just ignore and let this one die

/lecture mode

Holy cow! I leave to go to a staff meeting for a few hours and what the heck????

Maybe everyone involved just had low blood sugar. Kaimi, I'm glad you attended to that.

But please, folks...can we try to keep crabbiness to a minimum?

I'm not talking about keeping things PC...just keeping things... relatively cordial.

/me steps down off soapbox.

very nice Maureen

wow long commutes whiplash

but cake I will take, ty


and no I did not.

since sunday my computer crashes completely a few times when in world, grrr
and its not my system being under powered for SL either. what gives.

Yea, it was a bad morning

See? Meetings cause problems- solution- no meetings!

Haha, the most simplest of logic I like it!!!

Ashe

Howdy Maureen!

Other than a little head cold sinus crud, life is wonderful.
Thanks for asking.

awww.

Here are the fixings to make a hot toddy - good for what ails ya:

Thanks, looks like the perfect treatment. The kind of medicine that may not work, but after a few of those you don't mind being sick anymore. LOL

lol....true story: when we had colds/sore throats, this is the medicine my grandmother would give us when we were kids!

*cough cough* Grammy....I'm getting sick... *cough cough*

ha! Actually, I never liked the taste of it, so it was never a big deal for me.

I knew I liked you two.

Ashe

hugz

For no particular reason I will now note the song I'm currently listening to on my Ipod: "My Gay Shirt" by The Grammar Club.

"when I wear my gayest shirt, my gayest shirt, all the ladies want to flirt . . "

It amuses me.

Added: Was the talk about golden rules here or there or on the snow?

Well, one of the members of that group mentioned above has this golden rule: "The man with the gold rules"

Thanks guys for sending your snow and ice our way. It's planning to get here around midnight.

I'm a Zen Buddhist and was always taught that the appropriate focus of our lives here on Earth is here and now. Even though, we aspire to release from the wheel of suffering and reincarnation, desire for enlightenment will never get us there. Indeed, it is letting go of desire, of striving, that leads to enlightenment.

I was also taught to think of the suffering mentioned in Buddhist texts as discontent. In past times and in other countries, people do suffer. We, here in our privleged existence, find it difficult to relate to suffering as a concept, but when you think of discontent, many of the ideas in the Dharma become much more accessible.

One of the concepts in Zen and other Mahayana schools of Buddhism that I've found most appealing is the idea of the Bodhisattva, one who vows to forego Nirvana (release from the wheel) and be a teacher until all sentient beings have attained enlightenment. The idea of making such a vow is at once appealing and terrifying. Prolly not for me in this incarnation.

And speaking of reincarnation, I am not a believer in the sense of believing the "I" will be born again. I believe that my consciousness, whatever it is that makes "me" "me", only has this one life. The soul, as a vehicle for consciousness, does not exist. Some part of me will go on though, the life force that binds us all. And my actions (karma) will survive me, in all their imperfection.

So I'm late to the discussion, I know. But here's my little $2L on religion, and the afterlife.

Yes, please!

You are welcome. We are not completely done with it, though, which means that you will see more later. I expect another thanks then also. You can send it while I sit in my car for 5 hours because no one here knows how to drive. I'd say in adverse weather, but I will leave it as is.

I finished high school in Killeen, TX, which is why I hate Dallas - get contrary when everyone expects you to root for the 'home' team. Which is also why I don't care for the Redskins after living in the DC area for almost 30 years. I would try to hate the Ravens, but my son is a real fan, as is his SO. We're all rooting for the Steelers, figuring the Ravens look better if the Steelers run roughshod over the Cards.

Now at home trying to deal with them about to extend the digital TV deadline. WBAL11 has been talking about it for months and now they are going to tack another 4 months on? How long can we hear about going digital before we can assume that everyone knows?

And when you're done with it, no doubt you'll send it my way. Thanks.

Well, they used to sell this coke flavored syrup for general use nation wide, until some of the states (like my home state of Kansas) discovered it had a higher alcohol content than some liquors. Talking about a PO'd grandmother...

If your kid has a cold, make sure you tuck them in tight.

Oh, well, us in the Baltimore area take relief in the fact that almost always, no matter how bad it gets around here, the New York Yankee and Boston Red Sox fans will have it worse.

Leaves a small, warm spot in our hearts just thinking...

Ugh, I have so much to do tomorrow. This storm is really going to be a pain, especially if it is more on the ice side.

LOL! My mother still has an old bottle of it somewhere.