¿ question of the day ?

[zero]

yeh we always have that for ours dinner every monday


and we never get the windypops afterwords because we have excellent posture

[12"razormix]

you put rum in yours tea again! :mad:

[zero]

it was only a wee drop, honestly - just enough to take the pepperminging taste away

[zero]

what's for pudding?

[12"razormix]

http://mattgunn.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/tequila.jpg

[zero]

i wish you could've actually said the word.. you know.. "pudding"?




the way you say "pudding" gives me a

[zero]

happy

[Brynn]

gruel :p

til my teeths recover from the denentist fwkkin with them
ugh.:(

here's a knock knock joke you can tell while your toofies hurt -

Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Dishwasher.
Dishwasher who?
Dishwasher way I shounded before I got my denshurs fixed.

[Stephi_B]

We have what you descendants of the people who crossed Asia on horseback call kifli, it's called Hörnchen, but actually I've never seen them in Berlin, only in the South, where, as redneckish and/or provincial folks there sometimes (or often) are, there is the true knownledge about the 1001 ways how to make bread ;)



NewQfor:08_07_08

¿ How do you like it ?

[Marcus Bales]

It's no better than the one before.

[Stephi_B]

(^aha?)

I like it simple and healthily spoilt or spicy with milk.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

sunny side up

[brightpearl]

slow

[zero]

¿ How do you like it ?

*HUG* don't worry stephi, it'll soon grow back.



where did you get it done? you could ask them for a refund

[Stephi_B]

^:D

(but you really gotta clean your monitor ;))

[Brynn]

rare to medium rare

[lukkucairi]

onna stick :)

[T.I.P.]

al dente

[Marcus Bales]

Pun-filled. I sat next to Al Dente in social studies in 7th grade. He and Sal Monella and I used to spitball the blackboard.

[trisherina]

dark & bittersweet

[Frieda]

strong & black with a little bit of sugar

and RIGHT NOW

[clubsamwich]

wrapped in bacon

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

Q for 9/8/2008

¿How do you imagine time?

circular? linear? spiralling inwards/outwards? etc.

[trisherina]

Pie-shaped, with the point at the present.

[clubsamwich]

by the hour on my fingers

[Stephi_B]

kinda mitochondrial
http://www.simonsfoundation.org/uploads/de669a5f-b11a-6bb4-915c-6447a62f5c7c_800.jpg

or bubbles within bubbles (in a fractal fashion) touching each other, the outer bubble

[brightpearl]

Like this:

.

[zero]

¿How do you imagine time?

dancing alone in the samphire, sending sand spinning away in ribbons

[lukkucairi]

^what he said

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[Frieda]

always behind me, like the wake of a boat

[Brynn]

there's no time like the present
http://www.medianotes-app.com/manual/medianotes/lessons/images/Timeline/Timeline_Elements.jpg
. (http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/examples/religions/religions.html)

[T.I.P.]

to me time is not really palpable

when i try to visualize it i just see what is in front of me, but slightly more blurry

i think time goes from left to right, but i'm not sure :confused:

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

When I was a kid I read a tale where time was a sleeping giant (dreaming the world) under the ground and once he wakes it'll be over.

But now... I think it's lukku and her dreams that sustain the universe ;)

And as for the form I imagine a sine curve, sometimes.

[lukkucairi]

question for 20080710 (which is the 35th anniversary of bahamian independence)



¿ is there more to life than this ?

[Stephi_B]

(Happy I-day to Bahama folks!! :))

Yes, there is, and it will find me sooner or later.
Actively searching for this 'more' is futile I feel.

[Marcus Bales]

Nope.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

What life?

[brightpearl]

I hope so but fear not.

[zero]

¿ is there more to life than this ?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2655403803_6b570d1875_o.jpg

[Coffee]

Unless you are currently having sex with multiple hot partners in a private jet with an open bar and gourmet chef, on a round the world 20 country tour as part of your year long vacation, that you awarded yourself due to your success starting and running a rewarding and profitable business that improves the lives of millions of people and fulfills your life's dreams as well as earning you the love and adulation of most of the world...yes.

[12"razormix]

rizabasten doesn't understand the question.

[Frieda]

¿ is there more to life than this ?


life is what you make it-- if you want more, make more

[Brynn]

yes, infinitely more, more than we can even imagine.

I also agree with Frieda, although I'd amend to say that if you want more, give more.

[brightpearl]

^Ohhhhh.
I tried that.
It's very important to do it properly so's you don't hurt your own self.

Or perhaps I'm just talentless. :o

But I'm told that it's important to be sure you spread it around a lot and don't try to aim it all at just one person and to grow suspicious if you don't notice it coming back around.

[Frieda]

life isnt about giving or taking i think, life isnt about having or not having
mind you-- here's my brutal horrid personal opinion again:

dont wait for the storm to pass, learn how to dance in the rain

[brightpearl]

...Whatever "it" is.

And assuming it exists.

Of which I remain unsure.

Probably my untalented unsureness goes without saying after these couple of posts.

Perhaps I should go and track down that a-banned-done boatyard...

[Frieda]

it's schrödinger's "it"

it's there, but only if you're looking at it

[brightpearl]

But if I look at it, I won't know where it is!
:D

[lukkucairi]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/2655403803_6b570d1875_o.jpg

...wow...

[Brynn]

^Ohhhhh.
I tried that.
It's very important to do it properly so's you don't hurt your own self.

Or perhaps I'm just talentless. :o

But I'm told that it's important to be sure you spread it around a lot and don't try to aim it all at just one person and to grow suspicious if you don't notice it coming back around.

Absolutely! I just feel that the more you put yourself out there doing stuff for people for your own enjoyment, then the more you will get out of life.

I also feel strongly that the "more" to life that people are looking for isn't about the circumstances we're in - yes, it would be nice to have a private jet and be successful and adored and perpetually healthy, but all that is really out there on the rim of the wheel of fate/life, as Joseph Campbell put it so well. As fate inevitably turns, your life is always going to be swinging up and down, up and down. If you're dangling out there on the rim letting your circumstances govern how you feel, you're going to start feeling like "Fortune's fool". The trick is to be as near the center of the wheel as possible, letting circumstances change around you as they will while you inhabit the center. Kind of like Frieda's "dancing in the rain."

How we each inhabit the center and what we personally find as an effective touchstone to get us there in the first place is a whole other conversation.
One that I am no longer willing to enter into very deeply here.

[Frieda]

oh no no no

that's not at all what i mean by dancing in the rain

[Brynn]

That's why I said "kind of.":)

Let me get this straight. So by "dancing in the rain", you don't mean that instead of waiting for the storms of life to pass (undesirable circumstances), you should get out into the middle of the storm and dance (delight) in it instead, making the most of the situation, using the storm to your advantage? That's what I thought you meant. To me, that's what it is to be at the center of fortune's wheel instead of being slung around on the rim. What do you mean?

[T.I.P.]

But if I look at it, I won't know where it is!
:D

jokes for quantum nerds ;)

[T.I.P.]

...Whatever "it" is.

And assuming it exists.

Of which I remain unsure.


it's schrödinger's "it"

it's there, but only if you're looking at it

There is a story about the great master Yaoshan just sitting. His teacher, Shitou, practicing together with him, asked, "What are you doing?" Yaoshan replied, "I'm not doing anything at all." Shitou said, "Then you are just idly sitting." Yaoshan replied, "If I were idly sitting, I would be doing something." Finally Shitou said, "You say that you are not doing anything at all. What is it that you are not doing?"

Yaoshan said, "Even the ten thousand sages don't know."

Reb Anderson, Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains

[Hyakujo's Fox]

¿ is there more to life than this ?

Yes, there's singing karaoke with Scarlett Johansson, but that's about it.

[trisherina]

¿ is there more to life than this ?

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.

[Frieda]

That's why I said "kind of.":)

Let me get this straight. So by "dancing in the rain", you don't mean that instead of waiting for the storms of life to pass (undesirable circumstances), you should get out into the middle of the storm and dance (delight) in it instead, making the most of the situation, using the storm to your advantage? That's what I thought you meant. To me, that's what it is to be at the center of fortune's wheel instead of being slung around on the rim. What do you mean?

oh then we do mean the same, i guess i was blinded by my disbelief in fortune. see, i don't believe in fortune. i believe that even though it rains sometimes, we also make our own storms. if you fart today, there's a storm in asia. or something.

this is too complicated for the early morning :p

[12"razormix]

¿ is there more to life than this ?please kindly define "this".

[zero]

QOTD20080711

¿ when you brush yours hair, is it art ?

[Frieda]

no

[12"razormix]

yes it is! but i'm so bashful about it, i will most certainly go to hell. i always try to put others' hair and brushes before mine. in fact, i will post my best hair art right now so you can tell me how talented i am!

[Stephi_B]

Nope, but, as do that usually after having taken a shower,
it is the prelude for the artful treatment of face, neck & upper body with NIVEA soft....
;):)

[lukkucairi]

with static electricity, yes

with mousse, no

[Brynn]

A boyfriend from a long time ago used to like to brush my hair for me, and when he did it, yes, it was an art.

He started by stroking his fingers gently through the big tangles. Then, starting at the ends, very slowly and patiently he would work up and through it in sections as though it were spun out of something precious. When he was finally done, he would make a precise part, and arrange it around my shoulders the way he wanted it.

[zero]

poor bastard. i hope you made it worth his while after all that palaver.









.

[Brynn]

it was his honor and privilege, of course, what did you think?

[Brynn]

he had to sing to me if he wanted to rub my feet

[zero]

do you know what became of him?

[Brynn]

he travelled a lot. I think he got lost in an enchanted foreign land, I'd like to think.

[Brynn]

A land with a lot of brushes and hair and beautiful women with long tresses.
And yummy snacks.

[brightpearl]

A boyfriend from a long time ago used to like to brush my hair for me, and when he did it, yes, it was an art.

Oh, I used to have one of those. That was nice.
Unfortunately, he wasn't content with brushing just one girl's hair.
:rolleyes:

[Brynn]

you know, I think we may be talking about the same guy...sensitive, erudite?
sigh. wasn't he wonderful?

[brightpearl]

Hmmm. Yes, but I don't know. Big red truck, cowboy boots with honest to god manure on them, black belt in Tae Kwon Do? Cheated on you with a girl who had bigger tits?

:p

[Brynn]

I hat that guy. I hat brushes. I hat my hair.:mad:

[brightpearl]

Oh, don't hat him. We're much better off without him. And you have lovely hair. You should make your husband brush it after he gets you that bowl of ice cream with grilled peaches.

[T.I.P.]

answer to previous QOTD: i don't brush my hair


QOTD for freaky friday:

What is your favorite part of male/female (*) anatomy ?





*: choose whichever one interests you most

[brightpearl]

tippy's frisky today...been doing yoga again I expect
:rolleyes:
:D

men of course
the nose of course
:p
and also I have a thing for nice hands, but not too soft

[brightpearl]

answer to previous QOTD: i don't brush my hair


ps oh, it's definitely art, then!

[Frieda]

shoulders

both sexes

[Hyakujo's Fox]

the points of inflexion

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

QOTD for freaky friday:
What is your favorite part of male/female (*) anatomy ?


Technically it's Saturday here, but no less freaky so: as with almost everything, my interest shifts at irregular intervals between soft and hard parts.

[T.I.P.]

sry boot that

qotd for sexy saturday then


so anyhoo


for me its TITS

i can't even conceive the fact that no-one has mentioned those. They are like the best thing in the whole universe.

[Frieda]

men dont have tits and if they do it looks all weird
and i'm more of a butt person myself

but i'm totally attracted to shoulders

[lukkucairi]

the brain.

[Frieda]

^well you can't walk on the street and suddenly notice someone because his brain looks so damn hot, right?

[lukkucairi]

^ can too!

I do it all the time :p

[Frieda]

sure, dr frankenstein :p

[lukkucairi]

just call me the woman with two brains, OK? :D

[Frieda]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[lukkucairi]

what?! it's perfectly natural!

http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_movie/man2brains.JPG

[12"razormix]

the face.

[zero]

noyn

[Marcus Bales]

"Of course I'm a breast man. I've got legs!" -- Seinfeld

[Stephi_B]

men: ass, that thingie approx. at the same height but front, eyes, hands - in that order

women: tits, ass, eyes, legs/feet - in that order

[topcat]

boobs, hips,ass and legs. one thing i learned in 8th grade art class was its the hips. my teacher was right if you have nice hips you have the whole package.

[Brynn]

If you have a good sense of humor, that's the whole package for me. I could care less what you look like. I prefer to look at someone with a good strong nose and chin I guess. If they don't have a good sense of humor, that is.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

question for july 14 2008

What gets you out of bed this fine morning? or any other morning for that matter.

[brightpearl]

the cat fighting with a racoon again

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

light

and the pheasants' characteristic raspy cries that have settled in the nearby abandoned Jewish cemetery

the pheasnts, not the cries

[brightpearl]

^Oh yeah, and the effing whistling ducks and tigers.

If only I were kidding. I live outside the city limits, and this is Texas, and so all sorts of weird shite is allowed.
The female's in heat, apparently.

mmrrrRRRROOOWWWWWmmmmmm
mmrrrRRRRROOOOOWWWWmmmm

[T.I.P.]

a bright sun and the smell of coffee

[trisherina]

The thought of a MOMENT'S PRIVACY before the day begins.

[lukkucairi]

someone playing Thievery Corporation on Ganesha

[Frieda]

the urge to get up early in order to leave work early

[Stephi_B]

the incipient rush hour & the still present Sat-night endorphins in my body

[lukkucairi]

a sore throat

[Hyakujo's Fox]

I get bored eventually.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

question for july 15 2008

what little thing did your mother used to make or do for you?

[lukkucairi]

she taught me how to make really good chocolate fudge :)

[Stephi_B]

tri-colour tortellini with tomato sauce on Saturdays :)

(the only day of the week she'd cook for me, and we'd two hang out together for a while
-- so it's more than tortellini I'm talking about ;) -- otherwise I was at my grandparents upstairs, where she would come to eat in the evening)

[12"razormix]

she used to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear while she talked to me.

[zero]

took me to good places where i could easily fall into ponds, rivers etc., then fished me out when i did, and said therethere nevermind it's ok.

[lukkucairi]

oh, and she stopped people from jumping in the pool to rescue me when I was having a personal time out on the bottom, peacefully holding my breath.

[Brynn]

When I was in grade school, she would bring me various books from the supermarket to read that were just a little bit beyond my reading abilities - Black Beauty, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Tale of Two Cities, The Good Earth, The Biography of Madame Curie, etc. None of the other kids (6 of them) wanted or got that.

[Frieda]

i'm going to wait till the 15th with replying to have some time to ponder about this question

:confused:

[trisherina]

She used to call me Kittencat, with a long soft Bavarian a.

[Veruki]

she taught me not to care what others thought, and that eyebrows should be groomed, but never look over plucked

[zero]

20080715QOTD



¿ CAN YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T DONE OR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED ?

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I remember all too clearly I haven't washed the dishes. :(

[skip intro]

i can remember the bad news not ending

[brightpearl]

yes


oh and plus I've forgotten lots of things I have done

[trisherina]

Aw, I remember that s*** all the time.

[Coffee]

There is a long but manageable list of Haven't Done Yets between me and Hasn't Happened Yet.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

previous question for today: for every primary schoolday I can remember there was a playtime cup cake with icing.

¿ CAN YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T DONE OR THAT HASN'T HAPPENED ?

*bows*

[lukkucairi]

no kidding...

zero gets a hug for this one :p

[Stephi_B]

Yep.

[Marcus Bales]

Wednesday's Question: who's your role model?

[Stephi_B]

Ain't got one, am myself and that's it.
There's people though
(my grandma, my Vanya, my friend-who-is-back-in-Spain-again)
who give me inspiration at times.

[Frieda]

commander T'Pol

[lukkucairi]

don't have a single person who's the be-all role model, but I see aspects of my friends I want to emulate:

I wish I were as gentle as Trent is
I want Jared's leadership skills and his whimsical outlook on life
some of Amie's unsinkable sense of fun, please
I'd like to have Jeremy's relaxation skills
I'd love to be as solid as Doug
I wish I had Heather's groundedness and her sense of caring duty.

there are far too many to list here - but I love and respect my friends very much.

[topcat]

zefrank and lala

[brightpearl]

I have my reasons. (http://www.bradtrent.com/gallery5/images/gallery516.jpg)

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://www.macibolt.hu/pic/micimacko_malacka_shephard.jpg

[zero]

http://www.oddgames.com/daniel/graphics/angry_man.jpg

[12"razormix]

have you lost weight?

[zero]

a little - and it's all thanks to my trim jeans (http://www.the-f-word.org/blogpics/trimjeans_s.jpg)

[12"razormix]

apparently i don't have permission to access your trim jeans.

[zero]

^distrubing dreams thread

[zero]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2675338376_14ec0a647a_o.jpg

[zero]

come back!

[12"razormix]

i'm frightened.

[zero]

let me reassure you - although it states "waist, abdomen, hips and thighs" they work on the arse region too

[12"razormix]

what really frightened me was what passes as "jeans" in scotland..

( did you notice how stoically i'm ignoring your arse comment? )

[zero]

yup we all wear this type of jeans



so what would this attire be called in asoko then?

[12"razormix]

do you honestly think i'm going to fall for this one?

[zero]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/5408926_6ade01b91e_o.jpg

[12"razormix]

sweet jesus have mercy :eek:

[zero]

^^at bedtime just after taking off the trim-jeans

[12"razormix]

SEXAY!

[zero]

in scotland when you hear us bangin' on about OUR FREEDOM, that's the kind of freedom we actually mean

[12"razormix]

braveheart my arse! :mad: :mad:

[zero]

theyre all wearing trim-jeans under theirs kilts in that movie



check it.

[Frieda]

mel gibson is the worst fake semi-blootered scotsman ever.

and-- i just realised i'm working for the shutup man. he's on holiday now and i am considering actively taking over his role.

i think i will. mind if i borrow the image?

[zero]

please do! the bastard's such a burden to me!

[Frieda]

you're wearing it with pride, mr zero. well done.

[12"razormix]

evenin' empress! :)

[Frieda]

evenin' raymond :)

what's with the 'n? is this the new superfluous u?

[Frieda]

will i be überhip if i participate in this newlyfound trend?

[12"razormix]

HANNNNNDBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG!

[Frieda]

aye

http://www.fantastisch.nu/images/producten/normal/Reistas.jpg

:):)

[12"razormix]

newlyfound trendi don't know what it is but participate!

[zero]

... i'm working for the shutup man. he's on holiday now and i am considering actively taking over his role. i think i will. mind if i borrow the image?

frieda are you seriously taking the SHUTUP MAN in to your workplace??:D

[Frieda]

i think so

as soon as i've found a color printer i will print the image, hang it on the whiteboard and write "SHUT UP MAN" under it

i think my bossman will find it a pleasant surprise and a fine addition to his "caution, grumpy bastard" sign

[Frieda]

plus, i haven't yelled at anyone lately so it will help me too!

[Brynn]

sorry, this is the day I can't seem to recall anything at all, including what hasn't happened yet!


New question of the day:

Whose shoes (other than your own) would you like to walk in for a day, and can you trust them to handle your life?

[zero]

brynn i pondered and pondered this but came up with no answer because you see in the course of my ponderings i made a small self-discovery which is that the thought of swapping shoes with another human being (with the possible exception of zormix assuming she'd play along) gives me the right fvckken heebie jeebies

[MoJoRiSin]

I am on the same page as zero(a) except possibly a ten minute exchange as an olympic ice-skater
(DOUBLES !)

[muchojackdaniel]

yes i love hatss!

[lukkucairi]

I tend to go barefooted- how would I effect a shoe exchange?

[brightpearl]

OH I would like to exchange shoes with TIP on one of his few days off so that I could go to the Guggenheim.

Or with Lulu during Burning Man, although I wouldn't want to deprive her of one of her days there.

Or OOHHHH,
Bjork!
I've always wanted to speak Icelandic.

I'm sure any of these people could handle my life just fine, although they might all get a little tired of playing pirate with my kiddo.

[zero]

.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2670083906_d7490542da_o.png

[Stephi_B]

(am not good at these, never was, mmh, I'll make a clever guess, utter it in a determined way and smile in an amiable way, just like I always did in the organic chemistry exams...)


both boxes are violet, definitely!

:)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

the missing word is "up"

[brightpearl]

I'munna go with both yellow, but the original question is based on a logical fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter hoc, in my humble opinion.

So probably Stephi's answer is better. It sticks it to the man.

[lukkucairi]

the line's bent and so am I

[Brynn]

It's where the binoculars go, silly.

[MoJoRiSin]

I think purple is a better way to phrase the violet answer....

=>both purple

[Frieda]

the missing word is "up"

no, no

that's the only way

the only way is up (baby)

[zero]

the question isn't really to do with deducing what colours the two white squares might be or what might be in them


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2670083906_d7490542da_o.png


no, it's about how come those two white squares can exist in the first place - given that the pieces and the overall size of each rectangle is the same,

from where do the two "extra" pieces come?


there is an answer. i'll post it later

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

First picture: 6 green columns, 5 blue ones
Second picture, green and blue swapped places, but yellow/red didn't follow green, so naturally, to preserve the original size, there must be extra squares, to fill up six columns.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

the line's bent and so am I

You're thinking of the Missing square puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_square_puzzle)

[zero]

that's it



thank you for your kind asssistance in this bamboozlement

[Odbe]

The white squares are made of the same stuff that takes up space in your suitcase, so that you can always fit everything in at the start of your holidays but there's not enough room in the suitcase when you pack to come home again.

Of course, shopping may have something to do with that as well.

[lukkucairi]

You're thinking of the Missing square puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_square_puzzle)

i always did suck at logic :p

[Hyakujo's Fox]

ok just for mr zero's sanity.

The blue and green shapes are not the same in the two diagrams. In the left picture the green has a left edge of 7 and a right edge of 9 and a bit, while in the right picture it has a left edge of 7 minus a bit and a right of 9, so it's area has decreased. And similarly for the blue. That's where the extra area comes from.

[Coffee]

Keep in mind that contractors charge ALOT extra for last minute changes to make extra closet space.

[MoJoRiSin]

...and they do not get it from the attic space....?

[Bman]

dark matter

[Odbe]

^ :D

[Frieda]

qotd for monday july 21
-----------------------


love the life you live

&

live the life you love


which one of the above is the easiest for you? why? have you been through these phases once, twice, maybe 10 times already? are you actively working on one right now? any stories to share? :)

[12"razormix]

if you love life, there really isn't a difference ( if you love life, you also live the life you love ).

i am very grateful for every morning that i wake up and am actively working on staying alive! :)

[Frieda]

oh that's true. but have you always loved your life? or have you been actively creating the life you love, in order to love your life? which one comes first? :confused:

[12"razormix]

no, i haven't always loved my life. and i don't think you can "create the life you love" - that kind of happens all around you when you don't try so hard.

[12"razormix]

which one comes first?love always comes first ;)

[Coffee]

I loved the life I lived for about 5 years when I was self employed, even though I was mostly poor during that time.
http://web.mac.com/mrbesilly/iWeb/One%20Man's%20Highway/Images/van_gogh_bandaged.jpg

Now I'm not so much enjoying the life I live (at least in terms of "work/yawn"), but I'm doing it to prepare/bankroll a life I will (hopefully) love.
http://wahooart.com/A55A04/w.nsf/OPRA/BRUE-5ZKDTQ/$File/Paul%20Gauguin%20-%20Pastorales%20Tahitiennes.JPG

[MoJoRiSin]

this is a dorky thought but you know that
Biblical saying:
.Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.

[[Inretrospect I understand how much my parents loved me although they rarely
looked me in the eye or hugged me.]]

[MoJoRiSin]

Imagine hearing this when you were 4 or 5 and your last name was Young.

[12"razormix]

would you like a hug, mojo?

[MoJoRiSin]

I LOVE HUGS
I AM A GIVER OF HUGS THOUGH...
...BUT SURE, COME ON OVER

[topcat]

qotd for monday july 21
-----------------------


love the life you live

&

live the life you love


which one of the above is the easiest for you? why? have you been through these phases once, twice, maybe 10 times already? are you actively working on one right now? any stories to share? :)

thats 5 questions for the question of the day

[MoJoRiSin]

When you are as old as I and have meditated as much as I have
It is very easy to love your life...

But I didn't answer because it sounds pompous.
;)

[T.I.P.]

q
love the life you live

&

live the life you love


both are intimately intertwined - you can't have one without the other

to live the life you love you need to make things happen and not just sit there waiting for them to happen
to love the life you live you need to be relaxed, not worry too much about whether or not your efforts are going to pay off

On Sunday i heard someone say that yoga is 50% willpower and 50% acceptance. Maybe that is why it's such a popular "sport" nowadays.

[Frieda]

ohh its all so complicated these questions of life

i say love comes first, too. just because it makes everything look better. without love, you can't see the options you have.


i haven't always loved my life-- in fact i've hated it for 25 years. and now that i'm starting all over again, i'm kind of lost, i'm wondering about what the life i'd really REALLY love would actually be--

not this, because it don't really like my job and it leaves me unsatisfied. but i don't know what it would be!

i told you it was complicated.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

living is the thing, and hopefully, loving it is the reaction to that living. so frame your objectives in terms of living, being honest to your self, and hopefully you'll do well enough in living to get the loving it reaction.

but to make loving-it your objective, puts you into a place where your emotions can feed on themselves. eg. from failure arises sadness, but feeling sadness is another failure in itself because your goal is to love it, so you get another unhappy, which is another failure, so you get another unhappy, which is another failure, etc.

anyhow, that's my view of it this week. :)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

i'm kind of lost, i'm wondering about what the life i'd really REALLY love would actually be--

not this, because it don't really like my job and it leaves me unsatisfied. but i don't know what it would be!

have you asked your younger self? :)

[Odbe]

I used to dream of the life I would live and love someday but I've come to realise that this is an ideal I shouldn't spend all my energy on trying to get to, because if I did I probably wouldn't love it as much as I thought I would - grass is always greener and such. I'm learning to love the life I live, and work on changing some of the bad parts and doing more of what makes it good, rather than trying to attain an ideal life as a whole. I don't think anyone is ever going to have a life that they love because of an absence of bad things in it or the fulfillment of all of their desires - that shouldn't be what makes you happy, I think.

[zero]

¿QOTD20080722?

FRED


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¿ what are some of your thoughts about this young man and his work?

[Anna]

genius

[Frieda]

i think they kicked him off the 2 o'clock blootered scotsman to Isengard

[Coffee]

"work"?!

bwahahaha

[12"razormix]

yes work

[Frieda]

coffee's just a bit jealous ;)

[trisherina]

All I can say is we are in an interesting age of demographic definition. I wish I could say it less boringly, but nope, that's about it. I'm spent.

[T.I.P.]

The thought I had watching those videos was that these are some strange times we live in.

not super original (^) but that is my answer to the qotd

[MoJoRiSin]

won in 500 million

[zero]

.
qotd20082307

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/2453605690_ddd7799956.jpg

[Coffee]

The adjustable width toaster.

[Stephi_B]

fresh! self!cut! potato! bread! is! was! and will! be! the best! thing! ever!
....besides sex! and espresso! and yogi! tea! with milk! maybe

[Frieda]

toilets and proper plumbing

[brightpearl]

jerky

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

I don't like pre-sliced bread.

So the best thing before sliced bread was the not-sliced kind. And still is. With its crispy-crumby crust and heavenly smell...

[Odbe]

paper

[seebe]

The Sears catalogue

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

http://www.valeriovalerio.org/images/internet_world_map.png

¿QOTD20080724?

¿How come the lights are on at the same time everywhere?

[Stephi_B]

uncertainty principle ;)

[Hyakujo's Fox]

insomnia

[brightpearl]

aliens

[brightpearl]

no wait wait wait

I meant to say Bigfoot.

[zero]

yeh but the real question is is anyone home?

[Hyakujo's Fox]

¿How come the lights are on at the same time everywhere?[/CENTER]

sockpuppets
spammers
lurkers

[trisherina]

yeh but the real question is is anyone home?

Nope!! Far, far from it. :D

[zero]

you've left the iron on too

[Coffee]

And why is it night everywhere? :rolleyes:

[MoJoRiSin]

something is amiss

[Brynn]

i smell a foot.

[skip intro]

25th of july

what is afoot?

[T.I.P.]

soldiers are afoot

[Odbe]

knobbly thing on the end of your leg.

[YsaPur EsChomuw]

no wait wait wait

I meant to say Bigfoot.

Bigfoot, again.

[madasacutsnake]

Phi says something about it being related to the ulna and that can be used to calculate BMI for people whose height can't be measured.

[Stephi_B]

all for one on top

[brightpearl]

Strange things, if one is at the Circle K.

Whoa.

[zero]

FREE! EXTRA BONUS NEW!! QOTD seeing it's friday & everything..



¿ what is your prediction for the outcome of this poll ?

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[Frieda]

i voted! i voted!

[zero]

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ME TOO!!:D

och now i wish i'd made that one of the choices


nevermind next time maybe

[Frieda]

did you vote twice??

[zero]

no ma'am! there must be a phantom voter


and btw what is your answer to the qotd?

[Frieda]

i don't know yet, i am going to think about it for couple of hours and i will let you know!

[zero]

very carfty

[Stephi_B]

voted.... the mainstream result - but I love that word auchtermuchy, maybe I'll tattoo it someplace ;)