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13 May 2007, 10:23 pm

That was my favorite book when I was young. He read it, too so maybe that is were it came from. I LOVE that book!!


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13 May 2007, 10:43 pm

Have you seen the movie? I thought that they did a pretty good job - I was all set to criticize it harshly if it didn't seem to follow the book.


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13 May 2007, 11:03 pm

I didn't see the movie. I very rarely watch movies if I have read the book. I just don't like the disappointment. Maybe I'll rent it for me and the kids to watch, though, now that you say it is a good movie.



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13 May 2007, 11:06 pm

In fact, I think I will go downstairs and dig my book out of its box! :wink:



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14 May 2007, 1:22 am

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Waving back at you, Lemon! Good luck on your exams! Remember to eat! Don't forgo sleep (sleep locks in memory)!
I'm sending you good energy! :)


thanks ! ! :D
don't worry, i always sleep very well, and i'm going to stay at a friend's place (cause univ is too far from home, and home is too difficult cause if i'm here the kids will always capture my attention) and this friend always says that students need good food, she buys me muesli, nuts, fruit,etc and cooks very decent dinner, i rather have to watch my weight...

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To improve your memory, get up and move your body between short sessions of studying to increase your adrenaline flow. Every now and then bend at the waist and touch your toes so that your head is positioned downward, then turn your head in several different positions - to move the cerebral spinal fluid around the ventricles and bring in fresh nutrients. Prop your feet up above the level of your heart at least 3 times a day (10 minutes each) to let the lymphatic system drain.


yeah, i often drink tea, so i'll get up regurlarly(although this is sometimes problematic, can be into something for hours without moving), are you serious for this excercises or is it a joke? :?
i do run (about 6-7km) three or four times a week (i need to for my astma). i also take my trumpet with me. (not when running of course, when moving to my friend's place)


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I always loved test time. When the pressure is on my flighty brain (for at least a time) locks into full focus mode. Unless the test is boring. Then I start daydreaming and score badly by missing the time deadline. :)


well, it's more of the boring kind, alas, no real focus mode, but i can't score badly, if i don't work i won't have a high score, but i almost can't fail, just reading everything might be enough for a 10/20, only i really want to be sure not to have a 2 session. (i worked quite hard the last 2 years (16/20 average) and that is an advantage now, they take me serious already :wink: ) i'll survive it...



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14 May 2007, 1:36 am

what a special atmosphere in here... dolls, clowns, mannequins, a sweet smiling blessedmom
and lots of smoke (wish you a lot of rain hartz) ...



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14 May 2007, 7:18 am

So we're thinkin we're all going to die out as a speices? Wonder where we got locked into that thinking? Well, I haven't met anybody yet that has lived forever. That would sort of set up the thinking, if I'm not going to make it the rest of human kind won't either. Screw it, I'm going to live forever and you can't talk me out if till I prove me otherwise. Might be on my death bed, but not till then.

Any one rememebr when your folks said, ok if you go outside in the snow, don't eat the snowflakes. Well, why?, I asked. Because there is atomic fall out in the snowflakes. Oh, ok, I said. And what did I do? What any good kid will do, so of course I did. What they failed to understand is, we were all walking in it and we still are. Doom I say, doom, we all gonna die. So some one please tell me where to run.

Coffee dude!! You ol co-dependent, fetch boy, fetch. Yeah, black, strong and proud. I like my coffee proud. And please put it in my bunnie mug.

Man, I'm restless. Anyone wanna rassal? Spent a few hours figuring out how to do remote core samples using an drill on another planet. The trick was how to keep the core intact using a drill. Hey, it's good to plan before you plan a move. Of course I did it, I like flow charts. Can't do numbers but I like the math.

I think we need a bravdo thread, come on and brag like a bastard. Kind of you did that? Well, humph!!, I did this, beat that!! Why? Because we tell the kids don't sing the blues there's hope, we have gifts. So what are the gifts we did? Show em I say. And I'm still restless and wanna rassal something besides core drilling, did that already.

Lol, and Chuck comes on and talks about wolves pissin their turf and I used that on part of how to do it. Didn't even know he had posted. Cosmic ain't it. Need Lau here to do the program on sea waves though. Thinking we might need some one into audio to do it even better. Mind in the A zone, commonly called the plow zone in the archeo-whore world, all jumbled up, but makes sense. And you thought your mind was strange. Hah!! Beat that one.


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14 May 2007, 8:24 am

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So we're thinkin we're all going to die out as a speices? Wonder where we got locked into that thinking?


I think we need a bravdo thread, come on and brag like a bastard. Kind of you did that? Well, humph!!, I did this, beat that!! Why? Because we tell the kids don't sing the blues there's hope, we have gifts. So what are the gifts we did? Show em I say. And I'm still restless and wanna rassal something besides core drilling, did that already.
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14 May 2007, 8:29 am

Luv the new aviie, Merle ! !

Makes me laugh to watch it ! !!


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14 May 2007, 8:43 am

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Luv the new aviie, Merle ! !

Makes me laugh to watch it ! !!


I laugh when I watch it too! boy, it doesn't take much for some of us, does it!
:lol: LOL :lol:


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14 May 2007, 9:34 am

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yeah, i often drink tea, so i'll get up regurlarly(although this is sometimes problematic, can be into something for hours without moving), are you serious for this excercises or is it a joke? :?
i do run (about 6-7km) three or four times a week (i need to for my astma). i also take my trumpet with me. (not when running of course, when moving to my friend's place)


Yes I'm serious! Its based on a hypothesis of mine. I've always done it and look how I turned out! I say, look how I turned out!... ok... maybe you shouldn't do it. :)

I want to learn more about you moving to your friend's place with a trumpet. And how you were allowed to stay. Now, that's a friend. :)



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14 May 2007, 10:09 am

Has anyone strarted a Bravado thread yet ??

Do we get to brag about the accomplishments of our countrymen ???

We invented heat, you know. That's correct. The whole world uses British Thermal Units, ya know.....


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14 May 2007, 10:13 am

hartzofspace wrote:
blessedmom wrote:
My husband says I live on a little planet of light and goodness. Every now and again bad people or harsh realities drop by my planet and give me a swift kick in the a*s. Always been that way even through abuse and other bad stuff. I just can't seem to be the other way. Believe me, it would be nice to assume the worst now and then.


Like the "Happy Medium," in the book, "A Wrinkle in Time?"


"Oh why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many delightful ones to see?" -The Medium "A Wrinkle In Time"

Well, I guess that pretty much sums up my view on life. I had completely forgotten about the book! This is wonderful!! :D



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14 May 2007, 10:51 am

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
Laughing a song
Singing a song
Sing the song
Song song song sing
Sing sing sing sing song
[Extra verse, London 1993]
Good morning starshine
The universe rings
With milky way music
Our blue planet sings
Good morning starshine
And someday so strong
They'll hear the song we sang
Our early morning singing song

Coffee Dude, jasmine green tea, please/



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14 May 2007, 10:56 am

Blessedmom opens the windows and lets the sunshine in.


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14 May 2007, 11:15 am

The sun is shining here. I hope the rain from yesterday blew to Florida. Did they finally get some rain? I thought I might catch it on the morning news, but a story about a very sick, twisted individual came on and I had to turn it off. I think someone should start a good newspaper or newscast. I guess there is no money in that, though.