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I really do admire the new US president but how can this be done?
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Re: I really do admire the new US president but how can this be done?
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
> if the economy turned to new energies, there are jobs to be had. In my
> region, wind energy is a MAJOR job-motor. Development, construction, sale, assembly,
> operation, all along the line. Same for solar energy a…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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I'll second that. Classic! Is that a 4 or a 6 (I'd guess 4). I like the '89 930 Turbo, 9" Fuchs on the rear, 7" in the front, with flares and a whale of a tail...
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
> DH got a lovely photo of a similar stone cairn, but in this case a stone globe by
> Joe Smith: http://www.flickr.com/---/
Great shot, and a well placed piece of terrific rock art. Likewise, some great photos of…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
> *lines up for bookring* ;-) Anything by Andy Goldsworthy is just magic.
I quite agree. You think this could make the European rounds and perhaps end up in, say, Penpont, Scotland or thereabouts? You've got an ad…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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"Gaze no more in the bitter glass
The demons, with their subtle guile,
Lift up before us when they pass,
Or only gaze a little while;
For there a fatal image grows
That the stormy night receives,
Roots half h…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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> Just wanted to mention it. I'll be happy to sign autographs. :D
Well, it's after 9 and sleeting on top of already snowy streets, so boldness would not serve even an intrepid traveller well tonight, not from all the…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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> How are you?
Quite well, and you? From the looks of your shelf and web page, life is good! Three other words for you, Madame: "Yes we did." :-)
Alas, that means the debate on health care reform will begin a…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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Thank you, Sheila. It's partly because of you this ended up out here. I was cleaning up Kate's room this morning and was reminded of BC since she still has some of your postcards pinned to the walls. I don't suppose y…
robert-n-kate
15 yrs ago
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> > Who? Wha? Who's C. Sullenberger?
> He is the pilot of the U.S. Airways jet
> that ditched in the Hudson River a couple
> of days ago.
A reprise of the ‘journeys’ series. If ever a journey deserved recou…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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First things first: a Happy New Year to all, and my best wishes for great happiness and joy in all the days and months to come…
As for me, the months from September through November were extraordinary, in that I have…
(Not-So-) Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness
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I am eternally optimistic!
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Re: I am eternally optimistic!
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
A very worthwhile trait, methinks. Anyone who both 'truly loves' "The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge" and is willing to give it away deserves the Schwartz title (if not the Bollingen Prize), though it's "Responsibili…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
Right on target both times, Madame. I have a 'Pooh' tee-shirt with the characters dancing through the hundred acre woods, saying simply: "If I knew the way I would take you home." Carol gave it to me, that lady strol…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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Disco? Yikes! No 'Saturday Night Fever' for this snow-bound Texan! I was thinkin' of a slightly different dance floor... :-)
"What you gonna do when you feel your lady rollin'
How you gonna feel when you see your …
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
> I was joking, wasn't I?
In context, I'll assume that's a rhetorical question! I assumed as much, but hey, I'll take any excuse to post lyrics after a *really* long day (which started yesterday morning... :-)
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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I hear that, Counselor; comes with the territory, yes? But remember, old Chinese proverb say: "Be careful what you wish for." Were you immune to others, you could end up also being (auto)immune to yourself... :-)
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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A musical? Criminy! I was expecting West Coast R&B, 'specially after the SF post of recent days... :-)
(With my condolences for the friends you lost.)
"All we need is a drummer
For people who only need a beat,
I'…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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That should be 'Handbook of Human Stress and Immunity'. Sigh; long day... :-)
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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Some other authors to consider:
Joan Borysenko; 'Mind the Body, Mending the Mind'
Larry Dossey; 'Beyond Illness' and 'Healing Words'
Deepak Chopra; 'Perfect Health' and 'Quantum Healing'
Jeanne Achterberg; 'Imagery…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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> once you've heard a piece of music, surely that's it
You are kidding, yes? :-)
"The first thing I remember
I was lying in my bed
I couldn't of been no more
Than one or two
I remember there's a radio
Comin' …
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
Criminy! Robert Plant must be spinning in his grave! And he's not even dead... :-)
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
No, it's not. Have any idea how much tax revenue is generated by the business his company does? By the salaries paid to his employees? By third party sale of his company's products? Oh yes, and remember that 'non-exi…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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Methinks not. Johns Hopkins alone has received in excess of $50 million dollars from the Gates foundation in the past few years... :-)
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
(I think the latter is more correct, as the former is ambiguous. :-) (-: Still...
"Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all …
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
"The Frisbee, he got tired of sailing
To and fro and to;
And thought about the other things
That he might like to do.
So the next time that they threw him,
He turned there in the sky,
And sailed away to try a…
robert-n-kate
21 yrs ago
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> eruditer
That would be 'more erudite'. :-)
(Sorry. It's been a really long day. And not anywhere near over... :-)
