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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 16:10:11 GMT -5
Linda, it does sort of have that "Nightmare Before Christmas" Tim Burton feel about it.
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Post by mahailia on Oct 11, 2012 18:06:45 GMT -5
LG ~ here is your very own personal PIA saying, sorry, love, didn't mean to ruffle feathers.
Junie & LG, I have no clue who de Tou...??? is, please tell me I don't have to find out now. Or, maybe I should.........
I actually bought a coffee cup or two with the following:
(quote from LG above:) As they say on the other side of the pond, “Keep Calm and Carry On”. I love that! My friend told me it is a popular saying from an old sitcom in Britain, and we tried to find DVD's of the show, have you seen it?
annala: Loved your post! I was right behind you by a few years, and yes, the times, they are a changing.
My personal view:
When the moon is in the 7th house, and Juipiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets and love will rule the stars.
It is the dawning of the age of Aquarius!
Many "enlightened people" have very high hopes that we are on the cusp of a New Age. And, it is always darkest before the dawn.
as momtomany would say: peace&love
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Post by annala on Oct 11, 2012 18:18:51 GMT -5
Junie - That animusic thing is weird. but cool - reminds me of the tarantula that I saw yesterday while with some of my birding friends. Tarantulas usually come out in the open in the fall here, mainly October, as they look for a mate. We saw this big black one creeping across the trail with hairy spidery legs that looked looked like the "plucker-things" on that instrument. We guarded it as it made its way across the trail and into the brush on the other side, and then we wished well on its journey and hoped it will be successful in finding a mate.
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Post by LindaG23 on Oct 11, 2012 20:47:42 GMT -5
Wonderful post annala and it has gotten me thinking. I was born in 1953 and so did not experience that era of latent change that you identify but from study and actually experiencing the explosion of the late 60s, I know what you are talking about. In the early 20th century there was a great deal of upheaval - WWI, the Great Depression, WWII. What followed was perhaps a period of calm and almost a repressed status quo; a time to heal wounds created by the onslaught, to convince the populous that life could return to normal even if that normal ignored basic inequities, and rebuild a shaken nation. The 40s and 50s have been considered the golden age of America encompassing the rise of the middle class and the expansion goods and services across the nation, and the constantly expanding quality of life for many. But that era also ignored some basic inequities. Women who had been called upon to step up and keep the economic fires going during the war were suddenly told to get back to the kitchen and let the men have their rightful place back. A whole group of people were perhaps told thank you for your service but get to the back of the bus. Also the fear that war could come again as represented by the resurgence of the Communist countries. This hiding of the nation's head in a hole perhaps could have lasted longer but any decent burgeoning explosion is usually fueled by a unique expansion of some sort and I think the tribulations of the 60s and 70s could at least be partly the result of the dramatic increase in college education in the preceding period thanks to the GI Bill. This graph is pretty remarkable. It makes sense to me that an era of questioning and pushing against accepted mores would be the result of an almost logarithmic increase in intellectual inquiry. College enrollment was fueled by an expanding population (baby boomers) and expanding access for everyone. Annala, you say that you are feeling this same undercurrent of unrest, rumblings indicating the dawn of a new era perhaps and I hope you are right. I think we are experiencing the intransigence that comes right before significant change. There are factions in this country that concurrently hide their head and blindly push back in hopes that they can keep change at bay but they will not succeed. Like the rumblings of the mid-20th century were fueled by expanding education, the roar of the early 21st century could be said to be fueled by the expanding world view brought on by the internet. It is difficult to hide anymore and knowledge is accessible to anyone with a wired, wireless, or mobile internet connection. I think we are learning right now to deal with the massive amount of information available but as we sort it out, change will come. Like you, I want to close with that remarkable comment, ' There's something about him. He's like something on the horizon that the world needs, That pop culture needs." I was completely floored by that comment, that someone unaware of Adam could get that insight from a brief few interviews. Adam's mojo is strong. His openness makes navigating an uncertain and unfamiliar medium, the music industry, possible. When faced with an intransigent PTB, we are calmed by his lack of fear. That open and fearless approach to life leads us to do the same in other aspects of our life.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2012 16:56:06 GMT -5
Things to say but so busy today and probably this weekend! I will say that the tarantula discussion reminded me that not long ago I saw a tarantula outside my dad's retirement complex. I was kind of scared of it, but later I went home and googled them and found out that they are very harmless creatures.
I still think I'd lose my s--- if one got in the house though.
By the way ... people come and go so quickly here. :( If anyone ever wants to exchange e-mails "just in case" just pm me. My twitter is @meltsinyourface and my ALFC handle is "Junie Moon." There are a number of you that I would hate to lose touch with.
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Post by Alison on Oct 13, 2012 13:15:25 GMT -5
Junie, I followed you on twitter a few weeks ago. My twitter is @hammer_ali.
This online community has changed a lot since we all met at MJs in 2009. I miss the many people we have lost over that time. I have enjoyed finding some of them on twitter, although I just lurk. I always check the moon garden and agree that it would be sad to lose any one of you.
I haven't had much to say recently, but I really appreciate the posts that are here.
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Post by Alison on Oct 14, 2012 7:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2012 8:41:48 GMT -5
Some Atoppers may find this article interesting: Censorship in the Internet Age: www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/aug/20/patrick-ness-censorship-in-the-internet-ageAn excerpt or two: Now, this is exactly the kind of thing I want to talk about today: the things we disallow ourselves to discuss. But a funny thing happened. I found myself drafting and re-drafting the way I opened with that anecdote again and again and again, working so hard to make sure my role in that conversation was clearly understood - and therefore impossible to misunderstand - that I found myself pounding the sentences into such painfully careful neutrality that they would end up meaning almost nothing.*** We here would almost certainly argue for your right to hold it, but in this sectarian, connected world, we'd then maybe stop listening to you. In a way, you'd be suddenly free of censorship because you'd be able to say whatever you like, you'd just be saying it to fewer and fewer people. And importantly, you'd be left out of conversations you'd like to be having.*** And so I ask you today, what do you not say? What do you censor when you write?
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Post by chapf on Oct 14, 2012 13:50:11 GMT -5
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Post by mszue on Oct 14, 2012 15:19:28 GMT -5
Great one chapf.....you have a great talent!! haha I am having a really busy day and just don't have time to reply to this juniemoon....but I will....am very interested in numerous manifestations of this question and can think of many things we have to censor ourselves on here on atop...and elsewhere. Probably the acceptance of topics that are otherwise 'off limits' is academe's highest accomplishment. The whole issue of my area of study is a no-no on this forum and rarely examined in anything than the most superficial of levels....which I find really interesting. And here we go....I promise not to mention it again...haha...censorship in action.... I invite the discussion [sadly in my temporary absence] to look at two of the four 'rules' of engagement here... 1. don't be repetitious [in depth discussion absolutely requires repetition if and when (which is the norm) everyone is not on the same page. and 2. always be cheerful and positive [now there is a silencing tool] sorry to post and run...have a meeting...and tonight, a lecture by John Ralston Saul. He is one of my intellectual heroes.....yeah...
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