2011.08.23 13:00 - Of Earthquakes and Heartquakes

The Guardian for this meeting was Bruce Mowbray. The comments are by Bruce Mowbray.  Two hours before this session began, a 5.8 earthquake struck Virginia in the eastern United States.  It was felt from South Carolina to Toronto, caused buildings to sway in Columbus, Ohio, and prompted the evacuation of most government buildings in Washington, D.C.  Chi Aho lives only 20 miles from the quake's epicenter.

FcSeeker Resident: hi Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Hey. Fc!
FcSeeker Resident: Hello Wol
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Wol.
Wol Euler: hello bruce, fc
Agatha Macbeth: Evening FC, Brucie
Wol Euler: hello santo
Agatha Macbeth: and Santo
Santoshima Resident: ey Wol
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, aggers.
Santoshima Resident: and everyone
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Santo.
FcSeeker Resident: Hi Aggers
Agatha Macbeth waves to Bruce
FcSeeker Resident: rehi san
Santoshima Resident: rehi
FcSeeker Resident: hi Chi and Korel
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Chi!
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Chi
Agatha Macbeth: Osiyo Korel
Chi Aho: hello everyone!
Wol Euler: hello chi, hello korel
Santoshima Resident: greetings Korel, Chi
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Korel!
Korel Laloix: Heay
FcSeeker Resident: hi Qt
Agatha Macbeth: Buona sera QT :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Qt!
Agatha Macbeth: and shorts
Qt Core: Hi all, 'sera Agatha
Santoshima Resident: hi Qt
Dash Earthboy: hey y'all
FcSeeker Resident: Hello Dash
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Dash!
Agatha Macbeth: and hello Dash
Santoshima Resident: hey there Dash
Wol Euler: hello dash
Bruce Mowbray: We had an earthquake today!
FcSeeker Resident: oh
FcSeeker Resident: pls tell more
Agatha Macbeth: Yes, I heard there was one in DC
Chi Aho: wrong
Bruce Mowbray: It was felt throughout the east coast of America.
Wol Euler: yeah
Bruce Mowbray: They evacuated the Pentagon.
Dash Earthboy: and a 5.3 in Colorado :)
Wol Euler: two in one day?
Agatha Macbeth: Whoa
Bruce Mowbray: Today, Dash?
Dash Earthboy: last night around midnight
Dash Earthboy: so today EST
Bruce Mowbray: wow!
Bruce Mowbray: Whole lot of shaking going on!
Dash Earthboy: yah
Qt Core: damage or victims somewhere ?
Dash Earthboy: some damage here but no victims of injury
Wol Euler: apparently none, fortunately
FcSeeker Resident: <3<3<3sigh<3<3<3
Chi Aho: The quake was a 5.9 and centered south of Mineral, Virginia, about 45 minutes west of Richmond, Virginia
Bruce Mowbray: no damage in Ohio.
Agatha Macbeth: Good :)
Chi Aho: so it was northwest of Richmond, Va., not in D.C., tho it was felt in D.C.
Dash Earthboy: yah
Agatha Macbeth nods
Bruce Mowbray: It was felt powerfully in DC.
Chi Aho: and where do I live? northwest of Richmond
Dash Earthboy: and apparently up into New England
Bruce Mowbray: Whoa!
Wol Euler: as far as Toronto, apparently
Bruce Mowbray: You must have really felt it, Chi.
Chi Aho: yes, it was severe
Chi Aho: but no damage fortunately
Chi Aho: not here anyway
Chi Aho: all of the wall hangings went askew
Chi Aho: the roof shingles were grinding - sounded like pebbles falling out of the sky
Chi Aho: it was about 20 miles or so from where i live
Bruce Mowbray: Wow!
Chi Aho: The reason it was felt for so far away is due to the very hard rock beneath the surface - old rock they are saying
Bruce Mowbray: Unless you live in an earthquake area, the building codes are not set for this possibility. . . so architecture is more vulnerable than, say, in California.
FcSeeker Resident: hi Arch
Dash Earthboy: hey Arch
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Arch!
Wol Euler: hello arch
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Archie
Bruce Mowbray: We're talking about the earthquake, Arch.
Qt Core: hi Arch
Wol Euler: given a long enough timeframe, and enough bad luck, there is NO inch of the world that isn't an earthquake zone :)
Chi Aho: yes, for brick structures in particular, Bruce, but no damage reported in downtown Richmond
Bruce Mowbray: That's good.
Bruce Mowbray: Yeppers, Wol.
FcSeeker Resident: hi Aph
Bruce Mowbray: Impermanence rules!
Dash Earthboy: Hey Aph
--BELL--
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Aph!
Archmage Atlantis: The only damage I have heard reported is to the National Cathedral in DC, one of the spires partially fell
Archmage Atlantis: All hand stone work
Chi Aho: hadn't heard that
Qt Core: hi Aphro
Aphrodite Macbain: Hello everyone
Chi Aho: the evening news will carry that report, i am sure
Dash Earthboy: yah
Chi Aho: hi, Aph
Bruce Mowbray: I love the National Cathedral - have been there many times.
Santoshima Resident: Hi Aph
Wol Euler: hello aph
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Santo
Bruce Mowbray turns on his sounds/speakers.
Wol Euler: eliza!
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Eliza!
Wol Euler smiles.
Dash Earthboy: hey Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: wow big group
Aphrodite Macbain: hello Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hi All :)
Qt Core: hi Eliza
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Liz :)
Dash Earthboy: the more the merrier :)
Bruce Mowbray: We are merry indeed.
Archmage Atlantis: Big group today, that is nice L)
Wol Euler: ooh, one more and we get our bonus karma points
Dash Earthboy: :)
Wol Euler: oh, no, two more
Bruce Mowbray: Are you preparing for Hurricane Irene, Eliza?
Agatha Macbeth: Korel crashed
Wol Euler: hadn't noticed the gap by santo
Eliza Madrigal: Am as prepared as I need to be if planning for it to stay off-coast
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Wol Euler: heheh
Bruce Mowbray: i hope it does, Eliza.
Wol Euler: did you send it an IM with your plans?
FcSeeker Resident: hi Eliza
Archmage Atlantis: That would be nice Wol, except I have a tendency to spend 2 karma points for everyone I earn *g*
Santoshima Resident: hello eliza
Eliza Madrigal: thank you :) And no I hadn't thought of that... thought I'd remain as invisible as possible
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: good luck!
Dash Earthboy: let me know if you get its email address Eliza :)
Santoshima Resident: goodnight
Dash Earthboy: g'nite San
Eliza Madrigal: Night Santo, good to see you
Bruce Mowbray: G'night, Santo!
Wol Euler: bye santo, take care
Qt Core: 'nigth santoshima
Agatha Macbeth: Bye Santo
Aphrodite Macbain: Nite santo
Eliza Madrigal: the thing with large storms is, when they grow stronger they really go where they want to
Eliza Madrigal: less predictable
Bruce Mowbray: predicted possibly a category 4.
Eliza Madrigal: yes, terrible... likely hitting the Carolinas :(
FcSeeker Resident: waves to san
Bruce Mowbray: Ouch!
Archmage Atlantis: The Carolinas look very probable to me also
Eliza Madrigal takes a moment to scan crowd loving Aph's new hair and Agatha's ears :))
Eliza Madrigal: Still good to pepare, Arch! Make sure :))
Agatha Macbeth smiles and waves her tail
Bruce Mowbray: Did you notice that Wol had shed her antlers?
Aphrodite Macbain looks carefully at Agger's ears
Eliza Madrigal: ah, yes, so you have grown a tail... cute :)
Wol Euler: and tail and ears and skin and teeth :)
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Agatha Macbeth: Thereby hangs a tail
Wol Euler: zello zon
Chi Aho: hey, Zon
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Zon!
Wol Euler: *hello
Archmage Atlantis: Survival is all in the preparation, that and being not to tied to the plan
FcSeeker Resident: Hi Zon
Dash Earthboy: hey Zon
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you hear better with them Aggers?
Agatha Macbeth: Hello Zon
Agatha Macbeth: Pardon?
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zon :)
Aphrodite Macbain: GTSY Zon
Qt Core: Hi Zon
Eliza Madrigal: nice, Arch
Aphrodite Macbain: How are you Dash?
Dash Earthboy: i went to the Chamber of Commerce last night for orientation for my volunteer work at the Corn Roast Festival this weekend
Eliza Madrigal: Hey Pila!
Aphrodite Macbain: Hello Pila
Agatha Macbeth: Aloha Pila
FcSeeker Resident: Hello Pila
Bruce Mowbray: Yayyyy! A complete circle!
Bruce Mowbray: Welcome, Pila!
Pila Mulligan: greetings
Dash Earthboy: continuing to get involved with the community as usual
Wol Euler: where are you now, dash? did I miss that?
Aphrodite Macbain: yum roasted corn
Dash Earthboy: hey Pila
Eliza Madrigal: that sounds fun Dash
Qt Core: Hi Pila
Wol Euler: pila! aloha
Aphrodite Macbain: He's in Colorado
Archmage Atlantis: Corn in August instead of March.....I'd forgotten
Dash Earthboy: yah each volunteer gets a free ear of corn :)
Wol Euler: ah, right, ty
Dash Earthboy: jk
Zon Kwan: hey all
Bruce Mowbray: Ooops - one seat left.
Dash Earthboy: i got my green commemorative Tshirt, coupons for corn and box lunch and all kinds of food, bus tokens, parking pass...
Dash Earthboy: should know the community much better after this weekend
Wol Euler grins.
Bruce Mowbray: Wheeee!
Dash Earthboy: just renewed my rent for another day here
Agatha Macbeth: Nice
Dash Earthboy: another week here
Wol Euler: you can probably sell that parking pass on the black market for a lot of money :)
Dash Earthboy: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: hope something leads to a job for you Dash
Eliza Madrigal: Alice Waters two favorite foods: tomatoes and corn (bit of trivia learned yesterday)
Dash Earthboy: got word today from several interviews that they should be deciding next week
Dash Earthboy: and can't get an apartment without a job
Agatha Macbeth wonders who Alice Waters is
Dash Earthboy: but have been scouring Craigslist for becoming a roommate
Wol Euler nods.
Dash Earthboy: prefer that anyway
Aphrodite Macbain crosses her fingers for Dash
Bruce Mowbray: Good luck to you, Dash.
FcSeeker Resident: <3
Dash Earthboy: ty
Dash Earthboy: i'll be setting things up for festival on Friday
Archmage Atlantis: Alice Waters was one of the founders of the good food movement in the US, a famous chef
Dash Earthboy: and manning the info booth on Saturday
Archmage Atlantis: Focus on fresh, local food
Eliza Madrigal: thanks Arch, nods
Bruce Mowbray feels tremors of impermanence....
Eliza Madrigal: Is the weather pleasant Dash, for the event? sure to meet a lot of people... love festivals
Aphrodite Macbain: as long as it's not a hurricane Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: or an earthquake, Aph.
Wol Euler: brb, gotta go do some stuff :)
Eliza Madrigal: there was actually an earthquake on the US east coast today
Eliza Madrigal: !!
Bruce Mowbray: like the whole east coast experienced today.
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye! Wol
Eliza Madrigal: cyou soon Wol
Bruce Mowbray: I felt it.
Eliza Madrigal: did you?
Eliza Madrigal listens
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Wol!
Archmage Atlantis: No matter where one lives, some part of the planet moves
FcSeeker Resident: waves
Eliza Madrigal: incredibly rare
Bruce Mowbray: The chair in front of my computer rocked. But Chi was only 20 miles from the epicenter.
--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: wonder what fault line was shifting
Chi Aho: Mother Nature is a bit angry at us, I would say, with all the earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes lately. Maybe upset about too many people and too much pollution?
Archmage Atlantis: It is almost 2012 after all, Aph :)
Bruce Mowbray: Yeah, we are out of balance -- and the only thing the earth knows to do is try to correct that imbalance.
Chi Aho: We have upset the balance of nature.
Aphrodite Macbain: ?? @ Arch
Eliza Madrigal: there have always been disasters... think it is just her personality :)
Dash Earthboy: on Facebook I specifically pleaded for no "last days" comments :(
Qt Core: i got an app for my smartphone to track heartquake, i knew we get some in italy but (obviously smaller one) at a rate of 5/10 a day!
Aphrodite Macbain: She gets cranky from time to time
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Mayan calendar ends with 2012, Aph
Dash Earthboy: it is nature looking after itself
Aphrodite Macbain: Oh right. Forgot. So some people believe the world will end then?
Pila Mulligan: QT, typo: heartquake :)
Wol Euler: back :)
Eliza Madrigal: those are more common even on the east coast
Qt Core: :-)
Archmage Atlantis: Yep, Aph, but somebody believe most everything
Aphrodite Macbain: nice typo Qt!!
Agatha Macbeth: Hello back :)
Pila Mulligan: wb
Aphrodite Macbain: wb Aggers
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Wol Euler: :-P
Agatha Macbeth: Haven't been anywhere
Aphrodite Macbain: wb Wol
Aphrodite Macbain: oops. should read more carefully
Bruce Mowbray: You can sign up to receive notices of earthquakes all over the world: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/se082311a/
Agatha Macbeth hands Aph her glasses
Eliza Madrigal: ooo feeling possibility of full circle approaching....
Agatha Macbeth: oOo :)
Wol Euler: heartquake! love it :)
Dash Earthboy: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Or even oo0oo
Wol Euler: hello sam
Aphrodite Macbain tries on her new glasses
Dash Earthboy: hey Sam
Agatha Macbeth: Yo 0
Eliza Madrigal: Hi oO0Oo :)))
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Sam!
Aphrodite Macbain: much better. Thanks Aggers
Agatha Macbeth: Play it again Sam
Eliza Madrigal: really nice look Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: makes me look smart
Wol Euler grins.
Pila Mulligan: hi 0
Wol Euler: nice look, yes
FcSeeker Resident: Hello O
Dash Earthboy: hopes Korel returns to complete the circle X
oO0Oo Resident: hello fresh being as playthings
Archmage Atlantis: Hello again, Samúð
Agatha Macbeth: Hi 0 hi 0 it's off to work we go
Wol Euler: come and join us, sam :)
Dash Earthboy: Yay!!!
Wol Euler: yay! the circle is complete! we get our bonus karma points!
Archmage Atlantis: Full circle
Eliza Madrigal: **********Applause!!**********
Eliza Madrigal: **********Applause!!**********
Wol Euler: full plus one, actually :)
FcSeeker Resident: (and one plus)
oO0Oo Resident smiles.. cheerful here
Agatha Macbeth: Instant karma's gonna get ya
Bruce Mowbray: Thanks, Sam. I just got a photo of the full circle.

Wol Euler: FC is the ... what's the name of that extra bead on the mala?
FcSeeker Resident: outsider ?
Aphrodite Macbain: O within the O
Bruce Mowbray: The head bead?
Eliza Madrigal: one to wish on?
Archmage Atlantis: Not an outsider
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Bruce Mowbray: One bead to know when to need to start over.
Eliza Madrigal: oh, wait that's candles
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
oO0Oo Resident: Depends on the mala.. but 'guru' bead is sometimes used
Wol Euler: as I heard it, each mala bead corresponds to a prayer in a sequence, but there is one more bead than prayers in the sequence
Wol Euler: the extra bead is when you stop and take stock of where you are, before beginning again
Wol Euler: the "drop" bead :)
Bruce Mowbray: yes.
Aphrodite Macbain: like a nine second pause
Agatha Macbeth: Technical
Bruce Mowbray loves the "drop" bead.
Archmage Atlantis: Regardless, Fc is Fc....
Eliza Madrigal: that's so wonderful, the drop bead
oO0Oo Resident takes a bead on Aggers ;)
Wol Euler scritches FC's drop-bead ears and smiles
FcSeeker Resident: <3
Agatha Macbeth: Wa!
Wol Euler: actually, I think I read that in "Eat pray love" :)
oO0Oo Resident: sometimes the cord in a mala breaks... and beads spill everywhere
Wol Euler: so its accuracy is not absolutely reliable
Agatha Macbeth: Of course, where else?
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: wikipedia!
Agatha Macbeth: Well, yeh
Wol Euler: had I read it there, I'd accept it without question
Bruce Mowbray: The impermanence of beads. . .,  even.
Wol Euler nods to sam
Agatha Macbeth: Or typos
Archmage Atlantis: Gosh, I can't even make it through the movie EPL...I can't imagine reading the book
Wol Euler: the book was better than the movie, as is so often the case
Agatha Macbeth: True
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Wol Euler: I don't mind admitting that the pray section (of both) moved me to tears
Agatha Macbeth: Almost always in fact
Eliza Madrigal: book was sweet but didn't see to the end of the film
Archmage Atlantis: That was true of Gone with the Wind also, Wol :)
Bruce Mowbray wonders if he could get by with just "eat."
Wol Euler laughs.
Eliza Madrigal: :))
oO0Oo Resident: I pray you do love
Bruce Mowbray: I love YOU, Fc!
Agatha Macbeth: I try :)
FcSeeker Resident: blushes
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Wol Euler smiles.
Bruce Mowbray: awwwwww!
FcSeeker Resident: love you too :)))))
Agatha Macbeth: Lurve dat panda
FcSeeker Resident: blushes even more
FcSeeker Resident: now all knows...
Agatha Macbeth: Now he's black white and red
FcSeeker Resident: (hiding)
Agatha Macbeth rings your bell
Dash Earthboy: :)
oO0Oo Resident listens.. hopefully deeply (thanks Zen) to whatever comes
Archmage Atlantis: Actually, it is Bell Time
oO0Oo Resident: 3..2..1..
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: Ding
Bruce Mowbray: Radical acceptance.
Archmage Atlantis: You're welcome, bell
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Dash Earthboy: :)
Agatha Macbeth: How do you tell a ding from a dong?
Chi Aho: lol
Wol Euler: the vowel sound?
Archmage Atlantis: Blush
Dash Earthboy: Agatha behave !
Agatha Macbeth: Hmm
Agatha Macbeth: I AM behaving
Agatha Macbeth: (sort of)
Dash Earthboy: behave NICE :)
Agatha Macbeth ooks innocent
Agatha Macbeth: +l
Aphrodite Macbain: what is nice?
Agatha Macbeth: A town in France
Dash Earthboy: some town in France
Dash Earthboy: snap
Agatha Macbeth: Snap
Wol Euler: heheheh
Agatha Macbeth hears an echo
Agatha Macbeth: An echo
Dash Earthboy: echo
Agatha Macbeth: An echo
Archmage Atlantis: echo
Agatha Macbeth: The dolphin
Archmage Atlantis: mahi mahi
Agatha Macbeth: Echo-friendly
Archmage Atlantis: Oh, that dolphin
Agatha Macbeth: He's a good ride
Dash Earthboy: puts Aggers hand over her mouth :)
Agatha Macbeth: ^.^
Dash Earthboy: yes, you said that out loud :)
Agatha Macbeth: Nya
Wol Euler chuckles.
Agatha Macbeth: I seem to be in one of those moods
FcSeeker Resident: what kind of moods ?
Agatha Macbeth: One of THOSE moods FC [hehe}
Archmage Atlantis: Speaking of such things, the white frogs are singing in the Everglades now rainy season is here......the walks and walls have abundant small frogs recently hatched
Dash Earthboy: hey Mila
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Mil
Eliza Madrigal: :) Sweet, Arch... love the sound of those frogs
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Mila
milakel Resident: omg, lots of peeps :)
FcSeeker Resident: (baby panda thinks hardly now)
Aphrodite Macbain: sounds lovely Arch
milakel Resident: hi :)
Agatha Macbeth: Ribbit
FcSeeker Resident: hi Mila
Qt Core: hi mila
milakel Resident: pila! long time no see :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Mila!
Agatha Macbeth: Pila and Mila
Pila Mulligan: hi Mila
oO0Oo Resident is reminded to click on hurricane forecast
milakel Resident: aga :)
FcSeeker Resident: Pila and Mila also in such mood ?
Agatha Macbeth: :p
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe you can bring a cushion into the circle
Agatha Macbeth: Could be FC
Wol Euler: hello mila
milakel Resident: um, what mood?
FcSeeker Resident: such
Agatha Macbeth: Mood indigo + 7
Eliza Madrigal: :) 0... storm is going to be intense... seems to go toward the Carolinas but everyone on the coast should be watchful
Wol Euler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxf_7yeetI&NR=1
FcSeeker Resident: aha :)
milakel Resident: mmm, woly, you look lovely :) and so does aga kitty :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: ty
Agatha Macbeth ponders Storm being intense
milakel Resident: heh, yes, i thought it was our storm first :)
Dash Earthboy: antlers Bruce? heading for the trees?
Bruce Mowbray: nope, just communicating with the gods and goddesses.
Dash Earthboy: hopes intense Storm will contact him soon :)
Wol Euler: well, nothing against the Carolinas, but I do hope it'll follow that path
Dash Earthboy: care for a seat Mila?
FcSeeker Resident: well...seriously...
milakel Resident: "tears in rain" - haven't seen it
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Dash!
Wol Euler: bye dash, take care
Aphrodite Macbain: That was beautiful What was it from?
milakel Resident: thank you, dash. i prefer blue cushions though :)
FcSeeker Resident: waves to Dash
Wol Euler: oh, heheheh
Agatha Macbeth: Take care Dash
Wol Euler: Blade Runner
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Dash
oO0Oo Resident: Bye Dash
Aphrodite Macbain: Oh. I should look at it again
Wol Euler: (film, based on a novel by Philip K Dick)
Wol Euler: yep :)
milakel Resident: heh, pila :)
Dash Earthboy: come complete the circle Mila :)
Bruce Mowbray: Very polite of you, Pila.
Qt Core: bye Dash
Agatha Macbeth: Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Pila Mulligan: :)
Archmage Atlantis: Time to make the doughnuts.......bye all.....Blessings and Namaste :)
Wol Euler: truism: one can never see Blade Runner too many times, especially not the director's cut
Agatha Macbeth: _/\_
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: I should go too. Bye! everyone
Wol Euler: bye arch
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Arch.
Eliza Madrigal hesitates to say that she's never seen it because then everyone will be shocked and say things like 'no way', 'how could you' etc
oO0Oo Resident: Bye Arch.. Aph
Wol Euler: bye aph, take care
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Aph.
Dash Earthboy: guess I probably should go too
FcSeeker Resident: waves to Arch
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Aph, Arch
Agatha Macbeth waves, waves, and waves again
Bruce Mowbray ponders impermanence once again.
milakel Resident: woly, oh! i've seen a cartoonish one with neo by his novel - very good
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Dash Earthboy: pax et bonum y'all
FcSeeker Resident: waves again too
Wol Euler: nah, eliza, we wouldn't say that, but you should see it :)
Wol Euler: bye dash, be happy
Eliza Madrigal: heh
FcSeeker Resident: ...so many went away...but...well...cannot keep my mouth...
milakel Resident: ah! it's called "a scanner darkly"
milakel Resident: wonderful movie
Agatha Macbeth: What is?
Bruce Mowbray wonders if there will be an after-shock with this earthquake/hurricane.
Wol Euler smiles and nods
Wol Euler: a rose by another name etc
Agatha Macbeth: would still mean got up
Bruce Mowbray ponders Nature as a conscious entity.
milakel Resident: there's a 3d wind mapping project by nasa
Bruce Mowbray listens for more.
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: there is this thing that happens post-storm... even after a light one where the kids are off school and the electricity goes out for a few days....
Eliza Madrigal: and everyone is outside in the streets, comparing their notes
Wol Euler smiles and listens
Eliza Madrigal: grilling in the driveways
Eliza Madrigal: talking as they haven't in some times, years
Eliza Madrigal: even to those they don't 'like'
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Pila Mulligan: and complaining about the noisy generators
Agatha Macbeth: There went the neighborhood
Eliza Madrigal: kids climbing around, making little forts out of light debris
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, sometimes that too Pila... but usually later at night :)
Chi Aho: I must go; bye to all.
Wol Euler: bye chi, take care
Pila Mulligan: bye Chi
Agatha Macbeth: Ciao QT
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Chi
oO0Oo Resident: Take care Chi
Qt Core: happened something like that here today (on a very smaller scale)
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Chi!
Eliza Madrigal listens
Qt Core: abruptly (i wasn't even at home we lost electricity
Agatha Macbeth: Oh dear
Qt Core: when i come beck i started talking with some on the next doors people with whom i never talk
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Did they say 'who are you?' :p
Qt Core: until someone got the courage to ask some road worker if they knew something about that... they severed the power cables by mistake
Wol Euler: ha!
Agatha Macbeth: Oops
Wol Euler: so common
Agatha Macbeth: A cut above the rest
Qt Core: no power (and no generators) on a 37C day, from 4pm to 7pm
Eliza Madrigal: Now though, the ice is a little broken with the neighbor... good to have a light connection even
Agatha Macbeth: Get them in SL Liz
Wol Euler nods.
Eliza Madrigal: not everyone is ready for quite that leap maybe Agatha, hah
Agatha Macbeth: Aw
Eliza Madrigal: my neighbors think I'm odd enough
Wol Euler nods.
Eliza Madrigal: hahahaha
Agatha Macbeth: <3
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zen :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hello dere Zen
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Zen!
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Zen :)
Eliza Madrigal: but a loss of electricity for a bit does show us a lot, don't you think?
Wol Euler: hello zen
Qt Core: not much relationship with neighbors... beside the ones we are related to ;-)
Eliza Madrigal: :) Qt
Zen Arado: Hi all
Pila Mulligan: hi Zen
Agatha Macbeth: Relations can be difficult to relate to
oO0Oo Resident: shows us Eliza?
Zen Arado: relates to that
Wol Euler: yep
Eliza Madrigal: well when the electricity goes off I panic...
Eliza Madrigal: over a lot of 'not much' in some cases
Eliza Madrigal: just a pause
Agatha Macbeth: I do too if it's dark
Eliza Madrigal: after all :)
Zen Arado: we are so dependent on so many things
Eliza Madrigal nods
Wol Euler: exactly
Agatha Macbeth: Specially electricity
Eliza Madrigal: at least I don't have facebook animals to feed, haha
Wol Euler: heheheh
Pila Mulligan: refrigerators are usually the first to suffer
Wol Euler: meeroos!
Agatha Macbeth: Where?
Qt Core: i thought at my option to pass the time (and not notice the heat) no net/tv/radio/ so only books!
oO0Oo Resident: @@
Qt Core: (or a nap)
Wol Euler: hard choice
Wol Euler smiles.
Eliza Madrigal: I get strange and start cleaning
Bruce Mowbray: yes, cleaning is also strange for me, Eliza.
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Wol Euler: heheh
Zen Arado: yea very strange
Eliza Madrigal: well I mean something about the heat makes me want to declutter and have no dust
Agatha Macbeth: Strange days indeed
Bruce Mowbray: When Wol's 99 beers on the wall project gets started, I intend to do a little cleaning each day.
Eliza Madrigal: Is that your practice Bruce?
Zen Arado: cleaning can be satisfying though
Bruce Mowbray: and then tell everyone about it.,
Agatha Macbeth: Beers on the Wol
Bruce Mowbray: Yes, I intend to make it a practice.
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Wol Euler: already started! this morning :)
oO0Oo Resident: Cheers on Wol
Bruce Mowbray: Great, Wol!
Eliza Madrigal: Ohhh.... Nice!
Zen Arado: what do you have to do Wol?
Eliza Madrigal: Now what :) Email forthcomin?
Eliza Madrigal: *+g
Wol Euler: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/index.php?title=The_99_Days_project/First_99:_Sept.1%2C_2011/-9
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: Is that an emoticon at the top?
Wol Euler: I'm going to write a proper intro sometime during the next week, but we talked about it at the Halifax Retreat theme session
Agatha Macbeth: Softly softly catchy monkey
Bruce Mowbray: In case others cannot view Wol's entry, here it is:  Running late, as always, managed by luck not planning to start this project on day -9. Sat for about six very uneasy minutes before giving up: struggling every second not to open my eyes and change something or add to the pages of this part of the wiki; also expecting every moment to be interrupted by the doorbell. I was trying to recapture the spirit of sitting at Sunshine House looking at that overleafed window, monkey mind pulling me constantly back to the wiki. Ah well, they say practice makes perfect.

Bruce Mowbray hopes that's OK with Wol.

Wol Euler: of course, ty

Eliza Madrigal: Oh, what a great report Wol
Eliza Madrigal: yup, that's like the 'electricity out' panic
Bruce Mowbray: yw!
oO0Oo Resident allows leaves to fill window
Bruce Mowbray: Bye. 0!
Agatha Macbeth: Leaf well alone
oO0Oo Resident: staying and letting them flutter with me Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Oh -- sorry, 0. I took your "leaves" to mean that you were going.
Agatha Macbeth watches the leaves leave
oO0Oo Resident turns over a new leaf
Bruce Mowbray dies from laughing....
Zen Arado: tries to think of corny lines about leaves
Zen Arado: but manages to drop it
Eliza Madrigal: there were two of us trying that maybe our thoughts clashed each other Zen, overloaded the system
Agatha Macbeth: Why not corny lines about corn?
Eliza Madrigal grins
oO0Oo Resident: what kernals left after the husking
Eliza Madrigal considers a corn kernel mala
Agatha Macbeth is a-maized
oO0Oo Resident: lol
Wol Euler grins and groans
Bruce Mowbray looks out his window at 250 acres of corn and broans.
Pila Mulligan: Col ka Daffy, Duck!
Agatha Macbeth listens to Brucie broaning
Bruce Mowbray broans ever louder.
Eliza Madrigal: does this have something to do with my pretty pony?
Wol Euler: heheheh
Agatha Macbeth: Shhhhhhhh :p
Wol Euler: ponies like corn?
Agatha Macbeth: Didn't know you had one Liz
Zen Arado: hopingfor a ood crp of broans
Zen Arado: broad broans?
Agatha Macbeth has broan damage
Zen Arado: :)
oO0Oo Resident: b r o a n !
Bruce Mowbray: Tis time for moi to depart and scrape up din din.
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Bruce, nice to see you
Qt Core: bye Bruce
Pila Mulligan: bye Bruce
Zen Arado: bye Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: A pleasant evening to all!
Agatha Macbeth: Be well Brucie
Eliza Madrigal: that may be my 'practice'... something with food
Wol Euler: bye bruce! happy broaning
Eliza Madrigal: hm, have to think think, think think
oO0Oo Resident: Bye Bruce
Agatha Macbeth: Sure you're thinking enough Liz?
Zen Arado: think nonthinking Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Agatha Macbeth: I think I can I think I can...
Wol Euler: do, or do not, there is no "think"
Agatha Macbeth: Certainly not in my case
Eliza Madrigal: I'd like to do 'not answering the phone' practice
Wol Euler: heheh
Agatha Macbeth: Say 'go away phone' in Tibetan
Eliza Madrigal: =P~
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Zen Arado: yes are not answering Skype messages
Agatha Macbeth: What is Skype?
Zen Arado: we are at everyone's beck and call these days
Wol Euler: O.O
Zen Arado: ( wonders what beck means)
Wol Euler: like a free internet telephone, but only computer to computer
Eliza Madrigal: guitarist..
Agatha Macbeth: Oh
Zen Arado: we are at it anyway
Agatha Macbeth: Would that not make phones redundant tho?
Eliza Madrigal: not until everyone else gives them up
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: we're all in this together
Zen Arado: fragmented disjointed lives
Wol Euler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh60RkLZJrE <- beck's finest moment
Agatha Macbeth: Hm, interesting
Agatha Macbeth: Posh & becks
Zen Arado: David Beckham?
Wol Euler: ha :)
Zen Arado: maybe it is a small stream?
Agatha Macbeth: Probably him missing that penalty again
--BELL--
Wol Euler: bend it like beckham!
Agatha Macbeth: I try :p
Agatha Macbeth: Pandaa sandwich
Agatha Macbeth: -a
Wol Euler: heheheh
Eliza Madrigal: ::::breathes::::::
Eliza Madrigal: Nice clip...
Wol Euler: glad you liked it ♥
Pila Mulligan: yes it is... thanks Wol
Agatha Macbeth: ♥
Eliza Madrigal: I'm wondering if it is cheating for my practice to do something I'm already doing but is also something to pay attention to ... probably...
oO0Oo Resident: yes.. ty Wol
Agatha Macbeth: Try not doing something for it instead
Eliza Madrigal is too wrapped in details prob... why do that? :))
Agatha Macbeth pictures Liz wrapped in details
Eliza Madrigal grins
Pila Mulligan: you be the judge :)
Agatha Macbeth: Guilty as charged
Wol Euler: not at all, go for it
Zen Arado: you can't cheat yourself can you?
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Agatha Macbeth: Depends how observant you are
Agatha Macbeth: Uh oh
Wol Euler: O.O
Eliza Madrigal: @@
Wol Euler: not again.
Agatha Macbeth: Hope Brucie has chat turned on
Eliza Madrigal: yes FcS? what did your friend teach you?
Zen Arado: Yes Fc?
milakel Resident: aga girl :)
Zen Arado: yeah Isuppos we can
Agatha Macbeth: Tell us more FC
FcSeeker Resident: well...it took time for me to learn that to be truly possible, but I learned...as this friend did that himself so much....so much...
oO0Oo Resident listens
Zen Arado listens too
FcSeeker Resident: that learning also explained to me much such that I had pondered for the certain people's behavior
milakel Resident: hmm
Eliza Madrigal: it is something my yoga teacher says when we're holdin a pose/pause for a long time and think we can't continue "don't cheat yourself; play the edge"
Wol Euler: mila just rebooted the server, let's see what happens
Agatha Macbeth nods
FcSeeker Resident: that's one light example of to lie to one's self
FcSeeker Resident: lol; one example of that is when the person cheats playing one person's card game
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Eliza Madrigal: I've done that
FcSeeker Resident: which I had pondered whole my life that why to do so
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Pila Mulligan: to win :)
Eliza Madrigal: getting 'hints' for scrabble
Agatha Macbeth: Solitaire's the only game in town
FcSeeker Resident: to win what ?
Pila Mulligan: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Eliza Madrigal: well the next time I played I might remember
Eliza Madrigal: not saying it is sensical
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: feeling 'so close' was excruciating in most cases
Wol Euler nods.
Pila Mulligan: cheating at solitaire ... where in the world is Col Gadaffy when you need him
Zen Arado: so we have an internal set of rules that we mustn't transgress?
Wol Euler sings "another one bites the dust!"
Pila Mulligan: :)
Agatha Macbeth: 3
Eliza Madrigal: well and is it cheating if the hints access is built into the game
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: +<
FcSeeker Resident: ah; sure it's each one's own choice if to do so...I've just pondered the reason/s
FcSeeker Resident: imo you need to choose how you take it to be...
Eliza Madrigal nods; a good question FcS!
Zen Arado: I usedto pla Scrabble with a Souh African woman on Faebook
Agatha Macbeth: Good lord
Agatha Macbeth: In Afrikaans?
Wol Euler: I don't think it's cheating to use an affordance that is built into the game :)
FcSeeker Resident: as well you need to choose if it's good or bad thing to do
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Zen Arado: she looked up words in a book
Zen Arado: but she got really mad at me when Ilookedup wors on the web :)
Eliza Madrigal: oh, then you were helping her learn Zen
Eliza Madrigal: ah, hah
Agatha Macbeth wonders how much Wildebeeste would score
Zen Arado: she sent me a nasty e-mail
Eliza Madrigal would NOT want to play scrabble against Aggers
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Aw, why?
Zen Arado: it was only a silly ame to me
Eliza Madrigal: especially not timed scrabble
Agatha Macbeth: Timed scrabble OMG
Wol Euler: O.O
Agatha Macbeth: Where's Carol Vorderman when you need her?
Wol Euler: wildebeeste always lose, the only word they know is "grunt" and they can't spell it
FcSeeker Resident: some people takes even silly games to be very serious
Eliza Madrigal laughs
Zen Arado: yes that's true Fc
Eliza Madrigal nods FcS
Agatha Macbeth throws something wet at Wol
Wol Euler catches it and turns it over curiously.
FcSeeker Resident: some people takes their own or other's life to be the game only...
Eliza Madrigal: many families torn apart by a long game of monopoly... (kidding but just slightly
Agatha Macbeth: Ah Monopoly...now there's a whole other subject
Zen Arado: games are an artificial simplified version of life
Pila Mulligan: kanawai9
Pila Mulligan: oops, wrong window
Wol Euler: :)
Zen Arado: it's amazing how much importance some people attach to them
Eliza Madrigal: :)) Pila
Eliza Madrigal: I think games can give us a taste of what is really going on inside sometimes
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe life's but a game
Eliza Madrigal: see our reactions, etc
Zen Arado: and we mere players
FcSeeker Resident: somebody gets living playing the games like poker...
Wol Euler nods.
Eliza Madrigal: :) we talked a bit about the film 'the game' at retreat...
Wol Euler: yeah :)
Wol Euler smiles broadly
Agatha Macbeth thinks of the Cincinnati Kid
FcSeeker Resident: <3
FcSeeker Resident: so good movie imo
Zen Arado: the problem with games is that somebody has to lose
oO0Oo Resident: the game?
Agatha Macbeth: 'The jack's not there Lancie'
Wol Euler: highly recommended, sam
Eliza Madrigal nods...
Zen Arado: what game were they playing? O
Agatha Macbeth: Totally brilliant end
oO0Oo Resident: Eliza?
Eliza Madrigal: had a heart, surprisingly
FcSeeker Resident: the same prob is in life also...
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Agatha Macbeth: <3
Zen Arado: Games teach u to be deceptive and cunning and ruthless
Wol Euler: having surprising difficulty finding it on IMDB, link follows
Zen Arado: don't they?
Agatha Macbeth: Heart is where the home is
Zen Arado: teach us
Wol Euler: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/
oO0Oo Resident: thanks Wol
Zen Arado: it's quite old
Eliza Madrigal: oooooh wonderful hearts
Agatha Macbeth: I've still never seen Il Mare yet
Zen Arado: but looks interesting
Eliza Madrigal: it is... I'd forgotten all about it for years
Eliza Madrigal: Il Mare is very sweet too
Wol Euler: "quite old"?!?!?!?!?????1997?
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Eliza Madrigal: well for a modern flick
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Eliza Madrigal: the phones are HUGE in the film
--BELL--
Wol Euler: ha, technology is always a giveaway
Agatha Macbeth: Truly
oO0Oo Resident: thanks for the good company and interesting conversation
Pila Mulligan: bye Sam
Wol Euler sees Sam about to pumpkinize
Eliza Madrigal: ((( 0 ))) have a lovely evening, bye Sam
Agatha Macbeth: Sayonara 0
Qt Core: bye O
Wol Euler: bye sam, take care
Wol Euler: be hearty
Agatha Macbeth: Arr
Zen Arado: you to0 by Sam
FcSeeker Resident: waves
Eliza Madrigal: still raining hearts...
Zen Arado: buy, by, bye sigh
Eliza Madrigal: ah, dispersed
Agatha Macbeth: Is the Logger behaving now?
Eliza Madrigal: I've been watching it
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: doesn't look out of alignment
Wol Euler: seems up to date. we probably lost 8 to 10 minutes only
Wol Euler: I'll mail them to bruce from my chatlog

Note:  Thanks, Wol, but the autologger caught it all. -- Bruce

Agatha Macbeth: :)
Eliza Madrigal: ty Wol
Agatha Macbeth: Glad to hear Fael is still involved
Eliza Madrigal: yes nice to get notes from or about fael from time to time :)
Agatha Macbeth smiles
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed it is
Eliza Madrigal has a vision of winged Fael running around the circle....
Wol Euler smiles.
Agatha Macbeth grins
Eliza Madrigal: when reading Eden and Sunshine's notes made me think of a few people it would be lovely to see more often
Eliza Madrigal: like the Corvi sighting on Sunday :)
Wol Euler nods.
Wol Euler: that was nice.
Eliza Madrigal smiles @ Aggers
Zen Arado: yes but things have to change guess
Eliza Madrigal: oh yes of course
Zen Arado: sadly
Pila Mulligan wonders about Ade and ThreeDee -- anyone hear from them?
milakel Resident: hmm
Wol Euler: Ade tweets once in a while, but no more than that.
Agatha Macbeth: Aren't they on Open Sim now?
Wol Euler: yes, aggers
Eliza Madrigal nods...
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Zen Arado: so many have left pab
Wol Euler: in business there, making bespoke sims
milakel Resident: pila, last i heard 3d was in opensim
Eliza Madrigal: I saw ThreeDee sign on once a few weeks ago and nearly fell over
Eliza Madrigal: so rare :)
Pila Mulligan: I think they are making a virtual world somewhere Ags
Agatha Macbeth: Ah ok, thx
Eliza Madrigal: I guess it is the nature of SL that people overdo then undo
Eliza Madrigal: then moderate
Pila Mulligan: :)
Pila Mulligan: but always able to redo
Eliza Madrigal: yes :))
Wol Euler nods.
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Eliza Madrigal: and it is good to switch gears sometimes... even in PaB
milakel Resident: it's not important not to let yourself burn out
milakel Resident: take it easy
Eliza Madrigal nods... yes, but too easy then not interesting (for me)
Eliza Madrigal: so there is a balance?
Pila Mulligan: of course
Wol Euler: in all things
Agatha Macbeth: Hopefully
Wol Euler: *needed in all things
Wol Euler: **possible in all things
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: always a bit of space to find
Agatha Macbeth: Koyaanisqatsi
milakel Resident: it's individual for everyone :)
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Eliza Madrigal: Ag?
Agatha Macbeth: Is the opposite of what Wol said (I think)
Wol Euler: eh?
Eliza Madrigal: see, that's why we can't play scrabble
Eliza Madrigal: =P~
Wol Euler: heheheh
Pila Mulligan: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Sry, bit late to start talking Hopi [grin]
milakel Resident: i think aga said "kittens are cute"
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Agatha Macbeth: They are!
milakel Resident: see?
Wol Euler smiles.
milakel Resident: some purring language
Agatha Macbeth: ^.^
Wol Euler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4KVoEVcr0
Pila Mulligan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi
Eliza Madrigal: oh that's a sneak attack Wol
Agatha Macbeth: Aw, I know this
--BELL--
Wol Euler: heheheh
Pila Mulligan: really nice video Wol :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Agatha Macbeth: Maybe Liz will find them up her tree :D
Eliza Madrigal: someone could make a good practice of watching that video every day.... how disarming
Eliza Madrigal: :) Agatha
Agatha Macbeth smiles
Eliza Madrigal: oh, thanks Pila.... "life out of balance"
FcSeeker Resident: makes me to miss again to have a cat...
Wol Euler: my dears, it's after midnight and I have to be at work at 8:30
Agatha Macbeth purrs
Qt Core: time to go, bye all
Wol Euler: so I shall have to leave you with that purring
Agatha Macbeth: OMG look at the time
Eliza Madrigal: :) Bye Wol... yes good idea to go for me too....
Pila Mulligan: sweet dreams Wol and QT
Agatha Macbeth: ♥
Eliza Madrigal: but this was so nice somehow
FcSeeker Resident: good night Wol and Qt
Eliza Madrigal: all the million phases of the conversation/s
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Pila Mulligan: ... and ELiza
FcSeeker Resident: good night Eliza
Agatha Macbeth: Sure was, let's do it more often :PPP
Eliza Madrigal: Night Qt, Agatha, Pila, Zen, Mila
Wol Euler: goodnight! take care
Agatha Macbeth waves
Zen Arado: nite Eliza
Pila Mulligan: ... and Ags
Zen Arado: take care
Eliza Madrigal: hehe Agatha :) well each session is quite distinct
FcSeeker Resident: waves
Zen Arado: And everyone
Pila Mulligan: :)
Eliza Madrigal: late for you Zen too
Pila Mulligan: bye Zen
FcSeeker Resident: bye Zen
Wol Euler smiles and waves and poofs
Pila Mulligan: well ... time for lunch here -- bye Fc and Mila
FcSeeker Resident: bon apetit Pila
FcSeeker Resident: namaste Mila