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Later, I will probably find the time to see what Jaroslave Pelikan regarding the date of Christmas/Nativity in his 5 volume "History and Development of Christian Doctrine." I seem to remember something about some Roman celebration, and Dec. 25 was established to offer some competition to...

Someone in India just sent me this. Perhaps it is making the rounds in E-mail and Blogs. I suppose it is a good preparation for Mother's Day. In the 1970's I heard a Greek priest give a sermon on Mother's Day. He said, "One mother can take care of 12 children. But 12 children cannot take...

I have used the TBF search engine to find this Ayn Rand thread, so that I may post an interesting observation regarding her popularity in India. I have been spending quite a bit of time at myspace.com using their search engines to find people who might possibly share my interests. I am able to...

How free are we, really? Think about this mystery: If you have a container filled with some gas then, if you examine the behavior of each molecule, then each molecule seems totally free, random, irrational, unpredictable. BUT, if you study the behavior of the entire container of gas, it...

I offer my apologies for throwing a scriptural quote into my post. It is such a habit with me to think and write in this fashion. Halo is perfectly correct in omitting such references and reminding us of the rules. Socrates had the option to flee Athens and escape his death sentence to drink...

"Danger Will Rogers" - Lost in Space Danger abecedarian! We are on the verge of being both political and religious. Three strikes and you are out! (and.. it ain’t over ‘til its over). There are three more pithy sayings for your students' notebooks. My sixth grade teacher examined our...

The Fool Who Tried Yours is a good proverb, but unfortunately, all too often one that paralyzes people into silence or inaction. I would prefer to die, the fool who tried, than to die a fool never found out. Whenever we speak or take action, we risk many things. We risk making...

Here is an informative article about myspace on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace This article mentions that some celebrities have pages at myspace. I was able to access the site for many hours this morning. But I have not been able to log in for the past several hours...

He who knows not and knows that he knows not; he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows; he is asleep, wake him. He who knows not and knows not that he knows not; he is a fool, shun him. He who knows and knows that he knows; he is a leader, follow him. My 6th grade...

http://www.myspace.com/theinkisblack Egg-Drop Blues by Authors: Jacqueline Turner Banks Released: 13 June, 2003 ISBN: 0618250808 Paperback http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061813199X/103-6028415-4079069?v=glance&n=283155 A Day for Vincint Chin and Me # Reading level: Ages 9-12 #...

It amuses me to realize that most entertainment and literature involves some form of sinfulness, whether it be murder, adultery, fornication, stealing, lying, back-biting gossip, covetousness, envy, pride, sloth, gluttony, etc. I seem to remember someone once saying "he who is guilty in one...

Bill Clinton says something similar.

A thief broke into a home, and was about to snatch the stereo, when he heard a voice say "Jesus is watching you." The thief froze. "Who said that?" The voice answered, "I'm Moses." The thief looked about, and saw a parrot on its perch. The parrot said "I'm just trying to warn you."...

StillILearn, Read very carefully my previous post, which explains the difference between Pali (Sanskrit) and Tibetan pronunciation, and also consider that 18,000 + links cant be wrong. And, by the way, I know enough negative information about Gurumayi Chidvilasananda to make her a poor...

Actually, they might indeed phoneticize it that way, being unaware of the scandelous innuendo behind the word hung. Also, it might be a Tibetan pronunciation of the original Pali text. As a matter of fact, I just now googled on : "Om Mani Peme Hung" and I get 18,000 plus links returned...

Ask him to join TBF and have a dialogue with Motokid

I just could not believe it was genuine, at first. I was certain it was some hoax. But, hey, it makes sense for someone like that to join something like myspace, and communicate or network with so many young people. I am sure that the Dalai Lama does not personally sit at a computer and post...

I was in yahoo books and lit chat room yesterday (where I often plug TBF), and I met an interesting student who had a page at myspace.com . I joined myspace, out of curiosity. Upon joining myspace, one is automatically assigned one friend, who is a staff member. I clicked on their profile...

I saw the movie version years ago on television. I almost purchased the DVD version, so that I might watch it again. One scene stuck in my memory. It was the ghost of a Martian in a deserted city. The ghost explained that, from his perspective, the others are ghosts. The idea seemed like...

See this post on word counts: http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=10631 35,000 words is 140 pages I think, according to the chart there.