Count me in.

It would have been better if you gave us a little more info about the
link - what are they pioneers about? how many?

The obvious answer is take the 1 night stand tonite, and look for the
babe of my dreams tomorrow.

I get that sensation. And its not just "too much stress and caffine". I
normally commute along the Jersey Turnpike, and everyday there's someone
killed. Plowed by a semi. Flipped over a divider. Spun out at 90mph and
clip another car. Boxes fall off a truck and rain down on cars which
swerve and eat a light-pole.

Add to that 747s that skim overhead at 100mph (truely 200' above the
ground), and ppl trying to go 100mph in 65mph "congestion" - yeah, I got
panic attacks.

If the bodily-resurrection were literally and exactly as stated, then
we'd all simply rise from the dead and walk the earth, because, for us
to be able to do that, "heaven" would have to "touch" the earth.

I want to:

1. Learn contentment
2. Make a difference
3. "Fit in" someplace
4. Learn to be "in the moment"

Anyone got any tips on getting there?

ITCHY & SCRATCHY!

PINKY and THE BRAIN

Find something to do that will force your mind into a routine. Take up
some bullsh1t class at a local "adult education" class, join a gym -
something/anything that will give your mind a chance to forget.

It helped me immensly.

It wouldnt last. Its easy to imagine such a scenario, and its easy to
see exactly where it would go wrong. Discontent would kill it. There is
just something instinctive to being a human being that would foul it up.

Just look at the Garden of Eden. It was exactly as you hypothesize, and
the first thing that went wrong was Adam being discontent. He was king
of it all, had anything he could desire, and what did he do? He
complained. He complained that he was lonely, and he wanted someone to
hang out with. In the Garden of Eden, not a care in the world
(literally), being the boss of everything, still he wasnt content.

And what did he get? Lillith.

Wait, um, er, Eve.


That lack of contentment is the first failure of mankind (not the
apple-incident).

Lady_Absintheur: I smell the scent of intensity in your reply.

Welcome to the Insane Asylum! Chat away!

Sushi - yes indeed I was flattered by it! Thats what gave me a grin all
day!

Two blondes, two beers, and too much time. Guess thats why I'm not so
happy...

I take $1m and throw it off the roof top at the next Superbowl - just to
watch everyone go nuts.

I dunno. The way the New York Rangers play hockey, I might have to live
another century to see them win the Stanley Cup again. Thats a mighty
painful existance. Can we pick and choose? How about the ability to get
text messages and email while being on "the other side". That would be
fine.

I was doing some project work the other day at a client site. I was
getting ready to give a presentation with the usual cables and chaos all
around me. The client's manager, a female, somewhat older than me who I
had just met, said "here's my card." I couldnt reach for the card - she
saw that and slipped it into my pants pocket.

Later during the presentation someone else was standing up speaking. I
was against the back wall, and she walked up and whispered heavily,
damply, with her mouth encompassing my ear, that the documents sent to
the printer were now finished. It was the kind of hot and warm whisper
that would get me fired.

So, on one hand there's clearly a double standard, because I wouldnt
even dare to try such a thing, even on ppl I knew well. I'd be pissed if
I saw a male co-worker doing it, and I would say something to him. But,
when its done to me? Heh, I get a sh1t eating grin and have a smile the
rest of the day.

Jesus wasnt the only person resurrected in the Bible. He wasnt the
first, or the last (Lazerus, the Centurian's child, the young girl who
fell out the window in Acts, several anonymous dead brought to life also
mentioned in Acts). He wasnt even the only person who ascended into
heaven (Elijah comes to mind).

Judiasim shares the bodily-resurrection belief.

Islam states that Mohammed ascended in to heaven.

Hinduism states reincarnation as a basic tennent - although not quite
'resurrection' the way your question was positioned, it's related.


I'll take the bait and say that I beleive Jesus ascended bodily into
heaven, just like Elijah did. Interestingly, the post-crucifixtion
appearances of Jesus are all described with "I saw someone, then I
realized that it was Jesus..." which I would say fits better into your
'different karma-state' theory.

I would wait until he is passed out drunk. Then dress him in womans
clothing, put makeup on him and take pictures. Post the pictures on the
internet, and then put him back the way you found him.

Say nothing.

I had a 74 Dodge Charger, and it was hot (to me at least). Me and my
buddy were motor-heads and, on a bored Friday, thought it would be a
good idea to change the rear-end for a different gear ratio. Why? We
thought it would go faster.

We pulled a rear end out of another car and popped it into my car. So
far so good, I'd be able to drive the car to school & work on Monday! In
fact we were really proud of ourselves, neither had done this, and most
everything was overcome pretty easily. On Sunday we realized that the
old brake lines were too short - by 1/2" or so, but, you'd have to
replace the 4 foot steel brake tubes (cant just buy a
shortie-extension). So we bought the brake-line tubes, the flaring
tools, and a propane torch. Why? To bend the tubes.

We do a really nice job and installed these new lines. Even bled the
brakes properly. Oooh so proud. I take my new car for a ride down the
street - a rural road. I wanna test out this new rear end, and floor it.
Wooohooo, I'm having a blast. It feels faster - was it any faster? Who
knows, the calibration for the speedometer is now way-off.

Oh yeah, I should check out the brakes too. So I step on them - good.
Hmmm, I should give it a good test - just to make sure everything is
good. Stomp, the tires grip, car lurches, then bang - the brakes go to
the floor. All the way. There's NO BRAKES. No use pumping them - there's
no brakes. Thank God there wasn't anyone around - I put the car in
neutral and just let it roll to a stop.

When I told my father this, he said "Why did you heat the brake lines?"
"To bend them! Wasnt that clever?!"
"Idiot - thats what caused the failure - by heating them you made them
very brittle on the bends."

And that was exactly the problem - 1600psi of brake fluid burst through
the heated-bends shattering them like soda-bottles.

nobody else? does that mean the bond movies sucked so bad that the idea
was long dead?