bradley

this can be said for many ancient texts. the problem is that the copy machine was not invented until the mid-1900's, so real people were assigned the task of manually copying down what was written, as well as translating from other languages. so there is this monk named bert, and he loves cats, so he casually slips into a document a cat allegory, about how cats are the highest form of being. next thing you know, 2000 years later, people are worshiping cats, and walking on all fours, wearing cat masks and cat suits, etc.

Also the microwave oven! Wikipedia: In 1945, the heating effect of a high-power microwave beam was independently and accidentally discovered by Percy Spencer, an American self-taught engineer from Howland, Maine. While employed at Raytheon, he noticed that microwaves from an active radar set he was working on started to melt a candy bar he had in his pocket. The first food deliberately cooked by Spencer was popcorn, and the second was an egg, which exploded in the face of one of the experimenters. Apparently there is still an ongoing controversy about what kind of chocolate bar invented the microwave.

There is an alien in your pot. it is waiting for the right moment to emerge, at which point it will abruptly launch out and attach to your face. I would call Sigourney Weaver ASAP.

anyone remember that star trek episode where the two sides would simulate fighting on a computer, and then, who ever lost would have to send over a certain number of citizens to be killed, in real life. We need Kirk to save us.

smiles: Six Harmonies woman laughs and walks away tiger ate the pig

A well regulated Kitchen, being necessary to the appetite of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Cast Iron Cookware shall not be infringed

I noticed on your site you have a section titled divine art. Do you have any interest in sharing some images of your work on this site? I liked what you said on your site "From Buddhas to celestial beings or abstractions and personal messages, art communicates things beyond the boundaries of language, often bringing wisdom, healing, and connecting us both to our deepest psyche, offering guidance from beyond." The connection between art and spirituality/enlightenment, as well as self understanding, has also interested me greatly. Good thing is, you can never argue with art, as it is its own expression and experience : )

Licorice root is good for inflammation too. Also reducing/eliminating dairy.

Where I am from: AI: In Finland, there is no specific legal blood alcohol limit for riding a horse or other animals, unlike for motor vehicles. The "other animal" I assume is a reindeer.

: ) Those are all the good things... I have a few of them as well. things they dont really make anymore, or at least not like they used to. recently been collect typewriters and 78's (lots of foxtrot). thinking about rotary phones. lots of vinyl too, but prob does not make the list, though the old records sound so much better than the new ones, its a lost art. is it a horse drawn wagon, like a carrage? riding around town in a horse drawn carrage sounds nice, especially after a schooner... no law against that, is there?

typewriters rotary telephones shellac records gramophones the harpsichord oil lamps wood stoves iridescent light bulbs vacuum tubes dot matrix printer paper (the ones with the strips that perforate) computer punch cards walkmans 8 tracks tape cassettes laser discs vhs ipods (... questionable) carburetors hand drills lead-based wall paint wagons carriages wind mills (the ones for milling grain) steam locomotion warfighting swords pistol dueling cavalry and their horses cannon balls schooners and the pine tar for making them sextants, for navigation powdered wigs for men feel free to add

peace is a paradox. the only way to fight aggression is to fight back. though there are many ways/strategies to fight back. its like taiji. sometimes you strike, sometimes you block, sometimes you roll back, ect. sometimes the strategy against aggression can be "non-violent." other times you might pay an army of teenagers to fly grenade bearing uavs across barren farmland at one another, while you anxiously and excitedly watch it all on twitter feeds.

agreed. i think karma is less about retribution, and more about growth, the gradual shaping of sentients over time into something better.

It is amazing though how people can justify their own "bad" actions. Some people can never consider themselves wrong or to have committed wrong because that would destroy the illusion of their ego, though they certainly cant escape karma. Some degree of enlightenment and transcendence of ego seems to be necessary to understand right and wrong, good and bad, etc.

Thats Portland for ya. I miss Portland.