2011.02.08 01:00 - Almost full circle

The Guardian for this meeting was Wester Kiranov. The comments are by Wester Kiranov.

This last Being session was quite full, and it also went on for a while after I had to go away.

Wester Kiranov: hi alf
Wester Kiranov: hi arch
Alfred Kelberry: meep!
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: hi, wester
Archmage Atlantis: Hiya all
Alfred Kelberry: archy
Archmage Atlantis: wasn't expecting to be here
Archmage Atlantis: Hello Eggs
Archmage Atlantis: Oh good, I can sit like a guy on this cushion
Archmage Atlantis: Hello Alfie, Wester
Archmage Atlantis: I see you are still wearing your pan pipes boxy
Wester Kiranov: i think you can sit like a guy on all cushions here
Archmage Atlantis: Nope
Archmage Atlantis: There is one I can't
Alfred Kelberry: woly!!! :)
Wester Kiranov: must be a bug then
Archmage Atlantis: hey, hey Wol
Wester Kiranov: hi wol
Wol Euler: hello arch, wester, boxy, egg
Alfred Kelberry: little furry turned into a beautiful woman :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Alfred Kelberry: someone must have kissed you
Wol Euler: not telling :)
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Archmage Atlantis: Do you know the origin of the word "bug" in computer programming W
Wol Euler: remind me?
Alfred Kelberry: yep
Wester Kiranov: wasn't it real bug when computers were still huge?
Alfred Kelberry: i think it was a moth
Archmage Atlantis: Go for it boxy
Archmage Atlantis: yes
Archmage Atlantis: it was a moth
Wol Euler: :)
Archmage Atlantis: It got into the vacumm tubes
Wester Kiranov: the tubes themselves? that can't have been easy
Archmage Atlantis: That was before cold rooms
Archmage Atlantis: And isolated floors
Archmage Atlantis: No one knew it could happen
Wester Kiranov: As you might know, today is our last official being session (at this time)
Wester Kiranov: or Being
Wol Euler: ?
Archmage Atlantis: upBeing, wow.....no wonder Nimbus woke me u[
Wester Kiranov: For the last few weeks, we've had theme sessions about Being.
Wol Euler: oh, right, yes. Sorry. I am so seldom here at this time
Archmage Atlantis: That or the fact I forgot to turn on his heating pad
Archmage Atlantis: one of those
Wester Kiranov: It basically means that we go round the circle once, and everyone can say what they feel like saying about Being, about what it means right now
Wester Kiranov: without being interrupted
Archmage Atlantis: k
Wol Euler: hello cal
Wester Kiranov: hi cal
Calvino Rabeni: Hi ! How goes it?
Wester Kiranov: You're just in time for our Being theme session
Wester Kiranov: Do I have to explain agian, or have you been to one before?
Calvino Rabeni: Up to you Wester. I like to hear it over again, like a bedtime story :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Wester Kiranov: Just the short version then :)
Alfred Kelberry: btw, http://t.xalan.org/woly.jpg :)
Alfred Kelberry: hey, cal
Wol Euler: :)
Wester Kiranov: We go round the circle once, and everyone says what s/he wants to about Being, as it is right here & now
Alfred Kelberry: ok, who's next?
Wester Kiranov: Any volunteers to go first?
Alfred Kelberry: cal
Wol Euler: I think boxy just volunteered
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Wester Kiranov: ;D
Alfred Kelberry: cal's got the talking stick
Archmage Atlantis: rudek but give it a go Alfie
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: *saved by the bell*
Archmage Atlantis: Not really
Alfred Kelberry: ah! archy spoke during the bell! your turn now :P
Archmage Atlantis: the bell is a pause, not an end
Archmage Atlantis: nice try, Alfie
Wester Kiranov: As none of you seems to be raring to go, shall I start?
Wol Euler: I'm waiting for Boxy to say something
Alfred Kelberry: meep!
Wol Euler slaps you.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: hello egg
Archmage Atlantis: I one knew a personwho often said meep......go for it Wester.....my vote
Wester Kiranov: hi egg salad. Are you joining us?
Wester Kiranov: We're going to start the Being theme session now. Have you heard the explanations?
eggsalad Ormstein: I have visited many times, yes
Wester Kiranov: I meant about these particular theme sessions, not about PaB in general
eggsalad Ormstein: oh sorry. guess not
Archmage Atlantis: I go many places, hear many things
Archmage Atlantis: I would appreciate a recap
Wester Kiranov: We'll go round the circle and each say our thoughts on Being, without interruptions.
Wester Kiranov: You'll be last, so you can probably get a good idea from the rest.
Wester Kiranov: Here we go, then.

Wester
Wester Kiranov: Being is at this moment associated with space, for me
Wester Kiranov: Being is what is, as is, but also how all this is embedded in possibility
Wester Kiranov: And PaB helps me to see that, see the spaciousness
Wester Kiranov: There is room for everything, and too often you don't see that and it all feels cramped
Wester Kiranov: then you can sit down, and breathe, and let the spacetime in
Wester Kiranov: Arch, your turn

Wol Euler waves to Sam.
oO0Oo Resident slips in and listens quietly, waving to everyone
Archmage Atlantis: Hello O
oO0Oo Resident: :)
Alfred Kelberry: sam :)
Archmage Atlantis: Or Sam, as you may prefer

Archmage
Archmage Atlantis: Being
oO0Oo Resident: being
oO0Oo Resident: ;)
Archmage Atlantis: A difficut concept
Archmage Atlantis: I apologize for not having the typing animation on
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: Being, at this moment, is being open to what each entity in this circle says.
Archmage Atlantis: ding
Archmage Atlantis: Being for me
Archmage Atlantis: is to be with each of you
Archmage Atlantis: while beiing alone
Archmage Atlantis: with my cat
Archmage Atlantis: my fish
Archmage Atlantis: my parrokeets
Archmage Atlantis: and the animals in the outside
Archmage Atlantis: To be aware there are many ways of being
Archmage Atlantis: That there are many responses to the same question
Archmage Atlantis: Even if Wester passed out or went to sleep
Wol Euler: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Pass to Wol

Wol
Wol Euler: ty arch
Wol Euler: if we are to talk about today, about right now, Being means delight.
Wol Euler: it means being open for the wonder and beauty of every new moment, and also (especially) of the old moments that we had stopped examining through familiarity
Wol Euler: *assumed* familiarity
Wol Euler: wonder (wonderfulness, things worthy of being wondered over) ...
Wol Euler: ... is as common as house dust
Wol Euler: but we don't notice it.
Wol Euler: Being takes away the blinkers and shines a light on that which always surrounded us, to show us newness in that which we thought old.
Wol Euler: (done)

Alfred Kelberry: well said, woly
Wol Euler: ty
Wol Euler: hello korel, nice to see you again :)
Korel Laloix: Heya.
Wol Euler: speaking of newness in old :)
Alfred Kelberry: corel draw
oO0Oo Resident: Korel :)
Korel Laloix: Never played with that program....
oO0Oo Resident: lol
oO0Oo Resident: Corel Draw
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: But probably a poor choice of AV names.... not as bad as Freud was though....
Wester Kiranov: hi korel. We're doing a theme session, and taking turns to talk
oO0Oo Resident: a little slow, but I got it Boxy
Korel Laloix: OH sorry.
Wol Euler: boxy is running away from his turn to speak :-P
Wester Kiranov: np
Korel Laloix: There is style in that.

Alfred
Alfred Kelberry: what? me? never!
Alfred Kelberry: i just like moving around
Alfred Kelberry: cal, your turn :)

Wol Euler: cal?

Calvino

Calvino Rabeni: Being ...
Calvino Rabeni: I usually have a prepared statement in my pocket ... but was unaware this was going to be a theme session
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: read us the un-prepared statement then
Korel Laloix: What is the theam?
Calvino Rabeni: Usually I wait for being to come to me
Archmage Atlantis: Read the statement, then be
Wol Euler: I'll IM you, Korel
Korel Laloix: theme
Calvino Rabeni: but in the interests of politeness
Korel Laloix: wado
Calvino Rabeni: Being is a small bird that lights on a branch when I'm looking at a cloud
Calvino Rabeni: and wondering when it qualified as having a different shape
Calvino Rabeni: it seems that it requires the ability to notice "in between" moments in time
Calvino Rabeni: which only happens when I pay attention
--BELL--
Calvino Rabeni: During the pause I was ready for something new to come into "being" because I wasn't busy typing
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Calvino Rabeni: if something new had come in while I was typing, chances are I wouldn't have had the attention to register it
Calvino Rabeni: (end)
Wol Euler nods.
Alfred Kelberry: egg?

eggsalad
eggsalad Ormstein: being, as we're discussing it, is the simple result of intelligence, which led to leisure time
Alfred Kelberry: *pokes zen*
Zen Arado: Hi all
eggsalad Ormstein: with time on our hands, the opportunity was granted to posit on various subjects
eggsalad Ormstein: so much so, that we named our species as "... being" to differentiate us from animals with less free time
eggsalad Ormstein: Crazy, ain't it? (end)

Wol Euler: :)
Archmage Atlantis: No, egg, it is on point
eggsalad Ormstein: on point... and a crazy idea at the same time
Archmage Atlantis: agree
Zen Arado: think some animals seem to have a lot of leisure time
Wester Kiranov: Korel, your turn (we can discuss things later)
Zen Arado: cats for instance
oO0Oo Resident: :) Zen

Korel

Korel Laloix: I think being is a neccesary by-product of the gift of existance bestowed upon us by the Great Spirit... and from out of our being.. that is where are responsibilitities flow from. I think our responsibilities more define us then our hobies or past times. (end) (end)
Alfred Kelberry: yes, cats are all about leisure and indulgence
Korel Laloix: NOt in the wild though.
Wol Euler nods to Korel.
Korel Laloix: Cats are killing machines in the wild.
Wester Kiranov: discussion after the circle please... samud/oO
Zen Arado: sorry
Zen Arado: didn't realize
Alfred Kelberry: *pokes zen again*

oO0Oo
oO0Oo Resident: wild
oO0Oo Resident: being
oO0Oo Resident: not pssed
oO0Oo Resident: super im
oO0Oo Resident: posed*
oO0Oo Resident: and spelled
oO0Oo Resident: in train
oO0Oo Resident: of flow
oO0Oo Resident: prepared not
oO0Oo Resident: horese radish
oO0Oo Resident: so not is
oO0Oo Resident: prepared to be
oO0Oo Resident: this
oO0Oo Resident: here now
oO0Oo Resident: with crazy joy
oO0Oo Resident: and breathing trees
Archmage Atlantis: say what you need to say in your own language O
oO0Oo Resident: pause[done]

Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: nice :)
Wester Kiranov: very poetic.
Wester Kiranov: zen now

Zen
Zen Arado: being
Zen Arado: just is
Zen Arado: what we are
Zen Arado: but we ad so much
Zen Arado: to survive
Zen Arado: but we add too much
Zen Arado: and then it troubles us
Zen Arado: too much thinking
Zen Arado: ...
Zen Arado: done

Wol Euler smiles.
Wester Kiranov: ty all, very nice
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: Do i get to hop on the table ( or fontain) now?
Wol Euler gets out a L$ for your garter belt
Archmage Atlantis: The last session for "Being"
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Yet we all are
Archmage Atlantis: So we are all Being
Alfred Kelberry: *imagines woly dancing on a table*
Archmage Atlantis: The difference is that we know we are
Wester Kiranov: I think there will be more sessions at different times still, but yes, we do not depend on those for Being
Wester Kiranov: I have to go now. Have a nice discussion and feel free to hop on/in the fountain
Calvino Rabeni: Thanks Wester!
eggsalad Ormstein: bye wester. thanks for hosting
Zen Arado: bye Wester
Wester Kiranov: namaste
Wol Euler: bye wester, take care.
Korel Laloix: ciao
Zen Arado: I have to go
eggsalad Ormstein: peace, zen
Zen Arado: bye all
oO0Oo Resident: bye Zen...tc
Wol Euler: bye zen, enjoy the day
Korel Laloix: do na da go hv i
oO0Oo Resident: great spirit... responsibility
oO0Oo Resident: how to be here
Korel Laloix smiles
Wol Euler nods
Archmage Atlantis: I need to go home also,,,,in SL......Hikari is special to me....any of you who choose to come are welcome
Korel Laloix: I am not sure I know really what the purpose of that chat was... so my views might have been at a diferent angle.
Wol Euler: bye arch
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Calvino Rabeni: Goodnight Archmage
oO0Oo Resident: Hikari soo beautiful Arch
oO0Oo Resident: tc
Korel Laloix: Hikari?
Alfred Kelberry: hikari?
Wol Euler: a place here, very beautiful
Wol Euler: moon fargis made it
Korel Laloix: OK.
Calvino Rabeni: Being .. what I call the remembrance of the gift of existence bestowed by the Great Spirit
Alfred Kelberry: wait, that moon that was mentioend on the mailing list?
Wol Euler: yes, cal, that is what I was groping towards :)
Calvino Rabeni: Yes the famous Moon
Wol Euler: yep, boxy, that moon. our moon
Alfred Kelberry: never seen him
Alfred Kelberry: or her
Calvino Rabeni: He used to be fuller
Calvino Rabeni: but waned somewhat
Alfred Kelberry: found his being and left?
Wol Euler: it comes and goes :)
Korel Laloix: It is interesting how people come and go in SL.
oO0Oo Resident: his landscapes illuminated with longevity and light
Korel Laloix: And some leave great marks on it.
oO0Oo Resident: yes Korel
oO0Oo Resident: the marks of being... Indras net jiggled
Korel Laloix: Indras net?
oO0Oo Resident: mmm
oO0Oo Resident: I will find you a ink Korel
Korel Laloix: Found it.
oO0Oo Resident: just as well...my browser hasn't opened yet lol
Wol Euler: :)
Korel Laloix: Will have to look that up.
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: FAR AWAY IN THE HEAVENLY ABODE OF THE GREAT GOD INDRA, THERE IS A WONDERFUL NET WHICH HAS BEEN HUNG BY SOME CUNNING ARTIFICER IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT STRETCHES OUT INDEFINITELY IN ALL DIRECTIONS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXTRAVAGANT TASTES OF DEITIES, THE ARTIFICER HAS HUNG A SINGLE GLITTERING JEWEL AT THE NET'S EVERY NODE, AND SINCE THE NET ITSELF IS INFINITE IN DIMENSION, THE JEWELS ARE INFINITE IN NUMBER. THERE HANG THE JEWELS, GLITTERING LIKE STARS OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE, A WONDERFUL SIGHT TO BEHOLD. IF WE NOW ARBITRARILY SELECT ONE OF THESE JEWELS FOR INSPECTION AND LOOK CLOSELY AT IT, WE WILL DISCOVER THAT IN ITS POLISHED SURFACE THERE ARE REFLECTED ALL THE OTHER JEWELS IN THE NET, INFINITE IN NUMBER. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT EACH OF THE JEWELS REFLECTED IN THIS ONE JEWEL IS ALSO REFLECTING ALL THE OTHER JEWELS, SO THAT THE PROCESS OF REFLECTION IS INFINITE
Alfred Kelberry: wow
Alfred Kelberry: what was that?
Korel Laloix: THE AVATAMSAKA SUTRA FRANCIS H. COOK: HUA-YEN BUDDHISM : THE JEWEL NET OF INDRA 1977
Alfred Kelberry: why in caps? :)
Korel Laloix: Just found that to be interesting.
Korel Laloix: It is like that in the website.
Korel Laloix: Sorry... just cut and pasted.
Wol Euler: oh dear, how very 1992
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: lol
oO0Oo Resident: ty Korel
Wol Euler: yes, thank you :)
Wol Euler: got distracted by the ALLCAPS and forgot to say
Korel Laloix: Sorry
Korel Laloix: I know very little about Budism.
Wol Euler: np :) not your fault, and boo to me for my pickiness
Alfred Kelberry: i guess that's how chinese feel when they read hieroglyphs
Alfred Kelberry: a wall of data
eggsalad Ormstein: tl;dr
Alfred Kelberry: agreed :)
Korel Laloix: I have close freinds or exes that are Hindu, Muslim, Mormon, Atheist, etc.. but never had close RL relationship with a Budist.
Alfred Kelberry: most of my friends are atheists
Korel Laloix: I used to be that way.
Wol Euler is an Inclusivist.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: I was thinking about this the other day as well.... I don't have any Jewish freinds that I know of.... but I don't go around asking either.
Alfred Kelberry: sounds kind of sexy
eggsalad Ormstein: I'm a confirmed agnostic
oO0Oo Resident slips $L in Wols garter
Wol Euler: one track mind, boxy.
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Wol Euler: :)))
Alfred Kelberry: there are many tracks to sexiness :)
oO0Oo Resident: agree
Korel Laloix: I am sort of a Jesus freak.
Alfred Kelberry: how's that?
Wol Euler: "sort of"?
Alfred Kelberry: you read psalms to everyone you meet?
Korel Laloix: But as I grew up outside of religion.... I am more in touch with the Faith than with the constructs that have build up around it.
Korel Laloix: If that makes sense.
Korel Laloix: Not everyone.... smiles
Wol Euler: makes a lot of sense to me.
Wol Euler: I see a great difference between faith and organized religion (any religion)
Korel Laloix: One of the things that made me start taking the idea of faith seriously was how much Atheism is a religion.
Alfred Kelberry: korel, yes, i agree
Wol Euler laughs.
Alfred Kelberry: you bet
Alfred Kelberry: it's a constant battle
Alfred Kelberry: there are evil forces around
Korel Laloix: I mean, group think is bad in relgious circles, but unpenatrable with the Atheists I know.
eggsalad Ormstein: always a pleasure. bedtime here. goodnight all
Alfred Kelberry: night egg
Wol Euler: 'ngiht egg, sleep well.
Korel Laloix: ciao
oO0Oo Resident: egg :)
Korel Laloix: But my life expereinces I find are significantly difernt than most people know.
Korel Laloix: SO my persepective is a bit off angle someteims.
Wol Euler: everyone's is; the difference is that you know yours is angled
Korel Laloix: lol
Korel Laloix: And people tell me that al the time...
Korel Laloix: That is why Freud wears the Annoying Woman tag all the time.. smiles
Wol Euler: that makes it either true or an egregious platitude
oO0Oo Resident: glad to hear your perspective Korel
Korel Laloix: I tend to realy irritate a lot of folks when we discuss certain topics.
Korel Laloix: THanks.. grins
Korel Laloix: Maybe both.
Wol Euler grins and nods
Korel Laloix: lag... those comments appeard out of order for me
Korel Laloix: I was hoping this would help me get back to sleep...
Korel Laloix: Fail.
Wol Euler chuckles.
Korel Laloix: I just might go run.
Wol Euler: sorry about that
Wol Euler: oh, there was a great TED talk lately about running
Wol Euler: and evolution, and community
Wol Euler: let me see if I can find the link
Korel Laloix: TED?
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: It is 25 out side.... think I will pass for now.
oO0Oo Resident: I think/vote Korel gives TED talk...shake em up a bit
Wol Euler: http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher...rn_to_run.html
Wol Euler: if you don't know TED, you should bookmark it.
Wol Euler: it's a recurring, nearly constant, travelling conference thingy
Wol Euler: themed
Wol Euler: and published on the web
Wol Euler: they invite all kinds of people to talk about what they (talkers) find interesting or important or beautiful
Wol Euler: actually no, they invite only one kind of person: Passionate and articulate and deeply involved
Calvino Rabeni: I like that topic ... running
Wol Euler: the speakers get a maximum of 20 minutes to speak
Wol Euler: so there is a very high signal-to-noise ratio
Korel Laloix: I run about 8 miles a day when I can..... but not sure I could talk that long about it...
oO0Oo Resident: nice encapsulation of TED Wol
Wol Euler: ty :)
Calvino Rabeni: run with others, Korel?
Korel Laloix: NOt usually.
Korel Laloix: I run a bit too much for most.
Wol Euler: perhaps you need to join several groups, then :)
Korel Laloix: lol
Alfred Kelberry: *purrs at woly*
Wol Euler: heheh
Korel Laloix: My running time is my prayer and meditation time really.
Calvino Rabeni: mmmmm
Wol Euler: agreed
Wol Euler: (back when I used to run)
Calvino Rabeni: yesss
Alfred Kelberry: wow, 8 miles a day
Alfred Kelberry: iimpressive
Calvino Rabeni: It adds up
Korel Laloix: WEll, stupid really.
Korel Laloix: My doc wants me to run less.
Korel Laloix: But I am sort of addicted.
Calvino Rabeni has to "run" ... good night everyone
Wol Euler: goodnight cal, sleep well
Korel Laloix: Ciao.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
oO0Oo Resident: :) Cal
Calvino Rabeni: thanks :)
Korel Laloix: Here no evil, see no evil....... smiles
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: and carry a big stick.
Korel Laloix: That or the three stooges.
oO0Oo Resident: you read my mind Korel...sort of
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: which one is Curly? :)
Korel Laloix: That is one TV show that I have ZERO understanding of.
Korel Laloix: My brothers love it.
Wol Euler: I couldn't watch it for longer than about 90 seconds
oO0Oo Resident: THAT is why you should give a TED talk
oO0Oo Resident: short and to the point
Wol Euler: :)
Korel Laloix: I can understand forms of comedy that I don't find funny.
Korel Laloix: But I can't see how the Thre Stooges are funy at all.
Korel Laloix: I just don't get it... lol
oO0Oo Resident: not your loss I wager
Wol Euler: they're funny in the way that running over frogs with your bicycle is funny
Wol Euler: and for the same reason
Wol Euler: gratuitous cruelty
Alfred Kelberry: huh?
Alfred Kelberry: what are you talking about?
Wol Euler: read back, boxy :)
Korel Laloix: Comedy that isnt.
Wol Euler: an American TV show, an alleged comedy, of the 60s
Wol Euler: slapstick, with the emphasis on slapping
Korel Laloix: Now the Marx brothers.. I can see how that could be funny.. I just don't find them funny.
Alfred Kelberry: ah
Alfred Kelberry: slapping can be fun
oO0Oo Resident: so much humor is based on pain or confusion.. and is highly contextual
Korel Laloix: Yes.... but.... lol
oO0Oo Resident: hehe
Korel Laloix: I dont realy find most sitcoms funney either.
oO0Oo Resident: boxy
Wol Euler bites her tongue.
Korel Laloix: BUt my sense of humor is rather British I have been told.
oO0Oo Resident: boxy gives id relief
Korel Laloix: And I have no idea what that really means.
Wol Euler: "not based on stupidity or cruelty"?
Alfred Kelberry: korel, which is no sense of humor? :)
Korel Laloix: No, I can find stupidity funny... I do like some Monty Python.
Wol Euler: what annoyed me about US TV is the premises. Half-hour shows based on artificial dilemmas that a single questiion could hvae cleared up
Alfred Kelberry: oh, don't tell this to python coders, korel
Wol Euler: well, that and the commercials of course.
Wol Euler: "half hour" shows that are 21 minutes long!
Wol Euler: ridiculous!
Wol Euler: rant rant rant rant
Korel Laloix: I am not a fiction person.. and I don't watch TV really.
Wol Euler laughs.
Alfred Kelberry: you still watch tv, woly? :)
Wol Euler: nope
Wol Euler: not in nearly a decade
Alfred Kelberry: wee!
Korel Laloix: It really is mostly pointless.
Wol Euler: except at my parents' house, or on airplanes
Wol Euler: some of it can be good when seen at 30,000 feet
Wol Euler: because the ads are cut
Wol Euler: I got to love Grey's Anatomy and 30 Rock while flying the Atlantic
--BELL--
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: I am sorta starting a new relationship right now.. but she lkes to watch TV..... lol. not sure I can work with that..
Alfred Kelberry: i got to youtube to watch ads :)
Alfred Kelberry: *go
Wol Euler chuckles. That'll be a test, Korel.
Korel Laloix: She invited me over....made me diner... then wanted to sit down with some popcorn and watch sitcoms... lol
Alfred Kelberry: korel, you run 8 miles, she watches tv. i think it works out perfectly :)
Korel Laloix: Just not something I would do...
Wol Euler: "um, no"?
Korel Laloix: Wel. I met her at a half marathon... Erin is a runnergirl as wel.
Korel Laloix: Just might need to have a talk.. grins
Wol Euler smiles.
Alfred Kelberry: come on, she made you dinner. you could watch some silly comedy with her :)
Korel Laloix: Oh I did....
Alfred Kelberry: good :)
Korel Laloix: And I was polite.... and I really did enjoy spending time with er.
Alfred Kelberry: i'd watch a sitcom with woly :)
Korel Laloix: So would I.. just o watch her skirm.
Wol Euler: awwwwww
Alfred Kelberry: :P
Korel Laloix: THe running TED video was sorta silly.. but fun.
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: I forgot to mention in my summary that there is a lot of humour at TED, much of it deeply geeky.
Korel Laloix: I would like to invite Erin over but my grandma really does not approve.
Alfred Kelberry: some of it is dull
Korel Laloix: I noted the geeky.. I can relate to geek humor.
Korel Laloix: I hang around a lot of math people... very strange sense of humor.
Wol Euler chuckles.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: Ever hear a mathematics joke?
oO0Oo Resident listening
Wol Euler: I sense that I am about to.
Korel Laloix: I cant remember any.... my joke ability is about zero.
Korel Laloix: But they are bad.
Wol Euler: oh boo :)
Wol Euler: what a letdown.
Korel Laloix: There is one about a math proffesor in an asylum.. tring to find it.
oO0Oo Resident: no they often don't add up to anything
Wol Euler: boom boom!
Wol Euler: nice one
Alfred Kelberry: any pab jokes?
oO0Oo Resident smiles at observerm
Wol Euler: One Being was already the rabbi and the priest, and also the bar itself, so it didn't walk anywhere or say anthing.
Alfred Kelberry: um
Wol Euler laughs.
Alfred Kelberry: :)
oO0Oo Resident: lol
Korel Laloix: I found a similar joke.... so bear with me.
Korel Laloix: A math proffessor was put into an insane asylum.
Korel Laloix: Short alfter arriving this other crazed math prof runs up to the little group that he is in and starts yelling "I integrate you"!!!
Korel Laloix: Everyone skaters except fot eh new Math prof.
Korel Laloix: So he gets yelled at more.... I INTEGRATE YOU!!!
Korel Laloix: Still he does not move.
Korel Laloix: This goes on for a while until the yeller asks him why he is not responding.
Korel Laloix: He replies......... (and here comes the first punchline)
Korel Laloix: I am e to the x.
oO0Oo Resident: hehe
Alfred Kelberry: :/
Wol Euler slaps her thigh and falls about laughing.
Korel Laloix: (for you rusty math sorts, when you integrate e to the x you get e to the x)
Wol Euler: not.
Korel Laloix: Sooooo.
Wol Euler: :)
Alfred Kelberry: *watches woly's thigh and smiles*
oO0Oo Resident: more more
Korel Laloix: From there..... acouple of weeks passes and the same things happen.
Korel Laloix: But this time....... the yelling math prof says...
Korel Laloix: BUt you must fear me, for now I integreat with respect to y.
Korel Laloix: You see what I have to put up with now.
Korel Laloix: Math humor is an aquired taste.
Wol Euler is sympathetic.
Korel Laloix: Oh I like this one.
Korel Laloix: HOw can you tell if a mathmatician is an extravert.
oO0Oo Resident: how?
Wol Euler: ?
Korel Laloix: ?
Korel Laloix: She looks at YOUR shoes when she talks to you.
Wol Euler laughs.
Wol Euler: that is good
oO0Oo Resident: hehehe
Korel Laloix: Q: How does a mathematician induce good behavior in her children?
Korel Laloix: A: "I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times..."
Wol Euler: :)
oO0Oo Resident: lol
oO0Oo Resident: I like math jokes
--BELL--
Korel Laloix: Q: Wadaya get when you take the circumference of your jack-o-lantern and divide it by its diameter?
Korel Laloix: Pumpkin π.
Alfred Kelberry: ha, this one is good
oO0Oo Resident: what do you get?
Alfred Kelberry: Q: Why do mathematicians often confuse Christmas and Halloween?
Alfred Kelberry: A: Because Oct 31 = Dec 25
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: hehehehehhe
oO0Oo Resident: hehe
oO0Oo Resident: how did you get the pi symbol?
Korel Laloix: Mermaid mathematicians wear algaebras.
Korel Laloix: Cut and pasteed the pie
oO0Oo Resident: hahahha!
Wol Euler: heheh
Wol Euler: hello kit and caboodle.
Alfred Kelberry: ®
oO0Oo Resident: Kit! Good math jokes making the rounds
Alfred Kelberry: kit-kat!
Korel Laloix: how many times can you subtract 7 from 83, and what is left afterwards?
oO0Oo Resident: ?
Korel Laloix: I can subtract it as many times as I want, and it leaves 76 every time.
oO0Oo Resident: hehehehe
Wol Euler: hmmmm
Alfred Kelberry: flute!
oO0Oo Resident: this is better than TV Korel. Perhaps an alternative date
Wol Euler: definitely.
oO0Oo Resident: popcorn can be the compromise
oO0Oo Resident: and lets see
Korel Laloix: Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.
oO0Oo Resident: got it but a fraction late
Korel Laloix: I have never dated an Irish Catholic before... so aibt of a culture shock really....
Korel Laloix: ol
Wol Euler: :)
Korel Laloix: WHich is odd.
Korel Laloix: Myf rist RL gf was half Indian.. from Pune.
Korel Laloix: My second was born in the USSR but grew up in Cuba and Florida.
Korel Laloix: But Erin is just way different.. odd.
Korel Laloix: I like her... a lot..
Wol Euler: must be the Irish.
Korel Laloix: But we talk past each other a lot.
oO0Oo Resident: Need to find a way to distract your grandmother
Wol Euler: really
Wol Euler: :)
Korel Laloix: We like broke up thre times alerady in two months over it.... lol
Korel Laloix: I will send her over to her sisters for a bridge night.
oO0Oo Resident: yes!
oO0Oo Resident: and running good for braekups
Korel Laloix: And Erin did help me put on my CHristmas dinner thing.
Wol Euler: there you are :)
Wol Euler: as the old saying goes "a friend in the kitchen is a friend indeed"
Korel Laloix: I do Orthodox dates... and grandma was there.... and she likes Erin.... but does not realize... or want to realize... lol
oO0Oo Resident smiles
Korel Laloix: Just weird.... I really like her.. but we realy need to figure each other out...
oO0Oo Resident smiles
Korel Laloix: And I am looking forward to hta I Have to admit.
Wol Euler smiles.
Korel Laloix: Dating is so complicated..... lesbian Christian dating in Oklahoma is more complicated.... lol
Kit Ciaco: LOL!
oO0Oo Resident: rofl
Kit Ciaco: I mean... oh?
Korel Laloix: Was so much more straight forward when I was an athiest in FLorida.
Wol Euler: yep
Korel Laloix: straight was probably the wrong word to use.. grins
Kit Ciaco grabs pup's muzzle....
oO0Oo Resident feels sympathetic joy for anyone who succeeds in relationship.. if only for a moment
oO0Oo Resident: nothing ventured...
Wol Euler: absolutely.
Korel Laloix: I have to admit....the world feels beter when I have a rleatiionship.
Korel Laloix: Eventhough it complicates things so much.
Kit Ciaco: I'd rather be happily single than unhappily coupled....
Korel Laloix: I cant say I agree wit hat as I have never been in a realy unhapy relationship... I tend to get dumped before I realize it has gone bad.... frowns.
Korel Laloix: SO I dont' know hat it feels like... but I think I agree wit you.
Kit Ciaco: oh, that just sucks!
Korel Laloix: Oh yes it does.
Korel Laloix frowns
Korel Laloix: Especialy when you get dumped for a guy... that puts all sorts of negative things in your brain.. frowns
--BELL--
Kit Ciaco: been there done tat!
Korel Laloix: was I so crap of a gf that I drove you straight?.. very difficult thoughts.
Wol Euler nods.
oO0Oo Resident: their loss Korel
Kit Ciaco: sigh....
Korel Laloix: Maybe.....
Korel Laloix: I don't know
oO0Oo Resident: understand the questions though
Korel Laloix: With my last real gf... Sama was really good for me... but was a negative for me in a lot of ways as wel..
oO0Oo Resident: been there
Korel Laloix: Just difficult..
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Korel Laloix: But hey..... I am 24 and not realy in ahurry.
Wol Euler smiles.
Alfred Kelberry: bring sama next time :)
Korel Laloix: She realy does not approve of SL.
Kit Ciaco: YES!
oO0Oo Resident: and hugs to your grandma
Kit Ciaco: oh
Alfred Kelberry: otherwise, it's kind of a one-sided conversation
Korel Laloix: SHe knows what I used to get up to in here.
Korel Laloix: True.
Korel Laloix: We are stil reinds.
Korel Laloix: friends.
Korel Laloix: OK.... maybe a litle sleep.
Korel Laloix: Ciao all.. thanks for the chat.
Kit Ciaco: bye!
Wol Euler: goodnight korel, sleep well
oO0Oo Resident: PaB... It's like TV, but better
Korel Laloix: THank you.
Wol Euler: heheheh
oO0Oo Resident: night Korel
oO0Oo Resident: :)
Kit Ciaco: what's tv???
Kit Ciaco: hahahahahhaha
Kit Ciaco: hiccup
Kit Ciaco: haha
Kit Ciaco: ok that's pretty funny
Kit Ciaco: my rl dog is growling at my sl dog
Kit Ciaco: sheesh...
Wol Euler: heheheheheh
oO0Oo Resident: realities cross
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Kit Ciaco: I suppose....
Kit Ciaco: I just hope he doesn't learn how to use the mouse
oO0Oo Resident: hehehehe
Kit Ciaco: If I come in here barking one day you'll understand he's taken over my avi!
Wol Euler: remember that seminal New YOrker cartoon?
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Wol Euler: "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog"
Kit Ciaco: LOL!
oO0Oo Resident: hehehehe
oO0Oo Resident: do remember
Wol Euler: :)
Kit Ciaco: Wel, he's pretty smart
Wol Euler points to the RL page of her profil
Kit Ciaco: but if all"I" say one day is "sit," "come" and "Wanna go outside?"
Kit Ciaco: ban me please!
Wol Euler: :)
oO0Oo Resident: Yes Wol, but the pic... doesn't quite match
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: I'm working on that.
oO0Oo Resident: Not that I'm complaining
Wol Euler: :)
oO0Oo Resident thinks: Boxy is a sexy girl
Kit Ciaco: LOL!!!!!
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: I know boxy's original avatar :-P
Kit Ciaco: I admit - I'm REALLY a huge burley guy with a beer belly
Kit Ciaco don't TELL them that!!!!
Wol Euler: :)
Wol Euler: the dog wrestled control ofthe keyboard for a moment there
Kit Ciaco: yes yes
Kit Ciaco: that's it
Kit Ciaco: let's go with that
Wol Euler: :)
oO0Oo Resident: pernaud bellies are out of fashion
Kit Ciaco: the DOG is actually a big burly guy with a beer belly
Wol Euler: right
Kit Ciaco: he is very unfashionable....
Alfred Kelberry: *back with tea*
Kit Ciaco: thank goodness~!!
oO0Oo Resident: ;) boxy
Kit Ciaco: In all truth - he is quite handsome
Kit Ciaco: in a clark kent kind of way
Wol Euler: my dears, I shall arise now and go to Innisfree -- er, the kitchen actually
Kit Ciaco: he is, in fact, a canine nerd....
Wol Euler: and there I shall make lunch
Alfred Kelberry: what's for lunch?
Wol Euler: it was a great conversation today, thank you :)
Kit Ciaco: nice seeing ya, wol!!!
Wol Euler: maultaschen and mushroom omelette
Alfred Kelberry: mmm
Alfred Kelberry: yes, please
oO0Oo Resident: tc Wol :)
oO0Oo Resident: OM NOM NOM
Wol Euler: :)))
Wol Euler: bye for now, my dears.
oO0Oo Resident: hugs
Wol Euler hugs back at you.
Alfred Kelberry: bon appetishenen