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News Briefs 08-08-2005

I really don’t know, but I’m sure the answer lies at the bottom of a cup of very strong black coffee.

Quote of the Day:

I know enough about life that I’ve got the big moves down, sort of. The fine moves are moments you discover as you live life attentively.

Bill Murray

  1. Is that quote from our Bill in Texas?
    Hi Rick,

    I love all the Indian stuff and have saved it all to read it when I get time.We are all sick here with colds and feel miserable.
    Hope you are avoiding the winter chills.
    Thanks for the news, I will be busy with it all later,

    shadows

    1. Bill Murray the actor
      Bill wishes he were Bill Murray. 😉

      I live in Melbourne, Shadows … so it’s a wee bit hard to avoid the winter chills. I have a head filled with concrete and a runny nose so I’m sniffling my way through the day too. Our illustrious leader lives in the tropics, soaking up the sun and drinking Pina Coladas with little umbrellas in them … Greg isn’t silly. 😉

      Enjoy the vedic stuff, it’s brilliant.

      rick

      1. oh I remember
        Bill Murray is the one whose brother can stand on his hands and he died from tablets.His father swam underwater in something.

        What’s exciting about the vedic stuff is the age of it.I have read some over the years and it is going to be my next big project.

        We have had an awful winter here too, with rain off and on and not cold enough to kill off all the bugs.
        Melbourne would be miserable.

        Keep warm,

        shadows

      2. Bill Murray, life imitates art
        Bill Murray is up to something. He is getting quite articulate in expressing his alter ego. His dead pan is getting better with each movie. The Life Aquatic is by far the best movie I have seen in years. It is refreshing to see him learning about himself. Shine forth Bill Murray. Respectfully, Dennis (thanks for the quote)

  2. Enjoyable!
    Rico

    Great post! I liked the one about Kanji Tatooes best! I would also like to clarify one point about the Japanese alphabet. There is no “L” in the Japanese alphabet; but, the pronunciation of the Japanese “R” is similar to the English “L”.( えんぐりしゅ= Engurishu = Engrish ) ( けんんく= kennku = kennc ) There is no “C” in the Japanese alphabet. Understanding alphabetic and phonetic limitations of languages helps us to be more understanding!
    Furthermore, Japanese has some pronunciations that, I assure you, would challenge any westerner.

    kennc
    けんんく

    1. Tongue-twisters.
      I’ve tried my tongue at Japanese, and I shudder to think what my Japanese friends thought of my efforts! They were very polite, but I could see the pain behind their eyes, I must have been torturing them with my ohayo-gozai-masu in the mornings!

      It’s an interesting language, Japanese. I love how it’s abstract, there are no “I am sleepy” structures like with English. Even Chinese Mandarin is structured in a similar manner to English. I don’t know what that is in verb/noun terms — I’m a writer yet I’m clueless with the technical aspect of language. But Japanese, you just say nemu-ri or nemu-ke I think. Maybe that’s the attraction to me, Japanese is a language that ignores the conventions of english. You can say sleep and most people will get the gist of what you mean.

      As for kanji/hanzi tattooes … well, anyone who thinks they’re getting “God-like King With Power of Thousand Tigers” tattooed on their arse, but get “twinkle pee” instead are asking for ridicule. 😉

      Domo arigato, (which is really portugese, but hey …)

      Rick-san

  3. Australian UFO files
    I used to be involved with Peter Khoury in setting up the Sydney based UFO abductee support group. Some of us didn’t think it was a coincidence that Peter had his abduction experiences after the blow to the side of his head. Heh heh.

  4. timespace location for Atlantis
    Atlantis -1 000 0(00 000)RDS(revised dating scale) from here in Antarctica

    Mediterranean island relates to Post Egypt Greece and is what history says …

    … however we have some “records” about sailors-warriors who managed time travelling from north-east-east coast of spain back to warm period of Antarctica or Atlantis –

    – so –

    – if you were a dry lander and tiled your worldmaps according to sailors tales and common knowledge (available at that time) you might have mixed places and times – especially – generations after the events themselves.

  5. Hi Rico,

    “U2 is a band who
    Hi Rico,

    “U2 is a band who weren’t named after a type of flying vehicle, but Dave Grohl still likes them.”

    Wikipedia cites the U2.com website for this on the origins of their name:

    “The Dublin punk rock guru Steve Averill (better known as Steve Rapid of the Radiators from Space) suggested that “The Hype stinks, at least as a name.” Someone offered “What about U2? It’s the name of a spyplane and a submarine, and it’s got an endearing inclusivity about it.”

    Some suggest the meaning of the name “U2” is based on their philosophy. They believe that the audience is part of their music and the concert and that “you too” (U2) are participating in the music. Although, in an interview with Larry King, Bono is quoted as saying “I don’t actually like the name U2”, “I honestly never thought of it as ‘you too'”.

    So perhaps it does come from a flying vehicle (though I’ve heard about 10 different explanations for their name).

    Peace and Respect
    Greg
    ——————————————-
    You monkeys only think you’re running things

    1. You two
      In every book and interview I’ve read, the members of U2 have always denied they named themselves after the American spyplane that crashed in the former USSR. Then again, Bono says a lot of things. 😉

      Personally, I think they like the ambiguous mystery the name cultivates.

      I’m having dinner with The Edge in San Sebastian tonight, so I’ll ask him the hard questions and get a straight answer … but they’ll probably get me drunk and I’ll forget to ask. Bloody Irish.

      Now let’s discuss Tool … where’d they get that name from? We all know what a tool is in Australian slang. 😉

      1. Tool
        Give the edge my regards Ric, I had dinner with him last night.
        Now if the edge and Daney carey got together they might call them selves UTool, even more offensive.

        Aphorism of the day “A fool with a tool is still a fool”.

        Have you checked out Danny’s site lately? Trippy stuff indeed.

        Thanks for the great reading mate, hope the cold dissipates quickly.
        Regards
        H.

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