Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.

Trivia for November 1st 2007

Thu Nov 1, 2007 6:20 AM EDT

1)What body part does blind German psychic Ulf Buck feel the lines on, to read a client's fiture? 2)Who donated 50 pints of his own blood for ink in a 605-page handwritten copy of the Koran? 3)What former world leader landed a gig hosting a Polish TV fishing show in 2002?

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Love bridges divide between living and dead

Seeded on Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:01 AM EDT ()

Love, however, is not lost, does not die. Many a bereaved person will attest that love bridges the divide between earth and heaven; it looks for ways to become real for us, earth-bound and sad.

death, life, love, relationships, souls

Trivia for October 31st 2007

Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:56 AM EDT

Happy Halloween! 1)What Columbian novelist served as the first head of Fidel Castro's press agency in Bogata? 2)What geeky prefix did U.S. mathematician Norbert Weiner coin from the Greek word kybernetes, meaning steersman, in 1948?

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Failed interviews,fraught love and foul coffee runs

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:03 AM EDT (The Times)

The move to "pod-only" buying was controversial enough, but when I announced that I was no longer going to the refreshment shack at all, there was uproar.

love, relationships, coffee, inter-office-protocol

Love-struck couple jump before train, die

Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:54 AM EDT ()

Upset over denial of permission for their marriage, a love-struck couple ended their lives by jumping before a running train on Monday.

world-news, death, life, love, family, relationships

Trivia for October 30th 2007

Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:10 AM EDT

1)What locale did FDR first visit at the age of one, and later call his "beloved island"? 2) What Italian leader signed the Lateran Treaty with Pope Pius XI, making Vatican City an independent state?

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Trivia for October 29th 2007

Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:05 AM EDT

1) What country thrills to the national sport of Sepaktakraw, where players kick a ball over a badminton net? 2) What progressive Baltic state decided in 2002 that women would no longer need a pelvic exam to get a driver's license?

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Morality in the moment

Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:16 AM EDT

By Djehuty (Clipped by rwarner)

Cerridwen posted a seed today called Ethics of the in between which forced me to set some order to a whole mess of thinking I've been doing over a period of several years, about the difference between what you might call theoretical and practical ethics. So go read the seed.

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religion, philosophy, morality, ethics, psychology, propaganda, peace, love

Cinquain

Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:23 PM EDT

By lughshand (Clipped by rwarner)

Lady's Eyes were crying, Making mascara maps On cheeks that had lost their way to A kiss. Wisdom, Kept in silence, Cannot be disputed, Thus, is thought to be all the more Profound.

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arts, poetry

A Simple Dream

Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:32 PM EDT

By lughshand (Clipped by rwarner)

I dreamed of you last night And awoke feeling guilty. Odd, isn't it, How a simple dream, Even though it was a good one, Could bring feelings almost like, Remorse. You stood, in my dream, With your back to me, Not knowing I was there. I reached out with my right hand, …

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arts, dreams, poetry, guilt

Trivia for October 26th 2007

Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:10 AM EDT

1) What hero of the Napoleonic Wars was known to his troops as "The Bugger that Beat the French"? 2) What's the minimum weight for a male triathlete in the Clydesdale division?

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Trivia for October 25th 2007

Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:48 AM EDT

1) Who crafted musical instruments that came to be called the Davidoff, the Duke of Alcantara and the Ex-Emiliani? 2) What ancient leader's final resting place did scientists claim they discovered near they Egyptian oasis Siwa, in 1995?

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What comes first, sex or love?

Seeded on Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:26 AM EDT (IOL)

Three tough questions Would you stay with your partner if the sex wasn't good? 48 percent said yes, 10 percent said no, 42 percent said maybe

sex, love, relationships, survey-says

Trivia for October 24th 2007

Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:16 AM EDT

1) What metropolitan city averaged a whopping $12.75 for a glass of wine, in 2002? 2) What insect has genes named eggroll, enoki mushroom and ether-a-go-go? 3) What ancient Europeans were found, in the 1990's, to have invented a flute and primitive bagpipes?

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Trivia for October 23rd 2007

Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:04 AM EDT

Good morning all! I missed you while I was away. 1) What radioactive element is named for a god of war? 2) What English king had an older brother named Arthur, who died from a mysterious "sweating illness" at the age of 15?

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Trivia for October 17th 2007

Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:06 AM EDT

1) What nation is home to both the Garden of Eden and Atlantis, according to the pioneering 17th-century scientist Olof Rudbeck? 2) What former Russian republic was hit with $75 million in U.S. sanctions in response to its failure to stem video and DVD piracy, in 2001?

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Silence

Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:42 PM EDT

By lughshand (Clipped by rwarner)

You have to stop and think, for a moment, About the cause of such a Deafening Silence. I don't suppose it really matters to anyone else, And if you step outside of Yourself, and look in, where it's all Not happening, I guess it's not a big deal there, either.

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arts, poetry, silence, uncomfortable-feeling

Trivia for October 16th 2007

Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:59 AM EDT

1) What 196,000- square-mile European sea was a freshwater lake, until the end of the last Ice Age? 2) What German company started exporting vacuum flasks to the U.S. in 1905? 3) What occupation was ranked the lowest, in the latest Jobs Rated Almanac ?

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Trivia for October 15th 2007

Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:01 AM EDT

1) What English-speaking nation's environmental minister promoted a law to keep folks at least 100 yards away from a dead whale, in 2001? 2) What three-dimensional device was the bright idea of Greek geographer Crates of Mallus, in 140 BC?

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Trivia for October 12th 2007

Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:35 AM EDT

1) What continent's Lake Vostok did NASA use as practice for drilling on Jupiter's moon Europa? 2) What nation issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917, advocating a Zionist state in Palestine?

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Trivia for October 11th 2007

Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:05 AM EDT

1) What 6th-century encyclopedist is patron saint of the internet? 2) What nation boasts more than 8,000 universities? 3) What kingdom did Prithvi Narayan Shah establish with his 1769 conquest of the Kathmandu Valley?

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The Poem

Tue Oct 9, 2007 11:00 PM EDT

By lughshand (Clipped by rwarner)

I read something the other day That was so good, it grabbed my mind And shook it like a blanket. You know, The way you do at the beach, To shake off the sand, And the sandwich crumbs,

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Trivia for October 10th 2007

Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:58 AM EDT

1) What did India's health minister propose sending to community centers in 2001, as a distraction to help lower the birth rate? 2) What has been the official musical instrument of San Francisco since 1990? 3)Which has more genes-- a human, a gerbil or a rice plant?

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trrivia, questions, just-for-fun

How We Have Misunderstood The True Nature Of Love

Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 7:16 PM EDT ()

Love is not a transient emotion or something that we lack and have to bring into our lives - it is an intrinsic and unchanging part of us. It is our essence.

true-love, love, essence, is-it-in-you

Love that ages gracefully

Seeded on Tue Oct 9, 2007 5:47 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

Here is sex between people who must surely love each other to still feel turned on by flesh ripe enough to make the young gag. As ripe as old game, to be honest.

love, age, sex, adverts, relationships

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