Cranberry, get a bunch of friends together, lie down on the floor in a circle with each person's head resting on his neighbor's belly, then start forcing a laugh.
It will turn into a real guffaw session with real laughter.
Great fun!
2nd childhood/youth...?
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I would have to partially disagree with you there. Obviously the past can't be undone, but you can relive your favourite parts, through listening to music or reading favourite books or watching favourite movies, etc.Cran wrote:we can't go back in time and change or re-live our childhoods.
If anything, I think that is the truly great part of re-experiencing these things again. There was a time when the music was new, or the concepts in the books were new; new ways of thinking, a new point of view explained in a way I could understand. Re-reading or re-listening renews the sense of wonder and enjoyment, as well as providing an opportunity to learn something new in an old favourite. I also have many tapes and DVDs of movies that I watch over and over again just because of they way they made/make me feel when watching them.
Old memories become new again. New memories become old friends. They fill in the blank spaces.
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
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Yeah saw that. Great. I saw the first one is out, and I'll get it when I've finished what I'm reading now.Turtle wrote:Stephen Donaldson has written some more Thomas Covanent books
if you hadn't heard allready.
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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oh, and guys - I never grew up, either.
Ok - I've been a responsible adult, holding down a responsible, long term job, raised one kid and working on the second one, etc.
But - I loved "playing" with the kids when they were little (I was the Lego building champ of the neighborhood). I still find wonder in the little things of life, and can be perfectly happy just being with good friends.
As Peter Pan said:
"If growing up means it would be
beneath my dignity to climb a tree,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up -
Not me!"
Ok - I've been a responsible adult, holding down a responsible, long term job, raised one kid and working on the second one, etc.
But - I loved "playing" with the kids when they were little (I was the Lego building champ of the neighborhood). I still find wonder in the little things of life, and can be perfectly happy just being with good friends.
As Peter Pan said:
"If growing up means it would be
beneath my dignity to climb a tree,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up -
Not me!"
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Man, I wish Rebecca McAvoy would start writing again. She was an all-time favourite of mine, but she came and went so quickly. Come to think of it, all my most favourite sci-fi and fantasy authors were women. That's odd, considering that no-one disses sci-fi more than women IME.
djm
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
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Pan knows what he's talkin' about.missy wrote: As Peter Pan said:
"If growing up means it would be
beneath my dignity to climb a tree,
I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up -
Not me!"
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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Can anyone advise me as to what I should do when I'm in a room full of so-called adults, ages anything between 40 and 80, and they're all going nuts over the latest Harry Bugrin' Potter? Scotty as yet has not yielded to my demands to have me beamed up... 
Steve
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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Slap 'em hard and get 'em to read PP's 'His Dark Materials' series instead of that infantile Potter cr*p.SteveShaw wrote:Can anyone advise me as to what I should do when I'm in a room full of so-called adults, ages anything between 40 and 80, and they're all going nuts over the latest Harry Bugrin' Potter? Scotty as yet has not yielded to my demands to have me beamed up...
Steve
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
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Right, yep, I'll do that. Good idea.buddhu wrote:Slap 'em hard and get 'em to read PP's 'His Dark Materials' series instead of that infantile Potter cr*p.SteveShaw wrote:Can anyone advise me as to what I should do when I'm in a room full of so-called adults, ages anything between 40 and 80, and they're all going nuts over the latest Harry Bugrin' Potter? Scotty as yet has not yielded to my demands to have me beamed up...
Steve
Who's PP?
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/SteveShaw wrote:Right, yep, I'll do that. Good idea.buddhu wrote:Slap 'em hard and get 'em to read PP's 'His Dark Materials' series instead of that infantile Potter cr*p.SteveShaw wrote:Can anyone advise me as to what I should do when I'm in a room full of so-called adults, ages anything between 40 and 80, and they're all going nuts over the latest Harry Bugrin' Potter? Scotty as yet has not yielded to my demands to have me beamed up...
Steve
Who's PP?
Steve
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Denny wrote:http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/SteveShaw wrote:Right, yep, I'll do that. Good idea.
Who's PP?
Steve
oo-er...right, I'll look into that. Scary....I only usually read dictionaries...
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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If it was too juvenile surely he should have Peter panned it.djm wrote:If that stuff's too juvenile for you there's always The Wind in the Willows, though I heard Puck panned it.
djm
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
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This brings to mind a verse from one of my favorite Michael Franks songs:
Dead blue-eyed childhood got lost in the wild wood
One day with the queen of mistakes
Paid my dues plenty and I'm no longer twenty
Still kissing luck's hand for a break
Life's little highway has its ups and downs
You will laugh and then you will cry
But whenever some bad weather brings you down
You just climb on your music and fly
Dead blue-eyed childhood got lost in the wild wood
One day with the queen of mistakes
Paid my dues plenty and I'm no longer twenty
Still kissing luck's hand for a break
Life's little highway has its ups and downs
You will laugh and then you will cry
But whenever some bad weather brings you down
You just climb on your music and fly
Charlie
Whorfin Woods
"Our work puts heavy metal where it belongs -- as a music genre and not a pollutant in drinking water." -- Prof Ali Miserez.
Whorfin Woods
"Our work puts heavy metal where it belongs -- as a music genre and not a pollutant in drinking water." -- Prof Ali Miserez.