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[Doreen Peri]

scumbag

[stilltrucking]

ABRACADABRA.
By Abracadabra we signify
An infinite number of things.
'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why?
And Whence? and Whither?— a word whereby
The Truth (with the comfort it brings)
Is open to all who grope in night,
Crying for Wisdom's holy light.

Whether the word is a verb or a noun
Is knowledge beyond my reach.
I only know that 'tis handed down.
From sage to sage,
From age to age—
An immortal part of speech!

Of an ancient man the tale is told
That he lived to be ten centuries old,
In a cave on a mountain side.
(True, he finally died.)
The fame of his wisdom filled the land,
For his head was bald, and you'll understand
His beard was long and white
And his eyes uncommonly bright.

Philosophers gathered from far and near
To sit at his feat and hear and hear,
Though he never was heard
To utter a word
But "Abracadabra, abracadab,
Abracada, abracad,
Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!"
'Twas all he had,
'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each
Made copious notes of the mystical speech,
Which they published next—
A trickle of text
In the meadow of commentary.
Mighty big books were these,
In a number, as leaves of trees;
In learning, remarkably— very!

He's dead,
As I said,
And the books of the sages have perished,
But his wisdom is sacredly cherished.
In Abracadabra it solemnly rings,
Like an ancient bell that forever swings.
O, I love to hear
That word make clear
Humanity's General Sense of Things.

Jamrach Holobom

[Doreen Peri]

Giclée
pronounced "zhee-clay"

the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giclée

[Lightning Rod]

sanc·ti·mo·ny (sngkt-mn)
n.
Feigned piety or righteousness; hypocritical devoutness or high-mindedness.

[hester_prynne]

"Yo mama"

Similar to coom by ya, only more affectionate.
Not just a pat, more like a verbal kiss.

H

[Totenkopf]

Wombat

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/ ... 50x393.jpg

[YABYUM]

love: a four letter word

word: a grunt; sound:

[izeveryboyin]

Catatonia

cat·a·to·ni·a /ˌkætəˈtoʊniə, -ˈtoʊnyə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kat-uh-toh-nee-uh, -tohn-yuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Psychiatry.
a syndrome seen most frequently in schizophrenia, characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.
[Origin: 1915–20; cata- + -tonia]

[stilltrucking]

Hypochondria

Hypochondria (known in medical literature as hypochondriasis) lies within the domain of psychiatry, and the DSM-IV and ICD-101 both include a similar definition, summarised as:

The hypochondriac is an individual who is preoccupied with the idea that he or she has (or will develop) a serious illness. This idea persists despite reassurance from health professionals and often despite extensive (and expensive) negative tests for the illness.


Freudian theory states that apparent physical symptoms are a means to atone for generalised guilt and low self-esteem. It can also be seen as a transfer of aggressive wishes against others onto oneself.

Don't Panic

I have picked out my tombstone


Image Source

[stilltrucking]

Autonomic

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) (or visceral nervous system) is the part of the peripheral nervous system that acts as a control system, maintaining homeostasis in the body. These maintenance activities are primarily performed without conscious control or sensation.

Whereas most of its actions are involuntary, some ANS functions work in tandem with the conscious mind, such as breathing. Its main components are its sensory system, motor system (comprised of the parasympathetic nervous system and sympathetic nervous system), and the enteric nervous system.

[Doreen Peri]

plasticity

1. Capable of being shaped or formed.

2. The capacity for continuous alteration of the neural circuits and synapses of the living brain and nervous system in response to experience or injury that involves the formation of new circuits and synapses and the elimination or modification of existing ones.

i need plasticity

[gypsyjoker]

Ramble:

roll: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Catalyst:


·

(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
· something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

My mind so plastic I have to wear a tin foil hat to keep it from melting on sunny days.

[izeveryboyin]

complacency
(kəm-plā'sən-sē) pronunciation

n. 1. A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy.
2. An instance of contented self-satisfaction.

[gypsyjoker]

complacency

A word that should be stricken from the language
A word that has cost me plenty in blood and money

Tensegrity

Tensegrity is an art: the art of adapting to one's own energy, and to each other's energy in a way that contributes to the integrity of the community that we are.


http://www.castaneda.com/

"The word 'tensegrity' is an invention: a contraction of 'tensional integrity.' Tensegrity describes a structural-relationship principle in which structural shape is guarenteed by the finitely closed, comprehensively continuous, tensional behaviors of the system and not by the discontinuous and exclusively local compressional member behaviors. Tensegrity provides the ability to yield increasingly without ultimately breaking or coming asunder"

- Richard Buckminster Fuller (exerpt from Synergetics, p. 372.)

Hows it hanging Izzy?
jt

[gypsyjoker]

did you sleep through the earth quake in Chicago last week?