Random thoughts
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I liked Darma.
So, holiday's are over, and just like each year, I am in the mood to travel. I never get it done, but this time of the year, I get in the mood to sell my house, car and truck, all my shit, climb on my bike and head to the southwest.
So, holiday's are over, and just like each year, I am in the mood to travel. I never get it done, but this time of the year, I get in the mood to sell my house, car and truck, all my shit, climb on my bike and head to the southwest.
I'd love to go back there! I was out in DC in '95, for about a week. It was pretty cool!
Go see Milk. That is my first thought.
Second thought - go see a Caps game!
Second thought - go see a Caps game!
I could only assume you're on the way.
Ha! If I ride my bike to DC, we are taking D&N's car (a charger?) to Nova Scotia!
D&N said:
From here to DC?
Let's ask Google Maps. 1142 miles.
OH, yeah! That has road trip written all over it! Slurpee's and Monster energy drinks, cheeto's and ding-dongs! We can just drive straight through and party like rock stars!
If you take the ferry it's shorter, but then you have to drive 3-4 hrs through backwoods NS.
Damn, now I really wanna go road trippin!!
That sounds like a good deal!! I'll just get D&N and LC to come with me, and we'll all take a road trip through Mexico.
What a trip that'd be! A Maidenfans North American Road Trip! (that could be a movie...)
What a trip that'd be! A Maidenfans North American Road Trip! (that could be a movie...)
Well, to cool us up, maybe we could get Natalie and SMX to ride along... in a VW microbus.
In ancient Iran, the concept of "truth" was the foundation of society. It was taken so seriously that liars were punished harder than anyone else. To test the veracity of someone's words or action, the Iranians called upon the divine judge Mithra and chose from a number of ordeals associated with Mithra's element, fire. Among them were the following two:
Metal is heated until it melt, and then poured on the naked breast of the accused. If he survives, he is innocent. "If they pour (it) on the body and heart of a wicked man, he is burnt and dies."
Another ordeal involves that a man who takes an oath is obliged to swallow a drink containing sulphur, the idea being that if the testifier swears falsely, the sulphur would burn him up from within (more slowly than molten metal from the outside). To this day, "to drink sulphur" (sogand khordan) is a common Persian expression for "to swear".
I literally cringed when I read those.
Metal is heated until it melt, and then poured on the naked breast of the accused. If he survives, he is innocent. "If they pour (it) on the body and heart of a wicked man, he is burnt and dies."
Another ordeal involves that a man who takes an oath is obliged to swallow a drink containing sulphur, the idea being that if the testifier swears falsely, the sulphur would burn him up from within (more slowly than molten metal from the outside). To this day, "to drink sulphur" (sogand khordan) is a common Persian expression for "to swear".
I literally cringed when I read those.