2010.09.08 19:00 - L'Shonah Tova

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

stevenaia Michinaga: hello
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
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 givs me tme to rind m teeth
Aphrodite Macbain: grind
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 retreatvillag
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 thre somthing 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