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Re: night time silence

Hypnosis gold coast — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:39:00 -0000

The comedy and magic team Penn and Teller wasted no time breaking those rules Wednesday night at the University of Florida. They started the show with the ...

Re: this is the song that never ends…

of mesothelioma — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:51:46 -0000

Thanks for writing this article - I've as of yet heard very little about Windows Mobile 6, so it was nice to read about it.

Re: Cowboys and Indians

Meble Ogrodowe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:22:36 -0000

Nice post. thanks

Re: We’ll make great pets

seedoubleyou — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:58 -0000

Very profound Mr.John!

We Buddhists call it "Dependent Origination".. everything is dependent upon everything else. The wings of a butterfly in the Amazon leads to a wind storm in the Sahara and all that. Cause and effect, we're all part of the same.

Until we learn to put our ego in our back pocket and to put a little more heart into how we live our lives, we the human race are doomed to the Wall-E destiny.

Re: We’ll make great pets

John Luisi — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:17:15 -0000

Gluttonous indeed - the events of November will stay with me for some time(trampled chinamart employee/ToysRU shooting/election hatred, fleecing of america version 54204, etc etc). My kids watched Wall-E in the theater when it came out, so last night was my first viewing. As a garbage covered NYC comes into view, my son(7) was quick to point out "Dad, that is what the world will look like someday, right? Because we make too much garbage and buy too much stuff?" I hope that all parents watch this movie with their children, even my 3yr old said it would be very sad if the world wasn't green and the sky wasn't blue. The generations of waste have run their course. If consumerism...and subsequently capitalism died too quickly....let's just say that it wouldn't be pretty for most folks- but make no mistake - they both are on the way out. Having children at this juncture in the history of Earth is both scary and promising. The way we adults are treating each other right now is despicable. I am still reeling from the hate filled campaign of the GOP.....stirring up racism is just inexcusable and an insult to real adults everywhere. I say "real" adults because some folks really never grew up. We have lost our compass....on many levels. We can't trust the government (but there is hope still with Obama?), we can't trust our employers, we can't trust our banks or credit institutions, we can't trust our insurance companies, we can't trust our telephone or internet company....Hell, we can't even trust our school systems to do the right thing. What can we trust? We can put our trust in our children. They are the next step up in evolution(and some claim a Giant Step). But there is one catch.....we need to make sure they make it to adulthood so they get do what they are here to do. If they can trust us, the favor will be returned a google-fold. How do we gain their trust? We give them unconditional Love, which is the easy part. The hard part is the how we treat each other...and how we treat our Earth- right now we are NOT setting a very good example. Everyone must see that we are connected...that we are all together with our Earth(and it's SYSTEMS) and all things that are living on it/in it....just like your body is many parts working together to form ONE. The souls that can see this cannot wait for others to open their eyes, we must move forward, with or without, and change our ways soon or there will be no future for our children........As the Darkness grows, so does the Light...........

Re: Cowboys and Indians

mom — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:31:33 -0000

Being a preschool teacher for over 20 years I have to say the best way to deal with aggressive tendencies in children is to talk about it! Whether a parent likes it or not, chidlren will be exposed to violence, at least until our world view changes for the better. Only by establishing a relationship of open communication between parents and children about all aspects of life can you hope to affect their thinking. Sometimes it takes 30 years...until they have little ones of their own. Just as an aside, fairy tales are among some of the most violent of stories. At the same time, they are among the children's favorites. They know who the bad guys are and happy to see justice served. One wishes that as they get older the bad guys were so easily identified.

Re: Cowboys and Indians

Sarah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:35:41 -0000

First off, my best ideas come in the bathroom too - while my nose is four inches from the bottom of the sink basin. Something about the running water.... Plus, it's one of the only places where I get to be totally and completely isolated. So I hooked up my fountain again, hoping to stimulate either (a) random creativity, or (b) impulsive face washing. We'll see...

Secondly, it's the simplicity of the good v. evil dynamic that appeals to a child's simple understanding of the universe, don't you think? S/he comprehends the true nature of those characters to no degree, which is why the PC revolution was so absurd; can you protect children from something they don't understand by obscuring it, by not teaching them of the significance of the taboos of our society?

And thirdly, the name change perpetuates, as is evidenced with the recently opened Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian. It's a PC nightmare.

Re: stick a label on it! (or labels, part deux)

Mirko — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:45:14 -0000

Labeling just is simple.
It's more simple to label people than making minds abouts them.
Sometimes it's helpful, i guess. It's even easier to think Bush is the good one and Putin the bad one.
Nevertheless I wish the characteristic to humans regarding first and then judging about other humans.
So, if the result is negative - that's it. But learning by doing by himself.

Re: Cowboys and Indians

seedoubleyou — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:58:11 -0000

I've thought about the "naturally" thing, and it is the only thing that's different! Why it helps the ideas to be born, I will never be able to figure out.

And hope, yes, hope is a good thing, but because they don't yet know what they are up against out there in the real world, I would rather create in them a positive outlook on things that will allow them to handle what is waiting. Good stories with happy endings will certainly give them that. They will just have know that there are "bad guys" out there.

Re: Cowboys and Indians

Mirko — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:22:09 -0000

I can't explain, why your best ideas come up to you in the bathroom.
Maybe, because you're quite "naturally" there?

But i can give you one piece of advice, what you can give "Cowboy and Indians" - playing children on their way:

Hope

and stories like those of Astrid Lindgren (or Jana Frey), with HappyEnd, because it's important they have.

Re: night time silence

seedoubleyou — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:27:31 -0000

I have the fireflies...but yes, no cicadas, no grasshoppers, no crickets, and only my neglected pool offers a place for song for the frogs.

Re: night time silence

Terry — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:52:24 -0000

What I've noticed is there is no crickets or grasshoppers or firefly's causing mischiefs as were
now heading towards the end of June. Yep~this is peculiar.

Re: Things I’ve Learned - Chapter 1

seedoubleyou — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:50:42 -0000

Something tells me that perhaps everyone who reads this will be able to relate to at least a couple of these, and not necessarily the same ones. :)

Re: Things I’ve Learned - Chapter 1

twq — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:05:54 -0000

This is remarkable advice! especially #1 and #6.

Cheers!

Re: Do schools kill creativity? An interesting thought.

seedoubleyou — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:52:58 -0000

so do most American ones!

Re: Do schools kill creativity? An interesting thought.

Mirko — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:37:36 -0000

german schools do - i'm sure...