my mind begins to hum...

[the fire elf]

how high to go is not nearly as interesting as what switches need be thrown but once while there

[the fire elf]

in a world where poi moves to dry socks gets you cred in jail, everything has changed on strong or mild 'eureeka'.

fill a thimble or flood a town?

[Simon of the Playa]

[mayavin]

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[mayavin]

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[Bob]

[Simon of the Playa]

if both time and light
share a twin brother
than life is two mirrors
facing each other.

[mayavin]

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[the fire elf]

Potato Onion Soup,
Irish-Style Recipe

Hearty and filling, this potato soup gets flavor from onions and herbs. Bacon and chives are used as garnishes. Alternative suggested garnishes include chopped prawns or diced lobster.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium yellow onions, peeled and sliced
• 2 pounds potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 3 cups milk
• 5-1/2 cups homemade chicken stock or use canned
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme, whole
• 1 cup light cream
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives
• 6 slices lean bacon, crisply fried and chopped

PREPARATION:

Heat a 6- to 8-quart stockpot, add the butter and onion, and cook gently. Do not let the onion brown. Add the peeled and sliced potatoes, milk, and chicken stock. Add 1/4 cup chives, celery seeds, and thyme. Cover and cook gently for about an hour.

Prepare a roux: Melt the butter in a small saucepan and whisk in the flour. Let the flour and butter mixture (roux) bubble for 2 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Thicken the soup with the roux, whisking carefully to avoid lumps. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes and then puree the soup in a food processor or food blender.

Add the cream and gently reheat, but do not boil. Season with the salt and pepper. Serve with additional 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives and the crisply fried bacon as garnishes.


Yield: 8-10 servings

[mdmf007]

I thought you said Irish Style? wheres the whiskey?

[Simon of the Playa]

well, true irish wouldnt be wastin' the whisky on soup mind you, they'd be drinking it While eating potatos with potato soup, after a hard day of ditch-digging and fightin'....


and makin' babies for the pope....


Erin Go Bragh!

[Ugly Dougly]

Peace.

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Ugly Dougly]

[Simon of the Playa]

oh shit, i thought this was the "my mind begins to numb" forum.....damn, i HAVE to get new reading glasses....hell, i cant even read this

[mayavin]

[the fire elf]

[mayavin]

[the fire elf]

Waiting On The World

[the fire elf]

if both time and light
share a twin brother
than life is two mirrors
facing each other.

[mayavin]

three cup warm water,
enough sugar for happy yeast
packet and a half of the yeast
kick the oven on the lowest setting for a few, and turn back off
let the yeast activate in the oven
kick the oven on every bit or so to maintain hottub/sauna temp
when thoroughly active, gently mix in flour, herbs, cheeses, spice, olives or whatever, (&1TBLS salt)*
keep spoon mixing portions of dry flour in till it tends to let go of the spoon
introduce to the powdered board, and fold in flour
form a nice round ball
oil mixingbowl with olive
cradle ball into bowl
send it to the sauna to double in size
take back to the powdered board and roll rolls
preheat to 420
down to 400 and bake till dawning of goldenness
check under with spatula
when that pleasant 'it's done' feeling strikes you, act on it
offer up a stick of butter to the 'rolling on rolls' god, to desired sheen
stack in a fun pyramid or other fine shape

*)try not to forget the salt(

[the fire elf]

can you tell which vitamin i've been neglecting?

[the fire elf]

[mayavin]

[mayavin]

[the fire elf]

I say "diligent" because when it comes to straight physiology, unless one
continually and diligently (vehemently) allows the neural poteins ... First
of all, thoughts that are rehearsed or clung-to are congealed collectively
into a group of thoughts known as a belief system. Belief systems, along
with their contributory thoughts, are stored in cellular memory proteins at
sites called synapses along neural pathways throughout the mind and
body. These proteins regulate the synapse's efficiency in moderating a
current event as well as retaining the blueprint for an old one. Variable
impressions, belief systems, and memories are stored and encoded within
these proteins as chemical neurotransmitters that carry the action
potential across synapses, where they eventually reach a place in our
awareness--the viewing screen. ...The more a learning event is repeated,
the more an associated protein is shaped to accept only qualified
neurotransmitters that mimic a specified learned event or memory. This is
basically the diagram of a memory. Events are actually recorded by the
development of community synapses or neural networks that carry
similar encoding of experiences. Thus, more often than not, the individual
unknowingly advocates "same-song experiences" via his or her activation
of corporate or closely held synapses. ... Unfortunately, these corporate
synapses are mostly utilized by us for retaining perceptions rather than
assimilating new life, current affairs, or present moment events. Majority
rules once again, even among synapses in the mind. Once shaped,
synapses are slow to modify their proteins to accommodate new learning
stimuli. All of this is very similar to how data is encoded and stored as
memory in a computer. Just as the mind's awareness talks to the body
through processing sites--sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch--which
key the individual to position, equilibrium, and outside conditions such as
possible pain, a computer's CPU can realize problems, talk to the
keyboard, and even send "error messages" to the monitor. ... The
computer enlists one additional safety feature to ensure that impressions
do not get burned onto the monitor we are viewing. This is called a
Screensaver. Antiquated monitors contained phosphorous chemical
screensavers, which were sensitive to light or energy projected onto the
screen. Newer models employ Light Emitting Diodes (LED's) or rows of
miniscule light bulbs for this process. In either case, the Screensaver
makes certain that a random flow of present movements travel across the
viewing monitor so that no one impulse or impression gets permanently
burned onto the viewer screen leaving behind a mark that is indelible. ...
Whether its grooves on the surface of a phonograph record, magnetic
etchings on the emulsion of a tape cassette, lasers imprints on a CD
diskette, or phosphorus burns on the monitor of a computer, this is not
only what gets recorded or burned, but also what gets played or seen.
Where the mind is concerned, these recordings throughout our life can
difficult to let go or get rid of, especially if they get deep-rooted--usually
by repetition or emotional etching. If it's by repetition, then it's like a
scratch on the nervous system; if it's an emotional etching, then it's more
like a scar. In either case we call these "stress fractures" ("stress
memory") in our mind and nervous system. ... When files are accessed in
a computer, the network plays this data (stress fractures) as recorded
feed. Similarly, stress memory that is imprinted and stored in the neural
synapses along the pathway most related to the scene before us are
innervated and brought back into awareness. The mind believes it is
receiving new information and original recordings through the eyes, when
in reality it's just playback.

look at the CPU (Central Processing Unit) which is the master of awareness (and not the memory) part of the computer phenomenon

[the fire elf]

[the fire elf]

do you notice the contrast in complexities from within the mind and what occupies without?


would you buy a car and give all your attention to a valve stem, doing nothing but lefty loosey righty tighty?

[mayavin]

the rope you took for a snake