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Lesotho.:smug: (or Lithuania or Latvia or the Land of the Lolipops!:laugh3:)

I have just watched part 8 of Duck Soup. Cures headaches and explains this US administration better than the news. What's truly ironic - it's supposedly about a new country in the Balkans - Freedonia!:laugh3: Oh, how things never change..

...and just look at the shape it's in today! This just goes to prove what happens when you neglect basic stadium maintenance - the whole thing goes to ruins.:laugh3: Hmm.. another BBC exclusive - like the "spaghetti tree" thing they did a few years back - finally I can grow my own pasta too!:lol::P

9:45 PM and looking at the video "From Jesus to Christ: The Early Christians". I like to be told the truth, and it's refreshing to see a historical account and logical perspective on the matter. Kind of the prose version, sans the poetry.

more.. Hey Briggins - I took a look at the video just now - they do mention that 3 of the 4 canonical gospels were written 15 - 90 years after Jesus' death - you were right! ..But perhaps one or more of the later ones (there were about 13 gospels at one time) were written centuries later. I do recall the mention of a hundred years gap to 300 years - could be my mind playing tricks on me though, too!:laugh3: Luke was the most exciting - it was written as a novel to interest literate Greek and Roman audiences, and was quite well embellished to be on par with a Greek novel of that day. Mark's was probably the most accurate owing to it being the first - as one might expect. Q is what German Scholars refer to as Quella, or quotes - it's the lost original source of Jesus' quotes from which the gospels were written. Today about all we can make of it is from corroborating evidence in the gospels and elsewhere - and it paints a different portrait of Jesus than what comes through in the gospels - Jesus as revolutionary during an apocalyptic revolt, and as a complex character (parables of the mustard seed; lilies, etc.). Oh well - times were rough back then!;)

Oil hit $103 a barrel (US) a few days ago - seems like better hybrids should be getting down in price soon, as demand for them skyrockets. I'm betting on new engine designs - the exhaust valves and manifolds get hot because of engine inefficiencies, and that's where some of the biggest gains are to be had (along with the aerodynamics). I'm betting mileage well over 100mpg will be quite common in the future - in fact, a virtual necessity. Electrics are nice, but we need to get some better battery technologies - heavy metals are not the way to go - maybe carbon nanotube supercapacitors, light element cells, zeolite storage for hydrogen, etc. will do it. Lots of us, not so much lead or nickel, and the risks are too high.

In some ways all music is an outgrowth of older forms - each member of a band, each song has it's roots somewhere back in history; or, at the least, the first songs a band produces are new versions of older tunes. Thus, I think it is with Coldplay, the Beatles, The Stones, etc. - they had originals, but many replicas. So, it's a lot like fish in the sea - they're unique to each species, but there's a lot of common threads of DNA connected then all - to the African Rhythms and Sand Dances of legend. So, there's shared stripes from one bass to another in the sea!:laugh3: It certainly is fun to speak to people all over the world on a personal/humorous basis, sharing common interests in music, and I feel a part of something larger in that sense as well! (and now back to our regularly scheduled classical music, already in progress..) a little Beethoven, please!:P Happy Day Briggins!:thumbsup:

Link: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/ Well worth the look.

Some earlier, & some much, much later! (in the later versions, Jesus and the Deciples get much bolder when Jesus gets arrested by the Romans..) A search-engine should give good results - I'll check.;)

In the range of15 to 100 years after, depending on the Gospel.. Q is what corroborates with all the gospels; The gospel of Mark I think is the oldest, and therefore perhaps the most accurate.;) Consult Elaine Pagel for more on it - she did the PBS special "From Jesus to Christ" - quite a fascinating look at empirical evidence for what really was going on at the time.. Also, there were 13 or so gospels written; a conference of high church officials narrowed it down to 4 - the most commonly accepted ones, as I recall..

Absolutes are absolutely wrong. I rather think making such statements leads to the belief that there is no other way of thinking, and with blinders on, we never get the full picture. Since the 4 commonly accepted gospels were written long after Jesus' death, and I don't recall them being part of Q, I rather doubt he had even said these things - based on the evidence of corroboration. Ghandi - "There is no God higher than Truth."

Why are people voting for Hillary over Barack? Was more money spent in Ohio and Texas by the Hillary campaign for ads; is it the messages? Hmm.. I hope Barack wins, for honesty's sake..

Alma Alta - capitol? & Isn't that where Apples originated?? In the mountains there somewhere?:):chef::hat::jester::smart: The botanist in me says so - if memory serves correct..

e Have you considered an Electric Harmonica, Sandy?:) (for a while, they were all the rage..)

piano since 3? If you're 11, and you've played piano for 7 years - you began at age 3?! Wow, I'm impressed!:) Oh my - and Guitar too??!! And Violin?! Wow!!:):):) Hat's off to Miss Snicket!!:hat::thumbsup: I'm quite please with knowing upright piano, doombeck drums, and flute. Can't recall when I got started on each..:dozey:

Penny Lane The Beatles:hippy: &:heart: We Can Fly! by The Moody Blues.:)

Take this recipe for pumpernickel: Flour, rye flour, salt, sugar, milk, water, yeast (so far, so good), then molasses, chocolate, & finally onion powder!:rolleyes: Tastes great - but what a combination!!:):wacko::lol: Who came up with this??

Oh! That's it!!:):):):):) Thanks a bunch Erin!:hat::hat::hat:

Some time ago someone here offered a YouTube link for a Radiohead vid. featuring Thom wandering through the woods and peering into the houses of woodland animals (the rabbits, etc.) before he was turned into a tree - now I can't recall how to get to it again, or what the song was?! Someone help me - I would like to take another look (must be the weather!).:)

:laugh3:I just had to laugh!:P If time were so relevant, then why are the Beatles still so popular? So what if the band takes their time making a new CD come alive - it's worth the wait for quality!:smug: ..and I was wondering, well if lignin is the hangup for much of cellulosic ethanol, then what do these termites do with it? If they make their own cellulase, then what are the critters in their guts for? Hmm.. more research needed - the balance of the future depends on termites!

But Of Course!:laugh3: TNP has nasal hair.:P

Hooray Ian!:cool2::crown:

Good Choices, Justin!:sunny::thumbsup:

Does Lobster have a "Face"? Umm.. yes, isn't the root word for fan "fanatic"??:laugh3: But some like to be chased - the Beatles started Beatlemania, and at first liked to be chased.. but then look what happened to John Lennon:( ..maybe not the kind of cult following anyone wants. Chris, John, Guy, and Will all have a fair share of fan(atics) that's for sure... and then there's the poparazzi to deal with (who satisfy fan desires to know more than anyone really wants to know.):dozey: So, basically, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't - it comes with the territory, so get used to it!:P Go For It Tracie!!;) (as I remain a semi-hermit:elf:) Some time ago I had a girlfriend who said "you shouldn't eat anything with a face". But have you looked at a lobster? It's not the kind of face you could relate to - a couple of eyes sticking out on stalks; some funny mouthparts.. Looks more like an insect (it's kissin' cousin) than anything other than another crustacean could relate to.. So, Potatoes have eyes, and corn has ears - and we eat them! I vote to put Lobster on the platter.:P (as a rare treat). If it's humanely treated, and killed humanely, and harvested with respect to the survival of it's species - seems alright to me. Monterrey Bay Aquarium puts out a seafood guide (as do others) - what's better to eat and why, as far as seafood & raised fish goes. True, it's at the end of the food chain, so it bioaccumulated a fair-share of undesireable compounds; but if you have it only very rarely, I would worry less about this then.;) Enjoy steaming lobster with hot butter and a little chives and potato on the side.:p (and it's better than most moderators - they're a bit too salty.)

One currently working; many dinosaurs awaiting recycling/museums!:laugh3: Anyone own an old Coco?:)