[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[RoryGoff]

* * Happy Birthday to You, RD! May this next year be filled to overflowing with 
all good things imaginable and unimaginable!

And Happy Birthday to FFL! Many thanks to You, Rick. What a fantastic place 
this has been to clarify the Work that needs to be done in any given moment! 
And also along these lines, if it weren't for FFL, Rena and I would almost 
certainly not be enjoying the sweet community here in Fairfield now. So for 
that, too, you have our gratitude and our thanks.

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> Happy Birthday RD - always enjoy your stuff!
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > >
> > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> > > On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> > > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > >
> > 
> > Happy Birthday FFLife! Thanks, Rick and Alex for such a glorious play 
> > station. Today is my birthday too. Sing it, Marilyn! 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck
> > 
> > > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB 
> > > > Shriver,
> > > > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > > > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Bob Brigante!
> > > 
> > > I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> > > Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
> > >
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[P Duff]

That's nice talk.

Think you it likely that were I possessed of such beefy, swaggering 
manhood that I should fritter away my time cavorting about town?  Rather 
I should find myself at home holed up w/ my wife, awash in libidinous 
excess.  Alas and alack, my walk more closely approximates this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVdGam3G2U

It's a bitch getting old.

P Duff

turquoiseb wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself. I had 
>> posted a bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much 
>> qualify as an old-timer. It's great to "see" once again the 
>> folks w/ whom I spent memorable time, hanging in there and 
>> hanging out together.
> 
> Welcome, P. I remember you and your characteristic walk:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Dirt kicked to the curb goes into the gutter.
Professionals kicked to the curb go into retail.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[cardemaister]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>
> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself.  I had posted a 
> bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much qualify as an 
> old-timer.  It's great to "see" once again the folks w/ whom I spent 
> memorable time, hanging in there and hanging out together.
> 
> P Duff

Thx for "prolly", P! ;D

> 
> 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Ravi Yogi]

Happy Birthday to FFL.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB
Shriver,
> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>
> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself. I had 
> posted a bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much 
> qualify as an old-timer. It's great to "see" once again the 
> folks w/ whom I spent memorable time, hanging in there and 
> hanging out together.

Welcome, P. I remember you and your characteristic walk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM

:-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[seventhray1]

Thanks for a fresh POV.


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>
> Thank you, Alex. It's nice to be remembered.
> After 25 years too many, Judy and I were divorced. My ex-wife really
> likes the neighborhood so she became my neighbor, a scant five houses
> away; handy when her toilet acts up, like tonight.
>
> Meanwhile I have moved on to something better by far. I recently
> re-married (one yr tomorrow. Happy Anniversary!) and we live a life of
> devotion. Not some drippy, gold crown and bed sheet palaver, but by
> virtue of the better attributes that we enliven in each other. Tami,
my
> wife, asked me to each her to meditate but it has been over 30 yrs
since
> I've taught. I'm not sure that my transcender can hold all that
> material. Anybody got Cliff Notes for TM instruction?
>
> P
>
> Alex Stanley wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff pduff@ wrote:
> >> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself. I had
> >> posted a bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much
> >> qualify as an old-timer. It's great to "see" once again the
> >> folks w/ whom I spent memorable time, hanging in there and
> >> hanging out together.
> >>
> >> P Duff
> >
> >
> > Wow, there's a blast from the past. My recollection is that when
you're not busy making beer for Homer Simpson, you enjoy married life
with a woman who's heavily into some flavor of energetic,
hootin'n'hollerin', twitchin' on the floor, Christianity. Welcome back!
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Dirt kicked to the curb goes into the gutter.
> Professionals kicked to the curb go into retail.
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[P Duff]

Thank you, Alex. It's nice to be remembered.
After 25 years too many, Judy and I were divorced.  My ex-wife really 
likes the neighborhood so she became my neighbor, a scant five houses 
away; handy when her toilet acts up, like tonight.

Meanwhile I have moved on to something better by far.  I recently 
re-married (one yr tomorrow.  Happy Anniversary!) and we live a life of 
devotion.  Not some drippy, gold crown and bed sheet palaver, but by 
virtue of the better attributes that we enliven in each other.  Tami, my 
wife, asked me to each her to meditate but it has been over 30 yrs since 
I've taught.  I'm not sure that my transcender can hold all that 
material.  Anybody got Cliff Notes for TM instruction?

P

Alex Stanley wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself. I had
>> posted a bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much
>> qualify as an old-timer.  It's great to "see" once again the
>> folks w/ whom I spent memorable time, hanging in there and
>> hanging out together.
>>
>> P Duff
>  
>  
> Wow, there's a blast from the past. My recollection is that when you're not 
> busy making beer for Homer Simpson, you enjoy married life with a woman who's 
> heavily into some flavor of energetic, hootin'n'hollerin', twitchin' on the 
> floor, Christianity. Welcome back!
> 
> 


-- 
Dirt kicked to the curb goes into the gutter.
Professionals kicked to the curb go into retail.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, P Duff  wrote:
>
> Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself. I had
> posted a bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much
> qualify as an old-timer.  It's great to "see" once again the
> folks w/ whom I spent memorable time, hanging in there and
> hanging out together.
> 
> P Duff
 
 
Wow, there's a blast from the past. My recollection is that when you're not 
busy making beer for Homer Simpson, you enjoy married life with a woman who's 
heavily into some flavor of energetic, hootin'n'hollerin', twitchin' on the 
floor, Christianity. Welcome back!

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[whynotnow7]

Happy Birthday RD - always enjoy your stuff!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > >
> 
> Happy Birthday FFLife! Thanks, Rick and Alex for such a glorious play 
> station. Today is my birthday too. Sing it, Marilyn! 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck
> 
> > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > >
> > 
> > Bob Brigante!
> > 
> > I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> > Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Buck]

Okay, alright the FFL birthday party is over, get back to 
your spiritual work now.  And, we could do with lots more effortless discipline 
from everyone around here now too.  Time to git back to your meditations. 
Everyone, now let's sit and close the eyes...

-Buck 
 



http://invincibleamerica.org/tallies.html 



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog"  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > >
> 
> Happy Birthday FFLife! Thanks, Rick and Alex for such a glorious play 
> station. Today is my birthday too. Sing it, Marilyn! 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck
> 
> > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > >
> > 
> > Bob Brigante!
> > 
> > I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> > Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
> >
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[P Duff]

Nobody thought to invite me so I have invited myself.  I had posted a 
bit in a.m.t. 10+ years ago so IMHO I pretty much qualify as an 
old-timer.  It's great to "see" once again the folks w/ whom I spent 
memorable time, hanging in there and hanging out together.

P Duff


raunchydog wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
>> On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
>> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> 
> Happy Birthday FFLife! Thanks, Rick and Alex for such a glorious play 
> station. Today is my birthday too. Sing it, Marilyn! 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck
> 
>>> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
>>> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
>>> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>>>
>> Bob Brigante!
>>
>> I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
>> Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
>>
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Dirt kicked to the curb goes into the gutter.
Professionals kicked to the curb go into retail.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[raunchydog]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> 
>  
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >

Happy Birthday FFLife! Thanks, Rick and Alex for such a glorious play station. 
Today is my birthday too. Sing it, Marilyn! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck

> > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> >
> 
> Bob Brigante!
> 
> I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[do.rflex]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>


Your efforts, including your interviews, are very much appreciated, Rick.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of authfriend
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 1:24 PM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
>
[I wrote:]
>  He coudn't have spent much time thinking about it if he
> didn't realize it was written by an FFLer who posted using
> a handle. If Rick is so strong in his support of the
> anonymity rule, why didn't he take the time to be
> reasonably confident he wouldn't be revealing a poster's
> real name?
> 
[Rick wrote:]
> I don't spend much time thinking about anything. I do these
> things during brief interludes in my work, and tend to shoot
> from the hip.

Maybe posting private emails without permission is
something you should run by Alex, if you're too busy
to assess whether you might be revealing something
that shouldn't be made public and might even be
damaging.

Or if you can't even take the time to do that, at
least delete the name and email address before you
post it, just to be safe.

(I personally don't think one should ever post a
private email without permission, unless it's a 
threat to do harm or something really dire that
*needs* to be made public.)

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of authfriend
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 1:24 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

 He coudn't have spent much time thinking about it if he
didn't realize it was written by an FFLer who posted using
a handle. If Rick is so strong in his support of the
anonymity rule, why didn't he take the time to be
reasonably confident he wouldn't be revealing a poster's
real name?

 

I don't spend much time thinking about anything. I do these things during
brief interludes in my work, and tend to shoot from the hip.

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
> > wrote:

> > > Shemp unsubscribed shortly after Rick posted a really nasty
> > > email he had received in response to a discussion on FFL. Rick
> > > and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> > > actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> > > name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.
> > 
> > Rick should never have posted the email without first
> > asking and receiving permission to do so, IMHO, no matter
> > who it was from, no matter how nasty it was. That's a
> > serious breach of electronic etiquette.
> 
> It's quite common for people to make an exception about
> posting private email when the email is abusive.

I should think it would be less common for the owner or
moderator of a group many of whose members don't use
their real names and apparently believe they have good
reason not to. At the very least he should have deleted
the name.

> > Rick
> > > and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> > > actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> > > name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.
> > 
> > But Alex, it didn't take any "sniffing around" to recognize
> > that it was from Shemp; it was obvious from what he said in
> > the email. He wasn't attempting to hide who he was, he just
> > mistakenly sent the email to Rick from the address linked to
> > his real name. He had sent an email to me once the same way
> > by accident.
> > 
> > I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
> > cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
> > to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.
> > 
> > And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
> > had done it on purpose.
> 
> I looked in my Yahoo Inbox at the emails we exchanged about
> it, and Rick seemed surprised that it was Shemp. I think Rick
> just didn't make the connection.

The email clearly referred to a recent FFL discussion
in which the writer had participated--the last exchange
was quoted at the end of the email--but nobody had ever
posted here under the name attached to the email. One
would think that would trigger a red light warning that
the writer could be an FFL member who posted here using a
handle, and that the email name was the real one.

> Rick is very stong in his support of the anonymity rule,
> even to the point of granting the special dispensation of
> restored anonymity in the case of someone who had
> previously identified himself by his real name. If Rick
> had known that mail was from Shemp, I doubt he would have
> forwarded it without the email address redacted.

He coudn't have spent much time thinking about it if he
didn't realize it was written by an FFLer who posted using
a handle. If Rick is so strong in his support of the
anonymity rule, why didn't he take the time to be
reasonably confident he wouldn't be revealing a poster's
real name?

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Rick Archer
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 1:12 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

 

  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:

[I wrote:]
> I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
> cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
> to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.
> 
> And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
> had done it on purpose.
> 
[Rick wrote:]
> It's been a few years, so my memory is fuzzy, but I'm pretty 
> careful about protecting people's anonymity, even if they've
> abusive to me. I doubt that I outed him intentionally.

Check it out, post #244508. How could you not have known that
email was from Shemp?

I don't think I did. Not everyone possesses your powers of observation and
memory in these matters, least of all I.

But if I did, I shouldn't have, and I apologize to Shemp if he's reading
this. But the more I think about it, I was a bit taken aback by the email
and it didn't dawn on me before I posted it that it was from him.

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of authfriend
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 12:57 PM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:

[I wrote:]
> I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
> cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
> to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.
> 
> And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
> had done it on purpose.
> 
[Rick wrote:]
> It's been a few years, so my memory is fuzzy, but I'm pretty 
> careful about protecting people's anonymity, even if they've
> abusive to me. I doubt that I outed him intentionally.

Check it out, post #244508. How could you not have known that
email was from Shemp?

I don't think I did. Not everyone possesses your powers of observation and
memory in these matters, least of all I.

 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:

[I wrote:]
> I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
> cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
> to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.
> 
> And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
> had done it on purpose.
> 
[Rick wrote:]
> It's been a few years, so my memory is fuzzy, but I'm pretty 
> careful about protecting people's anonymity, even if they've
> abusive to me. I doubt that I outed him intentionally.

Check it out, post #244508. How could you not have known that
email was from Shemp?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Bhairitu]

On 09/05/2011 08:55 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
> 10 years!  Nice work Rick.
>
> The place serves as a reliable place to write, to interact with interesting 
> people willing to put fingers on keys to express themselves.  It has done me 
> a lot of good, and continues to be a valuable intellectual resource and 
> mirror for my evolving perspectives on life.
>
> Weird how you launched it right before 9-11.  Oh wait, that isn't weird at 
> all, this is just my brain connecting things and imposing a pattern where no 
> pattern exists!

You mean sorta like the pattern that 19 Arabas equipped with box cutters 
were able to commandeer airliners and bring the nation to it's knees?  
That one's a real hoot.

Happy Birthday FFL! :-D

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of krysto
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 11:58 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

And yes, the old guys like LB, Brigante, Rudra Joe. Rick - I guess you did
not invite Sharalyn Harris to come back?

Forgot. Will do. Thanks for stopping by.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[krysto]

OK so I qualify as an "old-timer".  Getting used to that as the years go by...

Happy birthday, group.

I continue to skim the summaries, and not too infrequently get something to 
interest or amuse me. Thanks for all the fish...

Would it be in bad taste to summarize a few of my favorites?  This is a list of 
some that come immediately to mind, inevitably forgetting most and many who 
deserve mention, so take it as lightly as I write it:

* Curtis kicks ass - a fun writer, and a man eerily close to my own mind
* The Turq - prolific, pointed, disruptive, often fascinating
* Buck (my old friend Doug Hamilton) - a hoot to see in the role of Old 
Testament prophet
* Alex - always good for a quick grounding
* Judy - relentless and meticulous (has anyone called her Judge Judy?) She 
takes her vision of integrity very seriously, brooks no quarter.
* Rory - once all over the ooga-booga space, now playful and directly, 
plain-spokenly illuminating
* Rick - the father of it all, the deus abscondus who mostly lets his creation 
do what it must do, with only rare intervention (more balanced than the deity, 
though)
* Raunchy - one tough dog, a voice that cuts through it all
* Meow13 or whatever number it was - a gentle voice, implausibly innocent 

And yes, the old guys like LB, Brigante, Rudra Joe.  Rick - I guess you did not 
invite Sharalyn Harris to come back?

I'm gone only because I do not have the time to do my presence here justice. 
Other fish to fry.

My wishes?
1. That Judy and Turq would limit their personal attacks, chidings, baitings, 
name-callings, and innuendos to direct emails between themselves, sparing us 
all forever.
2. That the spirit of openness and curiosity that seems to prevail much more 
now than in the past will thrive. 

But who cares what I think?  Just an old-timer in to say hello.

As you were...


> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>  , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
> wrote:
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a 
> > > > > > visit. LB Shriver, Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did 
> > > > > > invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Bob Brigante!
> > > > 
> > > > Shemp.  Ever since he and OW had their final
> > > > run-in, neither has been heard from since.
> > > 
> > > My guess is that they made some kind of bet
> > > as to who could refrain from posting here the 
> > > longest, and neither is willing to lose it. :-)
> > 
> > Shemp unsubscribed shortly after Rick posted a really nasty
> > email he had received in response to a discussion on FFL. Rick
> > and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> > actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> > name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.
> 
> Rick should never have posted the email without first
> asking and receiving permission to do so, IMHO, no matter
> who it was from, no matter how nasty it was. That's a
> serious breach of electronic etiquette.

It's quite common for people to make an exception about posting private email 
when the email is abusive.
 
> Rick
> > and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> > actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> > name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.
> 
> But Alex, it didn't take any "sniffing around" to recognize
> that it was from Shemp; it was obvious from what he said in
> the email. He wasn't attempting to hide who he was, he just
> mistakenly sent the email to Rick from the address linked to
> his real name. He had sent an email to me once the same way
> by accident.
> 
> I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
> cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
> to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.
> 
> And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
> had done it on purpose.
>

I looked in my Yahoo Inbox at the emails we exchanged about it, and Rick seemed 
surprised that it was Shemp. I think Rick just didn't make the connection. Rick 
is very stong in his support of the anonymity rule, even to the point of 
granting the special dispensation of restored anonymity in the case of someone 
who had previously identified himself by his real name. If Rick had known that 
mail was from Shemp, I doubt he would have forwarded it without the email 
address redacted. 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[obbajeeba]

Happy Birthday FFL. Great fun!

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of authfriend
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 11:24 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

Rick
> and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.

But Alex, it didn't take any "sniffing around" to recognize
that it was from Shemp; it was obvious from what he said in
the email. He wasn't attempting to hide who he was, he just
mistakenly sent the email to Rick from the address linked to
his real name. He had sent an email to me once the same way
by accident.

I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.

And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
had done it on purpose.

It's been a few years, so my memory is fuzzy, but I'm pretty careful about
protecting people's anonymity, even if they've abusive to me. I doubt that I
outed him intentionally.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[authfriend]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley"  
wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a 
> > > > > visit. LB Shriver, Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did 
> > > > > invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > > > 
> > > > Bob Brigante!
> > > 
> > > Shemp.  Ever since he and OW had their final
> > > run-in, neither has been heard from since.
> > 
> > My guess is that they made some kind of bet
> > as to who could refrain from posting here the 
> > longest, and neither is willing to lose it. :-)
> 
> Shemp unsubscribed shortly after Rick posted a really nasty
> email he had received in response to a discussion on FFL. Rick
> and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.

Rick should never have posted the email without first
asking and receiving permission to do so, IMHO, no matter
who it was from, no matter how nasty it was. That's a
serious breach of electronic etiquette.

Rick
> and I sniffed around and discovered that the nasty email was 
> actually from Shemp, but from an email address tied to his real
> name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.

But Alex, it didn't take any "sniffing around" to recognize
that it was from Shemp; it was obvious from what he said in
the email. He wasn't attempting to hide who he was, he just
mistakenly sent the email to Rick from the address linked to
his real name. He had sent an email to me once the same way
by accident.

I can't imagine Rick was unaware that he had "blown Shemp's
cover" when he posted it. I think that's *why* he posted it,
to "punish" Shemp for having been nasty.

And I think that's why Shemp left, because he figured Rick
had done it on purpose.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[curtisdeltablues]

10 years!  Nice work Rick.

The place serves as a reliable place to write, to interact with interesting 
people willing to put fingers on keys to express themselves.  It has done me a 
lot of good, and continues to be a valuable intellectual resource and mirror 
for my evolving perspectives on life.

Weird how you launched it right before 9-11.  Oh wait, that isn't weird at all, 
this is just my brain connecting things and imposing a pattern where no pattern 
exists!

Happy Birthday FFL.









--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "whynotnow7"  wrote:
>
> Pregnant pause...
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> > On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >   
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > >
> > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > >
> > 
> > Bob Brigante!
> > 
> > I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> > Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
> >
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[whynotnow7]

Pregnant pause...

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday
> 
>  
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> >
> > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> > Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> > Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> >
> 
> Bob Brigante!
> 
> I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
> Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.
>

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Rick Archer]

From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Stanley
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 8:47 AM
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

 

  



--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> , "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>

Bob Brigante!

I emailed him and all the names mentioned, including Shemp, Brigante, Kirk
Bernhardt, LB Shiver, etc.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb  wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a 
> > > > visit. LB Shriver, Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did 
> > > > invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > > 
> > > Bob Brigante!
> > 
> > Shemp.  Ever since he and OW had their final
> > run-in, neither has been heard from since.
> 
> My guess is that they made some kind of bet
> as to who could refrain from posting here the 
> longest, and neither is willing to lose it. :-)
>

Shemp unsubscribed shortly after Rick posted a really nasty email he had 
received in response to a discussion on FFL. Rick and I sniffed around and 
discovered that the nasty email was actually from Shemp, but from an email 
address tied to his real name. With his cover blown, he unsubscribed.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine  wrote:
>
> On Sep 5, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Alex Stanley wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a 
> > > visit. LB Shriver, Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did 
> > > invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
> > 
> > Bob Brigante!
> 
> Shemp.  Ever since he and OW had their final
> run-in, neither has been heard from since.

My guess is that they made some kind of bet
as to who could refrain from posting here the 
longest, and neither is willing to lose it. :-)

[FairfieldLife] Re: Today is FFL's 10th Birthday

[Alex Stanley]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer"  wrote:
>
> I had meant to invite some of the old-timers back for a visit. LB Shriver,
> Thom Krystofiak, Off World Beings (did invite him), Rudra Joe/Kirk
> Bernhardt. Can you think of others?
>

Bob Brigante!