Being spontaneous does not allow the ego to plot, so the spirit can guide. ~Oneself

"An environment of love is one of spirit and spirit does not invite attack by the ego, only ego invites attack by ego." ~. OneSelf

The enemy is not other men, but the fictions in their minds, this is the target. But first you must eliminate the fictions in your own mind before you can eliminate the fictions in theirs.
~Infinite Play

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Never underestimate the wily strategies of the ego.
Respect its capacities and compassionately heal it.

Once the ego is docile, it is much more amenable to evaporating into the sunshine.

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I love it when people like John Stossel second my motion for Revolution!

Yeah baby!

Inside, I am somebody that nobody known...

#4 Mine's frosty, Bonnie ;)

#3 What fictions, Richard?.....no, don't answer that ;)
I know all these fictions are a fiction. At what point are they created creations? Wait a mo.....

yes/no, I just can't say. Maybe it's the ungarbling-point, only surpassed by the pa-trolling.

Just in case, yes, great respect for your creativity, Richard, my friend.

The same fundamental cause creates the ego which then on it creates the superstructure of the species known as human being with all its peculiar characteristics.

So become human being, will have ego.

There is no other way to outgrow ego than the way of evolution, for, it is not different from an old man's outgrowing sex-desire in old age.

One may be in old age even from one's childhood because human lives also represent a continuity from past lives. It is as certain branches of a tree will be fruit-bearing while all will not be though outwardly all will look the same branches.

All fight and consequent suffering helps in evolutionary advancmenet which will finally help outgrow ego and become more than human beings. May be we will call them supermen, may be by then they will take habitat at some higher planets and we already call them angels.

was the last OT frozen fot u 2?

damn...someone (loner) really needs to get a %&$*$%^ life and stop acting like a killjoy...if IB is all the life he has maybe we should set up a trust fund for his medical treatment...sad!

I am a big fan of Deepak's and have read the 7 Spiritual Laws of Success. Once I combined it with his Success Cards strange things started happening. Has anyone else had this experience and is there any way out of the rabbit hole?

Ed my love, this is for the man of my heart, mmmm, but it's for you too... maybe you can catch the film locally if you're in the mood, as I think it's out now in the UK:

The song is Guzaarish, from the currently-playing Ghajini.

It's sung by Sonu Nigam, one of India's most popular playback singers, a Leo whose b'day is a day to the east of my baby's and four to the west of mine, and Javed Ali, whose voice you heard in Maahi, in last week's OT #28. The actors are Aamir Khan (of Laagan fame) and Asin, a new actress a friend calls "a breath of fresh air".

The term for the scenes used to present the song is "picturisation". So it's said that Guzaarish is picturised on Aamir Khan and Asin, and sung in playback by Sonu Nigam and Javed Ali.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7Lro27fMw

(or click my name)

...
tu meri adhuri
pyaas pyaas
tu aa gayi mann ko
raas raas
...

using IB OT as a literary mirror (a):

Glitter

My shore glints
with bits of you,
the lemony colors
shining through
my wet and salty sand.
Salty? Yes.
You’ll never drive me,
nor let me drive you,
and when it snows,
we won’t run,
nor will you catch me,
there in the snow,
nor splatter me
with its cold.
I won’t feel your breath,
or touch your feet,
and you won’t hold me safe
away from the heaviness
of a monsoon rain,
nor take care of me,
nor will I take care of you.
A wind blurs
what follows next.
Then it flings your glitter
high,
loose,
and free.

using IB OT as a literary mirror (b):

Simple

I’ve become simple
in your hands.
A few strokes of the pen,
in simple black
India ink, laid onto
creamy white rice paper,
or Bristol board.
I’m as simple as
a hand-inked heroine,
her garb so tight,
you can see
her solar plexus and ribs,
as if she weren’t
dressed.
There, you’ve drawn
an upside-down arch,
there,
there, its line
severs my skin,
behind which
you’ll find my heart.
I didn’t need it anyway,
I’m too simple now.

#12 and #13 were edited using the aid of a text-to-voice reader.

If you get emotionally involved with your writing and find it hard to edit ruthlessly, which is what produces better writing, a text-to-voice reader's digitized voice is a big help, giving you instant literary distance while you're still in the throes of the passion of creation, and there are no egos involved, as it's not a real humin-bean doing the reading.

The reader I use is:

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

(or click my name)

I use the free version, in which you have to paste your work to play it by voice, and you get only three possible very digital-sounding voice options. Paid versions give you more functionality, like reading text-to-voice directly from the web or Word, and more natural-sounding voices.

I find using the reader immensely helpful.

#12 was edited down by half. It's still flawed, but it's tighter and more incisive. #13 is one of the strongest poems I've written. It wasn't shortened, but it was polished in key areas, by listening to how the voice rendered the meaning.

Using the reader helps the writer move away from self-indulgent writing very fast, while hewing to the bones of the piece quite tightly.

Do you get it that I really really really recommend you give this technique a try, if you write? Free free free, too. :)

It works for poetry and prose. It's an aid that's best taken in small doses, as the digitized voice is most effective that way. So write, edit by hand, then play edited draft in reader, re-edit, and take a break. And so on.

love to all writers (and all), h

cher Jean

Inside we are all someone no one knows. Or, inside we are what others understand better than we think they do. Or, we get in the habit of feeling lonely, but it's just a habit.

And we all love each other anyway. When faced with fires of destruction, if we're not crushed by our fears, we connect with each other, without boundaries.

It's remembering the fires of destruction that helps me remember how to love.

But I didn't learn how to really love until recently.

I was hidden. By my anger, from myself. To see the anger, I'd have had to tell it. To tell it, I'd have needed to know what it was about. And because it was about people I loved, I couldn't face it until they died.

And then they did. And I stepped into the anger and lived there, as if it were a country.

Some lovely people from India, starting with Bollywood filmmakers, actors, singers, and musicians, and dancers (and the whole industry crew from production to finance to distribution), and moving on to Indian writers, including IB's own Rahul Pandita, and my own mmmm, and Salman Rushdie, showed me -- showed me by living it, as well as telling it -- what love is.

And when I saw them living love, I saw how I could do it too, but I saw myself on the other side of it, away from it, held off by my anger-fence. I saw love was real, and the fence was real. But the fence was a fence, not a wall.

And then parts of the fence just took themselves away. This is how it is. When the right people are encountered, at the right time in a life, pieces of anger-fences can remove themselves, and walk awkwardly off into their own sunsets, where they burn to crisp little black matchsticks and ashy debris.

At such moments, you're allowed guffaws, long snickering sessions with a good wine, and mad dances. Because then you're free. But that doesn't mean it's easy thereafter.

Ishq hai, as the Indian phrase goes. It's love, or, love is.

Love is as real as the f-ing sky, and as necessary as the air we breath, and it's ever-present inside all of us, and because it's inside all of us, it is outside us, too. And we can offer it for others' nourishment, and we can take its nourishment to ourselves. And giving and receiving love are not selfish acts, they can be done freely, without guilt on any side.

Love is health. Love is energy. Love is gentle and soft and rough and hard. It is deep. It is stronger than anything else in man.

It doesn't want to hurt the beloved. When it seems to being doing so, love has gotten mixed up with ego, or love is hiding from the thought of hurt by pretending to be angry.

To get through such times tests the spirit more than anything else does. To hold to love when things aren't going as one dreams is real love. To keep looking for ego and anger and throwing them out, and keep looking for the me or the you in the love and putting them aside, until only the beloved is present for the lover, that is real love. And it's not easy.

But because ishq hai, it is possible.

My God, I've learned so much in four years. Wouldn't it have been cool if I'd learned this when I was young? This is what parents are supposed to do above all: teach what love is. because from love, all other things, including survival under the most terrible circumstances, is possible.

Imagine someone torn from their family as a child. How does a person survive something like that? It is through the persistence of love that they can survive it. But layered over the love is so much anger, defensiveness, so much that the person can't stand to see it. He or she just acts it out sometimes, or withdraws so as not to act it out. But what's hiding inside those huts of angry thorn-branches, floored and ceiled with knife blades, is love. Love is a never-ending, unassailable fire that those ramshackle dwellings protect. It is we who think love needs such a protection. Our mission is to learn that we are wrong.

And because ishq hai, the miracle is, at the right time, with the right people, the fire is uncovered and it smiles, and shakes hands with the sun, moon and stars. And no rain, snow, fog or floods can quench it, nor can it be covered by landslidesm nor subsumed by earthquakes,

Love is.

This is for you, and yet it's offered at the feet of my mmmm, too. Because he taught me the most about love, by being so lovable that I can't run away from love, the way I used to.

And I will put up a song link for you in a minute, a lightweight song that is nonetheless deep-hearted, and even okey-dokey for dancing. And maybe the song will make you smile. And maybe the thought of someone taking a whole lifetime to learn how to really love will make you laugh. It can't be any worse for you than it was for me in those other years. And here I am, in love, and buoyed by my love, and my God, even when life is at its toughest, never so happy as now.

love, with all my heart, h

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi Zindagi, from this year's Jaane Tu Jaane Na, pour cher J-F:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvW4HOKcnPs

(or click my name)

...
soch zara jaan-e-jaan tujhko
hum kitna chahte hain
rote hain hum bhi agar tere aankhon
mein aansoo aate hain
gana to aata nahin hain
magar phir bhi hum gaate hain
...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7Lro27fMw

clickable Guzaarish link on my name here, sorry for mistake in #11 above.

hugs and love to long-quiet IB friends.

and love and blessings to everyone.

-- h

washington is now the bailout capital of every joe bloe in the country...

look who is now holding hand out for taxpayer dollars...the porn industry...yikes...

"Porn industry seeks federal bailout

Larry Flynt is asking for a bailout.

WASHINGTON

— Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate $5 billion for a bailout of the adult entertainment industry..."

#11-#18

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G3NQ5Tfm3AA

Hi Heath, and Diablo, and Harb, Bonnie, Richard, Ed & Jean Francois

finally a chance to come to IB, and wish All a good New Year!

dear Keith,
I hope you are well on the mend.
(and able to bend :-))

Craig,
are you better too? no more headaches, I hope!

lots of love,
~ Kate

hi kate! Damn, girl!

emperor! where art zow?

flabs...where r u..in the gym? damn!...burning off all the cow meat u indulged in over xmas? hehe!

amber...are u still on vacation? damn!

doodooman...how's that boat...still in troubled waters?

tammy...MIA long time now?

btw...wasn't flabs supposed to meet up with the emperor for lunch in jan in seattle?...or has zat fell thru the craps? not Flynt's...hoe-hoe..

This is for our ever-present IBD, the one who throws insults all over the place and figures one needs to be a magician to go to Cuba:
http://skepticblog.org/2009/01/06/how-to-bend-a-spoon-with-just-your-mind/

By the way, Dr. Chopra thinks very highly of Michael Shermer.

Yeah Kate, I have not had a headache for the last few days, it is simply kind of a dull ache that feels like it can inflame at any time . . .

Weird. I just thank God the excruciating headaches have passed (I hope). Thank you for asking.

Yo baby D, we need to put together a bail-out package for us! Do you know how to write up those grant thingys?!?

We could call it "stoners without a cause", or, "bankrupt bums who need bucks", or, . . .; not that you are a stoner or bum bro, but I have heard a "noble lie" is, well, good!

But in all seriousness, give me a hundred million dollars to build an education, job works program community for Spokane's chronically poor, homeless, & drug-addict struggling population, and I'll show the world we can empower the least amongst us to be the greatest!

I have every detail worked out; but I would earnestly seek out the input of a Dr. Yoder from Whitworth college, and the Gospel Mission's youth outreach director, Dennis Roach, a lifelong friend who I first met when he worked at juvenile detention (how quickly 30 years pass) and I started my "career criminality", and a couple other people I would seek counsel from, because I know these guys genuinely care!

Oooo, if only . . .

Peace

Norm has probably been celebrating these last few weeks D; I won't say why . . .

Shmuel just posted somewhere here in the last day, but I had wondered if he had joined Norm in the celebration. Yeah I remember Norm saying he was coming up this way: hmmmmmm.

pax vobiscum

skeptisch..u miultiple ID spoon-bending oddity..what..did the fat dude in red suit miss ur igloo on xmas eve?

i bet u u have never been to cuba except in ur &%$#^*# sleep...

but why would anyone from the artic go to cuba to teach sagan and not anything more meaningful? is zat what the peasants are really dying to learn? not how to grow crops, paint, sew? or attend school? etc? dude...u are one of a weird kind anywhere on the planet...damn!

and btw...skeptisch the spoon obsessor.....where is irv, ur egotistical loner bigtalk, know-it-all? to be on a given day?

That was easy, all one has to say is IBD and he answers. Will he ever learn?

Well....goooooood morrrrnnnning all you IB dudes and dudettes....it's not too late to say Happy New Year again is it?

Baby D...glad you emjoyed your Island holiday... would love to have some mahi for dinner... I have to be really careful about going down there anymore....I was such a hit with the young ladies, it becomes really distracting...for everyone.... :)

Craig...It was looking like I might be coming out there...but that deal ended up not happening. The truck turned out to be not quite what i needed. Ahh well...maybe someday....we'll just make a road trip...

hope all of you are having a wunnerful new year so far....

:)

damn...u got to give it to the master of ID con jobs...this dude is good...in creating Ids at will...too bad he's so lousy at diversity of message...he's so predictable with his boring, familiar MO...it's like watching a dentist pull teeth...and what's sad..is he denies it..

say skeptic? have u done any spoon-bending routine...lately..like they do at yaga? and why don't u aptly create an Id calling urself spoon? damn!

yo flabs... the emperor was expecting to toast a little martini with yah in the Evergreen State ...damn!

i know rum and coke would go down a little easier on u..oh well!

say...did that igloo-dwelling dream traveler brought u any cuban cigars from his fantasy trip? hehe!

deepak reveals to son that 30% of Indian kids go to bed hungry every night while India produces a surplus of food for export to countries in the mid east! shocking!

“The Cuban constitution enshrines environmental protection. Cuba has been identified as the one country in the world that has been able to develop in an ecologically sustainable way by the WWF. Uniquely Cuba has balanced a rising standard of living with practices that are ecologically sustainable. While it is pretty shocking for the rest of the globe that no other state has achieved this, it shows just how important the example of Cuba is if we are to meet environmental challenges such as climate change and to deal with global problems of poverty and injustice at the same time.

Put most simply to achieve a green world, we all need to learn from Cuba.”

http://another-green-world.blogspot.com/

Cuba Organic Farming Group Wins Alternative Nobel Prize

Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZE GOES TO CUBAN ORGANIC FARMING GROUP

Alternative Nobel Prize Goes to Cuban Group Promoting the Organic Revolution

STOCKHOLM and OAKLAND: The Grupo de Agricultura Organica (GAO), the Cuban organic farming association, which has been at the forefront of the
country's transition from industrial to organic agriculture, was named as
winner of a major international prize--the Right Livelihood
Award--commonly known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize.'

"This award is truly an honor for Cuba, for GAO, and for all the farmers,
researchers, and policy makers who have struggled to make organic farming
work in Cuba," said Dr. Fernado Funes-Aguilar, President of GAO. "

“We hope that our efforts will demonstrate to other countries that conventional
chemically-dependent agriculture is not the only way to feed a country."

http://www.purefood.org/Organic/cubanobel.cfm

Cuba, 1959 to present:

Fidel Castro came to power at the beginning of 1959. A U.S. National Security Council meeting of March 10, 1959 included on its agenda the feasibility of bringing "another government to power in Cuba." There followed 40 years of terrorist attacks, bombings, full-scale military invasion, sanctions, embargoes, isolation, assassinations...Cuba had carried out The Unforgivable Revolution, a very serious threat of setting a "good example" in Latin America.

The saddest part of this is that the world will never know what kind of society Cuba could have produced if left alone, if not constantly under the gun and the threat of invasion, if allowed to relax its control at home. The idealism, the vision, the talent were all there. But we'll never know. And that of course was the idea.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/US_Interventions_WBlumZ.html

I think we are all entitled to ask and to keep asking every member of the Obama transition team until we receive a satisfactory answer, the following questions:

· Will Warren be invited to the solemn ceremony of inauguration without being asked to repudiate what he has directly said to deny salvation to Jews?
· Will he be giving a national invocation without disowning what his mentor said about civil rights and what his leading supporter says about Mormons?
· Will the American people be prayed into the next administration, which will be confronted by a possible nuclear Iran and an already nuclear Pakistan, by a half-educated pulpit-pounder raised in the belief that the Armageddon solution is one to be anticipated with positive glee?
Christopher Hitchens

://www.slate.com/id/2207148/

I am sorry to hear I won't be meeting up with you brother Norm! Maybe one day bro!

Yeah D, maybe we can get Norm to "go green" on his drug of choice and put down that sugarified putrid fruit cocktail! He may become a peace-loving, tree-hugging, Cheetos munching, Jesus-loving "lefty" yet! What say ye Norm! Arrrrr . . .

Castro rocks Skep!

And I have provided the link to that excellent Hitchens article.

Peace

Hey brother Craig, you will like this:
Fidel Castro in South Africa with Nelson Mandela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNF0YkRQjM

some bery strange people blog here...dude...

ok..u actually went to cuba to teach carl sagan..we are totally convinced..u are such a filantropist! whoa..

everybody here really cares...and believe everything u say...yeah right!

Castro to Mandela, "brother", Mandela to Castro, "brother".

Awesome

Hi everybody,

For the first time in twelve years we have a real winter in Holland. Today I really walked through a winter wonderland, so beautiful, that I cannot resist to give you the link to some great pictures I was able to make:

http://www.heartphone.org/winter_in_holland_in_2009.htm

An everlasting great memory for all the people in our country, especially for a whole new generation that has experienced this for the first time!

Mieke

Big hugs and blessings to everyone at IB. This will be my last comment. I will miss you all.

love, h

except for this ;)

Mieke!! your pics are SPECTACULAR!

love to all, h

And one last song, from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, written by AR Rahman -- Kahin To Hogi Woh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJcuTKhQI48

(or click my name)

...
kahin to
kahin to
hogi woh
duniya jahaan tu mere
saath hai
jahaan main
jahaan tu
aur jahaan
bas tere mere
jazbaat hain
...

somewhere,
somewhere,
must be
a world
where, with me,
you are,
where I,
where you,
and where
your and my feelings,
live

- - -

final love to all, h

Wow Mieke! Beautiful pictures! And the ice skaters, that is wayyyy kewl!

O heath, no more intentblog, me now is lost . . .

Even more . . .

```
Having trouble sleeping, so thought I would check into IB for what could be my last visit.

Mieke those are some incredible photographs!!

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Would like to share a "Moment of Peace" with everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/?v=GgNfNZmnbaU

And this one

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

And this might work better on the first one.
(I have such a hard time typing youtube URL's)

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

Ah yes, a moment of Peace, we are One :)

Would you believe? *tears*

Hey, Irv, I salute you, too!

Thinking back
Even back then
I was always like this
Always
Always waiting for you

But I will never ever forget you
Because even then
I was happy

What beautiful pictures Mieke, Nature's mystique at its best!

How much time do we have left together?

Exactly!

Axe spelled backwards cuts like a knife.

.

This hillbilly feels as if he has come a long, long way

since first he cometh into this scene.

If nominated, I would honor and treasure the designation of

He/She/It Who Has Learned, Loved & Grown More Right Here Than Anyone Else

It's up for grabs, ya know!

.

So am I. Ripe for the taking, and barking up the wrong me.

I would make good paper--to be used for the printing of intentBlog's archives.

All my play/work is buried here! How on earth can I retrieve

Everything outside of my thick skin that lies inside these most beloved pages?

I'm at a loss, and losing more by the second. Someone help me, please.

Damn tears again...why does it hurt so bad? What is really happening here?

The rug has been sold. The magic carpet soon to be annihilated.

Maybe I'm being selfish, and over-possessive, I don't know.

Any last words? OMG!!! The pressure...intensifies in an immense suspension.

I'm holding my breathe. Hug me now, quickly! UT

The Tears Of A Clown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2E_RSJAhYU

Thank you guys and galls for the compliments on my winter nature pictures.

To me this was such a once in a lifetime event that really catches one´s breath in the moment.

My experience here on IB has been one too. And mind you that lasted long, more than three years already :)

Keith, am embracing UT right at this moment. I have created the most beautiful tree in my imagination, made a drawing of it, made it in my 3D virtual reality program and will post it very soon on my website,

And then, it is my intention to make it in nature in spring.

I will make it with nature´s most basic natural ingredients:

I wil use bark,

-surrounded by leaves of the dandelion, laying a path with

- the dandelions themselves

- then another path with daisies

- then another path with wild daffodils

In the middle a branch with cherry blossoms

This tree will carry all the fruits of the seeds we have sowed here: the blossoming of all people on earth in a peaceful way.

To me it will certainly mean: the beginning of a Golden Age.

And everytime I will walk this tree labyrinth I will be thinking of You. It will be a wonderful energy: the energy of the coming of something grand, something in the air we have been waiting for: the spreading of a new dawn on earth:

The Dawn of Peace and Understanding.

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.

It is in the Scheme of Things to happen.....

Love to all from the heart. We all do live in the Heart.

Mieke

Part Of The Plan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djmr-TkvMeA&feature=related

Dan Fogelberg

"Love when you can..."

Thanks, Meike! I look forward to seeing and walking this labyrinth with you!

You have my e-mail, and I have yours.

For all other loved ones(like you, Ed) who would like to keep in contact, you can find Tree:) at

.

me2watson@hotmail.com

One more merry gathering around a campfire might be in order, dearest Katie!

Can we get together tonight for one last, "Hoorah!"?

.

I miss Geeta...and David...and North...and Marek...and Stan...and Bhagwan!

Donnatella...Apostle's Torch...and that free-spirited girl from Texas, too!

The White Charger...The Dark Knight...SQUID...sWORDSman...

The best of times, dear friends! Thank you all for interactions unprecedented!

What should you bring to a camp-out in the midst of wintertime?

Pieces of wood, for sure! Go ahead en lighten me up.

I'll be here to serve! N UT

nice pics mieke...

they were taken the nite santa came to town, right? damn!

No Diablo they were taken yesterday.

If you could fly above our country, you could see those wonderful pictures everywhere:

http://www.destentor.nl/regio/4299192/Stuur-uw-winter-en-schaatsfotos-in.ece

http://www.boerderij.nl/1068104/Landbouw/foto-en-video-algemeen/Winter-in-Nederland.htm

Santa did take care though that I was able to make my winterlabyrinth on my christmas holiday in december of past year :)

Best wishes,

Mieke

Mieke
Beautiful snow.

Bye everyone, my last post. The internet community is really not my cup of tea. IB was an anomaly for me.

I hope you all find your unique peace.

derek

Are we still taking ?s here?

They are going to name a new aircraft carrier after Bush senior. Is that supposed to be an honor or something?

Having a weapon of mass destruction bear your namesake, which I know they have done for ages, would be an "honor" that I would defintely pass on!

I know, I know, these weapons promote freedom around the world . . .

Yeah, uh-huh

Winter wonderlands, Mieke! Gorgeous pics!

.

Kate happens to be in New York, but hopes to make it here before closing time.

We can't start the Last Call without her, now! Can we, Mallika?

.

And so I've joined the Intent. com community.

Moving is always a chore, but we've all been there before.

.

Take care, Derek! It's been great to meet, see and learn with you!

.

I love you, Sis! Won't you join us at the new site, Heath?

.

Thanks for the e-mail, Ed! I cherish you, comrade.

A true brother, you are! Thanks for all your comments!

Thanks for the nudges, and your All-2 plentiful compliments!

.

When stargazing...forever, I will think of you, Bonnie! Take care, girl!

The immortal wakes
Short-lived is everlasting
Territorial

Communicated
Enduring impossibles
All things being dreams

And so we dream on
Good reason logically placed
Chaos takes orders

Man displays backwards
Fatalistic religions
Calls for a clean slate

Pioneer spirits
Peace pipes for the new frontier
Chocolate treaties

Campfires for mending
Baked beans for fuel tending
What a gas won't do

Buddha's baton bails
Spinning bottles tell tall tales
Climb on boards burnt twice

emperor...

nothing should be named after bushnut...it would be an insult! barack should strip any such arrogant naming...damn! it!

Great haiku Keith! Me2 gonna have to try one later (did you get my intent friend request?)!

Have you set up your intent membership yet Diablo? Get on it bro!

YOU TOO DEREK! You can't leave us bro!

Peace

Hi folks,

It is in the middle of the night here at my place, almost half past two and Frank and I are just back from a great party. A couple in our apartment building celebrated their 40 year marriage.

This was great fun. We celebrated with lots of music from the sixties, seventies, eighties lol. We had several polonaises too. And we sang American songs too: If I had a hammer, Trini Lopez, singing Ayay yippie yipppie jay, singing ayay yippie yippie jay :)

One of the favourites: Una Paloma blanca, from a Dutch group: I´m like a bird in the sky, Una Paloma blanca, Over the mountains I fly and no one can take my freedom away :):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36CixkIaIc

Well, I wanted to be at the campfire for the last time. Hoped Kate would be there too. Perhaps she will be later :)

Me, am going to bed now.

Dreaming sweet dreams of winter wonderlands and great music……….

Take care every one, much love and best wishes,

Mieke

This is like the movie 2001 when HAL the computer was slowly but surely going going gone, goodbye IB and friends....sigh....blank

Har Har

:)

All the best Steve,

Mieke

You too Mieke, be well and thanks again for the book, love it!

Steve

emperor..

i tried but it says my email and name are already taken..wish i was as smart as u bro...damn!

What?!? Hmmmm, maybe try "El Diablo"!

Check this out though, I posted the question over at intent, "Do you think it would be an honor to have a weapon of mass destruction named after you?"

And here was one reply:

"Not to be rude, but the question itself seems absurd, doesn't fit in with the spirit of this site, and the answer should be blatantly obvious.

Waste of cyberspace, IMO."

Boy that dude put me in my place!!!!!

Har har har har

it would really suck to get to know all of u great folks and then have that window sealed off forever! what a bummer...damn!

look at here!

Did some one die?

Guys, relax. Be thankful. Oh, btw here's my shoe toss!

Kidding aside, Craig, thanks for that gem! It's going to be exciting at Intent! At Intentblog, we had one Bhagawan, one Multiple?, one Diablo, but at Intent we will have several of them!

The self-help (self serving) business oriented nature of the social networking site cum community bloggish (and possibly forums and chatrooms as Mallika informs us) nature of Intent site means -- there would be a lot of financial investment form the Chopras -- a lot of crazies and weirdos (like Diablo) will be attracted to the site. I see an exponential growth to at least a couple of tens of thousands of members in the near future. There would be a lot of window crashers and trolls and flamers. (Think Intentblog.) In other words it will be fun.

VERBAL KENDO STICK

Once a well placed
kendo stick out of nowhere
could introduce a little reality
into any circumstance
But after it becomes the expected routine
the student tries to look surprised
& enlightened when it finally happens

But how do I go about making you feel
a kendo stick in words?
Terms like wham & bam
don't hit you on the head & don't
make much of a splash in your head either
where the walls are well padded
with language advertisements already

What miserable miracle is this?
Long before I'm finished
lecturing you about self-pity
I'm already feeling sorry for myself
The sun comes through the window
on all fours without shattering
A tear shaped capsule of seeds explodes

Are we communicating yet
or are we calling into question
the bandages of our miscommunications?
Mad with love
I don't think I am thought
Sometimes I feel like I'm the shadow
cast by some fourth dimensional being

~~Steve Toth~~

Whilst I was letting my fingers do the talking,
unbeknown to me were the facts of a departing ego
Not that I ever notice when it takes charge
or takes off, or undermines what my thoughts said
about my best intentions, however inward

Ed-it is a pain, a chore, a device that grips the stool
Egos care not, nor do they pose a threat to one's finer sensibilities
Unless, unless, unless, of course, you find that second-guessing
your first impression happens to bring a higher prophet

What is the cost of freedom, if one attempts to escape responsibilities?
Who gives who the authority in question?
Who draws the fault lines in the gritty sands of Time?

Divisible inverted balls all around the square with no bounce
In step with the rhythm of triangular bells
Questioning all the quirky mannerisms of atoms
Behaving as if gravity were slighted with consequences
Unheard of in these hardly created parts of mine
The ones made for hearing the crowds deafening applause

Only egos have organs
Hear them playing your song?

Yes, yes! That's a good one, see?
You win a backstage pass to your own show
Now try to sell that ticket to your highest self
Be sure to make the best bargain worth your little while

Okay maybe my last last post.

I am giving Intent another try. I've had an account there for awhile
but could not bet in the groove. I always liked the format here much better you sign and the fun begins. I tend to get lost on Intent but I will get over myself and forge on. At least I can put faces to souls there.

As long as they allow posts here I will keep coming back.

Maybe just maybe we can find a little piece of land on Intent to put up an OT.

Yo

derek, a goof ball on any site to be sure

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I just spent about two hours on Intent-dot-com and it was difficult to find any grooves to get into, derek. There is some good stuff there but it's
not easy to find. I searched Keith's name and found you and Ed. Otherwise, I wouldn't know who's commenting or not.

I am not going to say I will not migrate there but at this point it seems unlikely. So just in case I don't see any of you beautiful souls again, I love you all. Adios.

Yo Keith, thanks for the compliment. If I don't see you at Intent or somewhere else, I will see you On The Dark Side of The Moon. Take care yourself.

Love
B

damn!

Orac at scienceblogs takes down Deepak Chopra latest on "integrative" medicine:

The Three Musketeers of Woo meet d'Artagnan to fight for woo

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2009/01/the_three_musketeers_of_woo_meet_dartagn.php#more

kate...MIA? where are u...girl?

one more long week of bushnut in the White House! can u take it? he's trying hard to send the country deeper into debt in his last hours of the titanic......he's worried sheetless that half of the $700B wont get blown or hidden...damn!

i heard they will keep IB...after all...because it's so popular with the regs...whoa!

"i heard they will keep IB...after all...because it's so popular with the regs...whoa!"

Where did you get this information?

You know, I have been a member of Intent for a few weeks too, some time ago. It was nice for a while but with such a large group of ´egos´, who all have the same message wrapped up in another paper colour, it is hard to find some real important messages there :)

I have always had the feeling that here, at IB, we were able to mix reality with virtuality in a very nice way.

Hope you are right Diablo, that they will at least keep OT alive!

Mieke

Hey Mieke
I went to Craig's site and there is kind of an OT there, but he has already been chastised for his question by another member.
I made a post which I hope didn't make it worse.

I too like the easy of this site. The ability to be irreverent and push people's buttons. It brings out more than just surface, politically correct, subject matter. Sometimes people want to be so clean and righteous that they forget we came from the dust of the earth.........the dust of the stars.

Maybe Craig or I can provide an OT on Intent for this to continue. If this shuts down.

from a world in transition

derek

"i heard they will keep IB...after all...because it's so popular with the regs...whoa!"

Poor poor poor depressed insecure deluded diablo. He recently had visions of Caribbean beaches sitting in a basement, now he is hearing voices ...

Don´t worry Diablo, you will never know where these voices may lead to :)

It is great to be on this heartphone on both sides!

Hi Derek #88,

Well I would say that is as normal as in real life lol.

I already mentioned the third factor here: spontaneity.

Everyone has this inside and listening to the answers inside provides one that one truth you have always promoted:

Peace comes from peace :)

Mieke

Sometimes in the past Firefox has browsed intent more efficiently, but today, it is not even loading . . .

Good time for me to cut and paste some of the current articles:

"Flowers for Your Home Part V...Read Post",

"Abraham-Hicks: Do What You Love ...Read Post",

"What Keeps You Toasty Warm in the Winter?...Read";

har har har har . . .

I think they may be in troll shock, b/c I have noticed some suspect, prolific, new posters these last fews days over at intent.

They maybe will honor us IBers with a courtesy OT that does not disappear after half a day over at intent, eh, maybe . . .

We must keep the faith beloved IBers!

Peace

Hi Craig,

Superb song!

Where can I send my hundred ´bucks´ ?

Can´t we create a fund to set up our own O.T.?

I hear you Mieke!

Send your check to "the church of gospel music on the colored radio station" . . .

Or sumpin like dat!

Smilely face, smiley face!

Yeah, great song and one of the comments was even greater:

" Thankee Jesus, best country song ever!"

:)

We had our own version in our country:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXru-rrAzjA&feature=related

Howdie Sharon!

OMG Craig!

Read your comment, went directly to youtube to find that song to post it....just now clicking on your name, same song. Too funny.

manessa...please...plomp old tranny...after u have collected enuff for a walking vacation near ur igloo (this summer) don't ever try to put on beach (whale) wear..u might make the other igloo-dwellers gag in disgust...

We have almost delivered the 100 ´bucks´.

This is already post 99.

Hi Kate, if you read this, fill in the ONE 100dred :)

Dear mieke,
Just dashing in the city
And here I am
Will see of this posts!
Lots of love --

Ohhhh SNAP! Sorry, I had to claim the 100! O Kate wherefore art thou?!?!?!?

The Pussycats Mississippee, I'll take the brunette on the right thank you (yes, yes, we are all dogs, us dudes :):))

Now, now, Diablo, b nice . . .

Hooray - my post makes 100
:-)
I am typing from a taxi in NYC
It's a bit bumpy!
I finally get a chance to tell everyone how I feel about IB
And the 3 years of an amazing community - I cherish.

Oh my typing is slow

Will try tonight again after the show.

I won't say goodbye-

Don't forget our magical moments and campsite evenings and story telling & stargazing...and so much fun & laughter and
Love

- always. Kate

damn!

Oh well, fair Kate deserves it!

Dear craig,
It's amazing that I should check OT and see mieke's requests I have just a few moments between dashing
You can't ell this girl there isn't magic
:/)
Love

And how I want to say everyone's name &
How much you mean to
Me

Hi dear Kate,

Your arrow went right in the middle :)

One hundred! lol

I wonder if you ever did see those English darts programs on television, where that voice tells the darters how many points they scored:

one hundred........
one hundred and eighty......
seventy five....

and so on lol

It is so great you picked up my message at exactly the right time :).

There is some great magic in the air tonight....

Much love,

Mieke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUDb2-2CWUo

My favourite Dutch painter and this song are truly One!

Thankee Jesus for this gem :)

Hi Richard where are you?

Your intention # 1 set the mood :)

We will call UT when it really gets dark....

Twilight comes, and I
Disappear? Oh no, my dear!
1 appear, not 2

says doodooman...

"1+1 sometimes = 3" really?

UT #109,

well you said yourself somewhere.

Light my fire, I will be of service.

How can we light a fire when we have still daylight?

A real campfire needs some real bark in the dark!

I think that Ray Mathoda is still mad about having lost her banking job . . .

And so we burnt all the christmas trees to celebrate the end of the dark season and the coming of the longer days. The (re)birth of the Sun.

It is a tradition in our country in many towns and cities. Great campfire!

And while the old makes place for the new , I have dreamt up a whole new kind of Tree.

At this moment the Tree exists only in virtual reality but it holds already the promise to become real during coming spring.

You can take a look at it here:

http://www.heartphone.org/tree_labyrinth.htm

Perhaps a little tree house, like we used to make when we were kids, could again become a housing possibility……

Wow, the synchronicity between Mieke and Kate!

Tum ne pukara ham chale aae re (you called and I lost no time in coming)...a Hindi song...for Heath's eyes lol.

I hear the thunder of feet, as we all rush back here from a misfunctioning Intent.com!
I got notice of Irv, probably giving some timely advice there, but sit here just watching the dots going round in a circle ;)

Yo.

Hi Ed,

Well, full moon has just been, so we are at the beginning again :)

Yo Diablo
Sometimes 1+1=100

Beautifully done Mieke and Kate.

This site holds much magic it also freely passes it on.

Thank you Mallika for such a magical place.

enjoying my peace of the pie

derek

Ed
I pictured you as a old man with many years of well earned wisdom. Now I see you as a young man well beyond your years.

Careful those spinning dots are there to hypnotize unwary travelers.

derek

Hi Kate

derek

Hi Derek,

Well thanks for the mention but one cannot take credit for something that spontaneously happens :)

I guess this is the play of forces and one can try to influence them a little bit but it still is a play of forces, ain´t it Harb?

We all experience such coincidences in life and I can only say thank you, thank you to the Universe for such unique moments in time.

Guess next step will have to be to embrace Gaza and Israel in such a tight way that they immediately are forced to give up fighting :)

Perhaps I have to make my Tree labyrinth somewhere in that region!

Hey Mieke

So true but without our intention magic just floats in the air with nowhere to land.

peace

derek

I embrace their fighting and anger and pain. It is a necessary release of tension. Just like the continental plates that are floating around our earth that grind into each other creating tension and then releasing it as earthquakes.

When we learn not to build tension, then there will be no need to release it.

peace comes from peace

derek

Hi Derek, you write:

"When we learn not to build tension, then there will be no need to release it."

Well thank you for this ultimate wisdom. It is soo true. Let the weak forces come in lol

But building this tension is a natural force within a person, certainly young people.

I guess we should learn to release it in more creative ways.

Meditation is one way of course, but being creative is another one. Creativity can be found in so many many ways, nowadays. Just Google along :)

I have thought about this thoroughly and experienced in the Gardens of Life that this is a life-long learning school.

I guess we elderly people should never forget that we were once in the same situation as the young ones.

Well, my two cents for now :)

Hereunder a link to a website that has a very good definition of creativity imho:

http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/archives/000494.html

Yo Mieke
Creativity is the new release. I love it.

the soul connects with the bow
which connects to the strings
and then that moment of creative expression
magic fills the air
once quite
now alive with music
and the tensions of the day
fade quietly
away

derek

:) :) :)

And again: peace comes from peace

Lots of love to you Derek!

Mieke

well...damn! u still talking?

yo doodooman...if 1+1 = 100...u shud practise that kind a math and turmn it into dollars and own the finest yacht money can buy and sail around the world in style...or just buy a nice condo on a warm beach...with palm trees as ur permanent nabes....no?

Yes Diablo

but a rowboat will do
puts me closer to water
and a tent on the beach
keeps me light and nimble
and as for my nabes
great word my friend
it reminds me of babes
of which many you tend
1+1 can equal any number
cause 1 can be defined
as the infinite wonder

Mieke
Thanks for the love, I'll hold onto it for a long moment...................then pass it around.

derek

ps. Mieke, one of our kids has been living and teaching in Amsterdam. If you happen to see or hear of Tara Massimer........yo she is a powerful and incredibly talented dancer and choreographer, with the biggest and most beautiful smile......and heart.

just finished a half hour jog...the weather is just fine for mid jan, sunny and 72...it don't get too better than this...damn.

#110 Diablo!
I hope you take precautions Diab....1 on top of 1 often results in 3, never quite 100, but sextuplets have lived to turn the century!

hullo, guys, still here, eh?

Harb! Hindi songs! :) aren't you proud of Rahman? :D :D :D one of the best in the world gets a little bit of his due at last! I was itching to put a congrats here the other night. well, better late than never.

Jai Ho (not only written by Rahman, but lyrics by Gulzar!):

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

(or click my name)

love to all,
h

#116 Funny you should say that Meike. My personal horoscope of the day:-

"Happy birthday! Today the Sun returns to the position it was in when you were born.

As would seem appropriate with this transit, today is a day of new beginnings, and the influences you feel today will affect the entire year to come......)

Sun and moon....whoa!

Happy birthday, Ed!

love, h

Happy birthday, Ed
It's a great day to celebrate
:-). Sun & moon are lines up to where you are

Dear derek,
I have been rowing my boat even in the midst of the city :-)
Last night I heard the best jazz bid band at BB Kings club
There was amazing music playing - the atmosphere was alive with the sounds that move thru you - and give meaning to enjoying the moment!!

Happy Happy Birthday Ed
Splashing around in my boat sending waves your way.

derek

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Ed
wow another circle 'round the sun

Happy Birthday!

Love
B

Kate

Music is Magic

I row my boat here in the mountains,
on the oceans in my daydreamy head.

derek

Hi mieke, harb, keith, diablo & heath
( I am Typing from my cellphone )
I have had such a great time in NYC
Last year this day I had to dash home to be with my father and as he took his last breath ... On Jan. 14th. I felt the love &care of IB community. I treasure this...

Heath,
I had dinner at Purnima's restaurant (vikas place)
It was so good!

Lots of love,
- Kate's dispatch
:-)

Hi mieke, harb, keith, diablo & heath
( I am Typing from my cellphone )
I have had such a great time in NYC
Last year this day I had to dash home to be with my father and as he took his last breath ... On Jan. 14th. I felt the love &care of IB community. I treasure this...

Hi craig - are the headaches gone ? Here's a hug

And UT - dear keith -- I hope you are fully recovered from your surgery. - hugs for you too!
Heath,
I had dinner at Purnima's restaurant (vikas place)
It was so good!

Lots of love,
- Kate's dispatch
:-)

Dear bonnie
How I love the nature of your views - from stars to...
Watermelon
And seeds
;-)

Lots of love

how old are u granpa ed?

hi kate!

OT

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/13/ot

Not wanting to see this community evaporate and realizing that some are here specifically because of the OT I've set up an alternative over at Intent.

I'd suggest we continue to post here until it really does get closed down.

If this site gets closed to posting we can post over at Intent, so bookmark the link I have provided.

It will require signing up there but the process is painless.

If and when we would migrate the OT to Intent I would post a new OT every Sunday evening with the date so as not to cause confusion.

What do you guys think?

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Hi Kate
Hope you weren't driving while typing. :)

Have my seeds ready for planting first new moon in May.

YUMMMMMMMM

Love
B

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LPB

Sounds like a plan. I have bookmarked your alternative OT.

Bonnie

Hi Ed #133,

Happy Birthday!

Well, there has been and still is magic in the air...
What better beginning.

And I do so totally agree with yours and Derek´s response to DK´s latest thread.

So let´s work on this critical mass :)

The Tree bears so many different fruits, the soil is so ripe......

Hi Kate,

Good to read you had such wonderful days in New York.

Yes, I do cherish those moments on IB too. It has been and really is comforting, that we have been able to share ups and downs with each other so closely.

Well, Laurence is planting another seed, much appreciated!

When it happens it will happen spontaneously.
I have bookmarked the page!

And round and round and round I go, until I arrive again in the heart, to feel and share the wonderful energy we all radiate :)

Love from a sunny Holland at the moment, frost is all gone and the skating fever here is over.

Mieke

hello everyone!

Admin...please pu t new OT...thanks!

LPB...

there's only one OT that matters...why would anyone want to close down a success story, dude? beats me!

Hi Diablo,

I agree with you.

Some time ago I subscribed to Intent.com, put some blogs of myself on it and commented to blogs of others. But at a certain moment the urge to unsubscribe was there.

And of course when I thought about it I could come up with several reasons. (only valid to me, so not worth mentioning).

This Open Thread here at IntentBlog has always been a spontaneous happening and I have been coming back here ever since.

To me spontaneity is a once in a life time experience. I have experienced this with several courses I followed. First time is wonderful. By going back to another one on the same subject, expectations have been made already and it is bound to disappoint you, because it will never be the same.

OT at intent.com will never be the same.

But perhaps it will develop into something very nice if lots of new members there join.

So good luck to OT at intent.com, but without me :)

i think it would be nice to keep this site and still have Intent.com! i think most people like IB..and want it kept...damn!

People are too much focussed on change.

Too high expectations are also bound to disappoint.

I do hope Obama is able to deal with this in the U.S.

Here in Europe we have too high expectations too from him when I read our newspapers.

Hope we all will arrive somewhere in the middle :)

Damn...it's cold outside!! Coldest weather in 5 years on the way! It's amazing...it's so cold, because it's so warm...hmmmmm....silly me....

;)

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/16dec_giantbreach.htm?list43262

“”What happened to conventional wisdom? Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are using computer models to unravel the basic physics of the great breach. They're finding that reconnection at the poles is key. Conventional wisdom held that equatorial reconnection was more important, which is why the giant breaches were not anticipated until THEMIS flew through one.””

What could be the wisdom in the above story?

Well, you can look at this very professionally; you can also follow your own intuition.

Either way you will find you will have to arrive at the so called ´middle way´.

Up till now our evolution did not lead us into that direction. Perhaps now things are changing……

http://www.lightworker.com/VirtualLight/VLBroadcasts/2008/2008_12_20.php

and then especially segment 6 where Barbara is talking about balance :)

Thank you for birthday greetings all you beautiful peeps.

I don't think it matters where we meet. IB has been a pain at times with its repetitive scroll-down and log-in function. It's had its magic, though, attracting such diverse human interaction. It was obviously born under some very significant planetry configurations ;) It's not dead yet but does have a walking stick.....how old are you, Diab? Saturn seems to be using you as a mouthpiece right now.

There's a cliche, 'if you can't beat them, join them.' I think Lawrence is right and I'm over there already, having purged my prejudices ;) After all, if we are claiming special bonds, it's with each other, not necessarily with the house that Jack built. Let's see what transpires and, meanwhile, Bonnie, check out Intent.com's horoscope, particularly in the Skeptic zone :)

love,
ed

it's so warm in my neck a woods, u could play outside, swim, jog, BBQ, ride ur bike, damn!

u still believe in global warming...flabs? damn!

happy birthday Ed!

u guys still talkin'?

hi gang while we are still able to post here i wanna let u know that i'm not having no luck logging on to Intent...so if or when this closes and if i have no luck on the other side i'm gonna miss u guys...u been fabulous! so be good whatever u plan on....damn!

Hey Diablo, I found you at Intent.

http://www.intent.com/diablo/profile

Last there on 1st December.....did you forget your password? Or what????

Ha,correction... Brit calendar 1/12 1st Dec.....last at site 12th Jan US!

is this 4 real? they are sellin' virginity? get serious, bozos! damn!

Ok kids, it has been ages cine I put up one of my long-winded hopelessly idealistic rants . . .

Here we go!

New Spokane

It is now time for us to put the least amongst us, at the head of the banquet table. It is time to launch an exceptionally noble domestic endeavor that perfectly compliments America’s endeavor to be that city upon a hill to which all other nations look upon with admiration. It is time to put the ideal that humanity can collectively morally progress into physical action! Let us make Spokane Washington the locus from whence change changes the course of humanity.

Is this too grand of a vision? I don’t believe so! Change must start from each individual, and spread through the community, and from the community to the world at large; but a community is only as strong as its weakest link!

Us citizens of Spokane must demand a chunk of that Obamanomics money and immediately invest in a social engineering project that will not only make Spokane truly a great place to live, but perhaps, aye, the Lord willing, will provide a living ideal unto which every community of this world would strive to emulate. Great changes will only occur when great change happens. A Great Awakening beckons, spiritually derived, secularly applied, manifesting in individual lives choosing to do unto the other as they would be done by: we could call our noble endeavor the Trinity Project! As follows:

1) Officially the United States of America is 183 years overdue for declaring a year of Jubilee. The city and county of Spokane has the opportunity of atoning for this grave injustice by establishing a sanctuary to where all citizens who wish to participate may seek refuge. We should be freely given an ample expanse of land on which we can build our homes, schools, stores, farms, and medical facilities. All people who wish to participate in this noble endeavor must be freed from the persecution of debt collectors, whether public or private, as long as said individuals remain in our sanctuary, or, if you will, in our Holy Land. The land, structures, and accoutrements produced or procured for our sanctuary shall be communally owned with our democratically elected representative ruling council administering our operations. The street people, the working poor, the “refuse of society” throughout the greater Spokane community, shall be first received into our sanctuary, while those of greater societal standing and economic means shall be considered as space and opportunity permit. Plainly, people who want to keep their silver and gold and yachts’ need not apply.

American tax-payers have spent hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out gigantic bankers, insurers, and mortgage companies, those “too big to fail” institutions whose sole purpose is to make money, while the blue-collar workers get outsourced, and the poor get crushed underfoot. There are far greater goals to be accomplished in this life other than making money! Now is the time to bail-out the poorest among us who are too small, and unincorporated, to succeed! The super-rich get their unjust Jubilee every decade; the poor of this nation simply are foreclosed on. It is time for change.

2) The industry, the opportunity, and most importantly, the hope, that Jubilee would not only instill in the poor and working-class, would also, ideally, ramify upwards into the upper-classes; who by seeing that providing legitimate opportunity to the least does in the long run “pay off” for us all. Seeing the formerly “hopeless” and impoverished, of spirit and physical means, industriously engaging in building, in caring, and in learning, can do nothing but instill ingenuity and creativity in all segments of our population. Striving to uplift the least amongst us enriches us all in ways money can never measure. Besides, what else do we have to lose? Invest in the poor, and maybe lose some money, or give another trillion dollars to international bankers hoping that will loosen up some credit so people can spend more money? Their “trickle-down economics” have abysmally failed, and their Keynesian economics have been hijacked by “special” interests, earmarking, and war profiteers, and with this government true “free”-trade libertarianism is impossible. It has been said that the first Puritans chose to starve rather than choosing to be their brother’s keeper, yet after Christ was crucified that is exactly how the apostle led Christians lived until they too were persecuted unto death.

It has been 400 years since the founding of Jamestown, and it is time to once again set the people free. We have the opportunity to found a colony in a completely peaceful manner, to erect a city upon a hill free of the blood of tyrants and patriots: it is time to once more undertake the noble endeavor of bettering humankind. The time for change is now, and the opportunity presents itself to us at this very moment! In this year of Jubilee we can create a Holy Land, a land untainted by bloody conquest, right here in Spokane Washington. Who knows, maybe it will become contagious . . .

What do we have to lose? In the least we will simply create jobs, at the best, only the Lord knows what could happen!

3) We have the opportunity to try the aforementioned first two steps, creating a sanctuary for the poor in which we can collectively strive to live like the first generation of believers, right here in Spokane county and with our fellow American citizens blessing. There can be no higher of a noble endeavor. And I believe it is only through this endeavor, this noble experiment, that we shall ever have a chance of bringing about a greater good than the evil that is unleashed into the world by the tragic death of innocents like our precious Izayah Denison! This is not trickle-up economics, socialism, corporate Keynesianism, or any other sort of “ism”; this is simply giving physical likeness to an immaterial image. We can search the world over for monsters to destroy, all the while being blinded by the beam in our eye that prevents us from seeing the evil in our midst; and that evil can only be overcome by the capstone of salvation that cannot be bought with money, but by faith alone in a higher power who declares that physical dispossession is required for perfection.

Indeed, the grace of faith is manifest in love, and love is freely choosing to serve the other.

Creating a selfless self-sufficient community within a nation of “inherently” selfish consumerism would be far more than a noble experiment, if successful, it would be nothing less than a miracle; a miracle that perhaps even an omniscient God who looked away may not have seen coming. Creating public works programs, giving bankers more money, extending credit limits, etc., is all fine and dandy, but it is nothing new, it is only another attempt at keeping the money flowing; but instituting the year of Jubilee for the poor and otherwise economically bankrupt has never been honored since the creation of this great nation . . .

It may actually create a greater good we have never witnessed in the history of humankind.

Our only “job” in this world is to create something better, to create a greater good from the great evil that exists. Change starts from within each and every one of our hearts, great change occurs when our hearts are united, after that we become New Spokane.

pax vobiscum

There's got to be a time and a place where all that belongs, Craig.

Bombast's finest wares hoping to cut a spring break.

Good luck with your new ventures, you Spokane Spunkmeister!

Grandpa Ed scores another year, I see.

Sorry I missed your birthday, man. Hope it was

well...swell, ol' Capricorn chaperonie!

.

A bunch of hangin' on hangin' onners

waitin' fer da hang-a-man to cut us loose!

Brother Tree can't wait to be freed up.

You guys are beginning to weigh on me.

In loving arms, Uncle Tree

I did see your post 141 earlier Kate, and, I only had one flare-up yesterday, I don't know what is going on, it is just kind of a dull ache . .

It is all good. Thank you.

I hear you Keith! I am not too sure about that intent dot com place, it just does not feel very homey . . .

A bunch of people talking about peace, love, the Oneness of creation, and how I can discover these things too if I buy their book.

I don't know . . .

Peace

emperor..

u are right on the money! in a few days...its all over...here...

Emperor,

Your goal is so worthy.

Am gonna send my contribution to this, to your address.

If we all will take a share in this new investment you will be able to put Spokane on the map.

The best of success and luck with it!

Mieke

If I had one last word to play with--
One last word whose meaning portrays every last feeling...

If I really had a word that might change the world overnight,
would I use it's divine magic to carry and convey any thing at all?

Luvz & hugz! UT

Mieke you are such an angel, you just have such a good heart.

As far as sending a contribution to the cause I don't even know if you have my current address, I don't remember if you sent me your book before or after mom and I had to move: if there is an "Olympic" in the address that is the old one, if there is "Crown" in the address that is my current one.

If you are just kidding me that is fine too, just knowing you is a gift far beyond any thing this world has to offer.

Tis about all I do anymore is dream of how I could uplift all of my brothers and sisters, but I have nothing for them, nothing, empty words of "hope" with nothing to . . .

Ok, ok, heavy sigh . . .

You are precious Mieke; has your husband told you how lucky he is today, like he should every day?!
?

Peace

Well what is the word Keith???????????

well gang...

they did not bother to put up this week's OT...

so i guess the writing is on the wall

and it reads"This IB family will be forever spit apart."

i have tried that other site but can't log on..so i'll keep barkin' here till the master brings the curtain down for the last time. damn!

Craig,

Yes, the address I have has a Crown in it.

Well, I just posted it. Hope it will arrive safely at your place in about ten days. I am not kidding you.

For the rest: it is up to the Universe :)

And my husband knows he is lucky. That´s why he does so much for me :)

Much love, to you and to all my good friends.
Hope you all will be able to make at least one of your dreams come true!

Mieke

A Crown that only fits an Emperor :)

the word is LOVE, emperor! damn!

granpa ed...i tried to reply to ur request at Intent but to no avail...i can't log on...so i'll keep talking here till it goes silent...all the best to u in future! damn!

Diablo,

If all else fails, log in there as ´Angel´. Make a new email address somewhere at hotmail or gmail first and then see what happens :)

I had a good friend called Angel, she died from breast cancer last year. She will be your guide!

Lots of love!!

Well, we´re almost at one hundred and eighty five, the next stop of the (love) arrow in the middle :)

North, try to log in here as Spirit from Heaven, to make your last comment HERE.

We will always be together you know, am just looking at those beautiful clay images above my head, saying:

FRIENDS Forever!!

hi mieke...

i don't know how to create a new email adress...not that clever...but thanks anyway...these last days at IB will most likely be my last opportunity to communicate with all u wonderful people...so i'll keep barking till the curtain finally comes down...damn!

btw..i don't like that other site...damn!

hi north...u are missed!

All the best, urself, Diab.

Look, Lawrence started a blog called 'Open Thread' over at intent. You can type that or 'Lawrence' into Intent's 'SEARCH' bar at the top of 'Home' page and find and bookmark it to your 'favorites' You can do that without signing in but you won't be able to comment.

Not sure how many will join Lawrence (LPB) but we could keep in touch, if you sort that 'login' or become an 'Angel' with new mail account as per Meike :)
Dunno what mail account you use, but gmail is easy enuf to open. Just follow instructions, damn!

Guess you are saying Intent.com turns u off ;-))

Better still, because Laurence is NOT spelled with a dubya (w) use the link he gave you, or click my name,

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/13/ot

Diablo,

If Intent.com turns you off, you are deliberately blocking yourself from being a member there lol

If you change your mind, go to:

http://www.hotmail.com

You will be directed to a page called Windows Live, where you are able to log-in freely.

If you do not have a hotmail email account yet, there is a sentence to the left that says:

"Not a member yet, click here to subscribe".

And then they direct you to a page where you can subscribe to receive your hotmail email address for free. Fill in for instance: angel@hotmail.com and follow the other instructions.

With that hotmail email address you can subscribe to Intent.com. Follow the instructions given on the page: give a name you want to use, for instance angel. For the rest, fill in the same information you gave at hotmail.com. This can be you own information, just like you did fill in at TypeKey.

Well hope this is clear enough.

Best of luck!!

Mieke

Ed, good luck at Intent! You are the lucky nr. 185.

Make a wish now and it will come true :)

Some of the IB members at Intent:

Doodleman
www.intent.com/derek/profile

Keith
www.intent.com/uncletree/profile

Skep
www.intent.com/skep/profile

Ed
www.intent.com/ardverk/profile

Bhagwan/Ravi

www.intent.com/bhagwanpremaraj/profile

Oh and

Diablo at intent:

www.intent.com/diablo/profile

"granpa ed...i tried to reply to ur request at Intent but to no avail...i can't log on...so i'll keep talking here till it goes silent...all the best to u in future! damn!"

When you create a username at Intent, an automatic password is generated and sent to the email you used for registration purpose. Check your email for the two welcome messages for the password and log in. You can change the password once you log in and go to your profile page.

"i don't know how to create a new email adress...not that clever..."

I understand the first email account for many is created by someone else, but having spend so much time online it is time we learn simple tasks. Creating an email is very easy. Just follow the instructions. Go to Gmail.com, Hotmail.com or Yahoo.com It's so simple. It's like adding two simple numbers compared to integrating a second order partial derivative function.

Diablo:

Get it together and get your butt over to Inten.com.

I hope that this thread here at Intentblog.com stays open and I would encourage people to continue to look at this as "THE Open Thread".

What we set up at Intent.com is only an alternative to uninterrupted flow of consciousness for the beings here at the "Open Thread" should Intentblog.com close the open thread.

Ways of finding the Open Thread at Intent.com are:

On the main page at the top right is a search engine (search bar).

1. Type in "Open Thread" (without the quotes) and you will be led to the "Open Thread" we have created.

2 Type in "LPB" (with out the quotes).

3. Type in "Laurence Peter Brown" (without the quotes).

Also note that I will not be using my place at Intent.com to post any other blogs. It is merely a place for those that want to continue posting in the "Open Thread".

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/13/ot

Nature rewards those who can adapt and move on.
Free flowing water tastes so good, while stagnate water, not so good.

Intent is just another pool to dip our toes in. No big deal.

There are days and then there are days and for me it's another year.

peace is force of subtle power and simple wisdom

derek

Yes Derek this is certainly true :)

I remember I read somewhere that the Internet was not really your cup of tea.

Well, changing your mind is only a second away :)

Not for me though.

I will remember the friends I made here at IntentBlog and they will hear from me in the future.

We set some intentions together. No doubt they will come true in future.

I detach from it for now, I will come back to it when time is there.......

Love ... is the beginning of
Everything

YES, dear Kate,

And if it comes, really from the Heart, it can never be promoted commercially :)

Something we will become all too aware of in the coming time....

dear Mieke,
perhaps that is why the
look & feel of Intent - makes the shift there,
as IB closes down ....
that 'commercial feel'
causes some resistance

Mieke you are simply an angel, don't make me have a one-man demonstration in front of the federal building to make them pony up the funds (they have some really scary armed dudes walking around I don't want to tangle with)!!!!!

C'mon Obrien, yes you Diablo, get it together man!!! Your chaos gives meaning to our order.

You are just going to have to find a way to be one with intent! Get over here!

After my experience of Oneness:

I experienced hell to the bottom.

After crawling up from that well, I started to make games on the computer.

Met some really cool guys out there and one really lovely lady.

Never tried to sell my games, just enjoyed flowing with the moment, learning from them and teaching myself and them.

We had some wonderful days together, that 3D Construction Kit group.

The original program coders did go commercial.They learnt from our struggles with their program. Yes, they took advantage of us!!

This has happened here on Intent Blog too !!

Same has happened with Bill Gates, who took advantage from so many. Ever wondered why there has been so much illegal software?

We took advantage back :)

I received everything, every experience up till now on a Silver platter: from the Universe

I remembered clearly, when following this pension course.

When developing the labyrinth, my gratitude has multiplied as have my wonderful experiences. Just read it on my website.

For every thing I did for some ONE else I received EVERY thing back in multiple ways.

So now am entering The Golden Age, also presented to me on a golden platter.

Dear Craig,

I have always been a One Woman demonstration.
I have always won.

And now, am going to sell all my books of Deepak Chopra cum suis and give the money to charity :)

Mieke
You are an angel in every way.
I do not think of you as stagnant, we all have preferences.
It was arrogant of me to make that statement, forgive me.

The internet is not really my cup of tea but putting myself into the public has always been terrifying for me and the old me is always looking for away to hide. So I still have a "need" to push myself a bit more.

Besides, I have your email and if I want to send you some love I always can.

much love and humility

derek

dear Derek,
There is a feeling as an artist (I have known this feeling so this is my perspective, yet you may know this feeling too) ...
of creating a piece which comes from within and offering it to the 'public'
is a 'risky' venture ...
but creativity needs expression!

(imo, the need to hide is innate as giving up too much of ourselves - makes one feel lost - but when we are in the Oneness experience, there is nothing to be lost, nothing to be found for sure :-)

and I agree with you
Mieke is always expressing her art and interests in a wonderfully generous way ... I love you too Mieke and always will - you have the heart of an angel and I bow to you.
~ Kate

No hard feelings Derek, I do understand :)

I will tell you what my secret is:

During my experience of Oneness I encountered a love, so unconditional, so all encompassing...

It only had one message to me: everything, and I truly mean everything is good, whatever you do, you have my love, you cannot go wrong.

When one receives such a message, what is one to do? Because if one tells this to someone else, everybody tells you that it just can´t be possible to do everything right.

Well, if one has to live with such a heavy responsibility, how can one stay true to oneself.
Everything is alright lol, yet everybody has a judgement and tells that not everything can be alright.

I always have been able to listen to my own truth
and am truly grateful that the Universe itself is always guiding me.

Thank you Kate and thanks to IB for a wonderful experience.

Love to ALL!

(from the Buddha tradition)
If we cannot rid ourselves of our
own fears
then we can only offer that to others
(even if in subtle ways).

And the challenge of breaking free of fears and limitations ... (oh, it is challenging)
I have discovered in walking
there is so much Joy to experience
in the present moment

and I feel this way when I am sharing at IB
:-)

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Taking advantage of you all for the beginnings of a poem :)

Giving it back

we are in water, deep and all moving
falling silent, hear hir voice
listen to the rushing waters of the void
perchance to hear a whisper
through the stillness
between the leaves on the tree of life

forget through the fire and the flux
so you may recall the singing waters
plunging over rocks and
bending through the land
rushing in torrents of what water remembers:

the music of the spheres

what the water sees:
the cycles of the ages in its
snaking passages down to the bubbling
brooks and creeks of time

remember as the water does
remember that flowing darkness
the cosmos sings through the waterfall
at the end of eternity

dear Bonnie,
immersed and embraced by Nature's wonders
holiness
and refuge
imaginary walls
disappear

I have never had a foundation for the oneness to sit upon. It has visited and I have tasted it but I have not overcome the flaws in myself so that it can settle in. Maybe the next time around.
Until then I will honor the angels that surround me and that give me hope for my next life.

Yo, sometimes I can see, even if I am not able to participate fully.

At some point I will know the peace that comes from peace, not just see it.

much love and peace to the angels of IB

derek

.....and they truly surround me today

Kate you were #200
Thank you

Bonnie
Yo, so beautiful

I can't imagine an OT without it's angels.

derek

derek,
as I read your comment February Song came to my mind ...

where has that old friend gone
Lost in a February song

Tell him it won't be long
'til he opens his eyes
Opens his eyes ...

Kate
I was looking through some old photo albums a couple of days ago. I ran across a picture of me when I was ten years old. I have looked at that picture many times though out the years. But when I looked at it the other day I experience an overwhelming love for the boy in the picture. I could not stop looking into my eyes. It was as if I was looking at someone else, like one of the many gifted children I have worked with. The ones that have that special spark. But yo I have lived a very........unusual life....and that spark has become, uhm, jaded.
Seeing that picture though, it moved something very deep in me. I don't know. I hope that by my next life I have worked out some of these flaws and can participate fully in the magic.

Yo, it all good no matter where we are on the journey and at least I do know that.

derek

Yo, it's all good........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ7D1FEyc8U&feature=related

Bonnie, Kate, Derek,

Beautiful!

I have enjoyed your poem Bonnie and the great music by Josh Groban :)

Much love,

Mieke

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ohhh, I just watched on CNN the most incredible rescue of passengers of a plane that crashed in the Hudson River in New York. Amazing they believe everyone escaped. The plane is sinking as we speak.

Hugs to ALL

Wow everybody: beautiful!

Just turning the TV on now Bonnie . . .

oh my

oh my gosh ...
I just got back from NYC,
and in the heart of Manhattan
and flew over the Hudson River

Amazing landing and safety of the passengers
what a blessing!

Princess Kate,

You are going to join us, aren't you?

At the other...alternative OT?

The new fan dangled commercial-full "Newer Age" site?

Ah, they(the conservatives, like skinny Norm) would call it

a gathering of liberal minded woo-villagers, no doubt!

Change being the keyword nowadays and all...no change meaning only,

well...emptier pockets. Pennies cannot buy a cheap thought anymore.

Priceless are the thoughts young Katie keeps to herself, huh?

"If I were a rich man..." poo-pah! But someday, yes, madame, some coming day...

Hmmmm...I think I'll keep that secret for the now that's seeping through my branches.

One rush, yes. Need I say more? What was that word again? Hmmmm?

it's amazing that plane didn't quickly sink to the bottom of that firfid river with all those scared people in it...that is the closest thing to a miracle...i'd say...whoa!

Miracles schmiracles! What luck?

A skilled master performs a feat of perfection in perilous circumstances...

so why do we feel the need to use a much overused word?

"I feel like a million bucks!", I heard said.

Inflation raises you a billion. Get with the new and ever changing program!

These folks had no idea that their lives would be at stake.

Coming from a novice who has never flown in a big plane, I can only say

that word again, whatever it was, or wasn't, or hasn't yet to be

spokane. How dry I am. UT

1549 goosed down!

it must be brrr cold by that frigid river...UT is is feelin' the bitin' north wind...and gettin' numb...damn! it's a miracle to survive another brutal winter in those quarters...no?

-6 degrees here this morning...and 0 degrees in atlanta!! Global warming my big ass!!

ooh..ooh...just a minute....hey...a polar bear just ran across my front yard! My puggle is chasing him!!

gotta get my gun....

:)

flabs...the PB was lookin' for that big ass for dinner ...his ole stompin' ground has melted away all the way to k-country...damn!

Mahatma

Jesus lived and died in vain if He did not teach us to regulate the whole of life by the eternal law of love.

A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

If one has pride and egoism, there is no non-violence. Non-violence is impossible without humility.

Violence is needed for the protection of things external; non-violence is needed for the protection of the Atman, for the protection of one’s honor.

Jesus was the most active resister known perhaps to history. This was non-violence par excellence.

My faith in the saying that what is gained by the sword will also be lost by the sword is imperishable.

Crime is a disease like any other malady and is a product of the prevalent social system.

I firmly believe that freedom won through bloodshed or fraud is no freedom.

Exploitation is the essence of violence.

A reformer cannot afford to be an informer.

In the dictionary of satyagraha there is no enemy.

For the individual [non-violent person] the golden rule is that he will own nothing.

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence.

The loss of hope arises from my knowledge that I have not attained sufficient detachment and control over my temper and emotions which entitle one to entertain the hope. . . . [but] I do not want to harbor the thought of hopelessness.

emperor! that is some deep sheet! damn!

i feel terrible...where's the new OT?

"the Bush administration agreed early Friday to give Bank of America an additional $20 billion worth of fresh capital to help it stomach the losses at Merrill Lynch, which the company acquired Jan. 1. The funds are in addition to $25 billion in TARP rescue funds Bank of America has already received.

The new infusion means Bank of America has now taken $45 billion of government aid, the same amount as Citigroup Inc".

And they call me the bad guy . . .

Emperor, make place in your heart for yourself :)

I have, I have, I have been remarkably at peace with myself lately; I just thought I owuld post somw quickies to let ya'all know me is still here.

Putting more idealism to paper, explaing why New Spokane could truly happen!

Iffin I get the opportunity with whatever powers that be, they will have no rebuttal when me is through with them . . .

O yeah

Good morning!

There is Laurence's Open Thread and there is a person 'openthread,' touting for friends....hmmmm.

I see some of you have befriended, so I've done likewise, but feel it is a spoof. Having fun, Irv?

Any idea Craig or Keith? I wonder who Diablo might think it is, ;)

Yeah I noticed that too Ed. The way they have it set up you have to go digging through to find stuff, and, yeah, they have not an open thread on the main intent page for our spontaneous continuity!

They just keep cycling through their body image experts, astrologers, zen masters,

lions, and tigers, and bears . . .

oh my

=\^__^/=

Good evening, already here in our part of the Globe: 21.00 o'clock.

We are now at our friends' house, staying there, again, for a whole week, taking care of small stock and land that belongs to this so-called 'hobby farm'.

This is a great way to be in nature. My husband and I have moved to an apartment some 3 years ago and I missed our garden the most. And so the Universe decided that by helping our friends, taking care of their property while they are on holiday, we actually are on a holiday too and I receive everything that I have missed :)

So this is for instance what one could call a ' win win' situation.

And as long as I am able to post here on IB I might as well share my weareabouts.

I saw, just an hour ago, for the first time, on our telly the accident with that airplane. It was the great action of the pilot but also the good condition of the airplane itself (no broken wings)that made rescue of all the people possible.

What a relief that nobody got killed.

Craig, Ed ...

Not much fun at Intent...

The site is a big mess.

I think Intent is trying to do too much at the same time. A social networking site is a huge task, and requires big investment. On top of it they want a community blog with featured 'voices'(who are already tooo many) on the front page. Networking sites typically have discussion forums, which I think is a better option for Intent. I suspect not many members who register stay as regular readers after spending a week over there. Those who stay are more interested in posting their stuff than participating in a discussion. The front page changes so quickly, there is nothing to hang your hat on to come back to other than your own blog where nothing much happens.

Intent is becoming predominately a crowd of needy, praying for each other, sending positive vibes people. Of course that's the site's stated mission too; to find inspiration and help. It is a great place to self promote yourself and your "alternative", "integrative" therapies and products. There is much audience to that and that's how the site plans to generate the revenue for the costs of maintenance, make profit and sell it in the future for a good price. It is after all a business venture by Mallika Chopra.

The site has about 5000 registered members as of now, and I don't see them breaking into the big league (over a 1,000,000) with current design and functionality.

I think a lot of things/design/features on Intent were inspired by the My.BarackObama.com (which of course was designed by Facebook co-creator). Also Intent seems to have borrowed ideas from the very successful Huffington Post.

I expect some radical changes from the current version for Intent to be viable in the future. Given the site relies a lot on manual editors and a permanent office, I am not optimistic that the site's software design would hold up with increased traffic. I wonder if they have a vision, or it would be a financial failure.

"I think a lot of things/design/features on Intent were inspired by the My.BarackObama.com (which of course was designed by Facebook co-creator). Also Intent seems to have borrowed ideas from the very successful Huffington Post."

I had the same feeling. Intent design is a cross between BarackObama.com and HuffingtonPost.com

I think that was a big blunder, neither this not that either in look or in functionality. (Of course I am not talking about scale and size. I don't expect Intent -- however great it's final design and functionality is, no matter how much they invest -- for their membership to go over 100,000 active users. I am only talking about the quality of site's user generated content.)

It looks like the folks at Intent are perhaps happy with what they got. If so, what a waste.

"I think that was a big blunder..." says dude...

agree...

why slay the goose that lays the golden...ok,ok...damn!

"granpa ed...i tried to reply to ur request at Intent but to no avail...i can't log on...so i'll keep talking here till it goes silent...all the best to u in future! damn!"

When you create a username at Intent, an automatic password is generated and sent to the email you used for registration purpose. Check your email for the two welcome messages for the password and log in. You can change the password once you log in and go to your profile page.

"i don't know how to create a new email adress...not that clever..."

I understand the first email account for many is created by someone else, but having spend so much time online it is time we learn simple tasks. Creating an email is very easy. Just follow the instructions. Go to Gmail.com, Hotmail.com or Yahoo.com It's so simple. It's like adding two simple numbers compared to integrating a second order partial derivative function.

188. Posted by spencer [TypeKey Profile Page] on January 15, 2009 08:11 AM

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This bugger doesn't know how to create an email account!

This little idiot doesn't know how to log-in at Intent.com!!

Are you kidding me?!!!

Guys PRAY for this insecure dullard!!!!

This guys inability to make an effort to learn simple tasks is titanic!!!

This waste of a human brain typifies what ails 21st century America!!!

Palin make W a genius!!!

Filip makes Palin a genius!!!

Some one post a message at INTENT and ask for the praying-types over there to pray for diablo!!!!

I curse myself for having made some past efforts to interact and have an intelligent dialogue with him!!!

PS. Makes me wonder whether this guy even had any formal education, forget a high school degree. Even 10 year worlds in third world countries can learn how to create an email account!!!

"Even 10 year worlds in third world countries can learn how to create an email account!!!"

The above sentence should read "Even 10 year *olds* in third world countries can learn how to create an email account!!!"

chris, the multi-headed genius, the sultan of IDs...dude...we are all so forunate to have 'smarts' like u to keep dullards in their place.

"we are all so forunate to have 'smarts' like u to keep dullards in their place."

That's insulting!

Speak for yourself.

"I" not "we."

Everyone here is a genius compared to you!!

Take responsbility for your own... your mental ablities, instead of trying to shirk it and elay it onto a crowd!!!

says...skeptic.."Everyone here is a genius compared to you!!"

whohahahahahahahhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...............whaaaaaa............

See! again a dullard response.

This moron is the first person encountered online who has been using internet for years and still doesn't know how to create a f@#$ing email account!!

I spit on the floor. What a waste of resource!!

Funny thing is this guy doesn't even realize his sense of shame, or make an effort learn and change!!!

dude...u are such an angry *^%&(*& old man...u need to get hitched with an fat, ugly, angry old woman....u get so easily agitated in ur self importance....

whoahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhaaaaaaaaawhoaaaaaaaaaaa.........

Instead of being ashamed or just face reality as it is and make sportive efforts to change, predictably this scumbag throws back reactionary insults, and even those are dull and weary!

Uncle Tree attentively brought forth a fresh blog.

A virgin birth at Intent with the complete intention

of getting everyone's uh...tension for free!

Come on over and see me sometime, ya awl!

It seems to be overly private over yonder.

Let's bust one up then! What say ye?

Is yuz game? Stump me! UT

239...dude...u are one miserable, lonely, angry old man...

i guess it must take a scumbag to know another...huh...u are a man with a dirt-filled mind...and heart..

so do u know how to change ur oil, a tire, screw in a light bulb...damn u are so 'good'...

how much practice have u got creating new email addresses? u must be real good at it 'cause u create two new ones a day...while u use ur computer as pillow..say, why don't u go out and get some &*%$^*% fresh air to clear out ur fogged up muddled, pin head?

now now

play nice

The Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man
about growing up and leaving home ...Ireland

What made you think of James Joyce, dear Kate?

Are you reading, or have you read that particular book?

He was truly the non-conformist type, and may have influenced me a tad.

Btw, did you see #212? I figure you did. And yet...

Attention! Attention

.

Well...now that I have you attention--

Wait!

Isn't attention one of those funny words?

A word that can be measured and weighed by degrees?

Partially attentive...

Half-ass paying attention...

And one's complete and full attention.

What'll it be today, folks?

Does UT in turn then have to be receptive by degree?

Can you actually give your attention away?

Can you mirror the ambiance without totally focusing?

Danger! Danger! Don't you see? Attentive enough yet?

Should you buy, and then pay attention double down?

I want you to give it to me. Just give it to me. Now! Cool?

No prayer plate will be passed amongst the regs.

To tithe real change not being necessary at all.

Pay attention, again. How many times must I say it?

See? Ive aleady lost you! Quit doing that!

You're looking and thinking ahead of your eyes. Stop it!

Stop! Stop! Right now, dammit! Geeeeeez.................

It's not fair and it's not right, if you ask Tree.

Yes! Yes! Now were talking! See? Without even talking.

You can't disperse your own thoughts in between mine.

It just won't work. Plain and simple. Watch this!

Gosh...you missed it didn't you? One more time...

One more go around, but not yet, dagnabbit! Patience!

Please! Be patient whilst you wait for your attention

to resurface. It went under there for a second. Whew!

You're now beginning to feel how this works.

Watch yourself trying to pay attention, really.

There's that mirror again. Who do you see?

May I say what? Or do you see that? C'mon.

Spilt brains on the floor

Spelling out the overtried

Aspects forthcoming

I give up! Reasons being...a work in progress.

Maybe Tree should pay the most attention.

To whom it may...or may not at all concern.

Is that you?

.

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/16/attention-attention

by UT

morning all,

was just wandering around the net and read a piece by Maya Angelou at the washingtonpost.com titled "At Long Last, Ready for the Real Deal." She had some comments so I offered one up meself...and I will share since it is almost deadsville for intentblog.com...booohoooooboooohoooo, really, it is a bitter sweet goodbye, this has been a treat, an easy to use treat, I might add, none of the clutter at intent.com to deal with, simple, streamlined, and easy to blow your own horn with, yep, this is intentblog's charm :)))))) I will miss-miss for sure, y'all fellow comment'rs

anyway..Tuesday is the big day for America....goobye Bush, and, oh, did ever a man over-stay his welcome as much as Bush and Cheney...I think not....and HELLO President Barak Obama....my thoughts on this little biggie...not that anyone really cares but you might be bored enough to read it anyway...anyday, now, I am expecting the ax by the Chopra's......no!!!!please!!!!I'm begging you!!!!!!!don't chop my noggin off!!!!!

Hello Ms Angelou,

Just to be clear I wanted Hillary, Barak Obama was my second choice, for good reasons, at least, I think so, but, anyway, that is water under the bridge. He won, and I found myself very touched, unexpectedly, while watching everyone's faces waiting for Barak to give his victory speech, it was truly a heartwarming moment for this Nation, and, everyone, witnessed it around the world.

That said, I love Michelle Obama, she is the real deal and frankly, I almost wish she were the president-elect, she puts me at ease much more than Barak Obama, her feet are squarely on the ground, Barak's, on the other hand, I am not so sure of, but I am willing to find out along with the rest of this Nation, since, for all of us it will be a learning as we go situation, we, as of yet, do not have a clue, as to his actual abilities as the leader, that does give me pause, has given me pause, and, will, until, I and our Nation actually experiences some of the direct results of his highly anticipated "leadership" decisions and programs.

I am only too aware that President-Elect Barak Obama is just another man, another politician who considers himself "presidential" material and like any other man, politician, probably has a higher opinion of his talents than he should, but, still, this in itself is nothig we, as a Nation, haven't dealt with as every President takes his seat in the Oval Office.

Our world is at it's most complex in terms of problems, conflict, and self-created dangers, cultural divides, volcanic extremisms, global poverty, sickness and hunger, so President-Elect Barak Obama's coolness doesn't impress me, at all, I have known cool, it doesn't necessarily equate to competent, intelligent, analytic skills, and decision making.

It seems that in electing Barak Obama our Nation has taken a giant leap and won an important "inner battle" character wise, we are a Nation, now, that can be a bit more inclusive with each other, a bit more trusting in our long held fears, in this sense we are blessing ourselves, we are stretching our cramped up ligaments, growing.

It is my hope that President-Elect Barak Obama can do what the airline pilot "Scully" did the other day, show the world the "intelligent" side of this Nation, the "expertize" this Nation has acquired, the incredible "team work" capabilities we exibit day in and day out in "ordinary" American life. As, a Nation we have "greatness" at work each and every day. The rescue of that US Air plane in the Hudson River was carried out by our Nation's everyday ordinary expertize. The cleaning up of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks was done by the "greatness" of our everyday ordinary American.

I hope Barak Obama can do what President Bush couldn't do with his "military bombardment" of a foreign policy, show the world American intelligence, expertize, and professionalism. I hope President-Elect Barak Obama can bless his Nation with a leadership that can match the skill of an ordinary everyday American named "Scully."

have a wonderful forever....ruth....

Hi Ruth,

"Just to be clear I wanted Hillary, Barak Obama was my second choice, for good reasons, at least, I think so, but, anyway, that is water under the bridge."

...

"I am only too aware that President-Elect Barak Obama is just another man, another politician who considers himself "presidential" material and like any other man, politician, probably has a higher opinion of his talents than he should, but, still, this in itself is nothig we, as a Nation, haven't dealt with as every President takes his seat in the Oval Office."

...

Newsweek had a fantastic series of articles about what the 'behind the scenes' actions of the campaign published soon after Obama's victory.

What was written there inspires me to finally read Obama's books. Fascinating! Here's an excerpt:

________________________________________________
"Obama was something unusual in a politician: genuinely self-aware. In late May 2007, he had stumbled through a couple of early debates and was feeling uncertain about what he called his "uneven" performance. "Part of it is psychological," he told his aides. "I'm still wrapping my head around doing this in a way that I think the other candidates just aren't. There's a certain ambivalence in my character that I like about myself. It's part of what makes me a good writer, you know? It's not necessarily useful in a presidential campaign."

These candid remarks were taped at a debate-prep session at a law firm in Washington. The tape of Obama's back-and-forth with his advisers, provided to NEWSWEEK by an attendee, is a remarkably frank and revealing record of what the candidate was really thinking when he took the stage with his opponents.

On the tape, after Obama's rueful remark about the mixed blessings of his detached nature, there is cross talk and laughter, and then Axelrod cracks, "You can save that for your next memoir."

Obama continues: "When you have to be cheerful all the time and try to perform and act like [the tape is unclear; Obama appears to be poking fun at his opponents], I'm sure that some of it has to do with nerves or anxiety and not having done this before, I'm sure. And in my own head, you know, there's—I don't consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. When you're going into something thinking, 'This is not my best …' I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, 'You know, this is a stupid question, but let me … answer it.' Instead of being appropriately [the tape is garbled]. So when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I planted a bunch of trees.' And he says, 'I'm talking about personal.' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f–––ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167582
_________________________________________________

Let me quote that again:

"Obama was something unusual in a politician: genuinely self-aware."

Indeed. I await his inauguration. And his first 'test', esp if it pertains to dealing with flak from thinly-disguised opponents.

From my first viewing of him speaking, I had him pegged as an extremely competent 'portable executive'. Do you know what that is?

The 'portable executive' is a person who, by virtue of personal skills, skills which have to do with the nature of people, can be brought on-scene, and who can resolve the sorts of problems which typically crop up among and between people.

Such a 'portable executive' may not have fluency in a particular field, but shines in regard to being able to recognize such things as how, within an organization, people tend to 'constellate'. The ability to recognize this factor, and then to change it (via the authority of the executive) is exactly the sort of skill which is hired, to save floundering corporations.

Once given the power to hire and fire, such a skilled executive is able to rework the entire organization, to good effect.

One of the prime talents of this sort of worker, is the ability to continue on, without 'making it worse'. This applies very much in the case of government, where the entire 'infrastructure' is composed exclusively of people, rather than things.

So IMO, all the talk of 'lack of experience' pertaining to wars, finance, 'energy' and so on, was merely noise, as it applied to Pres Obama. It is not a matter of prior experience in a given field of endeavor, when it comes to working as executive over people. What counts is the ability to work with people, esp those people who DO have needed experience with bombs, dollars and debt, and so on.

People have vastly different ways of reaching the same 'goal'. Bushco drove us toward the position of global hegemony by the use of force; McCain promised more of the same, with his incessant 'fight fight fight!' theme.

It is entirely possible for Pres Obama to drive us to global hegemony, 'simply' by skilled use of his people skills. He is capable of this, I think. There is no bomb or bullet capable of creating sympathy and love for the USA, in the hearts of people around the world. Quite the reverse, I would say.

A world in love with the USA, will yield, if our 'touch' is gentle, reasoned and wise. This is what Pres Obama is capable of, IMO, and I am very relieved that he will soon be our executive. I look forward with great excitement to seeing the unfoldment of his skills, not only in response to 'crisis and challenge' but also in the form of original initiatives, designed to make life genuinely better for all, and at the expense of no-one!

Freyja

How He Did It
________________

A team of NEWSWEEK reporters reveals the secret battles and private fears behind an epic election.
NEWSWEEK

From the magazine issue dated Nov 17, 2008

http://www.newsweek.com/id/167582

Hi Freyja,

When it comes to President-Elect Barak Obama it is all about action, now, time for reading, this or that, about him, or, by him, is going to take a backseat to what he can actually do, what he actually does. Which is as it should be.

and I repeat...I hope President-Elect Barak Obama can bless his Nation with a leadership that can match the skill of an ordinary everyday American named "Scully."

his time has come, and, of course, no pressure, only the world is watching, listening, waiting.:)))

ruth

did 'bama say that...

1...bushnut is a good man?

2...he made the right decisions at the time?

i'm beginning to worry about this brother! is this double speak? hmmnn.....

btw...ruth freyja is man in disguise...shame....

"I hope President-Elect Barak Obama can bless his Nation with a leadership that can match the skill of an ordinary everyday American named "Scully.""

Indeed. But remember it is a collective effort. Here's something you may not have heard about the incident...

This Miracle Brought to You by America's Unions
[by emptywheel]

They're calling it a miracle--the successful landing of a US Airways jet in the Hudson and subsequent rescue of all 155 passengers. They're detailing the heroism of all involved, starting with the pilot and including cabin crew, ferry crews, and first responders. What they're not telling you is that just about every single one of these heros is a union member.

There's the pilot:

[...]

Sullenberger is a former national committee member and the former safety chairman for the Airline Pilots Association and now represented by US Airline Pilots Association. He--and his union--have fought to ensure pilots get the kind of safety training to pull off what he did yesterday.

Then there are the flight attendants:

[...]

They are members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Yesterday's accident should remind all of us that flight attendants are first and foremost safety professionals--they should not be treated like cocktail waitresses.

There are the air traffic controllers:

[...]

They're represented by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. Someday, they'll rename National Airport for the work these men and women do to keep us safe in the air.

There are the ferry crews:

[...]

They're represented by the Seafarers International Union. They provide safety training to their members so they're prepared for events like yesterday's accident.

There are the cops and firemen:

[...]

They're represented by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Uniformed Firefighters Association and Uniformed Fire Officers Association.They're the men and women who performed so heroically on 9/11--and they've been fighting to make sure first responders get the equipment to do this kind of thing.

Bob Corker and Richard Shelby like to claim that union labor is a failed business model.

But I haven't heard much about Bob Corker and Richard Shelby saving 155 people's lives.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/16/11125/1166/655/684821

"btw...ruth freyja is man in disguise...shame...."

The last time you were logged in to Intent site was
: last online : 01/14/09

http://www.intent.com/diablo/profile

You don't know how to log in again, you don't know how to check your email messages and follow simple instructions, you don't know to create a email account.

I am really flabbergasted to know this.

Don't tell this to anyone else. Your slim chance of getting a decent date shall evaporate.

Your obsessed assumption that I am Skep is similarly juvenile.

You generally come across as an ridiculously immature person needing urgent emotional growth.

It's never too late to adapt. Good luck.

what washroom do u use, tranny, when u enter a public premise?

As if to reiterate the point Chopras' SLAVE diablo has now shamelessly resorted to outright BEGGING!

In the 'transition' thread he posted:

"everyone loves IB...so why don't u respect that and keep it, master?"

"Your obsessed assumption that I am Skep..."

u are he, freak, duh! anyone who can't figure that out must be as dopey and delusional as u, tranny!

skeptisch...aren't u ashamed to call urself freyja or vanessa or anne or whatever else, chris, john, irvine, the dot, rafael or whoever the fuck u decide to be? what a sad sack, basket case u are miserable old man!

Diablo,

You have earned the right to attack me. But please do not insult Skep, whom I regard highly.

Okay Diablo
Yo, haven't you figured out yet that no one cares if there is someone posing as others?
It's time to move on. If someone has enough to say that it takes more than one ID, then so what. It's just a conversation, we are not deciding the fate of the world.

Yo, just play a little, you may end up having fun.

derek

correction needed...

The pilot's name is "Sully" not Scully....me make big error :)))))

have a good one, all....later...ruth

oh, what the heck, here is a little treat I stole from Huffingtonpost.com..written by Nora Ephron

It's true what he said: we misunderestimated him.

George Bush came into his presidency with a huge wave of goodwill. Not from me, but from the others. An amazing number of people who should have known better thought of him as a charming guy whose intellectual limitations would somehow be as benign as Ronald Reagan's, whose promise of a fairly passive presidency would be as survivable as Dwight Eisenhower's. So he couldn't seem to get a sentence out straight, so what? And as for his religious rigidity, that was simply his way of dealing with an alcohol problem without the sloppy conventions of AA.

He was misunderestimated in every way. It was hard to imagine that this feckless leader could do so much damage. But even as the worst emerged, he was given the benefit of the doubt because of the ongoing mysteries of his administration -- mysteries that have remained unsolved in spite of the skills of hundreds of gifted journalists who have attempted to uncover them:

Who exactly was running the country these last eight years?

What did the President know, if anything, and when did he know it, if ever?

Was he capable in any way of even one sleepless night, much less the ongoing insomnia that any sentient person would suffer after so many wrong decisions and pointless deaths?

Did he mispronounce the word "nuclear" 1) on purpose, in order to make himself seem folksy 2) because he actually thought he was pronouncing it correctly or 3) just to piss us off?

The exit appearances that Bush has made in recent weeks will be something future presidents will refer to as often as Lincoln's Second Inaugural, although for different reasons. Here's what he said:

We did the best we could under the circumstances.

It's not easy being President.

It wasn't completely my fault.

Everyone makes mistakes.

I kept America safe, except for this one time.

After that one time I worked really really hard almost every day and had to read a lot of stuff about foreign countries.

This is Bush's legacy -- a stunning series of alibis. This is what he will crawl off to Texas with, hoping that it will fool a publisher into giving him a substantial book advance and contributors into giving him money for a library full of pilfered papers.

On Monday, we will have to get used to a different thing entirely, a president who's in the loop, who reads history, who speaks decent English. He will rob of us of something -- of the burning anger that has sustained us the last eight years, and that will take some adjusting to. But we're up for it; after all these years in the dark, we're ready for a little overestimation. Which is, unlike misunderestimation, an actual word. But come to think of it, misunderestimation ought to be a word. I certainly know what it means.

It's true what he said: we misunderestimated him.

George Bush came into his presidency with a huge wave of goodwill. Not from me, but from the others. An amazing number of people who should have known better thought of him as a charming guy whose intellectual limitations would somehow be as benign as Ronald Reagan's, whose promise of a fairly passive presidency would be as survivable as Dwight Eisenhower's. So he couldn't seem to get a sentence out straight, so what? And as for his religious rigidity, that was simply his way of dealing with an alcohol problem without the sloppy conventions of AA.

He was misunderestimated in every way. It was hard to imagine that this feckless leader could do so much damage. But even as the worst emerged, he was given the benefit of the doubt because of the ongoing mysteries of his administration -- mysteries that have remained unsolved in spite of the skills of hundreds of gifted journalists who have attempted to uncover them:

Who exactly was running the country these last eight years?

What did the President know, if anything, and when did he know it, if ever?

Was he capable in any way of even one sleepless night, much less the ongoing insomnia that any sentient person would suffer after so many wrong decisions and pointless deaths?

Did he mispronounce the word "nuclear" 1) on purpose, in order to make himself seem folksy 2) because he actually thought he was pronouncing it correctly or 3) just to piss us off?

The exit appearances that Bush has made in recent weeks will be something future presidents will refer to as often as Lincoln's Second Inaugural, although for different reasons. Here's what he said:

We did the best we could under the circumstances.

It's not easy being President.

It wasn't completely my fault.

Everyone makes mistakes.

I kept America safe, except for this one time.

After that one time I worked really really hard almost every day and had to read a lot of stuff about foreign countries.

This is Bush's legacy -- a stunning series of alibis. This is what he will crawl off to Texas with, hoping that it will fool a publisher into giving him a substantial book advance and contributors into giving him money for a library full of pilfered papers.

On Monday, we will have to get used to a different thing entirely, a president who's in the loop, who reads history, who speaks decent English. He will rob of us of something -- of the burning anger that has sustained us the last eight years, and that will take some adjusting to. But we're up for it; after all these years in the dark, we're ready for a little overestimation. Which is, unlike misunderestimation, an actual word. But come to think of it, misunderestimation ought to be a word. I certainly know what it means.

whoops....hmmmm....didn't mean to x2 it...sorry....ruth

Have no mean week-end, yourself, Ruth.

You really mean you aren't coming over to Intent to kick ass a bit more. I'll miss you ;)

George made dummies of you all, America and us Brits, too.

xx

yo doodooman...just stay out a dis dude...

this odddity uses a different personas to attack me with the same old tired ad hominems...so i do care to respond to this thing..

says this thing to himself..."You have earned the right to attack me. But please do not insult Skep, whom I regard highly." damn!

really? it's good to know that u respect urself so highly....

Hi Ed,

Thanks, I'll miss you and everyone here. I may show up at Intent, you never know, as of yet, I will probably take a break from spouting my two cents, afterall, everything has decreased in value due to the fools who ran off with all our monies...what's an opinion worth, now, used to be a dime a dozen, now, it begs to get a quarter of a cent...

xxx..ruth

if the Chopras close down IB it would their and our collective loss...i hope they rethink it!

It is so chilly tonight, at this half past 2 a.m.

Wouldn't it be great for a campsite set-up and a roasting of marshmellows and chocolate and us settled around with blankets and gazing up at the clear sky and white display of stars ...
and just tell stories and keep warm ...
we will keep our love alive ...

......and love will keep us alive, Kate, so there! ;-))

"Too Bored Or Not Too Bored To Board"

.

Bandwagons fly by
The train pulls up, "All aboard!"
Second guessing change

To get on or not
To be left behind feels right
To board means more work

Famous words, "No time!"
Funny how the living count
Free time spent wisely

Giving one's two cents
Weighing the costly ticket
Legging up the steps

Is it worth your while?
The branch bears fruit or gets nipped
Better eat my words

Inaugural posts
To make a stand or take one
Here--Now--Hang your hat

Swear on the Bible
Religious necessities
"So help me God!" stays

Allah should be proud
Divinity can't be named
"I am," just two words

Inclusive means One
Where ever more shall gather
Therefore--Trinity

Never did make sense
Nothing like a burning bush
Sets your tongue on fire

Throw holy water
Baptize the masses in tow
Steam evaporates

Separate churches
From their state of confusion
Melting soon reveals

Refuse to blend in
Your essence cannot be mixed
Only tasted once

.

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/18/too-bored-or-not-bored-board

The Cross Of Many Splinters

We (my sister and her husband, my brother and his wife and my husband and me) sat around a campfire last night in a very cosy restaurant in the middle of 'nowhere'. Somewhere in a small village that cannot even be seen on Google Earth.

We celebrated the would have been 89th birthday of our mother, who died last year.

And so the memories were told. So many and so differently experienced by the three children.

Such stories are great and this is what can bind a family that now lost their father and mother.

We had a nice dinner the six of us. We were spoiled with a luxe senior menue, meaning that we were served all sorts of different little portions of food to taste.

There was some Italian food, some French food, fish from Norway, potatoes from Holland, real dutch vegetable soup but also fish soup, lots of different vegetables from different countries. Different sorts of bread, etc.

And of course it was too much. But nothing is spoiled in our country these days. Left overs that are clean and can be saved are given to foodbanks in our country.

The number of foodbanks has increased in the past couple of years.........

But no-one in our country has to die from not having something to eat and that to me is a reassuring thought.

We ended up discussing all the world problems because when you watch tv or read papers nowadays you see nothing but them........

Well my story around our campfire :)

http://www.intent.com/openthread/profile

has already 11 friends but no entries

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/13/ot

has 7 contributors with more than 10 entries

And…..

Open Thread at IntentBlog.com is still open for comments, with more than 250 entries, with still more contributors than the above two. One sees clearly which one is the most popular still!!

Change is great, but make it easier then to comment! One cannot comment on the comment that is already there. One can only comment when one scrolls back to the top of the thread and click on the ‘add a comment’ line there. And then one has to scroll back again or to the next page to be even capable to comment.

Intent.com just has to grow out of its beta stage for the common user to feel happy there.

I have noticed this in the beginning and it still is the same.

One can better have a website without comments that is read, than one with the ability to comment which makes it more difficult because it switches from one possibility to another.

First, the one possibility works, than when another possibility works, the first one doesn’t work anymore and no one tells you this, you will have to find it out again yourself. Something I am used to because in my days there weren’t even books to instruct you. You had to find out yourself.

I rest my case now and stay with my own solution, a website that is read now and then and no comment is possible, only to my email address.

And it is there for everyone to read and to take advantage of it without any money asked. O, if we could only live in such a world, where creativity and sharing would be the only two virtues necessary :)

But nowadays they have a mouth full of being of service, how can I serve? Well, if you can’t in a suitable way for both the layman and the professional, something is still missing!

hey derek

I just ran across this...thought of you.

Hope you are still here.

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2008/05/seasteading?currentPage=all

B

Haiku Keith! Nice.

You got that right Mieke!

To rid the ego of "I want"

Decentralizing bureaucracy: a "representative" democracy that spends billions on elections is not freedom! Wall Street, Boeing, Halliburton, Mastercard/Visa, etc., lobbyists do not promote freedom (this is a most pernicicous dynamic on the state/municipal level too). Freedom is not free indeed!

I was talking to a friend yesterday who works for a "financing" cmpany (a subsidiary of AIG, so we have actually payed his wages lately; or did the CEOs simply stash it overseas), and they charge 24 percent interest! On a three thousand dollar loan they will get paid back 3 thousand + 2400 more dollars; and this is to the people least able to afford credit!

That is evil!

To raise a generation of children choosing to serve, choosing to help their brother, and yet at all times being free to go the way of "I want".

And no that doesn't mean writing a book for profit to "help" you find "success" in your life!

The day of capitalist democracy is nigh over: the age of democratic humanity approaches . . .

O yeah!

Peace

"On a three thousand dollar loan"; paid back over a 36 month period that is . . .

See Keith

Within 7 hours your "Too Bored Or Not To Bored To Board is already hopelessly buried in the archives . . .

Sheesh!

Beginnings

Today
You came running
With a small specked egg
Warm in your hand.
You could barely understand,
I know,
As I told you of Beginnings–
Of egg and bird.

Told, too,
That years ago you began,
Smaller than sight.
And then,
As egg yearns for sky
And seed stretches to tree,
You became–
Like me.

Oh,
But there’s so much more.
You and I, child,
Have just begun.

Think:
Worlds from now
What might we be?–
We, who are seed
Of Deity.

(Carol Lynn Pearson)

dear Mieke,
what if you ... were to create a workbook with your labyrinths
with meditations on each creation
?
it would be
a wonderful project for your creativity and
an expression of your insights
& generous heart
phone!

~ Kate

Okay I've opened up a new "Open Thread".

http://www.intent.com/blog/2009/01/19/open-thread-011909

I won't delete the previous "Open Thread". People have been requesting that Mallika keep the material over here at IB available to us even if they shut down the ability to post new threads or comment. I am unaware of how to turn off posting comments to the first "OT" thread over at Intent.com so I trust that this will not cause confusion with multiple "OT's" available there.

At any rate the newest "OT" will always be at the top of the lists of posts at my "Intent home".

Good luck

thanks for ur meek attempts over there brother laurence...

but this is the real OT...no one will take u seriously...nice try but sorry dude! damn! it!

Dearest Kate,

Thank you very much for your suggestion.

This is indeed a nice one and if I were to do this, am convinced that my children and family would appreciate such a book very much.

Because in the end it is my personal take on this subject. I had a discussion about the labyrinth with my sister and sister-in-law. My sister said that would be something for her too. My sister-in-law did not understand the value of it.

There are many, many books out there about labyrinths...........
Each one of them expresses a unique personal experience.

I am already so grateful for all the ways I have been able to express myself :)

And the many forms nowadays to do it.

Creativity is also the expression of a moment in time. Every moment is a new one and every new one is also the beginning of a nice memory :)

Have you noticed how creative this Open Thread has become?

Such a wonderful gift!

One could put all the OT's here into a giant workbook too. Only we are not allowed to do this because everything we have written here is copyright Intent and Intentblog.com.

But the loving memory, no-one is able to ever take away from us :)

Now I have tears in my eyes...

Mieke

They were coming from 4 directions
Riding the mountains
Whispering some words
Relatively-dynamics and calms

"Now that you got it
What you gonna do about it?"

Do you remember, this body
Formed and blowed from dust stars
What will you do about it?

At that present moment
You are getting high
You are blowed

Unique you are
Presence self-body
How will you exhale it?...

Hi Bonnie
I do have a dream of building an island.
One that is large enough for 20,000 0r 30,000 thousand people. Made of recycled something, with green engines that scoot it around our very very big oceans. I want it to look like a real island with rocks and dirt and trees and even it's own lagoon. Like Gilligan's island on the move.
Of coarse most of this island would be under water but imagine a 10 foot tall window underwater in your bedroom.

With all the green technologies about to be released, I can see this not being such a crazy dream.

After all we are about to have a black president, solid.

i sit in my rowboat
ten miles wide
we drift on the wind
we drift with the tide
and when a storm approaches
the engines we turn on
and putter round the edges
catch the rain and move on
and there from my bedroom
six fathoms deep
i wake up to sunlight
rays at my feet

derek

Hey Mieke
I've been going back and pulling just the poetry that seems to be written just for IB. Nothing from obvious professional writers. Is all this copyrighted too?
Surely the silly poems I write are not the property of the Chopra's. Would I have to get permission to use my own poetry that's just made up on the fly here. That would be really weird.

What if it was just given away for free?

just curious

derek

Hi Derek,

At the bottom of each page here on IB one can find that one sentence: 'Copyright Intent and Intentblog.com. All Rights Reserved'.

Here is how I understand it:

This blog is owned by the Chopra family. I have always been aware of the fact that, whatever I put here on these pages, is given away to them and they may freely use it as they wish because they let me make use of their 'property'.

Deepak has a databank on his 'Chopra.com' site called 'human ressources'. Herein he keeps record of everything that has been written or posted to him and his owned websites through letters or emails or blogs. Everything that is pubicly posted on their sites is copyrighted with all rights reserved. This means that he can make full use of this material when writing his books without making reference to a particular writer.

In this way no one is able to accuse him (any more) of violence of copyright.

I have noticed that up till now he has made profound use of this. In the past three years he has written more books than ever.

Well, this does not mean that each individual cannot make use of his/her own material here in my view.

It is easy to download, just highlight the text you want with left mouse button, then click with right mouse button and choose copy from the menu that appears and on your own computer you can paste the text in word or even in wordpad.

But should one have the idea of making a book out of anything written here by oneself AND others, then he/she would violate the copyright mentioned at the bottom of the page.

I am not a professional in this respect but I have always respected someone else's rights.

I translated Harb's book into the Dutch language. Yet he has given the right to publish his book in every language to an English publisher for five years.

So officially I am not allowed to publish my Dutch translation until this period has passed.
And that is in the last part of 2009.

After that period Harb has granted me the right to publish his book in my country. And if I am able to find a good publisher for it I will do it.

Well I suppose this is another subject for profound discussion :)

Mieke

Here is a link to the community guidelines on Intent.com.

It is expected from everyone to have read these guidelines:

http://www.intent.com/termsofuse

Diablo:

Actually several people that post here are already posting over at the OT I set up at Intent.com

As I have said I seriously hope the Chopras decide to keep this site open. In the event that it does close down to commenting and posting I am keeping up my efforts with the trust that some here will find a place to share as we have done here over the past 3+ years.

So you don't have to be sorry.

Well I just received an invitation to become friends with someone called "Open Thread" over at Intent.com

The title of the Open Thread I am invited to be friends with is:

"Open Thread: "Yes, Pigs Can Fly" says Obama Edition"

The profile for this "friend" is:

"Check this space for periodical postings of Open Thread. You can post whatever you want in the comment section. You can recommend or urge people to read some other blog entries posted on Intent that you believe need a wider audience. You can promote your own blog posts. (I am a reader at Dr. Chopra's IntentBlog. I encourage all IB participants and readers to mark this area while transiting to Intent which is in beta and may take some time to get all the features going.)"

As of this moment I will not become friends. Not because I'm unfriendly but because I have no idea as to who this person is. I will continue to post new "Open Threads" with no title (except "Open Thread") until I see that we here at Intentblog.com have a better alternative.

I'm not saying this new "Open Thread: "Yes, Pigs Can Fly" says Obama Edition" isn't a better alternative. I really couldn't say so if someone else has any idea as to the identity and or purpose of this new "Open Thread" (other then the stated purpose in the profile) please do let me know.

#287 I refer you to my post above at #226 Laurence.
(Apologies for spelling your name as Lawrence in earlier posts)

I thought 'openthread' was Skep at first. It's obviously some wilful person who thinks they know best! No prizes for guessing ;)

the ranting from granma ruth has stopped...suddenly...

heather has disappeared, flabs and amber fade...into the twilite...midlife crisis maybe...damn!

multiple is treading new grounds...for now...doodooman...well...is doodooman...on his rowboat...granpa ed seeks friendships...a man of deep wisdom...

and...

and...

filip obrien has managed to make his first comment on intent.com

damn :)

Isn't that a cause for celebration?

That boy can learn!

Here's a toast to diablo lest I forget in the midst of tomorrow's celebrations.

Good luck America and happy celebrations tomorrow.

I will be glued to the television and celebrate with you.......

Mieke

damn...all u dudes and dudettes posting ur pictures on the other side...that's above me...damn u guys are so advanced with this technology thing...impressive...

It's too easy, Diab, just follow the click-points!
You're just over-awed, like I was.
Trial and error, man! Then you say, doh! nothing to it ;)

What's grandpa doing up so late?

.

C'mom filip! Get a pic up!

If I can learn how, surely a youngster

like yerself can do it.

.

The snowball effect just might work.

.

Kate has yet to commit! I take that to mean

a no show. Although a Princess like herself

might be at the Om Ball doin' the

Obamawammaboombang Omega dance.

With the Beloved's water of life, no illness remains

In the Beloved's rose garden of union, no thorn remains

They say there is a window from one heart to another

How can there be a window where no wall remains?

Translator: Shahram Shiva

Julianna Goldman and Michael Tackett.
Mon Jan 19, 7:00 pm

For 220 years, the reality has been different, a line of 42 white men.

Today, that string will be broken by a most unlikely individual, a black man born of an African father, with a slight political resume who has described himself as a “skinny guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name.”

Barack Hussein Obama, 47, will place his left hand on the Bible of Abraham Lincoln to take the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, which slaves helped build. The Lincoln Memorial will be within his gaze.

He will immediately inherit an economic mess so grave that it recalls the Great Depression, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the burden of being first. Obama has signaled he will make audacious moves on all fronts.

The new president came to power on the strength of a movement that gathered behind his calls for change and hope. His campaign was underestimated before it became unstoppable.

Today, Obama will try to match the moment with his words. In preparation, he has studied the writings of Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.

As many as 2 million people may gather on the National Mall in Washington today to hear his inaugural address.

The inaugural ceremony, with Obama’s speech, a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue and more than a dozen balls tonight, will soon give way to the enormity of the problems the new president confronts.

The challenges Obama faces on the economy provide him with “one of the greatest tests any president’s had, post-war,” says Mark Gertler, a New York University economics professor who has collaborated on research with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke.

The economic crisis has been likened to the one that faced Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. Obama comes in with more tools at his disposal, including an assertive Federal Reserve and stabilizers such as food stamps and unemployment insurance, many of them created under Roosevelt, says Seth Glickenhaus, who was a messenger at Salomon Brothers when the stock market crashed in 1929.

“His job isn’t as great as Roosevelt’s was,” says Glickenhaus, 94, who now manages $1.8 billion as chief investment officer of Glickenhaus & Co. in New York. “Roosevelt was creating these things.”

While the challenge of crafting a solution is apparent, the more subtle task of instilling confidence is just as great.

The good will Obama has generated may get him off to a strong start, suggests Douglas Brinkley, a historian and professor at Rice University in Houston.

Says Brinkley: “While the problems are deep, he’s got a lot of wind at his back to really do the kind of big, bold things that people who aspire to the presidency want to do.”

From Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Washington, D.C.
March 4, 1865

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in;
to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan;
--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."

Of Lincoln's second inaugural speech
(by Roy Basler)
This theologically intense speech has been widely acknowledged as one of the most remarkable documents in American history.

The London Spectator said of it, "We cannot read it without a renewed conviction that it is the noblest political document known to history, and should have for the nation and the statesmen he left behind him something of a sacred and almost prophetic character."

Journalist Noah Brooks, an eyewitness to the speech, said that as Lincoln advanced from his seat, "a roar of applause shook the air, and, again and again repeated, finally died away on the outer fringe of the throng, like a sweeping wave upon the shore.

Just at that moment the sun, which had been obscured all day, burst forth in its unclouded meridian splendor, and flooded the spectacle with glory and with light." Brooks said Lincoln told him the next day, "Did you notice that sunburst? It made my heart jump."

According to Brooks, the audience received the speech in "profound silence," although some passages provoked cheers and applause.

"Looking down into the faces of the people, illuminated by the bright rays of the sun, one could see moist eyes and even tearful faces."

Brooks also observed, "But chiefly memorable in the mind of those who saw that second inauguration must still remain the tall, pathetic, melancholy figure of the man who, then inducted into office in the midst of the glad acclaim of thousands of people, and illumined by the deceptive brilliance of a March sunburst, was already standing in the shadow of death."

and in just a few hours
the United States of America
will welcome
Barack Obama as it's 44 president

..we await his speeech!

dear IBers,
I have treasured our time together and the many conversations about - Everything under the Sun - and more!

love always,
~ Kate

Occupant:

Affection is seeping through my veins for thou.

The end of any Era is a sad affair, indeed.

I believe that I am facing three or four endings in this last scene.

When the curtain falls...I will go away quietly.

I can hear the music now, so I know my time is short.

I will never forget you. It's been absolutely great!

Luvz & hugz! Uncle Tree

Occupant:

Affection is seeping through my veins for thou.

The end of any Era is a sad affair, indeed.

I believe that I am facing three or four endings in this last scene.

When the curtain falls...I will go away quietly.

I can hear the music now, so I know my time is short.

I will never forget you. It's been absolutely great!

Luvz & hugz! Uncle Tree

A sad Day in the the USA....

Well Diablo you can borrow my evil demone pic iffin you want . . .

Google "faltinian" or "Dormammu" and u 2 can b an empyreal one!

Or "fallen angel" works o yeah!

He-he

o losing our intentblog

so sad . . .

Was The Onion Clairvoyant?
by Bidabunch

So I'm thinking our country's long national nightmare is over. And I google the term to go back and read Ford's speech (hey, what can I say... I'm bored)

And I find this article from January 21, 2001 in the Onion[America's most famous parody news source] which quotes Bush as saying what is plans for America are:

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

I know, I know... right!

Check this out:

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

-----

Whoever wrote this is clairvoyant.

"During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."

"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

----
An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the Bush speech.

"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."

"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."

Part of me laughs when I read it then I'm reminded how true it turned out to be.

Thank God today is January 20, 2009!

http://tinyurl.com/968z69

Was The Onion Clairvoyant?
by Bidabunch

So I'm thinking our country's long national nightmare is over. And I google the term to go back and read Ford's speech (hey, what can I say... I'm bored)

And I find this article from January 21, 2001 in the Onion[America's most famous parody news source] which quotes Bush as saying what is plans for America are:

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

I know, I know... right!

Check this out:

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

-----

Whoever wrote this is clairvoyant.

"During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."

"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."

----
An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the Bush speech.

"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."

"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."

Part of me laughs when I read it then I'm reminded how true it turned out to be.

Thank God today is January 20, 2009!

http://tinyurl.com/968z69

Was The Onion Clairvoyant?
by Bidabunch

So I'm thinking our country's long national nightmare is over. And I google the term to go back and read Ford's speech (hey, what can I say... I'm bored)

And I find this article from January 21, 2001 in the Onion[America's most famous parody news source] which quotes Bush as saying what is plans for America are:

"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much work lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."

I know, I know... right!

Check this out:

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

-----

Whoever wrote this is clairvoyant.

"During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

[...]
[Read the rest...]

Part of me laughs when I read it then I'm reminded how true it turned out to be.

Thank God today is January 20, 2009!

http://tinyurl.com/968z69

test

i guess most of u are watching TV and this moment in history...damn!

Don't cry for me, Agent-inya.
The truth is........

Don't cry for me, Agent-inya.
The truth is........

Don't cry for me, agent-inya.
The truth is........

"Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black."
Charles Evers [1922 - ] !!

afternoon all,

skinny writes,"A sad Day in the the USA...."

ahhh...only for folks like you, Skinny, who are so MISUNDERESTIMATED :)))))))))))))))

the rest of America is enjoying a welcome change!!!

Well, I really liked his inaug. address, in fact, even that Warren fellow was almost digestable, I say almost....

President Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama...

too bad about Sen. Kennedy and Sen Byrd....but hey, Byrd is in his 90's, did I hear that right, if I did...that is really sad. What, should we just open up a nursing home inside the Senate...these folks just don't retire. I guess the job is just that good,
one never wants to give it up! Really, there should be a cap on the age thing...70 and we kick you out...just go, play some golf, do some volunteer work, go to florida, and let the young'ens have a chance.

oh, well, just another historic day in the USofA, gotta go and watch somemore.....

ruth

afternoon all,

skinny writes,"A sad Day in the the USA...."

ahhh...only for folks like you, Skinny, who are so MISUNDERESTIMATED :)))))))))))))))

the rest of America is enjoying a welcome change!!!

Well, I really liked his inaug. address, in fact, even that Warren fellow was almost digestable, I say almost....

President Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama...

too bad about Sen. Kennedy and Sen Byrd....but hey, Byrd is in his 90's, did I hear that right, if I did...that is really sad. What, should we just open up a nursing home inside the Senate...these folks just don't retire. I guess the job is just that good,
one never wants to give it up! Really, there should be a cap on the age thing...70 and we kick you out...just go, play some golf, do some volunteer work, go to florida, and let the young'ens have a chance.

oh, well, just another historic day in the USofA, gotta go and watch somemore.....

ruth

says 303.."A sad day in the USA."

dude...if u keep it up u will really need to buy a whale suit next time u go to st. croix to lay on a beach...'cause before the end of 'bama's first term, u cud easily double that 303 in lbs...damn!

says 303.."A sad day in the USA."

dude...if u keep it up u will really need to buy a whale suit next time u go to st. croix to lay on a beach...'cause before the end of 'bama's first term, u cud easily double that 303 in lbs...damn!

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

Diablo # 293,

If you can manage to post a picture of yourself at your account on intent.com, i will try to subscribe again, with a picture of myself :)

This morning all I got was the error page--twice!

So...are we still here or not? Kate looked to be the last to post.

Now I see that after I left, mine showed up--twice. Weird!

Tis close, my friends, tis close.

Go Obama, go!

You know what I mean.

is this the end?

Testing

Are we still on?

Hi guys and galls,

Am still able to post a comment on this open thread :)

Nothing will ever be able to replace the wonderful conversations we had here on the Open Threads of Intentblog

The loving memory is still there and will never go away.

If God was omnipresent, it was here, for sure:

http://www.intentblog.com/archives/

With love and gratitude, forever,

Mieke

dear Mieke,
This is amazing! I was certain this OT had closed forever.
Yours is a pure heart and lovingly creative and a joy to know.
Maybe,
just maybe ....
Intentblog will rise again!
love,
~ Kate

Mieke and Kate

Finding the two of you here and that posts can still be made is like finding a lost treasure.
:)
Love
b

Wishing everyone who once in a while is still reading here a happy festive season, Merry Christmas and much joy and love in the year to come.

Still going great!

Love and blessings from the Heart Phone :)

Yes, Merry Christmas to Everyone and a Happy 2010 New Year