Posted by finelinebob on September 6, 2006, at 0:25:10
In reply to Re: Nope. » finelinebob, posted by corafree on September 5, 2006, at 13:13:52
> You live in a 'stimulating environment'?
Manhatan, bay-bee!! Constant invasions of your 'personal space' but where others find it intimidating, I live off the buzz.
> About some of those words again, now, ummm, what's up w/ you? I'm interested. If U have time, pls explain to 'duh' me.Not sure which, but I'll take a shot:
"Quaker Meeting" -- worship services of the Religious Society of Friends. The 15th Street Meeting practices unprogrammed worship, which means we sit silently until someone feels moved to speak. We have no "minister" to lead the services -- everyone is a minister.
"Turning the other cheek" -- often misunderstood as giving in to violence. What an interpretation of the actual quote suggests instead is to demand respect without resorting to retribution.
"Doing nothing" -- another phrase thrown in the face of pacifists: "All that it takes for evil to triumph is for men of good will to do nothing." Gandhi did "nothing". Martin Luther King did "nothing". The Dalai Lama does "nothing" "Doing nothing" does not mean "not doing anything". I'd prefer to reword the quote as "All it takes for evil to triumph is for people of good will to do evil's bidding."
Whether speaking in Meeting is an act of hubris or humility? I'm too new a Quaker to know the difference between hearing "that of God which is within me" versus furthering my own beliefs.
Rumi is a Sufi poet and mystic from the 13th Century,
The Stonewall Inn is the site of some riots which many indicate as the beginning of the Gay Rights movement.
Wiki "something" -- don't Google it, look for it the in Wikipedia.
Zeppoles -- dough balls deep fried and covering with confectioner's sugar.
Crumpler camera bag (http://www.crumplerbags.com/).
City Hall park -- a park about 3 blocks from the World Trade Center.
The Hole in the Sky -- the place in the sky where I look up and I'm supposed to see two silver towers.
Without panicking -- I stepped out of the subway 1 block from the WTC just after the second plane hit.
Multifunction laser printer. It prints. It copies. It faxes. It scans. One machine. Very nice.
"Kick the racoon" -- a game I play with my dog involving a stuffed toy racoon named Rocky.
Leyna -- my baby; a 5 yr-old, 86 lb female German Shepherd.
Hope that covers it,
flb
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