs.  We have those a Safeways and Luckys over 
here.
 
 
 On 10/28/2013 02:20 PM, doctordumbass@... mailto:doctordumbass@... wrote:
 
   You'd really have to like coffee to buy one for personal use - 15K for the 
small one (164 drinks), and 19K for the bigger one - (850 drinks). 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote:
 
 Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at 
 work, here's Starbuck's machines:
 http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated 
http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated
 
 The second one can make over 850 different drinks.
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] Wall of Guitars

[Richard Williams]

Wall of guitars at Sam Ash:

[image: Inline image 1]

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Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

[Bhairitu]

On the radio (remember those).  But I was actually searching for the 
article when I came across Starbucks automation page.  Here is one 
recent story about coffee automation:

http://qz.com/134661/briggo-coffee-army-of-robot-baristas-could-mean-the-end-of-starbucks-as-we-know-it/

On 10/28/2013 03:38 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


The word was from where/whom?



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  
wrote:


Those are probably for businesses like the place where Turq works and 
also probably might make sense for some convenience stores.  But the 
word was these may also replace a baristas at some regular Starbucks.  
I would have to see how much a Seattle's Best machine costs. We have 
those a Safeways and Luckys over here.



On 10/28/2013 02:20 PM, doctordumbass@...
 wrote:

You'd really have to like coffee to buy one for personal use - 15K 
for the small one (164 drinks), and 19K for the bigger one - (850 
drinks).




---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
, 
 
 wrote:


Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at
work, here's Starbuck's machines:
http://www.starbucksfs.com/Support/Equipment/Fully_Automated

The second one can make over 850 different drinks.

[FairfieldLife] RE: An app for the STD generation

[s3raphita]

The thing is: would you really want to bed someone who took monthly tests to 
see what STDs he/she might have picked up over the past four weeks? It reminds 
me of a spoof condom ad I saw with the tag line: "Let's face it, if she'd sleep 
with you, she'd sleep with anyone." Isn't life so much simpler if you find a 
soul mate and stay faithful to each other? Sigh . . . Guess I'm just 
old-fashioned.
 

 Re "I read a short rap by one of my favourite authors, Ursula K. Le Guin":
 

 The only one of her books I've read was The Lathe of Heaven which didn't 
really work for me. However, I've always had a soft spot for anarchist ideas 
and I understand that two sci-fi titles that pick up on this theme in a 
sympathetic style are Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Le Guin's The 
Dispossessed. (One hostile critic of The Dispossessed dismissed it with the 
comment: "Happy campers in North Korea". Ouch!)
 

 Have you read either and would recommend?
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors, 
Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something about the 
"sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before, and have rarely 
since -- its brevity. 

She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history that 
existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control pill, and the 
entrance of AIDS. 

That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*, having 
sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in childbirth, 
and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely untreatable, and 
sometimes fatal. 

We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has become a 
potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an experience that 
could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating STDs. 

That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing sexual 
revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully. 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 



 

[FairfieldLife] RE: An app for the STD generation

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 The thing is: would you really want to bed someone who took monthly tests to 
see what STDs he/she might have picked up over the past four weeks? It reminds 
me of a spoof condom ad I saw with the tag line: "Let's face it, if she'd sleep 
with you, she'd sleep with anyone." Isn't life so much simpler if you find a 
soul mate and stay faithful to each other? Sigh . . . Guess I'm just 
old-fashioned.
 

 Re "I read a short rap by one of my favourite authors, Ursula K. Le Guin":
 

 The only one of her books I've read was The Lathe of Heaven which didn't 
really work for me. However, I've always had a soft spot for anarchist ideas 
and I understand that two sci-fi titles that pick up on this theme in a 
sympathetic style are Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Le Guin's The 
Dispossessed. (One hostile critic of The Dispossessed dismissed it with the 
comment: "Happy campers in North Korea". Ouch!)
 

 Have you read either and would recommend?
 

 Seraphita, you are so far out of Barry's league it is laughable. He no more 
knows what to do about/with you and your posts than he would know what to do 
with a delicately spun glass implement. You're having fun with him now and I'm 
having fun observing. 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors, 
Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something about the 
"sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before, and have rarely 
since -- its brevity. 

She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history that 
existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control pill, and the 
entrance of AIDS. 

That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*, having 
sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in childbirth, 
and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely untreatable, and 
sometimes fatal. 

We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has become a 
potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an experience that 
could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating STDs. 

That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing sexual 
revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully. 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 



 

 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Om "embedded" in the tanakh?

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "TurquoiseB" wrote:
 >
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
> >
> > "So, let's sum up what we know ... "
> >
> > This is the sure sign of a scammer.
> 
> And trying to argue with him about what follows is a
> sure sign that you've been scammed.
> 
> Willytex *succeeded* in poking your ego until it reacted,
> and you had to dive in to "prove" that you "know" more
> than he does.
> 
> Trolls exist because egos do. That's what argument trolls
> like Willytex and Judy feed on. They don't care about who
> really "wins" any of the arguments they start, because
> they'll "declare victory" in all of them. All they care about
> is suckering someone's ego into reacting so that the
> arguments happen, and thus the "declarations of
> victory" can happen.
> 
> If you react to their provocation, in their minds they "win."
> If you *don't* react, they'll find some way to try to spin
> *that* into a "win," too, but at least you won't be all
> covered with slime from interacting with them.
> 
> Just my opinion...

 Hi Empty,

I'm going to follow up on my earlier post this morning, 
partly to expand upon it, but also because at least three
people here don't seem to understand who I was talking
to. Trying to help them appear less STOOOPID, I remind 
them of a stern dictum issued by She Who Must Not Be 
Disobeyed herself:

"Hey, doofus, nobody was talking to you. End of story."
- Judy Stein, 13 October 2013

Anyway, what I was trying to say *to you* earlier is that
while I understand that it pains you to see Willytex 
spouting bullshit here on FFL, when you fall for it and
get into it with him, you're playing *his* game, not yours.
He's trolled you. 

That's just what he and the other troll I mentioned earlier
DO. They lie in wait for someone to say something, then
they rush out and search Google or Wikipedia or some
batch of saved files and they post a "rebuttal." 

It isn't *really* a rebuttal, of course -- it's an invitation
for you to argue with them. If you do, they win. That's
just how trolls think. 

The thing is, even if you *don't* fall for it and argue with
them, they'll find a way to spin *that* and consider it a 
"win" for them, too. Just as the three people whom *I* did
not respond to (and wasn't talking to in the first place)
did today. 

I'm not faulting your scholarship, or trying to start some 
kinda argument with you, either. I'm just pointing out The
Nature Of Trolls, and reminding you that it really *isn't*
worth your time to try to rebut or correct them. They don't
care about that. ALL that they care about is that they got
you to argue with them. 

IMO, doing so is a classic waste of time. But if you've got
so much time left in this life that you don't mind wasting 
it, forgive me for butting in and more power to ya...argue 
with them all you want. Your call...
 

 Barry takes the time and the 'trouble' to once more advise someone about 
falling for and responding to and satisfying the 'trolls' of FFL all the while 
in doing so he is responding to and falling for and satisfying the 'trolls' of 
FFL. If you really wanted to prove your point, Barry, and follow your own 
advice you'd button it.



 

[FairfieldLife] Tea Party is Over

[jr_esq]

This is according to business groups and GOP establishment. 
 

 
http://news.yahoo.com/business-gop-establishment-tea-party-over-163718915--politics.html
 
http://news.yahoo.com/business-gop-establishment-tea-party-over-163718915--politics.html

[FairfieldLife] RE: Maharishi even Revived Music, in the 20th Century

[dhamiltony2k5]

Is oriental pentatonic scale spiritual or hallucinatory? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 The Beatles meet Maharishi: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kKK0bCSIR4E

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: An app for the STD generation

[s3raphita]

Re "Seraphita, you are so far out of Barry's league it is laughable.":
 

 Perhaps I'm just the squeamish type. The truth is I wouldn't sleep with 
someone if I had come down with something as trivial as a cold! How people can 
have sex knowing they have serious infections is beyond me. (At least if they 
don't *inform* the partner. True love can make couples willingly decide to 
embrace each other - and the consequences.)
 

 Some of my all-time favourite writers are those 19th-century decadents. It 
astonishes me that so many - maybe most - of those brilliant, sensitive, 
creative artists I so admire had syphilis (contracted from - and then passed on 
to - prostitutes) and suffered the horrendous consequences, usually having to 
resort to a vast intake of opium for relief and many dying insane. Talk about 
suffering for art. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 The thing is: would you really want to bed someone who took monthly tests to 
see what STDs he/she might have picked up over the past four weeks? It reminds 
me of a spoof condom ad I saw with the tag line: "Let's face it, if she'd sleep 
with you, she'd sleep with anyone." Isn't life so much simpler if you find a 
soul mate and stay faithful to each other? Sigh . . . Guess I'm just 
old-fashioned.
 

 Re "I read a short rap by one of my favourite authors, Ursula K. Le Guin":
 

 The only one of her books I've read was The Lathe of Heaven which didn't 
really work for me. However, I've always had a soft spot for anarchist ideas 
and I understand that two sci-fi titles that pick up on this theme in a 
sympathetic style are Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress and Le Guin's The 
Dispossessed. (One hostile critic of The Dispossessed dismissed it with the 
comment: "Happy campers in North Korea". Ouch!)
 

 Have you read either and would recommend?
 

 Seraphita, you are so far out of Barry's league it is laughable. He no more 
knows what to do about/with you and your posts than he would know what to do 
with a delicately spun glass implement. You're having fun with him now and I'm 
having fun observing. 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 A number of years ago, I read a short rap by one of my favorite authors, 
Ursula K. Le Guin. In it, she brilliantly pinpointed something about the 
"sexual revolution" that I had never seen pinpointed before, and have rarely 
since -- its brevity. 

She defined the "sexual revolution" as that short period of history that 
existed between the invention of penicillin and the birth control pill, and the 
entrance of AIDS. 

That was it, according to her. At *every other time in human history*, having 
sex was a potentially fatal experience. Women could easily die in childbirth, 
and before penicillin diseases like syphilis were largely untreatable, and 
sometimes fatal. 

We now live in the post-sexual-revolution era. At this point, sex has become a 
potentially fatal experience again, or at the very least, an experience that 
could lead to some non-fatal but pretty devastating STDs. 

That's why I see this guy, and his app, kinda as heroes in the ongoing sexual 
revolution. He took a problem and solved it, fairly gracefully. 

http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 
http://www.fastcompany.com/3020641/meet-the-safest-man-in-america-to-have-sex-with
 



 

 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Rue de l'Esperance

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I'm into gratitude these days. I just find one little thing to feel grateful 
for and then a whole bunch of other stuff pops into my mind.
 

 How does one get "into gratitude"? Isn't it something spontaneous and 
unexpected? Isn't it something that can occur at any moment, unannounced and 
heartfelt? Or maybe you just decide it is the day to feel grateful because you 
haven't felt that for a while and it is probably time -sort of like deciding 
you better take that multi vitamin because you haven't done so for a week now.
 

 Feeling grateful for things in your life, in the world around you isn't some 
prescriptive necessity. It's either present or it isn't. What, in particular, 
are you grateful for today Share? And did you feel that right out of the wild 
blue yonder? Or did you have to conciously put your attention on the fact that 
it was Monday and so you had to experience some aspect of gratefulness  - like 
wearing that pair of underwear that corresponds to the appropriate day of the 
week because it says "Monday".
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm 
http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm I've even been grateful 
for gratitude (-:

 
 
 On Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams  
wrote:
 
   
 Hope - yeah, that's the ticket!
 
 A detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited poor 
American anti-social bachelor, alone and self-absorbed, wearing a goatee and a 
black T-shirt, typing into an iPhone - utterly free. That's our Uncle Tantra - 
full of hope that someone, anyone, will love him for what he is - a great and 
wise spiritual teacher. Go figure.
 
 There's_Gonna_Be_a_God_Damn_Riot_in_Here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175989/
 
 On 10/26/2013 8:27 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
 
   That's what it says on the steet sign across the road from where I'm
 sitting. The Street Of Hope. Cool. And the password for the free Wifi at
 this cafe is 'cafe'. That's cool, too. And they have Westmalle Tripel.
 That's just WAY cool. What can I say? I am easily amused by little
 things.
 
 But still, doesn't sitting down in a new cafe to write in and
 discovering that you're literally sitting on the Street Of Hope sound
 like a *sign*? Maybe what I should write about, in this new writing
 cafe, is HOPE.
 
 OK, here goes.
 
 Hope. I still have it, in spades.
 
 Despite what has been said about me on this forum and others in the
 past, I am *not* at heart a cynic. I know few people *more* hopeful than
 I am. And I see ample reason in the world I see around me to *be*
 hopeful.
 
 It's really not such a bad place.
 
 Get over it, if you believe it is.
 
 This world is full of great beauty and great art and great love. And
 these things are there even in the darkest corners of supposed
 hopelessness. And what you focus on, you become.
 
 When I find someone who's invented a new artform, as has Elena Divina
 with her Cyr wheel in the videos I posted earlier, I focus on that, and
 I feel more hopeful. A world that can produce that is FAR from hopeless.
 
 It's like the ending to Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose Of Cairo."
 Cecilia (Mia Farrow) has had a bad day. She's on the street, homeless
 after telling her abusive husband to fuck off, and finding out that the
 other man she'd fallen in love with is fictional. She has nowhere to
 stay, and nowhere to go, and has very little money in her pockets. But
 she finds herself standing in front of a movie theater, and spends one
 of her last coins to go in and watch the movie.
 
 And up on the screen is Fred Astaire. And suddenly there is hope.
 Because no world that has Fred Astaire in it could possibly be hopeless.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 



 

[FairfieldLife] Some Wonderful Images

[awoelflebater]

http://www.billgekas.com http://www.billgekas.com 
 

 This is the daughter of the Australian photographer. Go to "Gallery".

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Rue de l'Esperance

[doctordumbass]

Its a good challenge, Ann. I never much cared for affirmations of the day, or 
any of that. You show a lot more gratitude for Share, through your response to 
her, than she does, through the unfocused expression of gratitude she has made. 

 

 Oftentimes, when people are blocked from seeing themselves completely, due to 
past trauma, they attempt to reconnect with themselves, by seeing teachers, who 
make them feel good, or adopting any strategy, like "mindfulness", or 
affirmation, to try to increase their range of feeling. 

 

 Until that trauma is recognized, and healed, the expressions of that limited 
range of feeling, can come across, to others, as vague, dry, and empty, despite 
the actual words and ideas professed (even 'gratitude'). Or, as much of Barry's 
stuff does, it comes across as too well rehearsed; detailed, but like a house 
that has been vacant for a long time. 

 

 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I'm into gratitude these days. I just find one little thing to feel grateful 
for and then a whole bunch of other stuff pops into my mind.
 

 How does one get "into gratitude"? Isn't it something spontaneous and 
unexpected? Isn't it something that can occur at any moment, unannounced and 
heartfelt? Or maybe you just decide it is the day to feel grateful because you 
haven't felt that for a while and it is probably time -sort of like deciding 
you better take that multi vitamin because you haven't done so for a week now.
 

 Feeling grateful for things in your life, in the world around you isn't some 
prescriptive necessity. It's either present or it isn't. What, in particular, 
are you grateful for today Share? And did you feel that right out of the wild 
blue yonder? Or did you have to conciously put your attention on the fact that 
it was Monday and so you had to experience some aspect of gratefulness  - like 
wearing that pair of underwear that corresponds to the appropriate day of the 
week because it says "Monday".
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm 
http://www.gratefulness.org/brotherdavid/a-good-day.htm I've even been grateful 
for gratitude (-:

 
 
 On Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:11 AM, Richard J. Williams  
wrote:
 
   
 Hope - yeah, that's the ticket!
 
 A detailed depiction of a certain taboo male fantasy: the uninhibited poor 
American anti-social bachelor, alone and self-absorbed, wearing a goatee and a 
black T-shirt, typing into an iPhone - utterly free. That's our Uncle Tantra - 
full of hope that someone, anyone, will love him for what he is - a great and 
wise spiritual teacher. Go figure.
 
 There's_Gonna_Be_a_God_Damn_Riot_in_Here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175989/
 
 On 10/26/2013 8:27 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
 
   That's what it says on the steet sign across the road from where I'm
 sitting. The Street Of Hope. Cool. And the password for the free Wifi at
 this cafe is 'cafe'. That's cool, too. And they have Westmalle Tripel.
 That's just WAY cool. What can I say? I am easily amused by little
 things.
 
 But still, doesn't sitting down in a new cafe to write in and
 discovering that you're literally sitting on the Street Of Hope sound
 like a *sign*? Maybe what I should write about, in this new writing
 cafe, is HOPE.
 
 OK, here goes.
 
 Hope. I still have it, in spades.
 
 Despite what has been said about me on this forum and others in the
 past, I am *not* at heart a cynic. I know few people *more* hopeful than
 I am. And I see ample reason in the world I see around me to *be*
 hopeful.
 
 It's really not such a bad place.
 
 Get over it, if you believe it is.
 
 This world is full of great beauty and great art and great love. And
 these things are there even in the darkest corners of supposed
 hopelessness. And what you focus on, you become.
 
 When I find someone who's invented a new artform, as has Elena Divina
 with her Cyr wheel in the videos I posted earlier, I focus on that, and
 I feel more hopeful. A world that can produce that is FAR from hopeless.
 
 It's like the ending to Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose Of Cairo."
 Cecilia (Mia Farrow) has had a bad day. She's on the street, homeless
 after telling her abusive husband to fuck off, and finding out that the
 other man she'd fallen in love with is fictional. She has nowhere to
 stay, and nowhere to go, and has very little money in her pockets. But
 she finds herself standing in front of a movie theater, and spends one
 of her last coins to go in and watch the movie.
 
 And up on the screen is Fred Astaire. And suddenly there is hope.
 Because no world that has Fred Astaire in it could possibly be hopeless.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 



 

[FairfieldLife] Re: An app for the STD generation

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
>  Re "I read a short rap by one of my favourite authors, Ursula K. Le
Guin":
>
>  The only one of her books I've read was The Lathe of Heaven which
didn't really work for me. However, I've always had a soft spot for
anarchist ideas and I understand that two sci-fi titles that pick up on
this theme in a sympathetic style are Heinlein's The Moon Is a Harsh
Mistress and Le Guin's The Dispossessed. (One hostile critic of The
Dispossessed dismissed it with the comment: "Happy campers in North
Korea". Ouch!)
>
>  Have you read either and would recommend?

It's been so long since I read "The Lathe Of Heaven" that I don't
remember it. I don't remember "The Dispossessed" if I read it.

The book that is considered her masterwork, and rightly, is
"The Left Hand Of Darkness."

[FairfieldLife] Mean Girls, the study

[TurquoiseB]

Here's an interesting article.

http://www.livescience.com/40717-indirect-aggression-between-females-wor\
ks.html

[FairfieldLife] Comic Sutra

[TurquoiseB]

Another interesting article:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115361/comic-sutra-how-animated-porn-\
star-changing-indian-culture
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Police State Amerika

[emptybill]

This is just another example of the continuing militarization of local police 
forces throughout the USA. 

Welcome to Barack Hussein's Amerik-ass. Brought to you by all those Chicago 
gangsters and their wonderful White House lackey.

Love him now?
  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 This happened only about an hour's drive from where I live. I would 
 think the CHP would be better than this:
 http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/photo-checkpoint-cops-point-guns-at-motorists/ 
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/photo-checkpoint-cops-point-guns-at-motorists/
 
 Coming soon to a location near you.
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Police State Amerika

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> This is just another example of the continuing militarization of local
police forces throughout the USA.
>
> Welcome to Barack Hussein's Amerik-ass. Brought to you by all those
Chicago gangsters and their wonderful White House lackey.
>
> Love him now?

Living in Europe, sometimes I read the news and find myself
quoting Lord John Whorfin / Dr. Emilio Lizardo:

  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H86_kRn8Sws


Planet, yes. Country, no.

Also, continuing our series "Famous people from New Jersey" --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd56CIFSMI4


:-)

> ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@ wrote:
>
>  This happened only about an hour's drive from where I live. I would
>  think the CHP would be better than this:
> 
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/photo-checkpoint-cops-point-guns-at-motorists\
/ 

>
>  Coming soon to a location near you.
>