Ambrose2007 Forum Posts (8,881)

RE: "hi just drop an eye on your profile and found it very interesting,

Good to know, Riya. After studying this and Cristina's situation, I believe I've come up with the ideal "greet and meet" email:

"Wow, I consider you to be beautiful and have decided that you are worthy of my attention. Indeed, it is possible we could be soul mates. I will be available for IMing between the hours of 5 -5:30 this afternoon. Let me know if this is inconvenient for you, and I will attempt to arrange a more suitable time.

"Please consider yourself de-flowered and have a nice day."

Then I sign "sincerely," of course, just to let my target know I am not kidding around.

RE: Half Life

Thinking "out louder"...! I'll have to remember that one, D (and I already made a reference to your poem in another thread - the part about the clapping of one hand requiring one ear )

May Dionysus and his angels (maeneds?) keep you safe and secure on your journey in his unholy bossom, Bajan.

RE: "hi just drop an eye on your profile and found it very interesting,

Morgan, you must do the opposite of what I tell you to do.

RE: "hi just drop an eye on your profile and found it very interesting,

Not excessively so, I hope. Hi, Morgan!

When you respond to this post you are permitted to express further appreciation of me.

RE: "hi just drop an eye on your profile and found it very interesting,

Doesn't seem like he's "evading" you, Cristina. More like he wants to "invade" you, methinks.

RE: "hi just drop an eye on your profile and found it very interesting,

Wow - talk about a guy with a commanding presence!

RE: Here only for FORUMS

Makes me wonder what would've happened if I'd claimed to be here purely for metaphysical reasons?

Might be a case of Bajan's one ear being requred to hear the sound of one hand clapping...?

RE: Here only for FORUMS

Well, you know what they say about "birds of a feather...."

Thanks, Joanie. I'm glad I made you reach.

RE: Half Life

I was having some trouble wrapping my head around this poem, Bajan, perhaps because of the "duality" - heck, "triality" -- of it, but I did love the conclusion.

The sound of one hand
clapping is heard
by just one ear
and only one eye burns
with just one tear.

RE: 2nd 5 (The Ten Commandments of dating)

Thanks, I needed that, Claire (note to self: Braille doesn't yet exist on computer screens, so stop feeling your way around blindly on the forums).

RE: Here only for FORUMS

Hell, I'm not even here for the forums or the people or any particular reason - I'm just simply here in some fundamentally mysterious ontological sense.

RE: Here only for FORUMS

It strikes me as rather strange that so many participants in the forums aren't really looking for a mate (soul or otherwise). But I know of one or two who said that, but when properly propositioned changed their minds...

RE: The Ten Commandments of dating (well the FIRST 5) haha

Do you think chocolate, cakes, flowers, etc., should be listed in the commandments, Riya?

If so, I'd tend to agree...

RE: The Ten Commandments of dating (well the FIRST 5) haha

Agreed - you should meet after some preliminary communications, *if practically possible*.

RE: The Ten Commandments of dating (well the FIRST 5) haha

AH, but what do you doubt, smiling girl? Along the lines of my objections?

RE: The Ten Commandments of dating (well the FIRST 5) haha

I thought these, in contrast to 6 - 10, were mostly just "okay." Too specific on recommendations and cautions, I thought - that is to say, a bit simplistic, not making allowance for different circumstances (for example, distance might make a visit after a few emails impractical; and there shouldn't be any set limits on emails, regardless of their limitations in terms of determining chemistry... In my view, emails can reveal an enormous amount about someone and your possible chemistry with them).

RE: 2nd 5 (The Ten Commandments of dating)

I thought these were quite good, Claire. I missed the first 5, however...I assume you posted them recently?

RE: Of the following, you are most known for your :

Mind, followed (of course) by biceps.
Daughter!

RE: Update on my Liver cancer buddy..

I'm glad your dear friend is finally at peace, Claire.

RE: Lawyers from Canada do very well..

Oh...dear God...I think my plumbing problems just became unfixable. I may be forced to stay somewhat longer than I'd anticipated, Hugz....

RE: Lawyers from Canada do very well..

Cable and big screen TV included, I'm hoping (not that I'd be staying too long...shouldn't take more than a few months to get my plumbing issues resolved...unless you have sports channels, of course)

RE: The Trail of Tears.....

That being said, Hugs, I still would like to apply a switch to your behind sometime...but it would very gentle and sweet...probably nothing more than a little love-tap...whip...whatever...because I mostly like the way you think (except about togas, of course)

RE: Lawyers from Canada do very well..

I hope you'll permit me to come for a brief visit, Hugs (I'm growing tired of my plumbing problems here in Badger)

RE: The Trail of Tears.....

I don't agree to that. That's just sloppy thinking on the part of TT - an apologia that ignores the critical argument that Europeans were the aggressors/invaders overall. Within *that* context, yes, individual rights-violations were of course committed by Native Americans and Europeans, but there is nothing within that observation that ameliorates the genocide committed by invading Europeans. In effect, the apologia would be analogous to people invading someone's home and then complaining when one of their children was injured or killed by the resisting parties. "Look! Now we have an excuse to exterminate the whole lot of them!" the invaders gleefully proclaim.

That is, of course, an absurd position.

RE: The Trail of Tears.....

What nonsense by Wanderinggnome. Even if it were true that people had a different perception of right and wrong in the distant past, thus excusing one Stone Age guy braining another, that form of situational ethics wouldn't apply to modern times, where individual rights and general morality had already been fleshed out to a degree more than necessary to heartily condemn genocide and sundry theft/murder.

RE: HAS ANYONE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PERSON?

Good points, I think, Aries. Charm is something that develops in stages, imo. The first order of business is being honest with each other, not trying to persuade the other person of anything. No point at all in that, unless you are a conman, of course.

RE: HAS ANYONE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PERSON?

Some people just have no respect for individual privacy, Indy.

RE: HAS ANYONE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PERSON?

I know what you mean, Aires. One finds an especially virulent form of this narcissistic disorder in certain middle-aged men. It's as though they have the ability to cast a spell on you or something...

RE: HAS ANYONE EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF PERSON?

Damn, Claire...how could you let go of such a prize??

RE: There is enough religion for us to hate, but not enough for us to love

I think that's a wishful bit of theological legerdemain, Bebe. God's central message - at least in the Old Testament - is all about obedience to His will. From the very beginning, it wasn't: "Hey, Adam and Eve, I love you guys, and I hope you'll love me"; rather, it was "Obey me and accept my restrictions, or prepare to receive my wrath." That message continued more or less consistently (though the Bible is anything but logically consistent) until the arrival of Jesus.

The scriptural Jesus, despite my claim above, actually didn't talk much *specifically* about love. He counsels that the number one imperative is: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." He also suggests that we should love our enemies. That's about it. I don't see a basis either there or in the Old Testament for claiming that Jesus or the Bible's main message was "Love" - excepting the command to love God.