Are you there? Come ON, its started!

of COURSE I will join you = ) I will even bring cookies!! “..narcotic of blame..” that’s brilliant!! God bless YOU, dear Nunzio

I wonder if my kids schools know about this. Seems like a good thing to share. Art, after all, is an expression of both the inside and the ouside of the human condition, the heart and the soul. What better way to utilise such a thing than to try to connect us all – if only for a moment. Moments do have a way of compounding upon themselves.

just a lurker here… But OMG! I was tearing up reading this. What an amazing event. I will be sure to check out the website and read further into it. Thank you!

yes.

You are so right.

Fef your query about meaning of TSSB. It was my shorthand for The Star Spangled Banner. I’m sorry, man. I shouldn’t have been so lazy…… I shoulda spelled it out.

Fef above shoulda been Ref. Its evident. I need help.

See here’s the deal, I believe that to work is a privilege. It is something to aspire to and after not working a “job” for a number of years I can tell you I am extremely grateful for having a job now. So, yes, I guess I’d be the guy to have told the homeless dude, get a job. As a matter of fact I say this to anyone with their hand out.

Further, it’s not as though I don’t understand that for whatever reason people experience some sort of misfortune in their lives, or that for some physical or mental reason they can not work, I get that. I have a problem supporting those that continually find arguments as to why they can not work. I always feel as though I’m being played when I’m asked for money by someone on the street.

The world condition is another problem entirely. Frankly I’m burned out from listening to every major catastrophe, I realize it’s cold, and ungenerous of me to think that way. But why else do we have governments if not to react to these situations? So in answer to your question, no; I will not be joining you, I will be sound asleep from having worked a night shift at the hotel.

Thanks for your thoughts, Bernard.

I’m gutted that I can’t join you simply for logistical reasons – I’ll be with my parents that day, but I will be checking out YouTube right after. I have been telling my tutor group about this and showing them the vids. And thanks for the bit about listening properly. I seem to have become good at telling and so bad at listening since I became a teacher. Must change that.

ryn~I cannot count the number of times I have been sent these pictures! As I type this I have an 8 week squirrel climbing up and down my arm. She is rehabbing a lame foot. take care.

ryn~I never would have thought of it that way. Thanks!

This is a spectacular entry and that application of what I know is what I am working on daily. Thank you for all your wonderful thoughts shared here. I always look forward to seeing your name highlighted on my Favorites List. 🙂

So, I can ‘almost’ always appreciate people asking for donations as an opportunity to realize how rich I am, by giving of what I have so much more than enough of (in spite of rising bills for everything that I’m consciously trying to avoid allowing me to feel as though I don’t.) Sometimes I give them money and sometimes, like when I believe that it has become their corner, I don’t, but it is probably my loss more than theirs. Being different is the lesson of Adam and Eve though and how we lost the garden. It’s not good policy but it is what we are taught to believe and why the world looks so scary and we ‘believe’ in terr’ism and possessions and why we believe that other people can hurt us. Thanks for reminding me of this stuff. I am very happy that you do.

I’m sorry, but I think there are enough programs out there – enough volunteers – enough “come in and we’ll help you get on your feet” things, that giving a homeless person a few bucks only enables them to go get a drink, or a cigarette – or to keep begging for more. It doesnt teach anything and is merely a quick fix. I’d rather do something to HELP, not help get a quick high. Necessity is the mother of invention…or so we’ve been told. I know someone who ran a restaurant and every time someone begged him for money, he’d hand them his business card and told them to stop in and he’d give them a job. Not ONE of them ever did.

Im there and enjoying every minute of this. I do want to make a statement toward a few of your other notes. I was homeless at one time myself. I was with my ex-husband and 2 children. I was scared and thinking that I didnt want to be one of “those” people. What I found out instead was there was stories behind a lot of “those” people. There were reasons why they were where they were… JUST LIKEI HAD A REASON! Its amazing how much differently you are treated when you are homeless. People say, Yeah, go get a job but did you ever try to get a job when you had to leave the phone # of the homeless shelter you live in as a contact #? That is a big reason that most of the people dont get hired or feel less inclined to try and find work in fear of rejection from the people who claim they will hire them. I finally got a job by leaving a phone # to a pay phone and manned it 24/7 until they called me. 99% of homeless people want help but are just too ashamed to ask for it and go deeper. They would rather beg on a corner than try and get a job because maybe they dont have a change of clothes, maybe they dont have a place to shower. OK Im blithering. Im sorry. Happy Pangea Day!

thanks Nunzio, this is a worthy cause, indeed. i agree, more people could learn to feel the pain of their fellow man/woman/child.

This gives me some hope however small and insignificant. Maybe we won’t blow ourselves up after all.

I caught the end of it, was very inspiring, ty for the info( wish i had ready ur entry sooner.

ryn: You made me chuckle in my little living room. lol

ryn: Truth? No I didn’t. I’ll have a feel later 🙂

hahahahaha!!!!! touche!

RYN: Your notes and opinions are always of tremendous value to me, Nunzio. I think you have very good and important and helpful things to say. Thank you for being my very real friend. Much Love to you…

RYN: Thank you for that tidbit of information ~grins~ it’s almost scary to watch the prices come down, because then I want another, and another. Jump just bought a Sigma DP1, which was his camera of choice while we were touring about area.

That was a great line. Thanks. By the way, your diary is very interesting and insightful.

I see your fan base has once again grown since my last visit. It is good to know that you are still reaching so many people. I missed May 10th….and was clueless again in my own little world of family and being a mommy! I miss you too and hope to update soon.

unfortunately, i don’t have much time, i’d love to read more but from what i have read so far (i read the front)…you and i understand each other..the I Ching quote..perfect..yes, yes…yes..yes yes!! and i’m Irish and a Taurean as well! hmm…happy be lated birthday 🙂 I can see myself being totally addicted to reading your diary. but tonight is not the night for indulging. Tonight, I’m crawling into bed with my man ..naked and…enjoy ourselves like silly kids..

unfortunately, i caught this way too late…hmm…i love astrotography …when i have a house (meaning, when i don’t live in an RV, we travel right now) i want a picture of the milkyway…lots of pictures of galaxies in my library… its incredible isn’t it?? all of this, all we know, happens here ..and its so small 🙂 and they say life cannot possibly exist anywhere else?…each religion swears THEIRS is the truth…hmm…you need to write more!

ryn: Eh! Engaged! Insanely hot, though.

I love what you wrote on [Edina Devine]’s diary.

ryn: 🙂 i have thought of that..justin and i have talked about it..do you realize, this means that possibly our child one day might want to do the exact same thing? well, i don’t think i’ll ever be able to honestly that question. after all, i am 24 and do not have children. I only have so much life experience. There is only so much I can guess about my future self. I’ve never even actually worked in the adult industry. not yet anyway. what would most concern me is the child’s motivations…is it for money? desperation? curiosity? or happiness? i think those things would be most important. the closest i could come to knowing what it is like to have a child, is imagining my youngest sister doing what i am about to do… If it were here, honestly? I’d be pretty happy if she was doing it for happiness (meaning she enjoys it) or if it was out of curiosity. I would be happy if my friends joined me. I’d like to think that while I may be fearful for my child, I’d be encouraging and be able to give her good sound advice to do what she/he wants to do…its the best i can answer that hypothetical situation.

I saw your note on ED’s diary and thought you offered a very interesting and valuable perspective. It was great to see that confirmed by your entry here and I will definitely be back to read more!

Thanks for your nice note, Freyjah. Your diary is still private or I would leave this note there.

You’re a swine, Sarducci.

You know… that actually made me feel a little cheap (your chanting note). That’s funny, isn’t it? *shows her tits*

Well. In that case, I’m ashamed of myself. *snork*

ryn~The wait for a smart car in my city is 18-24 months. I cannot wait that long! It is a cool car, tho. Even comes in a Cabriolet like my Audi. I know D has looked at them and Icklewriter (here on OD) has one. Loves it. Glad to see you are still around.

RYN: Well, like you said in your front page: “Relationship, after all, IS the most direct way to spirituality, is it not?” I have said it before and I have said it again: your perspective, your words, have spoken into my life, I’ve received them, so thank you for your input that helped get me to that place yesterday, and thank you for your continuing affirmation. It is a balm to the pains.

This was a wonderful and thoughtful entry. I’d missed that day altogether. I have now watched a few of these videos. Though I have not written much in my diary recently for various reasons, I am still reading my friends – it’s always a treat to come to you! Thank you.

I’ve discovered you through some PUBLIC(!!!!) notes and must add you as a favorite. Hello!!

RYN: Hey, you’re my kinda guy! Okay, minus the socks.

ryn: Why yes you did!

RYN: No, no, no. I showed him the newspaper article on this woman and he wouldn’t even read it. I’d never ask him to do that anyways. I like him just the way he is. 😀

nunzio!!! so happy to see you note but i was hoping it meant you had an entry 🙂

ryn~oh yeah baby! Thank you thank you!

RYN: Trying to answer your question for myself and find a way out.

Hey… I have to hear it from you 10 or 20 times before it sinks in. ROFL. Give me a break!

RYN: DID it! 😉