silent thunder

Welcome to the Bums!

For me it's camping and stargazing, though again, not independently.

illusion of choice

Does seem the best ways to get to a championship, to be skilled or be dirty...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_inventions&from=G

ugh... fast food

American technology hmm... computer chips. Jazz and Blues Cowboys wish we invented bacon....

I LOVE German food, but not independently

Independence from oil, fear and war would be neat... but not flowers... dependent on them always.

I find it implausible for any 'thing' to be independent...

stevia

The way I experience it... I have a palpable sense of the abiding nature of essence (reincarnation) which stems from two sources: first: my observation of nature... Everything around me is cyclical... it's Summer again, here in North America. The ice has melted, the animals are raising their young... again; as has happened endlessly for the present epoch... yet even in this repetition, this is a unique Summer. Like waves of the ocean, no two are the same, yet all are the ocean. My heartbeat... the way I walk... my breath. recently I've experienced greater depth of awareness of the cycles within my form, mind and emotional body. the cycles of intimacy and seclusion within my partnership and with my close friends life cycles through death repeating and yet not repeating, more like constantly yielding in unique expression... raw awareness... stillness... and second and ultimate kicker was experiencing consciousness untethered from my form. fortunately for me, this experience came first, when I was about four years old so I occupy the enviable position of having never experienced a fear of dying. the observations on nature came much later, some time after my exposure to the Tao.

I found this very thing in 1989. I've nurtured and cherished it ever since.

If you're truly starting at ground zero... my mantra is live teacher, in person teacher, teacher you resonate with...

Mr Winter has always held a special place in my odd little reality tunnel... he's one of the coolest vampires... ever. oh and he's passing good on that guitar too...

They're not opposite or opposing to me. They seem to be varied expressions of one thing. Human.

Like your style. Welcome to the Bums!

funny how she keeps describing herself... projection syndrome/attention/manipulation darkside byebye now

funniest thing about the 72 virgins to me is.... they never specify what gender they are...

Hockey does a better job on flopping than any other major sport. NBA has become unwatchable for me and Soccer/Football is close behind. I'm still chuckling thinking about that GIF Joeblast... classic!

As tongue in cheek as this may appear... I honestly think this is a great layout of a valid modern perspective of the straw dog aspect of the Tao.

Is Dolly's Silicone Sacred? I bet her fans/hubby think so...

LMFAO

Reading your analogy of signal to noise ratio really resonates with me on this and was part of the equation for sure.