2010.09.08 19:00 - L'Shonah Tova

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Note to Calvino... I love the spellcheck and use it lightly and love even more that the format controls no longer "follow" you down the page.  But I can't figure out where the "Indent" controls are located.

stevenaia Michinaga: hello

Much time passed between my hello and the time Ewan and Dream responded, it could have been the lag everyone is talking about.

New year conversation started the evening

Ewan Bonham: Hello Steve.
stevenaia Michinaga: evening Ewan
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Dream
Dream Wrexan: hello
stevenaia Michinaga: I may have to leave shortly as I have some relatives over for the holiday
stevenaia Michinaga: but I claimed the log so feel free to continue after
Ewan Bonham: Oh, OK
Dream Wrexan: L'shanah tovah
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
Dream Wrexan: I find it interesting that different cultures celebrate the new year not only in different ways, but also at different times
Dream Wrexan: There's something magical about starting over.
stevenaia Michinaga: and for different reasons, I am surprised that everyone agrees what a rear is
stevenaia Michinaga: Year is
Dream Wrexan: knew that :-)
Dream Wrexan: hehe
stevenaia Michinaga: once around the sun
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Dream Wrexan: or the moon
stevenaia Michinaga: even by counting the moon phases
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Dream Wrexan: and even for western cultures, there are many different rituals
Dream Wrexan: we used to bury coins in the snow before midnight and retrieve them after midnight
--BELL--
Dream Wrexan: to ensure prosperity in the coming year
stevenaia Michinaga: new year offers a time to reflect on the past and future, which culture does that Dream?
Dream Wrexan: I'm guessing all cultures
Dream Wrexan: at least those I'm familiar with
Dream Wrexan: oh - you mean the coins
Dream Wrexan: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: nods... smiles
Dream Wrexan: that is my Polish ancestry6
Dream Wrexan: and there were plenty more rituals along with that
Dream Wrexan: from eating herring and rye bread to ensuring that a male was the first to enter the house in the new year
stevenaia Michinaga: love pickled herring
Dream Wrexan: I prefer the creamed
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: and you Ewan?
Dream Wrexan: I hated it when a child, though... but they made me gag down at least one bite
Dream Wrexan: how interesting - to think of where customs start
Dream Wrexan: and how they end up
Ewan Bonham: Well, i am intrigued with both the concept of a new year and its freshness...as well as forgiveness that goes with it..
Ewan Bonham: It's like wiping a preverbal slate clean..
Dream Wrexan: forgiveness - yes!
Dream Wrexan: I believe that is why New Years is so special...
Dream Wrexan: even new moon can be special
Dream Wrexan: I've done many new moon rituals to put forth new energy
Ewan Bonham: Yes, and it also wipes a mind clean
Dream Wrexan: I wish more cultures devoted effort to forgiveness
Dream Wrexan: It is such an important concept
Dream Wrexan: Without forgiveness, we carry forth old baggage
Dream Wrexan: and who needs that in a New Year?
Ewan Bonham: I is the only way to have energy to move on..
Dream Wrexan: yes, precisely
Dream Wrexan: We are often so caught up in being 'right' that we forget to be happy
Ewan Bonham: A bit of ACIM there..
Dream Wrexan: and for me happiness comes from relief of the burdens that holding a grudge can bring
Dream Wrexan: oops... is it showing? :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: ACIM?
Ewan Bonham: Yes...
stevenaia Michinaga: what is that?
Ewan Bonham: Steve, it is A Course in Miracles
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, sorry
Dream Wrexan: it's very much about forgiveness
Ewan Bonham: And i doing that, letting Love come forth
Ewan Bonham: making way for new changes and evolvement
Dream Wrexan: yes, the energy that Stevenaia was mentioning
Dream Wrexan: and energy to evolve
stevenaia Michinaga: the energy to reflect
Ewan Bonham: Yes, often beyond words..
--BELL--
Dream Wrexan: reflection is so critical to evolution
Dream Wrexan: folks so often rush through life without it
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm just trying to move...
stevenaia Michinaga: I find as I get older I move at a more leisurely pace
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Aphrodite
Dream Wrexan: hi, Aphrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi
Dream Wrexan: We've been talking about new beginnings
Ewan Bonham: Hi Aphro

Viewer issues intervene

Aphrodite Macbain: Is any one else here having lag problems?
Dream Wrexan: I was earlier - like you, I couldn't move
Aphrodite Macbain: I'd like a new computer
Aphrodite Macbain: computer - nice new beginning
stevenaia Michinaga: freezing also give you time to reflect
Dream Wrexan: :-)
Dream Wrexan: good point, steve
Ewan Bonham: All the time..
Aphrodite Macbain: Can you help me with something else too?
Aphrodite Macbain: It gives me time to grind my teeth
Ewan Bonham: Yes, sometimes our fingers kinda mov out of habit..
Dream Wrexan: what help, Aph?
Aphrodite Macbain: I have a script warning/error message that constantly runs
Aphrodite Macbain: over and over again
Dream Wrexan: unfortunately, I gave up coding years ago
stevenaia Michinaga: have you tried Phoenix Viewer
Ewan Bonham: Technology...gotta love it..
Dream Wrexan: I might be able to solve it COBOL
Dream Wrexan: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: It says I haven't sent a Permission_Trigger-Animation permission
stevenaia Michinaga: way over my head
Aphrodite Macbain: I gave Bruce mug o coffe today and then it started
Ewan Bonham: that what you get for giving something to Bruce..
Aphrodite Macbain: I've been searching in Wikie but nothing
Dream Wrexan: ah
Dream Wrexan: maybe it's the script in the mug
Ewan Bonham: Next thing youknow, you'll have a fish swimming around your head..
Dream Wrexan: there's a mug behind you
stevenaia Michinaga: is it the mug on the ground over there
Dream Wrexan: LOL, Ewan!!
Aphrodite Macbain: Oh whee is i. Perhaps ifI take it it will STOP!
Dream Wrexan: I wonder if you could 'block' it
Aphrodite Macbain: well I've taken it......
Dream Wrexan: try remove/block - then block it by name
Aphrodite Macbain: oh It's gone now
Ewan Bonham: Yeah!!!!!!
Dream Wrexan: but your arm looks a little out of joint
Aphrodite Macbain: Yayyyyy
Dream Wrexan: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: I just have to earn to pick up after myself
Dream Wrexan: I noticed something up in the rafters earlier
Aphrodite Macbain: a cat, a puffin a plant?
Dream Wrexan: a falcoln
Dream Wrexan: falcon
Dream Wrexan: owner: susi alcott
Aphrodite Macbain: Nice.
Ewan Bonham: Well...she has poofed..
Aphrodite Macbain: too bad
Aphrodite Macbain: too bad
Ewan Bonham: wb..:)
Aphrodite Macbain: I have a new little plot of land
Ewan Bonham: Oh, good her in P & B?
Aphrodite Macbain: that I will invite you all to when get enough cushions
--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: yes in the retreat village
Ewan Bonham: You and i may be neighbors..
Aphrodite Macbain: Possibly
Ewan Bonham: Steve, where can i make a contribution to P & B?
Aphrodite Macbain: I have a large magnolia tree and a teepee
stevenaia Michinaga: One moment I'll get you the weblink
Dream Wrexan: Hi, Koya
Aphrodite Macbain: and a bunch of potted plants. You have already met them
Dream Wrexan: ... and Archmage :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Archmage
Ewan Bonham: hi arch
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Arch
Archmage Atlantis: ty DW
Dream Wrexan: Never met a potted plant I didn't like
Aphrodite Macbain: hello Koa- my cat smudge also says hello
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: Koya
Archmage Atlantis: Oh, now my rl cat wants in
Archmage Atlantis: They don't do abstractions well
Aphrodite Macbain: I thin I'm going to go. the lag is rally terrible
Ewan Bonham: Where exactly is your place Aphro?
stevenaia Michinaga: night Aphodite
Aphrodite Macbain: It's called Bochetto . Not far from Paradise's place
Archmage Atlantis: Don't go Aphrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: nite steve
Aphrodite Macbain: nite all
Dream Wrexan: good to see you again, Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: Boschetto
Ewan Bonham: nite aphro..
Archmage Atlantis: Diana, the hunter
Aphrodite Macbain: Was there something Arch?
stevenaia Michinaga: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Donations, Ewan
stevenaia Michinaga: w/o the comma
Archmage Atlantis: The thinking that originated the west
Dream Wrexan: which thinking, Arch?
Aphrodite Macbain: ?
Aphrodite Macbain: go west young man go west
Aphrodite Macbain: gone
Archmage Atlantis: The representations of gods that the city-states choose
Dream Wrexan: oh, yes, I see what you mean
Dream Wrexan: as in Aphrodite?
Archmage Atlantis: Yes
Dream Wrexan: We do that in America as well...
Dream Wrexan: St. Louis - San Francisco - etc.
Dream Wrexan: well, not exactly gods :-)
Archmage Atlantis: Sometimes it seems like those we honor were thought poorly of in their time
Dream Wrexan: Did you have anyone inparticular in mind, Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: gotta go
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Arch
Dream Wrexan: yes, it's getting late on the East coast as well
Dream Wrexan: I hope you have a wonderful holiday, steve
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, where are you from , if you don;t mine me asking
stevenaia Michinaga: thank you, busy day tomorrow
Dream Wrexan: I'm in southwest Florida - on the gulf
Dream Wrexan: indeed
Ewan Bonham: bye arch
Dream Wrexan: goodnight, friends
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for coming
Ewan Bonham: Bye all...thanks for the conversation..
stevenaia Michinaga: happy you joined us
stevenaia Michinaga: see you