Here and Now...What's Happening?

[araucaria]

http://www.barnorama.com/wp-content/images/2013/01/shut-up-and-take-my-money/02-shut-up-and-take-my-money.jpg
An interesting new version of the six-pack.

[ulli]

http://www.barnorama.com/wp-content/images/2013/01/shut-up-and-take-my-money/02-shut-up-and-take-my-money.jpg
An interesting new version of the six-pack.

Yeah, a six-pack before the implant....
Afterwards it can easily turn into a backpack worn in front

[araucaria]

Yeah, a six-pack before the implant....
Afterwards it can easily turn into a backpack worn in front
Like this perhaps

[ulli]

Yeah, a six-pack before the implant....
Afterwards it can easily turn into a backpack worn in front
Like this perhaps

Ahh....I knew such a picture had to exist, somewhere.
Well done!
( how would you like your pork bellies cooked, sir?
Well done or six-pack?)

[dan33]

Five hours ago, while i was cocking, came to my mind the man who starring "Person of Interest" tv series, Jim Caviezel.... and i say to mayself while i was cutting my finger... He would be a wonderful James Bond. He fits extraordinary well into the character. He has it all.

http://scifiempire.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Person-of-Interest-Jim-Caviezel-as-Mr.-Reese-in-Reasonable-Doubt.jpg

http://img.poptower.com/pic-71548/jim-caviezel.jpg?d=1024
http://static.tvgcdn.net/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/M_R/Pa_Ph/Person_of_Interest/season2/person-of-interest190.jpg

http://scifiempire.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Person-of-Interest-The-Devils-Share-Jim-Caviezel-as-Mr.-Reese.jpg

... and the other choice is Clive Owen.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/omgicu/celebrity_images/original_35be4f1450844c16a5e19d78e2436b8f.jpg?1302618814

http://cdn.screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Clive-Owen-Oldboy.jpg

http://fotos.starmedia.com/imagenes/2012/03/clive-owen.jpg



Today I cooked gazpacho, some raw vegetable creams, tortilla de queso, croquetas , chips, Irish sirloin, raw salad and raw artichokes in vinegar. All encouraged by a 2013 young wine. :p

[Flash]

[QUOTE]Dan; Today I cooked gazpacho, some raw vegetable creams, tortilla de queso, croquetas , chips, Irish sirloin, raw salad and raw artichokes in vinegar. All encouraged by a 2013 young wine. [/QUOTE

Hum, if I ever go to Spain i want your address. Yum Yum.

[dan33]

I don't think she feels up to being exposed on a public forum any more....she is a very private person.
But I will let her know that you miss her.
Maybe she will respond to a PM?




She shared so much on a very deep level here (and now) ... and withdrew over time.

She is one of the few that made forum life worth taking the time for ... one of those that make you take a moment and reflect on lessons faced and hopefully learned for our own lives.

Hi... I miss her too. The Lioness was not only a classic but she was a column that kept us UP High too. :hug:

[dan33]

[QUOTE]Dan; Today I cooked gazpacho, some raw vegetable creams, tortilla de queso, croquetas , chips, Irish sirloin, raw salad and raw artichokes in vinegar. All encouraged by a 2013 young wine. [/QUOTE

Hum, if I ever go to Spain i want your address. Yum Yum.

He, he... will be a pleasure for any Avalonian. Yum, Yum.... dan33@telefonica.net
I've met 2 avalonians.... EARTH who is a friend from school and NEWLYN who came to Barcelona at the right moment.

[dan33]

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dan33

???? 9 guests?

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Here is the Discordian word of the day:

quinary

PRONUNCIATION:
(KWY-nuh-ree)

MEANING:
adjective:
1. Relating to five.
2. Fifth in a series.
3. Having five things or arranged in five.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin quinarius (containing five), from quini (five each), from quinque (five). Earliest documented use: 1598. If you have ever wondered what comes after primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary, here's your answer.

USAGE:
"Her eyelids were painted in a quinary array -- pearl, gunmetal, pink, midnight blue, and plum."
Avery Aster; Undressed; Ellora's Cave; 2013.

Explore "quinary" in the Visual Thesaurus.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I and the public know. / What all schoolchildren learn. / Those to whom evil is done. / Do evil in return -W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973)

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Today's strip from Snow Sez.....

[dan33]

http://www.humanoids.com/assets/CatalogueArticle/433/The-Technopriests-2_zoomed.jpg

[dan33]

Here is the Discordian word of the day:

quinary

PRONUNCIATION:
(KWY-nuh-ree)

MEANING:
adjective:
1. Relating to five.
2. Fifth in a series.
3. Having five things or arranged in five.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin quinarius (containing five), from quini (five each), from quinque (five). Earliest documented use: 1598. If you have ever wondered what comes after primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary, here's your answer.

USAGE:
"Her eyelids were painted in a quinary array -- pearl, gunmetal, pink, midnight blue, and plum."
Avery Aster; Undressed; Ellora's Cave; 2013.

Explore "quinary" in the Visual Thesaurus.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I and the public know. / What all schoolchildren learn. / Those to whom evil is done. / Do evil in return -W.H. Auden, poet (1907-1973)

http://cdn-media.hollywood.com/images/l/peterotoolemrchips.jpg

http://www.francesoir.fr/sites/default/files/dynimagecache/0/450/320/0-0-450-320-655-466/goodbye_mr_chips.png

[skippy]

Interesting encounter between esoteric and exoteric viewpoint(s). The other parts can be found on youtube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wvi4nR5KuQ

[araucaria]

Quinary

HOMOPHONE: queenery

Meaning:
1) the finery of queens
2) the queer or queried darker side of royalty

[The Alley Cat]

Serving the little ones up.. wondering what the common frequency was :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6j7UnpUMy4

[The Alley Cat]

Gotta keep it sane.. hope you all villager's having a good night/morning wherever you are at :)


http://vimeo.com/10383584

[ulli]

Gender differences and attitudes haven't changed much since I was young:

http://i.imgur.com/AIfVprN.jpg

[Wind]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1796709_723165787723913_530076775_n.jpg

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
-Kahlil Gibran

[1inMany]

Not a lot of people would understand the depth of this. But I think you all will.

This morning, I ran across this and shared it on facebook. It made some people chuckle. It isn't actually how I feel about myself, but it made me smile so I shared it. No big deal. Nothing profound here.

25009

But then just a few minutes ago...what are the odds...a picture of Wonder Woman caught my eye. And at first I thought, well that's funny, seeing her twice in one day.

http://www.rebellesociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Screen-shot-2013-08-13-at-07.26.07.png

But then I read this, which is the little article that's associated with the second picture.

http://www.rebellesociety.com/2013/08/15/5-signs-youre-on-the-heros-journey/

I don't know why I'm sharing this actually. I guess because when I read this I recognized it. Right up to the end, which I haven't reached yet in this...journey. But I'm thinking that maybe this is what is waiting. What a nice thought, you know?

Much Love,

[The Alley Cat]

Not a lot of people would understand the depth of this. But I think you all will.

This morning, I ran across this and shared it on facebook. It made some people chuckle. It isn't actually how I feel about myself, but it made me smile so I shared it. No big deal. Nothing profound here.

25009

But then just a few minutes ago...what are the odds...a picture of Wonder Woman caught my eye. And at first I thought, well that's funny, seeing her twice in one day.

http://www.rebellesociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Screen-shot-2013-08-13-at-07.26.07.png

But then I read this, which is the little article that's associated with the second picture.

http://www.rebellesociety.com/2013/08/15/5-signs-youre-on-the-heros-journey/

I don't know why I'm sharing this actually. I guess because when I read this I recognized it. Right up to the end, which I haven't reached yet in this...journey. But I'm thinking that maybe this is what is waiting. What a nice thought, you know?

Much Love,

Read the article and remembered J.Campbell's.. words.. :)

4. The Abyss has taken hold.
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” ~Joseph Campbell

Lost and empty, there is no longer a road, only darkness all around. It breathes, it hisses and all lights go out. You no longer exist, and yet you are in pain. All but catatonic, you lie there in your sweat, your tears, in the blood spilling from your broken and hopeless heart.

You believe in nothing, in no one. You are sure your end is upon you; you wish for it to come swiftly and terribly. You can do nothing but wait for your heart to stop beating, and out of this long dark night, a distant, golden glimmer, and harp music calls you through the boundaries of worlds.

Finally, you’ve broken. Finally, all your defenses have been defeated. Finally, you have no choice but to see that all you have clung to is meaningless, that it could not save you. Finally, you have surrendered to the void.
“When there’s no sign of hope in the desert, so much hope still lives inside despair. Heart, don’t kill that hope…” ~ Rumi

xx

[1inMany]

Haha, yes, Alley Cat, that's what I recognize. The last step on the journey, the one after what you quoted, is what I hope I am looking at.


5. You are ready to accept your transformation.

“The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. I feel closer to what language can’t reach. With my senses, as with birds, I climb into the windy heaven… in the ponds broken off from the sky. . .” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

The cacophony of all worlds falls silent as you cross the bridge, the only direction you can now go. Behind you there is no life. It’s funny how you glide now, swimming through the etheric soup, no longer hindered by your clumsy body, loaded down with heavy, dented armor, or bags of worthless trinkets from a world that no longer exists for you.

It is dark in the womb, but it is peaceful. You have made it to the temple. You lost everything along the way, even your identity, which no longer hinges on what you do for money, what you do for specific individuals, what kind of car you drive.

You are utterly empty and without will, you have come to realize that you cannot know what to be next and have finally let yourself go into the arms of the Great Mother, whose embrace is a soft golden cocoon where your emaciated self can finish safely disintegrating.
The caterpillar cannot imagine what it is to be a butterfly. The sperm cannot imagine what it is to be a human. And ever so slowly, you are being rebuilt. You are being made new.

You are going to be birthed one day, into a world you cannot yet fathom, into a life you did not know was possible. Where you have come from will seem like a dream, and your slate will be wiped clean by the hand of She who created you.

Though the home you now live in seems to get increasingly cramped and tight as you grow, you also have been given new ears and eyes, new limbs, a fresh and open heart, innocence. You can sense the excitement as you float, you can feel that a new dawn is now close.
You can hear their voices now, the voices of those who you are coming to save, to heal, to love into newness. You can hear them speak of you as the royalty whose arrival they eagerly await.

It takes some effort- the labor- it is uncomfortable and your new muscles, new lungs, new eyes work hard to adjust you as you squeeze through the same bridge you crossed as a tiny speck of pure potential all those long months ago, so you can emerge atoned, and blazing with soul.

“Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.” ~ Barbara Marciniak

You are no longer a slave, but a true and compassionate servant. You have no needs, only desires that burst into being by the power of the divine will you now are.

Your body, your brain, your singing heart exist only to embody God, as you, in a world that once seemed so scary, so dark, so dangerous. The dark armies are now like ant colonies.

They climb over your your big toe on their way to feed on the crumbs left behind by picnicking families, but they cannot see you, let alone harm you. Now, the dark cities where you were chased by monsters are the playground of creativity, mercy, joy, peace and happiness. Miracles are ordinary occurrences, and you give them away freely to everyone you meet. Your breath raises crystal cities, and your heart beat is the rhythm of the music that holds the universe together.

You are home again.

Then, the phone rings.

Pick it up.

:)

[1inMany]

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Yep.

[The Alley Cat]

Maybe all these archetypical passages is all well and good when drawn upon from a corner not to good.. but I'm feeling a growing disconnection from our common battleground.. it's as if whatever wise words of knowledge passed before no longer holds good.. as if the collective plasters don't hold the journey anymore.. and that from here on it's very much an unchartered journey.. no maps allowed kind of. I return to nature and the simple heart to heart connections again and again but is that not just another plaster ? If you ask me tonight I would say it's all in vain.

But Ha.. read your next post and found this then.. and my Aries sun is definitely not letting my Capricorn moon get a word in now...

“Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.” ~ Barbara Marciniak

I suspected this I did :).. !!

Much love 1inMany x

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Happy Ragnarök!

[chocolate]

I am stopping quickly to say 'Hi'.
Wanted to share Living with Wolves. One of the few amazing things that can restore my state of grace today.

RWmOtXSAr1M

I love wolves.

This is another short one:
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And I love dan33. But he know that. :)
A man who cooks, irresistible!
:)

ps. should I lay low for attackers of the social-networking posts...hm.
I never cared for what people think, but sometimes.

pps. Dan, what is wrong with Daniel Craig...? !!! :p
Yesterday I was feeling so low that I only read here from the outside. I was one of the 9 probably at one point.

[1inMany]

Oh dear, chocolate, I hope you don't think I'm an attacker of social networking posts...

True, that message came to me through fb, but I didn't receive it as folly, myself. It's like I was saying yesterday, it was some kind of sync to catch my eye and then the article seemed to describe my recent months with an uncanny accuracy.

I do hope that part 5 on the hero's journey is the light at the end of the tunnel.

My experience is a little short of the dark night described, I am still a mom/grandma. Maybe rebuilt, but all the accounts of the dark night would indicate I have not shed literally everything.

I certainly hope that doesn't mean there is more of it before it is all said and done.

[araucaria]

A man who cooks, irresistible!
:)

More like indigestible, if you ask me (instead of dan33) :)

No, I do myself an injustice. I can cook OK, But just remember 1inMany's motto: Relax: nothing is under control

[chocolate]

Well, by the looks of it you will not know that I do like to eat :). Men, not so much, but I can always find some other use for them :P .

1inMany, it WAS NOT your post that sparked my response. It was a completely different story. It is irrelevant right now, just decided to joke. I have an odd sense of humor.
Which reminded me, Carmody has a really cryptic sense of speech, that is to say, I like it!
I think I am starting to get to understand more and more.
I've put in work my extra sensory stuff.
I was laughing my ... off when I was reading the candles joke. You know, when you are so sad, that even when you are feeling like laughing you are like: do I want to laugh, or do I want to cry... that type of a feel.

I hope all of you are well, here and now!!!
LOVE always!

:rolleyes:

[1inMany]

Happy Ragnarök!


25012

:becky:

[carryattune]

Morning here. Beautiful sunshiny day. Reminds me spring is not far off. A time for proposals. This vid has been around about a year. It always makes me smile.

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[Marianne]

Carryattune, that video is so awesome! I found myself crying and laughing and cheering at the end.

[TargeT]

we got a promise of 125,000 lbs of hay per year (for 30 years!) from an alternative energy company and invited onto the radio to talk about that and our horse rescue... It's the first time my wife was on the radio, she was pretty nervous but did good (IMO).

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[Dennis Leahy]

we got a promise of 125,000 lbs of hay per year (for 30 years!) from an alternative energy company and invited onto the radio to talk about that and our horse rescue... It's the first time my wife was on the radio, she was pretty nervous but did good (IMO).

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Congrats, Target! That is awesome news for you, your wife and the horses!

Dennis

[eaglespirit]

we got a promise of 125,000 lbs of hay per year (for 30 years!) from an alternative energy company and invited onto the radio to talk about that and our horse rescue... It's the first time my wife was on the radio, she was pretty nervous but did good (IMO).


...and again TargeT, kudos and hats off to You : )
You and Your Wife are playing 'higher music of the most giving nature'
...alot of hard work in this commitment and it is so nice to see Others reaching out to help in big ways!

To think that You did not have any idea this was going to unfold as it has and that You were going to be doing this personally, as You are...with no strong prior plan whatsoever.

You and Your Wife are truly riding a Spiritual Wave that will raise the bar of these changes taking place all over the world..."selfless changes"!

Aho!

[ulli]

I'm very happy for you and your family and all those lucky horsies, Target.

And speaking of horses; just last week a baby horsie appeared right here in front of our cabina...

A pleasure watching it grow, and learning to run....

(My windows in the top right of the photo)

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1796699_10203338748615396_1069247396_n.jpg

[TargeT]

I'm very happy for you and your family and all those lucky horsies, Target.

And speaking of horses; just last week a baby horsie appeared right here in front of our cabina...

A pleasure watching it grow, and learning to run....

(My windows in the top right of the photo)

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1796699_10203338748615396_1069247396_n.jpg

Baby horses are the funnest! so spunky and energetic! haha

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such the epitome of youth... haha

3 of our mares we rescued are pregnant, can't wait to see their babies :)

[onawah]

I've been watching the progress of the horse rescue on Facebook.
It was very heartening to see that the hay had been donated and the horses have a chance now to thrive, instead of starve!

[chocolate]

Hello! A new day here and now! I love the birds outside.

I stopped by to share:
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for Carmody:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/5521_764291143591899_581683662_n.jpg

:)

[meeradas]

It's Bill's birthday again...
no time to start another thread for this;
i'll just deliver my traditional (same as ev'ry year: "It's the hat") b-day greetings here:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=4903&d=1298479353

Happy birthday, Bill!

[pugwash84]

Happy Birthday

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyS0NlYCIHDHFFN4Z1G5rmMh6745-z-4uXlaKSvEEACeGP7uph

[ulli]

Baby horses are the funnest! so spunky and energetic! haha

yZaKlQ2EnK8

such the epitome of youth... haha

3 of our mares we rescued are pregnant, can't wait to see their babies :)

Wow, that horse is having a ball.....

[McMaster]

I'm sure you all have seen these, but thought I should share these with you. I find these songs inspiring.
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And something that makes me cry every time I watch it. not from sadness, but from beauty of her words.

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[carryattune]

Good Morning. Barely. Almost noon here. All of Avalon must be sleeping. So is FB. This little ditty came to mind.
So wake up. Wake up you sleepyheads.

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[Synchronicity]

I'm very happy for you and your family and all those lucky horsies, Target.

And speaking of horses; just last week a baby horsie appeared right here in front of our cabina...

A pleasure watching it grow, and learning to run....



(My windows in the top right of the photo)

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1796699_10203338748615396_1069247396_n.jpg

Baby horses are the funnest! so spunky and energetic! haha

yZaKlQ2EnK8

such the epitome of youth... haha

3 of our mares we rescued are pregnant, can't wait to see their babies :)

Oh, that video is hilarious!!!!!!

[dan33]

I am stopping quickly to say 'Hi'.
Wanted to share Living with Wolves. One of the few amazing things that can restore my state of grace today.

RWmOtXSAr1M

I love wolves.

This is another short one:
ysa5OBhXz-Q

And I love dan33. But he know that. :)
A man who cooks, irresistible!
:)

ps. should I lay low for attackers of the social-networking posts...hm.
I never cared for what people think, but sometimes.

pps. Dan, what is wrong with Daniel Craig...? !!! :p
Yesterday I was feeling so low that I only read here from the outside. I was one of the 9 probably at one point.

he, he... I have nothing against Daniel Craig.
When I cook my mind gets calm and i enjoy every step... and i imagine stories that make me laugh. If you cook with laughs or love ...diners will receive the same.

Like Water for Chocolate. The images speak for themselves.
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:p for chocolate

[chocolate]

Dan, you know, when I cook, which happens rarely, but it does, I also get very calm! I just realized that when I read your words. I think that is my favorite part of the whole process, unless I am starving.

Love! :)
I must find a reason to visit Spain.

Goodnight from me, and hope everyone will have a good Sunday, Bill - a great birthday, with lots of cake, tea (as Marianne pointed out) and a good weather.
How can I know Bill doesn't drink coffee... if he doesn't. I forgot he is an Englishman... anyway. It gets too complicated around such events.
And just for information, if anyone cared to know, this forum is a rather ... 'people' place. I have to put some extra effort sometimes to just get along the overall 'social' buzz.

At least if you don't see me around much will know why.

:)

[ulli]

This Costa Rican beach is called "Whale Bay", not only because it is shaped like a whale's tail,
but also because whales come here from both the northern and southern hemisphere to deliver their babies.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1932371_647679871961329_79427567_n.jpg

[gripreaper]

Should I go for it?

https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/6052_1094416849846_8363177_n.jpg

[Carmody]

That hill and road in the image ^ is real, it's not photoshopped.

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[Carmody]

I could have sworn that hill was real. I keep looking for an image of it, but cannot find any.

But i did find this very real waterslide.

http://www.dvice.com/sites/dvice/files/styles/blog_post_media/public/Waterslide1.jpg?itok=kaTvt6BS

[ulli]

Astrid's mum has taken a turn for the worse.
She believes today (Monday in Australia) will be the last time she gets to see her alive.
It is tough and she asked me to ask the Villagers for prayers, for both her parents as well as herself.

May all receive strength and support from the world of Spirit during this difficult time.

[1inMany]

Sending prayers, astrid. Sending angels, may they surround each member of your family and accompany you each on this journey and provide strength and peace. I'm with you.

Much Love,

[Flash]

I am sorry for Astrid, please let her know my empathy and sympathy.

For the living, some hope:

I did talk to Salvadorian friend of mine today, We have been friend since her arrival in Canada 30 years ago. I have seen her children grow and her mine. In fact I was instrumental at getting the children in Canada during the war over there, they were starving. When they arrived and saw my two fat cats, they told me that in their country my cats would not be alive, the kid would have eaten them.

Well, today I decided to start talking spirituality, this I knew she is versed in, and then ETs, reptilians, mantids, pleiadiens, etc. I waited to see her reaction, expecting a polite silence or something like "you know, there is weird stuff sometimes" to mean I do not believe any of this, since we never ever spoke about these things.

But her comments were: "Finally, someone I will be able to talk with about these things". Hourray!!! I laughed and we started sharing what we knew. 30 years of keeping it from each other, I cannot believe it.

Then she told me one of her son was much into these things as well.

Wow!!

[dan33]

And I love dan33. But he know that. :)
A man who cooks, irresistible!

People say that i'm like a clone of Robert Palmer..... well. ask ulli we chat on skype once. :p
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:)



pps. Dan, what is wrong with Daniel Craig...? !!! :p
Yesterday I was feeling so low that I only read here from the outside. I was one of the 9 probably at one point.

People say that i'm a clone of Daniel Craig..... ask ulli, because she saw me on a photograph session beach on Costa Rica.
I do not have anything against Daniel.... DO YOU? :)

http://scullerymaidsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/daniel-craig-bulge-grab.jpg.pagespeed.ce.VXtj1iZYxQ.jpg

[dan33]

Love you Astrid.

Sending HUGS!! to you. :angel:

[1inMany]

Okay, I've had enough now. Just thought I would put this out there, set it in motion if need be. Enough!

:wizard:

Thank you. That is all.

Much Love,

[PurpleLama]

Here are two shots of the third bottle bed, now complete. The first includes Ishtar, for scale.

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[dan33]

Dan, you know, when I cook, which happens rarely, but it does, I also get very calm! I just realized that when I read your words. I think that is my favorite part of the whole process, unless I am starving.

Love! :)
I must find a reason to visit Spain.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cxMGz8AhMvU/T0IG8CfI6iI/AAAAAAAAHKI/FjEaO7b2wL0/s1600/Pep-Guardiola-Wallpaper-fc-barcelona-22614960-1440-900.jpg

http://beatrizdepares.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/tarot-de-marsella-jodorowsky-y-camoin.jpg?w=467&h=286


:)

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[Playdo of Ataraxas]

That hill and road in the image ^ is real, it's not photoshopped.

EsmxsX7fo9I

Last night by the fire, the kids and I listened to Kipling's Just So Stories on Librivox.org. They got a kick out of "The Beginning of the Armadillo"

http://ia600407.us.archive.org/19/items/just_so_stories/just_so_stories_07_kipling_reynard.mp3

https://librivox.org/author/144?primary_key=144&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results

Much love to your and your mother Astrid. Be blessed.

[Carmody]

Here are two shots of the third bottle bed, now complete. The first includes Ishtar, for scale.

2503525034

You wouldn't happen to partake of the odd blue ribbon, would you?

[eaglespirit]

Love to Astrid and Mom...may the 'village' energy help smooth the path!

[The Alley Cat]

　

The day vets and owners recognises that cats and dogs have a pure carnivore metabolism and digestion system.. fat feline and canine pets will no longer be.. this video is no doubt humiliating for Holly.. but the absurdity of it has me in a twist.. I often picture my self and my friends as if in a animated comic strip.. all with different animal characters.. we wake up happy go lucky.. taking on the day as if brand new.. only to find ourselves at the end of the day completely humiliated or misunderstood.. smiles.. I so relate to this kitty.. human behaviour is so stupid in its ignorance :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45FxGkFMmSQ

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

Sometimes it's just too much not to laugh at :) x

[ulli]

Wow.
next week at this time I'll be in Barbados.
So much to do still... Going through alternating moods of lightness and heaviness ...
and when I come here I find the posts mirror me.

Flash, I like you new Avatar, but already miss the old one.
Typical for my conflict in life and why I escape into the here and now
when I can't make a choice between past and future.


Dan33, I don't recall meeting you on any beach, ever.
Nor Daniel Craig.
No idea what Carmody was referring to when he mentioned the blue ribbon.

1inMay, I hope things turn around for you soon. Put your foot down.

[PurpleLama]

Wow.
next week at this time I'll be in Barbados.
So much to do still... Going through alternating moods of lightness and heaviness ...
and when I come here I find the posts mirror me.

Flash, I like you new Avatar, but already miss the old one.
Typical for my conflict in life and why I escape into the here and now
when I can't make a choice between past and future.


Dan33, I don't recall meeting you on any beach, ever.
Nor Daniel Craig.
No idea what Carmody was referring to when he mentioned the blue ribbon.

1inMay, I hope things turn around for you soon. Put your foot down.

That would be Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, featured prominently, albeit upside down, in the bottom pic I posted.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR15o201dz5xn6wZShDDToZsXvANNojqvwLcKbhVi5ql2sLq3xS

[Marianne]

Counting down, idling time .... Ulli, you could put idle minutes to work, I bet. Blessings on your trip to Barbados. I'm envisioning lots of people coming up to you and saying, 'shut up and take my money.' We know it has happened before!

Carmody may have been referring to beer ... Pabst Blue Ribbon. Do they still make that?

PL, thanks for showing us Ishtar.

One, don't put up with it one minute longer, LOL.

Sending bright ribbons of light to Astrid and Mom, to ease the transition.

[Wind]

"Listen... and forget all your stresses and transitory worldly problems."

KV4noVyGHa4

[Melinda]

Astrid's mum has taken a turn for the worse.
She believes today (Monday in Australia) will be the last time she gets to see her alive.
It is tough and she asked me to ask the Villagers for prayers, for both her parents as well as herself.

May all receive strength and support from the world of Spirit during this difficult time.


Thank you



http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj550/DoodlemakerUK/PrayersforAstridandherfamily_zps450f1ed1.jpg

[Carmody]

"Listen... and forget all your stresses and transitory worldly problems."

KV4noVyGHa4

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?68790-A-Quarter-of-Americans-Think-the-Sun-Orbits-the-Earth&p=801411&viewfull=1#post801411

[meeradas]

Beer shots? What about some XXXX pictures (http://www.delphinus.demon.co.uk/other/xxxx.html)?

Mornin', village.

And, laqhCKLDRAo

PS: On a deleting spree

[Hervé]

Just bursting in to place a call for this young lady in dire need of an energy boost and healing for a planned surgery having to do with possible uro-uterine complications:
Jean-Marie (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?3690-Jean-Marie)

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/customavatars/avatar3690_1.gif (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?3690-Jean-Marie)
Join Date 28th January 2011
Location Park Ridge Illinois
Age 49

[carryattune]

Amzer Zo. May your friend receive an abundance of healing and blessings. Jean-Marie. Be well.

[dan33]

Wow.
next week at this time I'll be in Barbados.
So much to do still... Going through alternating moods of lightness and heaviness ...
and when I come here I find the posts mirror me.

Flash, I like you new Avatar, but already miss the old one.
Typical for my conflict in life and why I escape into the here and now
when I can't make a choice between past and future.


Dan33, I don't recall meeting you on any beach, ever.
Nor Daniel Craig.
No idea what Carmody was referring to when he mentioned the blue ribbon.

1inMay, I hope things turn around for you soon. Put your foot down.

That would be Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, featured prominently, albeit upside down, in the bottom pic I posted.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR15o201dz5xn6wZShDDToZsXvANNojq vwLcKbhVi5ql2sLq3xS


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sm8JM-K1dc


I posted this Guinnes ad two years ago.
PurpleLamas reminds me to share again.

iVHy8MG2CQU

[ulli]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1653880_725807580777856_598911874_n.jpg

[Marianne]

A lullaby for those of us toddling off to sleep.
kxTghSZupv8
I love you all so much. Thank you for being who you are.

[araucaria]

A lullaby for those of us toddling off to sleep.
kxTghSZupv8
I love you all so much. Thank you for being who you are.
A lullaby to wake up to, lovely. Thanks Marianne :)

[dan33]

Devic forms or writing in the "ether"

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=25056&d=1393415942

From the Book "Structures of Devic Shapes" by Vicente Beltran Anglada. (1982)

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/attachment.php?attachmentid=25055&d=1393415926

[1inMany]

This morning I am pondering fate. The ethical question comes to the forefront when contemplating fiddling with another person's life situation. That sounds wrong, doesn't it? But what if you could reach in and stir a little something or other inside another person, an aspect that was sleeping possibly. Would you? Isn't this what healing is? And I'm sick to death of hearing about free will at this point, because I certainly don't see a lot of that. Hear a lot about it, yes. See it? No.

So would the key, then, be sending something out into the Universe, or reaching in and pulling at something, much like a magnet just to make a certain aspect more visible, and allowing this other person's higher self allow or disallow it? That would seem to be the best way to go.

I think.

[Swan]

So would the key, then, be sending something out into the Universe, or reaching in and pulling at something, much like a magnet just to make a certain aspect more visible, and allowing this other person's higher self allow or disallow it? That would seem to be the best way to go.

I think.

Had to jump in...to say Yes.

I never really got the "asking permission" thing. I give people healing at the supermarket if it feels appropriate. If they don´t want to receive it, then they don´t. I´m just offering.

[1inMany]

I agree, Swan. I'm not sure about actions I can take past healing though. I'm thinking, doing something that I see could be done, past healing, is still the right thing for me to do. Not that I want to open the can of worms as to right vs wrong. But, there is a lot I could do, and that works, in other arenas beyond healing.

That's where it gets gray for me.

[PurpleLama]

I say Heal 'em all, and let God sort it out.

[eaglespirit]

This morning I am pondering fate. The ethical question comes to the forefront when contemplating fiddling with another person's life situation. That sounds wrong, doesn't it? But what if you could reach in and stir a little something or other inside another person, an aspect that was sleeping possibly. Would you? Isn't this what healing is? And I'm sick to death of hearing about free will at this point, because I certainly don't see a lot of that. Hear a lot about it, yes. See it? No.

So would the key, then, be sending something out into the Universe, or reaching in and pulling at something, much like a magnet just to make a certain aspect more visible, and allowing this other person's higher self allow or disallow it? That would seem to be the best way to go.

I think.

What if You were to share a story with that person of someone that had actually had a similar issue that overcame that issue by a simple change of heart and allowance in their own life...tell a story, write a story, share a story...so that it does not seem to the person you are sharing with that you are trying to interfere.
...just a thought

[ulli]

I say Heal 'em all, and let God sort it out.

Traditions are passed down the generations as "gospel",
and obeying the letter of these laws, whether Pagan or Christian, no difference...
means one obstacles the newest law of all...
to carry forward an ever-advancing civilisation.
Just do it.

[ulli]

A lullaby for those of us toddling off to sleep.
kxTghSZupv8
I love you all so much. Thank you for being who you are.

Only now got a chance to listen to this. How beautiful! Thanks, dear Marianne.

[carryattune]

I say Heal 'em all, and let God sort it out.

Traditions are passed down the generations as "gospel",
and obeying the letter of these laws, whether Pagan or Christian, no difference...
means one obstacles the newest law of all...
to carry forward an ever-advancing civilisation.
Just do it.


I don't recall whose signature it is.............goes something like this.......evil wins when good people do nothing.

So....do it! That is something.

[Violet]

Jumping between realms of existence.

Hopping in to say hi.

[Strat]

I've got the pool league tonight and I really need a W tonight. If the Illuminati wants to abduct me on the way there, modify my body so that I never miss a shot, wipe my memory and send me to the league....I'll totally sell you guys out. Sorry!!

[eaglespirit]

I've got the pool league tonight and I really need a W tonight. If the Illuminati wants to abduct me on the way there, modify my body so that I never miss a shot, wipe my memory and send me to the league....I'll totally sell you guys out. Sorry!!

...May The Force Be With You, Strat : )

[Carmody]

Note the flare off the sun, a x4.9 flare, the biggest type...at the same time things are heating up.

[ulli]

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/06-discover-interview-roger-penrose-says-physics-is-wrong-string-theory-quantum-mechanics#.Uw8E8Mu9KSM

Roger Penrose says physics is wrong.

[ulli]

Another volcano in Costa Rica is waking up. I must say, if I had been visiting when this eruption happened yesterday
I might have lost my calm.

This photo is the view from the tourist area. Poas' crater is one of the largest on the planet, a couple of km diameter.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1904006_10152199892705186_1113159535_n.jpg

[Dennis Leahy]

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/06-discover-interview-roger-penrose-says-physics-is-wrong-string-theory-quantum-mechanics#.Uw8E8Mu9KSM

Roger Penrose says physics is wrong.The "dead cat" thing is a silly leap, a non-sequitur, and poor logic. Why not say that the quintillions of individual quantum "particles" (as Penrose described) are individually there or not there? That would mean that what we experience as "cat" would be enough present "cat particles" to make a cat. It wouldn't matter that not every "cat particle" was there (existed) simultaneously, as long as enough "cat particles" were in an extant phase to display a cat. Why (theoretically) "kill" the whole cat? What are the odds that not enough "cat particles" exist to define a cat, and if it happened wouldn't that make a temporarily invisible cat (or a cat that drops out of existence temporarily and momentarily) rather than a "dead" cat?

Dennis

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Cheshire_Cat_Tenniel.png

[araucaria]

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/sep/06-discover-interview-roger-penrose-says-physics-is-wrong-string-theory-quantum-mechanics#.Uw8E8Mu9KSM

Roger Penrose says physics is wrong.The "dead cat" thing is a silly leap, a non-sequitur, and poor logic. Why not say that the quintillions of individual quantum "particles" (as Penrose described) are individually there or not there? That would mean that what we experience as "cat" would be enough present "cat particles" to make a cat. It wouldn't matter that not every "cat particle" was there (existed) simultaneously, as long as enough "cat particles" were in an extant phase to display a cat. Why (theoretically) "kill" the whole cat? What are the odds that not enough "cat particles" exist to define a cat, and if it happened wouldn't that make a temporarily invisible cat (or a cat that drops out of existence temporarily and momentarily) rather than a "dead" cat?

Dennis

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Cheshire_Cat_Tenniel.png
You're right Dennis, and the same applies to the poison in the thought experiment designed to kill the cat. But Penrose does say that the experiment is intended to demonstrate that you cannot generalize from one radioactive particle being there or not there to what I guess would be a radioactive cat.

The real life version of Schrodinger's cat of course was Ben Laden, 'wanted dead or alive', which is what he was for many years, evolving from alive alive on 911 to alive/dead, to dead/alive, and now very dead dead.

[Dennis Leahy]

I say Heal 'em all, and let God sort it out.
That is the coolest phrase I have heard in... well, possibly my lifetime. Awesome, bro.

Dennis

[Flash]

I am actually petting a bunch of particules rolled up into a furry thing called cat, me, another buch of particules curled up into a thing call woman, while reading your posts guys:p Quite agreable. lol We are both flashing in and out of this actual life dimension. THe happy event is that we flash in at the same time. Otherwise my flahsing hand would miss my flahsing cat. Oh, it is the speed of the flashing that makes the difference!!! So I don't miss. lol

[Dennis Leahy]

Another volcano in Costa Rica is waking up. I must say, if I had been visiting when this eruption happened yesterday
I might have lost my calm.

This photo is the view from the tourist area. Poas' crater is one of the largest on the planet, a couple of km diameter.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1904006_10152199892705186_1113159535_n.jpg
Ulli, When I saw this photo, I realized I had just looked at a photo of it - yesterday. My brother-in-law is a volcanologist, and he and a colleague gathered photos of volcanoes and made a calendar. This one, Poas, is the March pin-up volcano.

On the calender, it is noted that the lake in the caldera (that would be steam in your photo!) had/has a pH between 0 and 3. Talk about acid reflux!

Dennis

[araucaria]

I say Heal 'em all, and let God sort it out.
That is the coolest phrase I have heard in... well, possibly my lifetime. Awesome, bro.

Dennis
Dennis did you have a lifetime as a Cathar when the original version was uttered against them?

[ulli]

Another volcano in Costa Rica is waking up. I must say, if I had been visiting when this eruption happened yesterday
I might have lost my calm.

This photo is the view from the tourist area. Poas' crater is one of the largest on the planet, a couple of km diameter.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1904006_10152199892705186_1113159535_n.jpg
Ulli, When I saw this photo, I realized I had just looked at a photo of it - yesterday. My brother-in-law is a volcanologist, and he and a colleague gathered photos of volcanoes and made a calendar. This one, Poas, is the March pin-up volcano.

On the calender, it is noted that the lake in the caldera (that would be steam in your photo!) had/has a pH between 0 and 3. Talk about acid reflux!

Dennis

Actually, this photo was not the one in the newspaper yesterday. I believe it was taken last year.
The one in the newspaper (let me see if I can find it) shows a volcanologist taking a sample from the crater lake,
and while it looks a lot less dramatic than this one, it made me realize how incredible brave those people are who take on such risky jobs.
Without them it would not be possible to know beforehand when to close the National Park there to the public,
and if left too late thousands of tourists could die in an unannounced major eruption.

[Carmody]

Yesterday I was asked if I had read the Necrinomicon. I said not a chance. I've no idea what it is, really. I just went and looked it up, I read the wiki entry. Which is probably as false as it gets, as wiki entries go. Then the line of questioning went down the alchemical road.

It was an interesting bit of 'interrogation', that was supposed to appear as a random chance meeting of like minds. Basically they let me ramble, and tried to draw conclusions from that. There appeared to be four of them. One as the point man - the chance meeting dude....and two/three in the backdrop.

Don't these guys have something better to do?

[ulli]

Yesterday I was asked if I had read the Necrinomicon. I said not a chance. I've no idea what is is, really. I just went and looked it up, I read the wiki entry. Which is probably as false as it gets, as wiki entries go. Then the line of questioning went down the alchemical road.

It was an interesting bit of 'interrogation', that was supposed to appear as a random chance meeting of like minds. Basically they let me ramble, and tried to draw conclusions from that. There appeared to be four of them. One as the point man - the chance meeting dude....and two/three in the backdrop.

Don't these guys have something better to do?

To me it sounds like you are being recruited.
Don't they have anyone better to recruit?
If you ask me, I doubt it.

[Flash]

I check your spelling in WIkipedia and got this:




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So I tried Necromicon and I got this


Necronomicon


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A fan-created prop representing the Necronomicon (2004)
The Necronomicon is a fictional grimoire appearing in the stories by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his followers. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story "The Hound",[1] written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's "The Nameless City".[2] Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them.

Other authors such as August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith also cited it in their works; Lovecraft approved, believing such common allusions built up "a background of evil verisimilitude." Many readers have believed it to be a real work, with booksellers and librarians receiving many requests for it; pranksters have listed it in rare book catalogues, and a student smuggled a card for it into the Yale University Library's card catalog.[3]

Capitalizing on the notoriety of the fictional volume, real-life publishers have printed many books entitled Necronomicon since Lovecraft's death.


You are right,I may have something else to do. I do not know what you were talking about, but my bet is that they did not believe you.

[PurpleLama]

Playdo and I had a great visit last night, with him staying at the house. Good times, and I was introduced to several new beers, one of which was a new one from the brewery in my city:

http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/FireAnt_1017.png

[meeradas]

Necronomicon

Bought and read [and discarded] it (http://franken-buecher.de/dasnecronomiconderkleinereschlsselsalomonisdiegoetia-buch-1859.html?osCsid=lk1l533aqb8kdh9f05nk43nfs7)when i was fifteen...

speaking of it, let this (http://www.inhabitots.com/sausage-made-using-bacteria-from-baby-poop-could-prove-to-be-healthier/)sit for a moment.

Ugh.

PS: In case someone wants to have a look (http://issuu.com/theresistance/docs/nn---john-dee---necronomicon)

[carryattune]

Necronomicon. Huh?

[dan33]

Playdo and I had a great visit last night, with him staying at the house. Good times, and I was introduced to several new beers, one of which was a new one from the brewery in my city:

http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/FireAnt_1017.png

https://untappd.s3.amazonaws.com/photo/2014_01_29/5e046232a02474f6d4247e6c5a872d1a_640x640.jpg

http://www.iberianbeerunited.com/wp-content/themes/Accent-v1-4/Accent/timthumb.php?src=http://www.iberianbeerunited.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Creation-of-Adam-by-Steves.jpg&w=640&h=227&zc=1


http://www.iberianbeerunited.com/?p=948

[chocolate]

Hi.
Something to make you smile:
3zWHkk_U9yw
I am not (actually) here, just my intention is temporarily.
I am that boy.

[carryattune]

Beautiful isn't it?

[1inMany]

Playdo and I had a great visit last night, with him staying at the house. Good times, and I was introduced to several new beers, one of which was a new one from the brewery in my city:

http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/FireAnt_1017.png

I bet y'all had a blast...but...that label makes the beer look like it is spicy, or hot, or has cinnamon in it. Funny, usually I think of beer as cooling. The label also makes me wonder if there's some kind of bite to it. What is the difference between plain ole beer and red ale? You said you tried it, did you like it?

[PurpleLama]

It is not hot or spicy, just paying homage to the good ole fire ant (pronounced fahr aint). It is a red ale, which is a much more complex flavor than your typical american lager. I liked it better than a lot of beers I have tried, yes, but my favorite from So Pro is the Suzy B

http://drinkallthebeers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/suzyb.jpg

[araucaria]

Yesterday I read a post by someone receiving online advertising connected to their offline activity in a store. I don’t know about that personally, but I have noticed my online activity being monitored in this way. A few minutes later, I was leafing through Psychology of Everyday Life online, and paused at the passage about a portemanteau word running through the mind of his colleague Brill (who translated the book), Cardillac, being a mixture of cardiac, Carrefour, catalogue and Cadillac. Interestingly Brill mentions the word auto-analysis, but he doesn’t seem to make the connection between what he is doing and the motor vehicle…
http://www.reasoned.org/dir/lit/PEL_freud.pdf

Later in the book, Brill correctly debunks a personal experience of telepathy: the person both he and his wife were unexpectedly thinking about turns out to be in the restaurant with them. But I wonder how he would get on with the behavior of the Internet. Immediately after reading about the cardillac, I received a message from a nice spammer asking wouldn’t I like to buy a new Chevrolet. Er, no thank you, I wouldn’t like to buy anything at all, I merely have a client who is interested in Freud. I might be interested in a teleportation device some day, but only as free public transport.

What is more fascinating to me than an eavesdropping salesbot is the fact that we have a forum member called Cardillac, who is obviously also interested in Freud, and until recently was somehow silenced by his internet provider. This old/new member is a professional baritone, i.e. neither a tenor nor a bass, but a large bit of both, what James Joyce calls a ‘barreltone’, in other words a vocal factotum.

Cardillac, if you are reading this, great to have you on the forum, which also has a beautiful, versatile voice that reaches to the back of the auditorium. Here is some free public transport of another kind, the great Tito Gobbi as Figaro in the ‘make way for the factotum’ aria from Rossini’s Barber of Seville.

VMM9i5hdXZA

[Wind]

Here and now, reflecting. You know, one of those days.

UmLB1xNrlFU

[ulli]

Yesterday I read a post by someone receiving online advertising connected to their offline activity in a store. I don’t know about that personally, but I have noticed my online activity being monitored in this way. A few minutes later, I was leafing through Psychology of Everyday Life online, and paused at the passage about a portemanteau word running through the mind of his colleague Brill (who translated the book), Cardillac, being a mixture of cardiac, Carrefour, catalogue and Cadillac. Interestingly Brill mentions the word auto-analysis, but he doesn’t seem to make the connection between what he is doing and the motor vehicle…
http://www.reasoned.org/dir/lit/PEL_freud.pdf

Later in the book, Brill correctly debunks a personal experience of telepathy: the person both he and his wife were unexpectedly thinking about turns out to be in the restaurant with them. But I wonder how he would get on with the behavior of the Internet. Immediately after reading about the cardillac, I received a message from a nice spammer asking wouldn’t I like to buy a new Chevrolet. Er, no thank you, I wouldn’t like to buy anything at all, I merely have a client who is interested in Freud. I might be interested in a teleportation device some day, but only as free public transport.

What is more fascinating to me than an eavesdropping salesbot is the fact that we have a forum member called Cardillac, who is obviously also interested in Freud, and until recently was somehow silenced by his internet provider. This old/new member is a professional baritone, i.e. neither a tenor nor a bass, but a large bit of both, what James Joyce calls a ‘barreltone’, in other words a vocal factotum.

Cardillac, if you are reading this, great to have you on the forum, which also has a beautiful, versatile voice that reaches to the back of the auditorium. Here is some free public transport of another kind, the great Tito Gobbi as Figaro in the ‘make way for the factotum’ aria from Rossini’s Barber of Seville.

VMM9i5hdXZA

I finally realized why the Trololo man sounded vaguely familiar.
But what a difference, still. I apologize for even mentioning him in one sentence with Rossini.

[araucaria]

I finally realized why the Trololo man sounded vaguely familiar.
But what a difference, still. I apologize for even mentioning him in one sentence with Rossini.
Beaumarchais, on whose plays Rossini and Mozart based their libretti, was quite the 18th century revolutionary. I object when they claim the French Revolution was no more than item on the Elite agenda, like women’s lib in our own day. It is no more than an attempt to control the ultimately uncontrollable.


Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more.

“Only one thing to it: a strong stomach. The guts to gladhand a man you're going to stab in the back; pledge allegiance to principles you stomp on every day; righteously denounce some despot in the press and sell him arms under the table. The talent to whip up the voters' worst passions while you seem to call on their highest instincts, and the sense to stay wrapped in the flag. That's politics: I'll take the simple life.”

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.
And he knew all about mudslinging:

Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pierre_beaumarchais.html
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/128759.Pierre_Augustin_Caron_de_Beaumarchais

[ulli]

Here is Pandemonia Panacea, 7' tall conceptual artist, and reflection of 21 century vacancies.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Q_WNEtRhXfY/UJPF8OamBuI/AAAAAAAACuU/0dvhZt_VnVw/s630/Marlbro.jpg

Somehow I am reminded of Andy Kaufman, though, who created an alter personality that he could not escape from....


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3kmDQ5piyw/Ub58cqo7xeI/AAAAAAAAAB4/v258uq9mflE/s1600/Pandemonia+Gucci+Dior.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/p526x296/1601348_458581210910354_870487456_n.jpg

So, Pandemonia, who was created by this (male) artist, mocks fashion as a profession, and does so by making appearances at all London fashion events, with fashion victims drooling despite the fact that they are being mocked.

No wonder I needed to get out when I did.

[ulli]

Fashion journalists are often jaded people, who go to fashion shows primarily to be entertained,
and to escape boredom, while the major store buyers are desperately looking for wearable goods which they can entice the masses to buy.
And the fashion designer who wants to last in the business somehow has to cater to both needs.

Here is an example of what to do to keep the press interested
(No wonder the aliens are interested in earthlings)

6IV9DBKIslY

[araucaria]

(No wonder the aliens are interested in earthlings)

oh dear, are the aliens/earthlings that dumb?

[ulli]

(No wonder the aliens are interested in earthlings)

oh dear, are the aliens/earthlings that dumb?

Now, now, araucaria, you sound like a kid who Grandma dragged to the opera, against his will.....

[araucaria]

(No wonder the aliens are interested in earthlings)

oh dear, are the aliens/earthlings that dumb?

Now, now, araucaria, you sound like a kid who Grandma dragged to the opera, against his will.....
and did Grandma enjoy the show? For all the curlers with their brooms, it still looked to me like a very bad hair day.

[ulli]

(No wonder the aliens are interested in earthlings)

oh dear, are the aliens/earthlings that dumb?

Now, now, araucaria, you sound like a kid who Grandma dragged to the opera, against his will.....
and did Grandma enjoy the show? For all the curlers with their brooms, it still looked to me like a very bad hair day.

At least there was an attempt to get the hair fixed.
Gimme a second and I'll find you the final cut.

[Carmody]

As long as it was not Grease, the musical.

Make me think of Punk Rock vs Opera, two completely different periods and mores, yet much the same ado about nothing. Screechy reflective woebegones wrapped in reflective angst.

Something about a hole finding a way, no matter where it finds itself. Avoid the void!

[ulli]

Sorry, took me a while finding a decent hair dresser....


http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4f/c7/0d/4fc70da0ce8abf5ecbd424f64d7bdcf4.jpg

[Carmody]

Cue Daivd Byrne video....

[araucaria]

Sorry, took me a while finding a decent hair dresser....


http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/4f/c7/0d/4fc70da0ce8abf5ecbd424f64d7bdcf4.jpg
Hairdresser? More like a florist or a gardener. My fault for mentioning a hair-dressing factotum.

[meeradas]

Directly inspired by the last couple of posts...

zzPD9uoBhPM

[though i wonder how one can first [understandably] feel forced to upload this, and then opt for the lowest quality possible... got a slightly better version going, now]
---
PS: Whoever don't know the actor behind this, go here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHB9FIGuFKs)

[Carmody]

Cue Daivd Byrne video....

I type 'David Byrne' into the search engine, click...and the first on the list... is his website, about which the search engine quotes:

"I've been reading Stephen Sondheim's Finishing the Hat (book 1 of 2) about how and why he wrote lyrics for so many musicals. I'm…"

[ulli]

As long as it was not Grease, the musical.

Make me think of Punk Rock vs Opera, two completely different periods and mores, yet much the same ado about nothing. Screechy reflective woebegones wrapped in reflective angst.

Something about a hole finding a way, no matter where it finds itself. Avoid the void!


If it weren't for reflective angst where would we be now?
Angst is, after all, an effective springboard, not to be sniffed at.

[Carmody]

As long as it was not Grease, the musical.

Make me think of Punk Rock vs Opera, two completely different periods and mores, yet much the same ado about nothing. Screechy reflective woebegones wrapped in reflective angst.

Something about a hole finding a way, no matter where it finds itself. Avoid the void!


If it weren't for reflective angst where would we be now?
Angst is, after all, an effective springboard, not to be sniffed at.

It's the repetitive whiny part I'm not so fond of. Not in any mean way, just not personally interested. I've got enough whining of my own to attend to.

http://www.elle.com/accessories/trends/fall-2013-fashion-trends-punk#slide-1

http://static.grscty.com/uploads/monthly_05_2011/post-413897-13686921740477.jpg

[carryattune]

still trying to upload photo

sorry Ulli, just practicing works from pc not from phone or I pad

[ulli]

As long as it was not Grease, the musical.

Make me think of Punk Rock vs Opera, two completely different periods and mores, yet much the same ado about nothing. Screechy reflective woebegones wrapped in reflective angst.

Something about a hole finding a way, no matter where it finds itself. Avoid the void!


If it weren't for reflective angst where would we be now?
Angst is, after all, an effective springboard, not to be sniffed at.

It's the repetitive whiny part I'm not so fond of. Not any mean way, just not personally interested. I've got enough whining of my own to attend to.

http://www.elle.com/accessories/trends/fall-2013-fashion-trends-punk#slide-1

Agreed. The whining definitely disables the springboard's function.
Hey, now I know what to say when they ask me what prompted me to give up my fashion career...
I couldn't take THE WHINING. Retail was worse than wholesale....as there was a lot of idle time, while waiting for the customers. I got out, just to save my soul.

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still trying to upload photo

sorry Ulli, just practicing works from pc not from phone or I pad


Round of applause. But would you believe this is right here, right now, in my garden.
Wait, let me take a picture.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31/1617344_10203386309084378_1517494271_o.jpg

[Carmody]

mmmm... brekkies.

http://www.caht.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/beaver.jpg

[Roisin]

My apologies ahead of time if this thread is not one that someone can just post whatever is happening at any time but because I don't know that am posting the following anyway. :cool:
Today is a good day for me.
I'm an on and off smoker and woke this morning with a craving for a cig. So I strolled over to the corner snack shop and bought a pack of cigs. But then I noticed a box of e-cigs on the counter and bought one of those to try one out. Opened up the package when I got back home but didn't know if I was suppose to light it up. Turns out, all you do is puff on it and what do you know, it works!! It took care of my cig. craving like magic!

So for those here who smoke or occasionally sneak a cig when no one is around like I do sometimes, try an e-cig because it works!

[Hervé]

[...]



https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1904006_10152199892705186_1113159535_n.jpg

[...]


Actually, this photo was not the one in the newspaper yesterday. I believe it was taken last year.
[...]

Not that long ago:


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31/1614322_10152270840958447_1656394387_o.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t31/1932735_10152270842038447_1418497049_o.jpg


... a horrible thought crept in what I use as a mind... has anyone already posted these pictures? If so, then that https thing is making them invisible to my browser...

[Carmody]

My apologies ahead of time if this thread is not one that someone can just post whatever is happening at any time but because I don't know that am posting the following anyway. :cool:
Today is a good day for me.
I'm an on and off smoker and woke this morning with a craving for a cig. So I strolled over to the corner snack shop and bought a pack of cigs. But then I noticed a box of e-cigs on the counter and bought one of those to try one out. Opened up the package when I got back home but didn't know if I was suppose to light it up. Turns out, all you do is puff on it and what do you know, it works!! It took care of my cig. craving like magic!

So for those here who smoke or occasionally sneak a cig when no one is around like I do sometimes, try an e-cig because it works!

OK, but try to not get hooked on those, either. They are supposed to be (emergent research indicating) notably worse than smoking, in the long run.

[ulli]

[...]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1904006_10152199892705186_1113159535_n.jpg[...]

Actually, this photo was not the one in the newspaper yesterday. I believe it was taken last year.
[...]

Not that long ago:


https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31/1614322_10152270840958447_1656394387_o.jpg


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t31/1932735_10152270842038447_1418497049_o.jpg


... a horrible thought crept in what I use as a mind... has anyone already posted these pictures? If so, then that https thing is making them invisible to my browser...



No, Amzer. I was actually searching for pictures of this week's eruption, but could not find any.
So, thanks for these.

[Roisin]

Thanks for that info, the thought crossed my mind that with my luck, they'll come out and say that e-cigs are worse than reg. cigs. The good thing about the e-cig that I bought though is that you really have to suck on it to get anything going into your lungs. But the good thing is that feel of it is exactly like a cig. and that smoke is coming out of it when you puff on it gives the same sensation of smoking too. So the psychological aspects of that helps with my craving for a reg. cig. But will be doing research on this one. Thanks for the info.

[ulli]

My apologies ahead of time if this thread is not one that someone can just post whatever is happening at any time but because I don't know that am posting the following anyway. :cool:
Today is a good day for me.
I'm an on and off smoker and woke this morning with a craving for a cig. So I strolled over to the corner snack shop and bought a pack of cigs. But then I noticed a box of e-cigs on the counter and bought one of those to try one out. Opened up the package when I got back home but didn't know if I was suppose to light it up. Turns out, all you do is puff on it and what do you know, it works!! It took care of my cig. craving like magic!

So for those here who smoke or occasionally sneak a cig when no one is around like I do sometimes, try an e-cig because it works!

Perfect post for this thread, Roisin.
As is Carmody's warning about those e-cigs.
When I realized that the only real battle against my smoking habit had to be fought at the shop counter, I won the war.
Zooming into the NOW, there and then, right in front of that cashier, and using every bit of my will to say 'nah, I better not!'
Once I had none in the house I couldn't have any.

It only takes two weeks to get the body to shut up, and if you add together how often you are in front of a cashier during those two weeks, it actually gets reduced to less than five minutes.
Oh, and avoid your smoker friends...

[ulli]

still trying to upload photo

sorry Ulli, just practicing works from pc not from phone or I pad

One more piece of advice....this is what I do...take the picture with my iPad. Send it to my Facebook account. Then I go to my Facebook page and tap on the picture, usually twice, until I get a window that gives only two options, save, or copy. So then I tap on COPY. That gives me the URL.
Then I go to my Avalon edit page, and tap on the image icon.
The window which then pops up says "http:// "
...you have to delete that part, as your copied URL already has it.

Then put the curser in the empty box and tap on PASTE. And voila, your picture!


Here is another one:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t31/1939472_10203386278043602_32555757_o.jpg

[Roisin]

That's a great suggestion ulli and very, very true! So this is a reminder to me to stock up on things now so I don't have to make any trips to the corner store. As always, once an addict, always an addict and currently I'm having to battle my cravings again so need to do everything possible to win that battle... again.

[PurpleLama]

Daddy still here. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570049/Rumours-demise-exaggerated-Man-wakes-BODY-BAG-funeral-home-preparing-embalm-declared-dead.html)

[ulli]

That's a great suggestion ulli and very, very true! So this is a reminder to me to stock up on things now so I don't have to make any trips to the corner store. As always, once an addict, always an addict and currently I'm having to battle my cravings again so need to do everything possible to win that battle... again.

Taking about it helps. You are amongst addicts here. Actually, I don't know anyone who has all their physical urges totally under control.
And some here have quit worse habits than smoking cigarettes...like, how about 25 years of anti-depressants, or anxiety disorder meds? That battle goes on forever.....

[chocolate]

Amzer, those pictures direct to a facebook page.
I seem not to see the page, but just the icon. If I find that I will link it here.

From what I know the e-cigs are worse than the normal cigs.

Purple, what's up with the mood ;).

Beautiful flowers Ulli.

[meeradas]

Calamus (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?18690-Calamus)is back.

[Hervé]

Missed the first burps:


https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1902847_639646242739304_114590308_n.jpg



Small phreatic eruption captured at Poas crateárica Lagoon, Costa Rica


(Fernando Raja)
Poas Volcano.
Low energy phreatic eruption occurred on February 14, 2014. In the photo, Saskia van Manen of the Open University, UK, making measurements with the FLIR camera. Picture of our colleague Geoffroy Avard.


Here is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Actualidad-Volc%C3%A1nica-de-Canarias-AVCAN/163883668446

[sheme]

I can tell you how I conquered the nicotine habit from 30 cigars a day.

I prayed to my guides for help earnestly, we must ASK if we want help.

I received a simple request to construct a mantra, used when ever I thought I needed Nicotine.

My mantra was.......

"I feel strange, this will soon pass, I don't smoke, I have never smoked, this will soon pass."

Try this -Ask for guide help- they long to help - we must ask and we shall recieve.

Three days that's all it took- 40 years of slavery wiped away in three days. When you are ready ask for help you will get help,

You will not suffer remorse regret or longing for the release from the slavery of tobacco I promise, those thoughts are an

illusion created by the mistress Nicotine, she makes you think you are doing so much but in fact you do nothing but think about

what you are about to do.

Ask and you shall receive................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaWSOlASWc

[ulli]

Amzer's photos led me to a website I used to frequent, which has a camera take a picture every ten seconds of the Turrialba volcano, which is only 20 miles from where I live, and which has been active for a few years. Then the camera broke down, but is finally working again.

So here is Turrialba live, and alive, again.

http://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/images/stories/liveturrialba/camara.jpg?1393608164326

[ulli]

Daddy still here. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570049/Rumours-demise-exaggerated-Man-wakes-BODY-BAG-funeral-home-preparing-embalm-declared-dead.html)

Another reason to die consciously. Not a good idea to return into a body that's already been zipped into a body bag. Worse still, underground. Here in Costa Rica they bury everyone within less than 24 hours. Lack of fridges, I suppose.
I read once that a morgue in Vienna saw it necessary to install bells, for the dead to ring in case they woke up again.
They had found lots of scratch marks on the inside of coffin lids.

[chocolate]

I was meaning to write this sooner, but better late than never.

The reason why I started to distance myself from the forum might be clear for some, but I will give you my own (honest) version.

Few days ago observer used the opportunity to reference-post what I wrote on another thread. I still hold (that) opinion of mine, but I don't do battles, at least not here, and not with people that are (supposedly) walking in the same direction with me.
I saw the post (unfortunately) that day, and responded in my own no-BullSht way.
And once I posted the whole truth, as a picture, observer seemed to realize his (un)voluntary mistake and dropped the subject.
I never intended to go any further.
And than, Gio comes along seemingly trying to settle things down taking a stand as if we need a referee or a judge. That was the point when my warrior spirit decided that it is (not) a time for war, but for total detachment from all connected to this forum. I mean, I totally was about to ask to get disconnected. I managed to retain my last remains of cool, the reason I am still around.
But, just to put it on paper:
I don't need friends who want to protect me by defending me. I think we are all grown ups to have respect for our choices and actions. Even (if) we make mistakes.
As a result some friends are not friends anymore, and I did the same on Facebook.

I mean, I am not one to need help, even though sometimes I can seem as a victim. If I needed help, I would come and ask for it. I have done that several times. I can handle a few things on my own.
I know what observer felt when I read his initial message at the time. It was ... deeply insulting, to say the least (and I do manage to read between the lines).

Anyway, I am saying all of this mostly because of Ulli.
Any to anyone else who may be wondering what happened and the change of heart.

Otherwise, I may be non-social, sometimes abrupt, sometimes withdrawn, but I do enjoy staying here, help or being helped, and do sincerely love people (at least those whom I know here and now).

Sorry for the long rant. But if I don't do it, people may feel hurt, and that is the last thing I want right (here and) now.

[Roisin]

That's a great suggestion ulli and very, very true! So this is a reminder to me to stock up on things now so I don't have to make any trips to the corner store. As always, once an addict, always an addict and currently I'm having to battle my cravings again so need to do everything possible to win that battle... again.

Taking about it helps. You are amongst addicts here. Actually, I don't know anyone who has all their physical urges totally under control.
And some here have quit worse habits than smoking cigarettes...like, how about 25 years of anti-depressants, or anxiety disorder meds? That battle goes on forever.....

At this moment, because I'm going through this craving thing again, I can't think of any worse addiction than cigs because just when one thinks that they beat it and everything is all right, that craving rears its ugly head again so it's never ending thing, at least for me.

Also, I have taken anti-depressants before and they scared me because I no longer felt like myself after I was on them for several months. Granted I felt a little better after getting started up on them at a time when I was experiencing a funk, I didn't feel like I was really in touch with my emotions anymore. I felt a scary emotional detachment to everything that was going on around me so I stopped taking them just to feel like myself again. I can understand though why people get addicted to medications like that but, in my view, anything that alters ones emotional response to reality is dangerous. For those who have been able to stop taking those kinds of medications after taking them for years, I applaud your reintroduction to humanity again because those kinds of drugs have the potential to strip you of it in some very potent ways.

I can always tell when someone is taking anti-depressants. There are a number of tell-tale signs that pop up after one has been around someone for awhile who is on them. But sometimes we can tell right away too.

[Roisin]

I can tell you how I conquered the nicotine habit from 30 cigars a day.

I prayed to my guides for help earnestly, we must ASK if we want help.

I received a simple request to construct a mantra, used when ever I thought I needed Nicotine.

My mantra was.......

"I feel strange, this will soon pass, I don't smoke, I have never smoked, this will soon pass."

Try this -Ask for guide help- they long to help - we must ask and we shall recieve.

Three days that's all it took- 40 years of slavery wiped away in three days. When you are ready ask for help you will get help,

You will not suffer remorse regret or longing for the release from the slavery of tobacco I promise, those thoughts are an

illusion created by the mistress Nicotine, she makes you think you are doing so much but in fact you do nothing but think about

what you are about to do.

Ask and you shall receive................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaWSOlASWc

I feel honored that you have shared your personal mantra on that with me and definitely will try it and will watch that video too!

Your suggestions are good ones and I too have been getting help from those in those other realms I'm in contact with. You are very fortunate that that mantra worked for you and will try it out too in hopes that it will help me too! Thanks!

[araucaria]

Ulli I think your micro mat tackles addictions among many other things. Your sales technique is even more dismal than it sounds. Tell them you're almost out of stock and to buy quick before the price goes up, I don't know.

[ulli]

I was meaning to write this sooner, but better late than never.

The reason why I started to distance myself from the forum might be clear for some, but I will give you my own (honest) version.

Few days ago observer used the opportunity to reference-post what I wrote on another thread. I still hold (that) opinion of mine, but I don't do battles, at least not here, and not with people that are (supposedly) walking in the same direction with me.
I saw the post (unfortunately) that day, and responded in my own no-BullSht way.
And once I posted the whole truth, as a picture, observer seemed to realize his (un)voluntary mistake and dropped the subject.
I never intended to go any further.
And than, Gio comes along seemingly trying to settle things down taking a stand as if we need a referee or a judge. That was the point when my warrior spirit decided that it is (not) a time for war, but for total detachment from all connected to this forum. I mean, I totally was about to ask to get disconnected. I managed to retain my last remains of cool, the reason I am still around.
But, just to put it on paper:
I don't need friends who want to protect me by defending me. I think we are all grown ups to have respect for our choices and actions. Even (if) we make mistakes.
As a result some friends are not friends anymore, and I did the same on Facebook.

I mean, I am not one to need help, even though sometimes I can seem as a victim. If I needed help, I would come and ask for it. I have done that several times. I can handle a few things on my own.
I know what observer felt when I read his initial message at the time. It was ... deeply insulting, to say the least (and I do manage to read between the lines).

Anyway, I am saying all of this mostly because of Ulli.
Any to anyone else who may be wondering what happened and the change of heart.

Otherwise, I may be non-social, sometimes abrupt, sometimes withdrawn, but I do enjoy staying here, help or being helped, and do sincerely love people (at least those whom I know here and now).

Sorry for the long rant. But if I don't do it, people may feel hurt, and that is the last thing I want right (here and) now.

Avalon is a huge place- much bigger than most here realize.
And if we get into the energy thing, it's ten times bigger still, because the member/ guest ratio is 1:10.
People are people, and anything is possible given the diversity.
Lots of guys feel they need to protect and defend what they perceive is the weaker sex,
just as others feel the need to attack anyone who doesn't live up to their expectations.
Being an old girl myself, I prefer guys who come to my rescue, to those who stalk women here.
Remember you can't change the world,
so the decision to become more detached from all might be the way to go.
The ideal is to find a balance between being detached and yet feeling compassion for others.
I don't know anyone who has an easy ride.

[Roisin]

Amzer, those pictures direct to a facebook page.
I seem not to see the page, but just the icon. If I find that I will link it here.

From what I know the e-cigs are worse than the normal cigs.

Purple, what's up with the mood ;).

Beautiful flowers Ulli.

Thanks for commenting Chocolate! I'm doing research on this today.

[Wind]

If it means anything, I'm glad that you Chocolate chose to stay here. It would have been sad to lose another kind-hearted member such as yourself.

Words have power, they can hurt or heal.

[Freed Fox]

I was meaning to write this sooner, but better late than never.

Chocolate, I tried to send you a pm, but it says you aren't allowed to receive them? Can you send one, perhaps?

If I upset you somehow, I'm sorry.

I'm glad you decided to stay.

[chocolate]

FF, I have set my profile not to receive any messages.
You haven't upset me.
That is the reason I wrote so much above... Nobody other than some have upset me. But that is gone, and that is probably my reaction to the whole forum thing. I haven't been ever a follower, although I have some personal preferences. And I don't necessarily need people to like me, or like what I say, or be friends with me/them.
As Tesla would say, I am a weirdo, and have not much trouble admitting that.

I seem to have trouble socializing one might assume, and probably rightfully so.
(When I got friends I was actually frozen scared.)

I prefer to have no friends (just very very few), and to stay neutral, in that way all are my friends.

[carryattune]

Chocolate , I tried repeatedly to send you a box of chocolates yesterday. But something changed, either at Avalon or my I pad I have asked for help, but have not solved the issue yet. I am going to post the pic as my profile pic. I hope you get to see it.

Ulli I tried a few times only I get a long long of computer mambo jumbo. So I must be missing something obvious.
I did try this four times. I copy and the whole long description appears in the box after i tap paste, so it makes it to the edit page. The text address moves to the reply box but when I save changes. No picture. Rama lama ding dong.

[ulli]

Chocolate, I tried repeatedly to send you a box of chocolates yesterday. But something changed, either at Avalon or my I pad I have asked for help, but have not solved the issue yet. I am going to post the pic as my profile pic. I hope you get to check it out. Carryattune

I realize that you have not seen this post, which was addressed to you, with another possible solution about uploading photos.
This thread moved fast today, so it is easy to miss posts.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=802878&viewfull=1#post802878

[chocolate]

Chocolate, I tried repeatedly to send you a box of chocolates yesterday. But something changed, either at Avalon or my I pad I have asked for help, but have not solved the issue yet. I am going to post the pic as my profile pic. I hope you get to check it out. Carryattune

Chocolates received! I am grateful for them :) No picture required :)

[meeradas]

my lullaby for tonight

KFdUFOhQjfY

[Wind]

Just another house pet. ;)

hLu962tiQRs

[PurpleLama]

I started to post this in the white light controversy thread, but I decided to put it up here, instead.


So one is more concerned with forgetting this one life, than remembering all the rest?

I might suggest this entire argument is moot. There is no amnesia upon leaving the body, it is in the entering that we forget. This is by our own design, so as to process our experience with new eyes and with new opportunities, only to receive the overwhelming experience of memory of other lives if we have prepared ourselves, and generally not otherwise.

Some spontaneous recall of other experiences may occur, especially for those with such propensities, but just as often such leads down a road of distraction. Folks don't realize that it does not especially help one to have too much knowledge of the other selves we are in other times and places.

Curiosity is insufficient reason, sure we want to know lots of things, but can you face you the murderer, you the thief, you the corrupt official, you the addict, you the prostitute, all the yous that you are faced with every where you look and say, that's not me, that's a monster, that's a terrible person.

Well, we would not see these people if it was not the same for us at some point along the way. Imagine all your best qualities, now imagine the person with all the opposite qualities, that's you too somewhere, somewhen. We think we are all reaching for the stars, but that can't happen until we clean the house and take the garbage out.

[Dtravis]

2508025079. my hobby. Blankets. No sewing.

[ulli]

Astrology class

http://www.michaellutin.com/blackboardjunglecaption.jpg

(Michael Lutin gets the credit for this)

[eaglespirit]

I started to post this in the white light controversy thread, but I decided to put it up here, instead.


So one is more concerned with forgetting this one life, than remembering all the rest?

I might suggest this entire argument is moot. There is no amnesia upon leaving the body, it is in the entering that we forget. This is by our own design, so as to process our experience with new eyes and with new opportunities, only to receive the overwhelming experience of memory of other lives if we have prepared ourselves, and generally not otherwise.

Some spontaneous recall of other experiences may occur, especially for those with such propensities, but just as often such leads down a road of distraction. Folks don't realize that it does not especially help one to have too much knowledge of the other selves we are in other times and places.

Curiosity is insufficient reason, sure we want to know lots of things, but can you face you the murderer, you the thief, you the corrupt official, you the addict, you the prostitute, all the yous that you are faced with every where you look and say, that's not me, that's a monster, that's a terrible person.

Well, we would not see these people if it was not the same for us at some point along the way. Imagine all your best qualities, now imagine the person with all the opposite qualities, that's you too somewhere, somewhen. We think we are all reaching for the stars, but that can't happen until we clean the house and take the garbage out.

Well said, PurpleLama...
and it needs to be brought to the forefront now and again to help changes for the better in the now, again : )

[carryattune]

I give up.
Pass me the tissue. I'm gonna cry. Seriously.

[Carmody]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/JPEG_example_image_decompressed.jpg


I give up.

There. A 'jpg'.

[carryattune]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/JPEG_example_image_decompressed.jpg


I give up.

There. A 'jpg'.

Thanks. I needed to laugh.

[carryattune]

Amzer's photos led me to a website I used to frequent, which has a camera take a picture every ten seconds of the Turrialba volcano, which is only 20 miles from where I live, and which has been active for a few years. Then the camera broke down, but is finally working again.

So here is Turrialba live, and alive, again.



http://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/images/stories/liveturrialba/camara.jpg?1393608164326


I'll say alive. This photo was just a gray blurr earlier. Every time I come back to it . It has developed more clarity. Creepy.

[ulli]

Amzer's photos led me to a website I used to frequent, which has a camera take a picture every ten seconds of the Turrialba volcano, which is only 20 miles from where I live, and which has been active for a few years. Then the camera broke down, but is finally working again.

So here is Turrialba live, and alive, again.



http://www.ovsicori.una.ac.cr/images/stories/liveturrialba/camara.jpg?1393608164326


I'll say alive. This photo was just a gray blurr earlier. Every time I come back to it . It has developed more clarity. Creepy.

Alive indeed. There is this webcam right by the crater which takes a picture every ten seconds. You won't believe your eyes when you look at this eight hours from now.

[carryattune]

Gads, I didn't believe it when I checked every half hour. Thought I had been moved a level up. As far as what I am able to see. Amazing.

[Arak]

Quite often when I meditate my animal friends also join (one cat is missing from this picture, she went under the bed:)):
http://i60.tinypic.com/2e58xl2.jpg

[carryattune]

Chocolate.......I still cannot post a pic. But I was graciously taught by a few special folks how to get a video. So please enjoy this.

8NPzLBSBzPI

[carryattune]

https://www.facebook.com/sara janephttp://https://www.facebook.com/christine.pachla/posts/269983683167623:0osts/269983683167623:0

Going to see if it worked this time.

Copied put URL in Box and posted. Just get a bunch of baloney.

What's with ? No picture.

[ulli]

https://www.facebook.com/sara janephttp://https://www.facebook.com/christine.pachla/posts/269983683167623:0osts/269983683167623:0

Going to see if it worked this time.

Copied put URL in Box and posted. Just get a bunch of baloney.

What's with ? No picture.

Maybe you copied the URL of the entire page, and not just the image URL.
Unless the URL says .jpg at the end, you can be sure it won't come out.

[Freed Fox]

Maybe you copied the URL of the entire page, and not just the image URL.
Unless the URL says .jpg at the end, you can be sure it won't come out.

There are a few other file types which should also work (.png, .gif), but I agree that what Ulli's saying is likely the case.

Depending on what browser you're using carryattune, by right-clicking the image, you should have have an option similar to "Copy image URL". Try using that.

Hope that helps. :)

[carryattune]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/JPEG_example_image_decompressed.jpg


I give up.

There. A 'jpg'.

I am beginning to think posting photos is not allowed to begginers. I wish the rules said that, I would quit trying.

[carryattune]

Tonight I am at a b-day party for my son in law. 3 bands. All you guys that are in the neighborhood of 50 would love it. I need several sips of encouragement before I can dance. I can dance. Good song. Remember Calz. But truly the twist is more my speed. Line dancing is cool. But these folks are rockers. So go gramma go.

[1inMany]

Oh, what a lovely day. I touched my spiritual Self this morning, as much as I could, in preparation...not knowing what kind of day it would be. I saw my sister and brother in law, my two nieces and nephew. And K brought Little One, too. We all met at a restaurant a couple of hours from here, where they were for an event.

K is coming around a bit. I do not see as much contempt in her eyes. And for the first time in I don't know how long, she hugged me too. I see that spark of God in her. Always have, always will. (The baby is percolating along fine, but I'm still waiting to see if she passes the danger zone of the first trimester.)

It was so nice to be able to put my arms around Little One, and he just hugged and hugged and hugged me. And the best news is that he gets to come for a visit next weekend. Finally! It has been months. I'm so excited. And he is too!

So I'm stopping in, here and now, to share the feeling that All is Well. The fact is that all around me there is stuff going on, but right now I am staying in my center. This is a day to celebrate.

Much Love,

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

mmmm... brekkies.

http://www.caht.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/beaver.jpg

I just got the sudden urge for some raspberry sorbet. Weird.....

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

This music is just too good not to listen to. Mighty cooty fiyo, y'all!

498LZARXzN0

dorB-BxrISI

[Carmody]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/JPEG_example_image_decompressed.jpg


I give up.

There. A 'jpg'.

I am beginning to think posting photos is not allowed to beginners. I wish the rules said that, I would quit trying.

To see what it looks like, you 'reply with quote' a given post that has a photo in it. You will then see, in text form, exactly how the formatting works.

[araucaria]

https://www.facebook.com/sara janephttp://https://www.facebook.com/christine.pachla/posts/269983683167623:0osts/269983683167623:0

Going to see if it worked this time.

Copied put URL in Box and posted. Just get a bunch of baloney.

What's with ? No picture.
That bunch of baloney should at least start with [IMG], just as a quote would begin with [QUOTE] and end with the same with a slash in front of IMG. You can do it either by hand or with the icon

[ulli]

Well, her mum passed away while Astrid was in a sweat lodge, praying for her.
Relief all around, especially mum herself, having shed that earthly life and suffering,
she can now start enjoying herself a bit. At last.

[1inMany]

What a profound loss. There is nothing anyone can say, but I hope it is a comfort to her to know her Village friends care and send her prayers and hugs.

[eaglespirit]

We Love You, Astrid...
May Mom Be at Peace!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8glGIXVFq0Q/T6td8l_p6pI/AAAAAAAADjc/oSBPFizpTXA/s320/An-Angel.jpg

[Ekon]

Loud washing machine, wind howling outside moving the branches of my latest unfinished art installation. I feel the cotton of my clothes, stiff but warm and cozy, the sun comes in thought the two windows of the apartment. It is the top floor. I feel the ceiling above me and the walls around me, they are warm from the day. Lili lying on the table, clinking ever so slightly against the wall when I type, Lili is my first ukulele, a lovely Baton Rouge V1 Goth. My first love amongst instrument, a true friend and companion, always has lovely things to say. Phone buzzes in the other room and I give it to my sleepy sick sister, its dad, he arrived back from Mexico in the morning and is informing us that he has work tomorrow, which is weird because it is Kathara Deuthera, a Greek holiday. I hope I don't get sick. I should go get my back cheked, its been bothering me for 2 weeks since I fell, I didn't want to go because dad isn't here, I feel like a kid again waiting for the parent to act.

[ulli]

Loud washing machine, wind howling outside moving the branches of my latest unfinished art installation. I feel the cotton of my clothes, stiff but warm and cozy, the sun comes in thought the two windows of the apartment. It is the top floor. I feel the ceiling above me and the walls around me, they are warm from the day. Lili lying on the table, clinking ever so slightly against the wall when I type, Lili is my first ukulele, a lovely Baton Rouge V1 Goth. My first love amongst instrument, a true friend and companion, always has lovely things to say. Phone buzzes in the other room and I give it to my sleepy sick sister, its dad, he arrived back from Mexico in the morning and is informing us that he has work tomorrow, which is weird because it is Kathara Deuthera, a Greek holiday. I hope I don't get sick. I should go get my back cheked, its been bothering me for 2 weeks since I fell, I didn't want to go because dad isn't here, I feel like a kid again waiting for the parent to act.

Well, hello there Ekon. I'll be traveling later today, but your post here has me traveling already, in fact I've been planet hopping all morning...from Australia, to Mardi Gras and now to Greece. Was thinking about Lili, and that spirit that will use your ukulele as it's mouth piece.
I remember how windy it can be in the Greek islands...the winds there are named according to what they take away...
The wind that takes the glasses away, the wind that takes the chairs away, and sometimes comes a wind that takes the tables away.

[ulli]

1974 was the year I was hanging out with Nick Kent (NME writer) and Pretender Chrissie Hynds ...
They were an item at the time. Both were in love with Keith Richards,
which is obvious when you look at either of them.
She was then working for Malcolm MacLaren and Vivienne Westwoods then,
and had not yet started performing. I thought she was aiming for a writing career, but surprise surprise....

Anyway, after contemplating Astrid's mum and her spirit bird leaving her cage, I first celebrated with her by watching some funny Mardi Gras videos and then thought of this song, as it describes our lot here on Earth....

Back on the chain gang


okvl-9svtS0

[Dennis Leahy]

Well, her mum passed away while Astrid was in a sweat lodge, praying for her.
Relief all around, especially mum herself, having shed that earthly life and suffering,
she can now start enjoying herself a bit. At last.Sending love to you and your Mom's spirit, Astrid.

Dennis

[chocolate]

http://cdn.vectorstock.com/i/composite/12,95/bunch-of-balloons-vector-181295.jpg
For everybody :) . I am happy I am still alive.

[skyflower]

It's been raining real hard past few days in LA. It is much needed rain, but traffic is a nightmare. Traffic in LA is pretty bad 7 days a week without the rain.

I was in need of a new pillow, and I wanted to check out this pillow store in Pasadena, but my friend advised me to wait until next weekend, when there was no rain in the forecast. Afterwards, we could hangout in the area.
For some reason, I decided I did not want to wait a week for a new pillow, and decided to venture out on a very wet Saturday afternoon. It was pouring outside. Most cars were on a crawl mode. The Pasadena fwy was pretty free, with most cars going at about 40mph. One could actually appreciate the scenery at that pace.

It was a very pleasant drive with all the rain, because it felt as if it was cleansing everything. A bit surreal.

So, I got to the store at 3:40pm. The store closed at 3:30. Nobody bothered to update their hours online. Bummer.
Funny thing, I was not the least upset, because I was looking forward to the drive back home.
The drive back was even more awesome. The rain started coming down very very hard. I got to see lightning with the tall downtown buildings as the backdrop. Picture perfect. It was invigorating. Then once I got into downtown, I saw empty streets being washed with the pouring rain. It was refreshing. It was...peaceful. This is the city I spent half of my life so far. And I saw it again for the first time yesterday.

Oh, I am not a rain person btw. I like my days bright and breezy. :)
And I got my pillow online from another place. But we all know my little drive was not for the pillow. ;)

[1inMany]

Oh, skyflower, that sounds amazing. Wow. I love it when experiences unfold like that.

We are having a bit of odd weather today. The past few times the forecast said snow or ice, my house was spared. It must have been this area that was spared. But not this time. There has been window-rattling, wall-shaking thunder and lightning for hours. This happens in the spring, but...it hasn't been raining, it has been pouring down ice. It isn't sleet either, it is ice pellets. It is quite beautiful outside, everything is white as if it had been snowing. But it hasn't been snow either. Em and I went outside a minute ago to see if we could coax the stray dog inside. We thought to put it in Devin's old kennel. She was shivering, no doubt really cold but probably scared also. Anyway, it was slick as snot. Oh, sorry, just an expression. There isn't an inch of dry space on the porch anywhere, so it's hold on or go down. (She had already run off, so we never did get her inside.)

I stocked up at the store, and I brought some wood in, so we are warm and prepared. But I will say, I'm a little worried about the weight of all this ice on power lines, etc. The power has flickered several times. So everyone keep your fingers crossed.

Meanwhile, we will sit and enjoy the snapping and crackling of the fire, and the smell of burning wood. Such a comfort.

Much Love,

[skyflower]

Hi 1inMany,

Just sent thoughts for those ice clouds to move along. Don't unload all in one area. ;)
Enjoy that crackling fire and the peace and comfort of home sweet home.

:tea:

[carryattune]

http://cdn.vectorstock.com/i/composite/12,95/bunch-of-balloons-vector-181295.jpg
For everybody :) . I am happy I am still alive.

Me too!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

OMG I dont believe it these pictures popped in by accident. The chocolates. I can't believe it.

[gripreaper]

and this is why Daisy gets hers before Cooper!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARrvC0y8zc

[markoid]

and this is why Daisy gets hers before Cooper!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6HoFKW_4I

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr312/markoid2008/salts.jpg (http://s495.photobucket.com/user/markoid2008/media/salts.jpg.html)

In this case I did actually LOL!! Cheers Grip

It's been a long hot summer where I am, but we are getting some blessed rain these last few days.
There is a sigh of relief coming from everywhere/everything :)

EDIT: Much love to you Astrid. Blessings to you and your family and of course to your Mum.

[astrid]

A heartfelt thanks to you all.
Everything is perfect,
after a life time of illness she finally
slipped out quietly, so quietly in fact that no one realised she had gone for quite sometime.
Meanwhile her presence was felt strongly in the sweat lodge i was attending on her behalf.

Since her passing she has been very chatty, even insistent with me, in true
mother style, today, reminding me to eat.
So it's all very very interesting.

Anyways, thank you all, now back to my perch

Many blessings,
Astrid

[eaglespirit]

Love, Love, Love Astrid : )

[ulli]

Traveling, argh. Just waking up here in Miami.
Last night we ordered Italian food to be delivered to our room from a nearby restaurant. It was the worst fettuccine of our entire lives and cost $35,
Delivered without eating utensils. We used my tweezers to eat, as we were very hungry. No joke.
The Heinekens were in bottles, and it was funny watching my husband invent a new bottle opener system, using the bedside lamps.

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

[1inMany]

Traveling, argh. Just waking up here in Miami.
Last night we ordered Italian food to be delivered to our room from a nearby restaurant. It was the worst fettuccine of our entire lives and cost $35,
Delivered without eating utensils. We used my tweezers to eat, as we were very hungry. No joke.
The Heinekens were in bottles, and it was funny watching my husband invent a new bottle opener system, using the bedside lamps.

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

And here I was, complaining to myself about Isis keeping me up all night. Thank you for reminding me it could always be worse. Although I will say, at least your night-time agony has a possible solution. I have no clue what to do with a kitty who won't sleep through the night. I'm too old to be a new mommy, I value and need sleep more than I used to. For sure.

When we first brought her home, I barricaded my door so she couldn't come in at night. I may go back to that. It is such a pain though, because the doors are several inches up off the floor. Still, it was a peaceful night's sleep...

Here's to a pain-free day for you, sweet ulli. And a day with scrumptious meals and safe travel :)

Much Love,

[eaglespirit]

Things have been going on in my life lately that are beyond believable/unbelievable that are making it explicitly, blatantly, perfectly and cosmically crystal-clear that it is time/un-time to process everything in the here and now right in front of me and live propulsively unquestioning in the moment more than ever...we are coming upon something so glorious it is going to make everything shine with a vibration of relentless love right in front of each of us in our own beautiful nows!

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbLhkaLemVNlCJs2ANHGAuVUoVcd5mtFKmr5l7U8KDVD8gMijA

[1inMany]

I was feeling quite optimistic yesterday, about changes. About the next evolutionary step for humanity, which I think will be a spiritual one. But...then I realized that as awesome as this will be, it will likely take generations to fully manifest. Which was a downer. It kind of reminds me of the research I did, back in the day, about the changing roles of woman. There was a time, and I do not believe for a moment this is gone (though it has improved), there was a glass ceiling women would hit in the business world. And at the time, I concluded that a whole generation of old white men (no offense to anyone intended) would have to die off before women would be able to reach a certain level of success. The good ole boys are still alive and kicking in this small town, I will tell you that. Anyway, I was pondering this on a greater scale yesterday, that a whole generation of dark, negative people will have to die off...and possibly some of their offspring (since they are trained from birth) for the new energy to spread.

Surely it can take hold in some individuals. Maybe some are here, now, just for that purpose. But the light (for lack of a better word) will have to spread while the darkness dies out.

I guess I was a little disappointed to realize this. Old, negative energy will die hard. So the fight isn't over yet, even though I (we) know how it ends. I guess the thing to do is to keep slogging through. And focus on the transformation that is occurring in me, though it is so difficult to describe. There is a sensation, physically, but also a disconnect emotionally. And there is most definitely an opening up type sensation. And I sense different things, but I'm sort of at a loss as to how I would describe these things.

One minute I am deeply connected to that, and the next minute I realize that it is business as usual here. Rising and falling. Expanding and shrinking. Coming and going. Phew. I guess even when I don't think anything is happening, a lot is happening.

Much Love,

[araucaria]

On smashing glass ceilings for women.
Here in France we have upcoming municipal elections for villages, towns and cities, all 36,000 of them, many of course very tiny. The lists have to include as many women as men, and with equal prominence. This seems to be making a positive difference. In our very small town, we used to have at best two lists of candidates, but this year we have four – that’s nearly a hundred people, half of them women, and two of them liable to become mayor if they win. This is a compulsory measure similar to positive discrimination that has obviously mobilized the womenfolk, so things are really looking up.

In the cities, these elections run on party political lines, and are not looking so good. The national government has been making no headway against big capital, and people have already had enough of the sleazy right. So there is a real danger of mass abstentions leading to big gains among the near-fascist far right who on previous occasions have demonstrated their crass incompetence. Whether or not this is a step in the right direction I don’t know. The popular anti-establishment stance of Dieudonné and friends is eating out of the hand of this extremely nasty far right element.

[Calz]

Things have been going on in my life lately that are beyond believable/unbelievable that are making it explicitly, blatantly, perfectly and cosmically crystal-clear that it is time/un-time to process everything in the here and now right in front of me and live propulsively unquestioning in the moment more than ever...we are coming upon something so glorious it is going to make everything shine with a vibration of relentless love right in front of each of us in our own beautiful nows!




Hmmm ... that sure sounds like a *good* thing ...

Dan ... you are a "lucky" man :)


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[skippy]

An eternal now by Bob Dylan and/or Tracy Chapman. Whatever.., beautiful :)

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
-- Bob Dylan

PCZWv5U5wJ4

[Flash]

Things have been going on in my life lately that are beyond believable/unbelievable that are making it explicitly, blatantly, perfectly and cosmically crystal-clear that it is time/un-time to process everything in the here and now right in front of me and live propulsively unquestioning in the moment more than ever...we are coming upon something so glorious it is going to make everything shine with a vibration of relentless love right in front of each of us in our own beautiful nows!

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbLhkaLemVNlCJs2ANHGAuVUoVcd5mtFKmr5l7U8KDVD8gMijA

Yes, personnally, I have the feeling of having covered 3 years (like last year time frame) of spiritual evolution within one week. Breathless!!

[gripreaper]

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

Have had the same condition for about two weeks, waking me up several times a night. I've been so exhausted, last Friday I backed into a tree and did $2400.00 damage to my pick-up. I've tried everything: gargling with MMS, irrigating with the water pic, copious amounts of aspirin, etc. Finally, whatever it was that was lodged inside the pocket between my gum and my tooth, dislodged with the water pic (my gums are receded and therefore I have this pocket) and I got two solid nights of sleep in a row.

I didn't realize how exhausted I was. In one more day, I was about to either take a self inflicted bullet to the head, yank the tooth out myself, or have the dentist kill it with a root canal. There is no greater pain that I know of than toothache, and I'm alive to tell about it.

Now, I'm incorporating oil pulling as well as water irrigation with the water pic. No more brushing.

[Flash]

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

Have had the same condition for about two weeks, waking me up several times a night. I've been so exhausted, last Friday I backed into a tree and did $2400.00 damage to my pick-up. I've tried everything: gargling with MMS, irrigating with the water pic, copious amounts of aspirin, etc. Finally, whatever it was that was lodged inside the pocket between my gum and my tooth, dislodged with the water pic (my gums are receded and therefore I have this pocket) and I got two solid nights of sleep in a row.

I didn't realize how exhausted I was. In one more day, I was about to either take a self inflicted bullet to the head, yank the tooth out myself, or have the dentist kill it with a root canal. There is no greater pain that I know of than toothache, and I'm alive to tell about it.

Now, I'm incorporating oil pulling as well as water irrigation with the water pic. No more brushing.

Although tooth ache is terrible, you obviously have not given birth to a baby lol

[Carmody]

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

Have had the same condition for about two weeks, waking me up several times a night. I've been so exhausted, last Friday I backed into a tree and did $2400.00 damage to my pick-up. I've tried everything: gargling with MMS, irrigating with the water pic, copious amounts of aspirin, etc. Finally, whatever it was that was lodged inside the pocket between my gum and my tooth, dislodged with the water pic (my gums are receded and therefore I have this pocket) and I got two solid nights of sleep in a row.

I didn't realize how exhausted I was. In one more day, I was about to either take a self inflicted bullet to the head, yank the tooth out myself, or have the dentist kill it with a root canal. There is no greater pain that I know of than toothache, and I'm alive to tell about it.

Now, I'm incorporating oil pulling as well as water irrigation with the water pic. No more brushing.

Irrigate with the water pik, but with a MMS mixture. That trick works wonders. it kills the deep gum bacteria, down at the roots...for the first time in a very long time, for most of us. As in, the first time in our lives.

I do with with an approximate 6 drop mix, and about 2/3rd full on the waterpik, and gargle with the mouthfuls and spit it out. I keep going until the waterpik container is empty.

I'm not sure there is anything else a person can do that brings more fresh health (via killing the accumulated resistant bacterial load) for the human mouth, than this trick.

[Carmody]

Things have been going on in my life lately that are beyond believable/unbelievable that are making it explicitly, blatantly, perfectly and cosmically crystal-clear that it is time/un-time to process everything in the here and now right in front of me and live propulsively unquestioning in the moment more than ever...we are coming upon something so glorious it is going to make everything shine with a vibration of relentless love right in front of each of us in our own beautiful nows!




Hmmm ... that sure sounds like a *good* thing ...

Dan ... you are a "lucky" man :)


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Written by Greg Lake when he was 12 years old.......

Never dismiss the vision and minds of the young.....

I remember that time. That age. Raw, torn, full of the storm to come. Not knowing how to see, yet seeing all with clarity.

[meeradas]

Just in case someone's wondering where i'am at.
Will take a just little more time... wait...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1098134_827440290605715_1586676166_n.jpg

[Flash]

Then at 1 PM I woke up with that same toothache that strikes me every night at that exact hour, each time with greater unbelievable fury. After applying clove oil and reciting prayers it faded away again. Weird. Killer toothache. I hope I can find a good dentist in Barbados. I've got a feeling I will be returning to Costa Rica minus one tooth...

Have had the same condition for about two weeks, waking me up several times a night. I've been so exhausted, last Friday I backed into a tree and did $2400.00 damage to my pick-up. I've tried everything: gargling with MMS, irrigating with the water pic, copious amounts of aspirin, etc. Finally, whatever it was that was lodged inside the pocket between my gum and my tooth, dislodged with the water pic (my gums are receded and therefore I have this pocket) and I got two solid nights of sleep in a row.

I didn't realize how exhausted I was. In one more day, I was about to either take a self inflicted bullet to the head, yank the tooth out myself, or have the dentist kill it with a root canal. There is no greater pain that I know of than toothache, and I'm alive to tell about it.

Now, I'm incorporating oil pulling as well as water irrigation with the water pic. No more brushing.

Irrigate with the water pik, but with a MMS mixture. That trick works wonders. it kills the deep gum bacteria, down at the roots...for the first time in a very long time, for most of us. As in, the first time in our lives.

I do with with an approximate 6 drop mix, and about 2/3rd full on the waterpik, and gargle with the mouthfuls and spit it out. I keep going until the waterpik container is empty.

I'm not sure there is anything else a person can do that brings more fresh health (via killing the accumulated resistant bacterial load) for the human mouth, than this trick.

I had dull pain once in a while on the left bottom jaw and the top right one. I knew it was from my teeth, but the dentist woud see nothing. The amalgame I had all over were "fine", the lead amalgame.

But, contrarily to my denetist advise, I had most of the lead amalgame taken off in December and January (still mission bottom right jaw, because it will be 1,000$ and I already spent 2,500%).

Guess what, all of the mercury amalgame when taken off had a film of caries at the bottom. The holistic dentist who did the job explained to me that these amalgame are deposited on the tooth, they do not have true gluing, and with time, bacterias get in and are working their way Under the amalgame and it is not seen on X rays, being like a thin film of caries. Nevertheless, it does damage the tooth and the structure, and moslty it is a constant supply of bacteria in the mouth, therefore causing other problems.

The new amalgame are glued to the tooth, it is more airtight, however some are made with a fluor base that may lead as well, being too soft. Make sure if you replace amalgame to have non fluor based white ones.

So yes, water pick with MMS if you cannot get rid of the old lead amalgame you have.

Oh: and no more dull pain since.

[eaglespirit]

Hi Flash...great tooth sharing : )

...and it s a wonderful thing that You found a Holy Mystic (Holistic) Dentist near by You in Caaannaahhhhhdaaaaaa : )

[PurpleLama]

I got a chainsaw, (http://www.stihlusa.com/products/chain-saws/homeowner-saws/ms180cbe/) this morning. My idea of how I would accomplish my wood clearing and subsequent garden building with hand tools has proven incompatible with the desired time frame.

[Melinda]

A little inspiration for a Tuesday...

A way of saying thank you to all at Avalon who inspire me with their dreams and visions. Too many to mention... and doubtless more to come :)


The Secret Sandstone Caves of New Mexico

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj550/DoodlemakerUK/TheTreeCavebyRobertRaPaulette_zps93fdc596.jpg


These beautiful caves were hand-carved solely by artist Robert “Ra” Paulette, with his faithful dog at his side.

One cave has been called Tree of Human Kindness.


Armed with not much more than a pick axe and a wheelbarrow, a sixty seven year-old sculptor and off-the-grid visionary artist, Ra Paulette, has carved 14 expansive caves entirely on his own in the space of the past 25 years.”

“When digging and excavating the caves I break down all the movements into their simplest parts and reassemble them into the most efficient patterns, ” says Paulette in trying to explain his ‘process’. “Like a dancer, I ‘feel’ the body and its movement in a conscious way.”

http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/11/29/for-sale-hand-carved-cave-cathedral/



Unlike other art that you look at and witness, this is art you can walk around in, touch, live and breathe. Upon stepping back outside of it, you can't help but be transformed. You walk out into the hot, bright day marveling at mankind’s potential to be truly loving and giving.

http://talesofatelecommuter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-secret-sandstone-caves-of-new-mexico.html



The artist speaks :

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[Dtravis]

These are absolutely beautiful pictures. I would love to see them up close. There is such beauty in nature even if man carved this it is beautiful and delicate looking

[Carmody]

I got a chainsaw, (http://www.stihlusa.com/products/chain-saws/homeowner-saws/ms180cbe/) this morning. My idea of how I would accomplish my wood clearing and subsequent garden building with hand tools has proven incompatible with the desired time frame.

I've been staring at and fondling chainsaws for the past few years. Trying real hard to not buy one. I keep walking past a stack of refurbished units, in the 42-45cc range, with 18"-20" bars. Almost every time I go to walk by them, I stop and touch them a bit.

I'd like to buy one of those new Li-on rechargeable ones, they look like they might be fun. Except for the price.

[PurpleLama]

I've been staring at and fondling chainsaws for the past few years. Trying real hard to not buy one. I keep walking past a stack of refurbished units, in the 42-45cc range, with 18-20 bars. Almost every time I go to walk by them, I stop and touch them a bit.

I'd like to buy one of those new Li-on rechargeable ones, they look like they might be fun. Except for the price.

I have been doing a lot of reading on chainsaws over the last week, and besides all the bells and whistles this one has, the fact that it was available from a local dealer with all the service in house was the real deciding factor. I coulda got me a husqvarna for the same price from Lowes, but by all accounts the Stihl is as good or better, and I got it from a local who owns his own shop and knows the saws inside and out. He asked all the right questions, determined I was a novice, and gave me a crash course in operation. Made me late for work, but I am well armed with all the information as well as the appropriate tool to accomplish the task before me. He showed me how, then made me crank it up, before letting me out the door, too. It is a damn shame he didn't have any of the other tools I might need for my projects.

I have been eyeballing tillers, too, but I have about decided to spend a lot less money on a big load of hay bales, and to transform the land the slower, but less invasive way. That will free up quite a bit of funds for other aspects of the project, or for the house, or seeds, or.... I ought to be able to get the big bales for a couple bucks a piece. Although I will have to get a heavy wagon of some kind to haul those suckers hither and yon. Plus, I can arrange the bales to spell out messages like F*ck You Drones, or something more comical, for my aerial visitors, UFOs Land Here would be good, too.

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Strange state of matter found in the eye of a chicken:

"Never before seen in biology, a state of matter called "disordered hyperuniformity" has been discovered in the eye of a chicken.
This arrangement of particles appears disorganized over small distances but has a hidden order that allows material to behave like both a crystal and a liquid."

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/strange-state-matter-found-chickens-eye-135643413.html

[Selene]

Dearest PurpleLama and Carmody ~

Chainsaws. Aaaaach.

Please operate these with the respect they require. A neighbor of ours was very nearly killed - would have severed a leg - when his saw 'kicked back' in some underbrush. He was very, very lucky to have gotten away with only excruciating pain, a hideous scar and two years of physio to walk again...

These suckers are powerful and nasty - and it only takes a single moment of miscalculation or inattention. Please use all caution. And never work alone.

Much hugs,

Selene

[PurpleLama]

I have a pair of loppers that will cut to about three inches, and will only use the saw to cut bigger than that. I hear ya, Selene.

This saw is one of the safest ones out there, with the way the kick back bar is designed. It was deemed one of the safest ones out there, part of the reasons I got that one in particular.

[Dennis Leahy]

Sorry to hear about the tooth pain! Miserable!

Stihl chainsaws are very well made - good bang for the buck. Do not use it for tooth or amalgam extraction!

The following video is of a lawyer, Mike Masse, a public defender in Utah. He can be seen and heard in "Pie Pizzaria" once or twice a month, usually with another lawyer, Jeff Hall - a district attorney. I don't know if Mike is a good lawyer, but I know he's good at his avocation.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEH2tsYCW_M

Dennis

[gripreaper]

Since we are talking about tooth pain and chainsaws on the same page, I wonder if there is a correlation I may be missing.

[Carmody]

I have a pair of loppers that will cut to about three inches, and will only use the saw to cut bigger than that. I hear ya, Selene.

This saw is one of the safest ones out there, with the way the kick back bar is designed. It was deemed one of the safest ones out there, part of the reasons I got that one in particular.

Yep, lots of chainsaws where I come from, and my grandfather was a deep woods logger, back in the day. Never cut underbrush with a chainsaw, no matter how tempting.

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Since we are talking about tooth pain and chainsaws on the same page, I wonder if there is a correlation I may be missing.

Add in the DA and the lawyers, and you've got a pretty good stew.

[araucaria]

Funny all this talk of chainsaws. My brother's coming to do a job for me tomorrow. I have a small saw from back in the days of leaded gas that I haven't used in years. I won't take it up a ladder, which makes it pretty useless. I got an electric one to cut some bushes but it didn't last five minutes.

My teeth are doing just fine :)

[Flash]

Chainsaw and teeth

http://ama-cdn.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/superphoto/12165363.jpg

http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/862500/862985_d110_1024x2000.jpg

This shark really existed

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YH0ATa6AXY/UZh4wuObnxI/AAAAAAAADr4/eUUnZ2uZxB4/s1600/5.jpg

[araucaria]

Well yes, a chainsaw IS teeth.

[eaglespirit]

I have lost many of my own teeth through negligence...but am very adept with a chainsaw, and consciously careful.

And the DA and lawyers have all their teeth and are NOT adept in my presence and are unconsciously careful.

I wonder if there is a correlation I may be missing. : )

[araucaria]

Sawyers and lawyers both sharpen their teeth. The ones cut off limbs, the others charge an arm and a leg :)

[eaglespirit]

Bringing my post here from there(Modwiz's place) because,
well, it's relevant and I want to share and hear from Ya'All : )
.......
I think a very focused discussion of the future is in order to produce the level of coherence needed to create something of utility and not a mish mash of compromised utopian ideals. A future based on sound societal 'ecology' and structure and not wish lists.
...

I feel transportation should be sound ecologically...and I believe Carr's OTC-X1 could be brought online in very little time.
The OTC actually has a personality and is living and communes with us...and this should be the case with all that we interact with...energy for the home, etc., etc.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/wespa/paranormaali/otc-xi-prototyyppi-ufo.jpg

The "conscious connection" workings behind this would quickly evolve into every facet of our lives and become a living musical rhythm with all of our surroundings and one another.

[dan33]

An Australian writer he was visiting the Universal Studios, was introduced to Carl Leammle (producer and leader of Universal Studios in the thirties), who asked the writer - "How long have you been in the United States?."

- "Two weeks"

- "It's amazing that he speaks so good English in just two weeks"

:)

[araucaria]

An Australian writer he was visiting the Universal Studios, was introduced to Carl Leammle (producer and leader of Universal Studios in the thirties), who asked the writer - "How long have you been in the United States?."

- "Two weeks"

- "It's amazing that he speaks so good English in just two weeks"

:)
It's amazing that he understood Norstrilian in just five minutes :)

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Meet 1996 Darwin Award Winner Krystof Azninski:

"Azninski, 30, had been drinking with friends when it was suggested they strip naked and play some "men's games". Initially they hit each other over the head with frozen turnips, but then one man upped the ante by seizing a chainsaw and cutting off the end of his foot. Not to be outdone, Azninski grabbed the saw and, shouting "Watch this then," he swung at his own head and chopped it off.

"It's funny," said one companion, "when he was young he put on his sister's underwear. But he died like a man."

Apparently, there are claims that this is a dubious report, as stated at the end of the link. But, that's my chainsaw related story, for what its worth.

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1996-07.html

[Flash]

I had a real good laugh all along. Scientifically based, it descrbes the behavior of human males and seductions and then find the comparisons with other primates. Very interesting really, and funny at the same time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TijDInhnEg&list=PLbDTWllfKaj4opRCsZUyEYeHl2cJvky9e

[ulli]

I woke up with a bit of a back ache, which happens when sleeping in strange beds.
So I decided to plug the MicroMat into my recently purchased HP mini netbook.
On booting the HP mini
I get an error message, white on black screen.
On googling this error message I'm informed
that the best answer to the query is 'dead hard drive.' Yikes!

Bought it second hand, on my last day in Costa Rica, as the MicroMat works with Windows only,
and I didn't want to travel with the big old Toshiba.
Anyway, lesson learnt...no more second hand electronics.

For a few minutes I nearly lost my calm though...and had I had a chainsaw I might have run amok with it, and given the quiet Barbados neighborhood I'm staying in something to make the international news as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel.
So I don't know how y'all picked up my thoughts there...

[Mini Flash]

I heard about the war in Ukraine and russia. All these war stories are not acceptable!

Say no to hate
Before it's too late
No shooting bullets to your brain
I won't play this game
I love you I love you I love you
No matter how much blood you spill
I will still love you
When you're finished with your thrill
I will put my hand out for you
Open your eyes, put down that gun
Save these slavics
Save the world from panic
Love love love

[Wind]

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

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[jagman]

I feel like i've lived so many lifetimes and I have been so blessed with love
and happiness. I've also experienced the down side of life but at the end of
the day, I loved the experience of life and I feel so privileged to be alive at
this time in history...just pondering tonight

[chocolate]

Hi! :)
Logged in to post two photos.

https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1653418_10152261403833258_1433140496_n.jpg
Sometimes the packaging (note the bottom of the label where it says Ecuador!) is far more interesting than the food inside.
When I was little I hated food, but really liked the packages. Especially chocolates. I hated those very much, they were just way too sweet for me. But I could spend hours looking at their colorful wrappings.
Some old habits surely never die!
:)



https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1758_10152261403108258_1879554109_n.jpg
They look much better in real life than on my (skinny at present) hand here.
Thank you, Ulli!

Here and now it is rainy (today).
I went to the post office, and came back with several packages, one of them with the two jewelry bits shown above, and another one full of crayons/pencils, Faber-Castell Polychromos. I will not post photos, because I am worried some might feel a tiny pang of jealousy there...
Only after I saw the pencils I could feel a little better about the day. I had ordered about 33 (amazing! colors by my choosing) and 4 markers.

Other than that, I do manage to get in a good stable mood mostly, but on some days it just takes a bit more to get myself to there. And a lot of coffee, too. I need to change my screen name to coffee, I think.

Those past few days I feel as if I am constantly having Out of Body Exp., floating around and about. Nothing out of the ordinary, and good thing I am at home, otherwise who knows... I might float away and than who is going to spoil the mood here (kidding).

:)

[chocolate]

Yes, today feels like this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1620545_660738417323050_300545473_n.jpg

[carryattune]

Hi! :)
Logged in to post two photos.

https://scontent-a-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1653418_10152261403833258_1433140496_n.jpg
Sometimes the packaging (note the bottom of the label where it says Ecuador!) is far more interesting than the food inside.
When I was little I hated food, but really liked the packages. Especially chocolates. I hated those very much, they were just way too sweet for me. But I could spend hours looking at their colorful wrappings.
Some old habits surely never die!
:)



https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1758_10152261403108258_1879554109_n.jpg
They look much better in real life than on my (skinny at present) hand here.
Thank you, Ulli!

Here and now it is rainy (today).
I went to the post office, and came back with several packages, one of them with the two jewelry bits shown above, and another one full of crayons/pencils, Faber-Castell Polychromos. I will not post photos, because I am worried some might feel a tiny pang of jealousy there...
Only after I saw the pencils I could feel a little better about the day. I had ordered about 33 (amazing! colors by my choosing) and 4 markers.

Other than that, I do manage to get in a good stable mood mostly, but on some days it just takes a bit more to get myself to there. And a lot of coffee, too. I need to change my screen name to coffee, I think.

Those past few days I feel as if I am constantly having Out of Body Exp., floating around and about. Nothing out of the ordinary, and good thing I am at home, otherwise who knows... I might float away and than who is going to spoil the mood here (kidding).

:)


Chocolate, your arm and hand are indeed lovely. Not skinny. Looks like you are a fine Bisque doll.

[carryattune]

I feel like i've lived so many lifetimes and I have been so blessed with love
and happiness. I've also experienced the down side of life but at the end of
the day, I loved the experience of life and I feel so privileged to be alive at
this time in history...just pondering tonight

Wonderful, wonderful. Wunnerful. Do you remember who said wonderful as wunnerful? It is great to hear a positive note.🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵I am also glad you are Here.

[dan33]

Hi Chocolate, you have 4 sun chocolate spots in your arm. That is 4 kisses from our sun. :)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1758_10152261403108258_1879554109_n.jpg


I was laughing this morning about this "incident" from UFO CONTACT FROM PLANET KOLDAS


"Now I would like to tell you an amusing incident which happened to Valdar and Mank-Ton on Pyrole. Both of them were surveying the southern hemisphere of Pyrole from an Astrael-craft. The two Pyrolean interpreters accompanying them said they were over the city, Eyland, where they were scheduled to land and make tests. App­roaching the space-port, they could see a large crowd gathered to watch their arrival. Valdar and Mank-Ton were told no Astrael-craft had ever been over this city before and were asked by the Pyroleans to put on an aer­obatic display for the people who were watching. Valdar agreed at once and performed every conceivable manoeuver he knew. When he had completed his demonstration, the ship landed in the center of the spaceport.


"First to emerge," continued Wy-Ora, "were the two Pyroleans, who told the crowd assembled that this was a Koldasian patrol-craft and that there were larger ones in the capital city. Next to emerge was Valdar! As his feet touched the ground a group of Pyrolean girls rushed forward and surrounded him and in their ardour knocked him off his feet. When Mank-Ton emerged from the craft, he was just in time to see Valdar crawl from under the pressing mass of girls.

"He tried to get Valdar back into the craft but was unsuccessful. The more he tried to pull Valdar back, the more the girls pulled him away. Mank-Ton retreated into the ship. When he saw Valdar again he was being chased around the ship by these girls with their long hair str­eaming behind them. Valdar had lost his helmet, his gloves, his boots, and they had pulled his identifica­tion epaulets from his coveralls. At last Valdar was pulled back into the craft by the two interpreters.

[meeradas]

Happy to see someone "finished mixing":

cD40-CJljas

PS: OMG, Doug goes into the light at the end... ;)

very PS: Another great tune from the album here: https://soundcloud.com/rat-pak-records/kxm-faith-is-a-room

[Calz]

Yes, today feels like this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/1620545_660738417323050_300545473_n.jpg

Huh ... someone else noticed?

:lalala:

[Melinda]

Loving these!

Here and now... feeling the mini garden vibes :)

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj550/DoodlemakerUK/3littleFairyGardens_zps3b85a41b.jpg

and

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj550/DoodlemakerUK/2MoreFairyGardens_zpsc214485a.jpg


U p d a t e


These are absolutely beautiful pictures. I would love to see them up close. There is such beauty in nature even if man carved this it is beautiful and delicate looking

Yes, they have a beautiful atmosphere! :)

[Violet]

Oh yeah, it's that time of year again :bounce: I'm looking to plant my spring collection too and I think I'm going for violet tones this year :p

[Strat]

had I had a chainsaw I might have run amok with it, and given the quiet Barbados neighborhood I'm staying in something to make the international news as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel.

Oh, there was a sequel. It was more like a comedy than anything else though.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Texas_chainsaw_massacre_2_poster.jpg

In other news I'm having to study a bunch of shenanigans for work. I don't mind it as it's interesting, but damn is it a lot. I've found a study aid: wine.

[carryattune]

I really like the fairy gardens. Maybe if some us us are so inclined, we might each build one and post our results here. Could be fun.

[carryattune]

Something is amiss. Pray to fix it.