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Fluffybbw

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HI everyone, do you mind if I join in for awhile? I'm getting pretty tense reading the Marc vs. Ger thread so I thought I would stop by, I brought my cat with me, he loves to sit in laps and be petted, a cat's purr always helps me relax. Also for refreshments I brought some Russel Stover chocolates, Gouda cheese and crackers, fresh strawberries and some chilled white wine, please help yourselves. I also brought a couple of Nancy Wilson cd's if anyone is interested in listening to them. Thanks.

Maris

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Didnt Nancy Wilson sing "Goldfinger", put it on.

Draheid

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
NOW OPEN

Bar

Fluffybbw

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No Maris, Shirley Bassey sang that one, I've got that cd also, I'm putting it on right now, just for you! OMG Draheid, now that is what I call a well stocked bar!! It would bring tears of joy to Amy's eyes!

Maris

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess, better pour me a drink fast, I may have to run.

Goddessatlaw

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nope, nope nope - stay with us. The Nazis and Jews aren't offended, even though the Canadians and Muslims are still smarting a bit. PS Roddy and Chiara going at it - you have to stay!!

Loppes

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Draheid,
Damn, where is the Canadian Beer? I want Molson's on the top shelf!
Lon

Goddessatlaw

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gawd, Oregon is going to be so disappointed in us. Could someone at least whip off a chant between slugs of moonshine here, please?

Draheid

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, I'm a USAian ... Actually, more accurately, a Texan ... can't seem to find your flavor in there here parts!

Maris

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lol Goddess

Loppes

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Draheid,
Well my province of Alberta is just as redneck as Texas. I say get some Molson's down there.
Lon

Hillbilly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Texan! ....whar's my gun...I'm from Arkansas and we don't cotton to no longhorns round herebouts.... :)

Draheid

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly: Jealous? MUahahahaha...ohhhhmmmmm...oooohhhhhmmmmmm

Hillbilly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nah....just a funnin with ya. :) Got kinfolk in Fort Worth. Next to Arkansas...one of the better places to live.

Maris

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tripping over my habit as I slam the door fast. pour me another one goddess.

Draheid

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
C L O S E D

Moved to the Late Nite Social Club
The bar that is, the thread is still open for those who need it!

Cyn

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddesatlaw, here's one for Oregon.
this isn't mine. it's from Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481).

the enjoyment of poetic beauty may well lead to hell.
but look what we find strewn all along our path;
plum blossoms and peach flowers!

or

many paths lead from
the foot of the mountain
but at the peak
we all gaze at the
single bright moon.

Oregonfire

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 09:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you, Master Cyn. Here is some wisdom from Sage Zhengjue. Enjoy on a lotus blossom.

Withdraw now from
the invisible pounding and weaving
of your ingrained ideas.
If you want to be rid of this
invisible turmoil, you must just sit
through it and let go of everything.
Attain fulfillment and illuminate thoroughly.
Light and shadow altogether forgotten.
Drop off your own skin,
and the sense-dusts will be fully purified.
The eye then readily discerns the brightness.

- Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157)

Shoofly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Does one have to be a lizard or snake ...'to drop off your own skin'?

If so, can I just go with the 'withdraw now' part?

Perhaps the lizards in the house could use the same sentiments after living in that environment.

Hillbilly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
...hillbilly walks in, sits in rockin chair...them late nite folks is a 'fast' crowd!

Cyn

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly, here's one for you.

bare-chested and bare-footed he enters the market,
face streaked with dust and head covered with ashes,
but a mighty laugh spreads from cheek to cheek.
without troubling himself to work miracles, suddenly dead trees break into bloom.

Kakuan

Hillbilly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried,
When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died,
We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it--lie down for an eon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall put us to work anew.

And those that were good shall be happy: they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair;
They shall find real saints to draw from--Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all;

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!


Rudyard Kipling

Drpepper

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly, glad your just kiddin about us Texans, cause Texas woman aint nuttin to wreakin with. I know, I am one. :)

Hillbilly

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually...If I have to relocate to find a new job...Texas is my choice...I really do like the Dallas/Fort Worth area. My grandparents used to live there.

Drpepper

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 10:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly, are you suckin up?