I felt the same. For some years I practiced for the former and got some very good feedback. The latter, unfortunately, seems to have been a lost cause.
I agree. I lived there for a little while, and as Marlon Brando said "the horror, the horror." My closest brush with insanity was on a bus. The driver was playing a lengthy creation where a woman, apparently in the throes of ecstasy chanted superstar over and over. She would stop to breath...
Sadly, I have yet to experience Mexican food. I had not really considered it until I read that it is as varied as Indian food. That has certainly whetted my appetite.
If there is any truth in this, I doubt it is true everywhere. Growing up in London in the 60's and 70's I often came across references to "The Battle of Cable Street." In 1936 many local Jewish people joined various other people to prevent fascists marching through London's east end.
When I...
Maybe Frank it is because you ask dozens of questions yet give no indication of learning from the results. Maybe it is because that although many people have responded to your posts, you rarely have the decency to respond to them.
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sarcasm /sär′kăz″əm/
noun
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule.
A form of wit characterized by the use of such remarks.
"detected a hint of sarcasm in his voice."
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of...
Yes it can. It can lead to rather strange situations.
Back in the 70's I worked in Israel for a little while. One day I was going somewhere and I stopped a man to ask directions. He pointed down the road and said "go to the museum, do you know the museum?" Yes I knew the museum. "Well" he said...
So basically, you are saying that us primitives are the only ones to have convincing experiences while the "more neutral and independent" never do.
Well you are wrong. Among believers I have known there has been a physician, a pharmacist and a biochemist. Not a witch doctor or soothsayer among...