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hey joe would you mind plugging the holiday sweepstakes

cheers max

yah i was actually just thinking abt that max

great prizes!
important contest

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OFFICIAL ILC HOLIDAY SWEEPSTAKES CONTEST!!!!!!! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!!!!!!!!!

dont miss out on the opportunity to raise your ilx profile by having current ilxor poster of the year front runner ice creåm be yr personal sycophant-for-a-day - other super prizes too! hat tip to ilc usr max - to those who already entered "wise move"

folks will have to go some to beat me out tho. i feel bad for intimidating the competition.

fyi roberto i wouldnt rest on your laurels i dont want to say anything but i may or may not be seeking advice regarding your entry from an online community

that would be a shame. btw max, the weather is treacherous out right now. if you were to have an 'accident' that would also be a shame. just something to think about.

Dear ice cr?m,

I enjoy your vlog. Do you have any words of advice as to how to regularly sit my ass on the mat and do the things that the nice people at the shambhala center taught me to do? 'Cause I ain't really doing those things even though I know they would be helpful to me.

o ha did u go to the dc shambhala center? im trying to think if i know anyone there

im certainly no expert on this topic as my ilx time dwarfs my meditation time but there are def some simple thing you can do

meditate for a short period of time - ten minutes is fine - dont make a big deal out of it - really if yr interested in this training consistency is more important than quantity

create an appropriate place in yr home - simple uncluttered comfortable etc - i have a pretty elaborate shrine in my house - if thats too religious for you u can always just light some incense or a candle - all of these things help to create a good environment

enjoy yrself and keep an open mind - just practice the form and see what happens while avoiding an overly ponderous or serious approach - any sort of fulfillment or failure fantasies will always be inadequate

then the other aspect is whether you have an interest in buddhist teachings - hearing studying and contemplating teachings and relating to a community are prob the most effective encouragement for practice - obv all that requires a whole other level of involvement

I did in fact go to the dc shambhala center in dc and had a v. positive experience there. Upon their recommendation I read "Turning the Mind Into an Ally" and would really like to have a regular sitting practice but seem kinda stuck at actually getting it going in a regular way. Not so much into buddhist teachings per se--I'm down with judaism these days--but the shambhala approach to meditation is appealing to me.

I get very caught up in the "hai am i doing this right?" thing when I sit, and it becomes rather frustrating :(

well if u liked the shambhala center you should ask them to give you a meditation instructor who can help u w/the lol am i doing this right part and leave out the buddhist philosophy if thats not yr thing - doing a meditation program can def help w/familiarity too

here is me on a mountain in nepal w/the author of turning the mind into an ally - btw i hav lost weight since then

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wow scary imna go running right now

hahaha hes doing the real life o_O

best party i ever went to had one of these w/ a garden hose running down it in the back yard:
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Whoa hello apropos of nothing?

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is like a marathon runner, no?

yah hes a crazy runner / all around health nut

who invented america
its a silly country

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The novel’s Muslim characters include Rabeya, a riot girl who plays guitar onstage wearing a burqa and leads a group of men and women in prayer. There is also Fasiq, a pot-smoking skater, and Jehangir, a drunk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/us/23muslim.html

important dennis rodman phone moments
whats that love ah yah well if its not bleeding anymore i just well then flush it why not throw it yes just throw it in the toilet rather busy really at the moment well talk later right everythings fine youre going to to that then ok great cheers

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What I'm looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean?

I'm glad I found out in time just what a partnership with a pair of wankers like you would've been. A sleeping partner's one thing, but you're in a fucking coma! No wonder you got an energy crisis your side of the water!

The Mafia? I've shit 'em.

i guess my point is, you can use pretty much any line from The Long Good Friday as a caption for that photo

one thing i was wondering when making my post is do brittishes say "toilet" or do they say some other kind of word

toilet is just fine. Lou is posh tho so he might say WC.

yah i realized that i wasnt sure if lou referred to the whole bathroom or just the toilet or both or what

i think the british phrase is "fancy closet"

as in--"oi, i need to drop off some gravy puddin, wheres yer fancy closet mate"

Joe, i'm not sure if you are now confusing 'Loo' aka toilet with 'Lou' aka Jags. loo can be used interchangeably for the porcelain and the room itself, like most related brit slang. Lou is the guy in the pic.

btw, max otm

ha ok i was ALSO wondering abt the spelling!

ALTERNATIVE TEXT:

Lou: Yes, sweetheart?
Effie: There's a girl wants to see you. Her name's Wonderly.
Lou: A customer?
Effie: I guess so. You'll want to see her anyway. She's a knockout.
Lou: Shoo her in, Effie, darling. Shoo her in!

i thought u were being all louis doesnt want to sound posh so he might say wc instead of loo

would be other way round. pretty sure no one says WC but it would be pretty posh if you did i reckon. we need the man the myth the legend himself to weigh in because i am common as much tbh

much=muck

see now i thought that was some charming brit expression

"common as much tehehe *wink wink*"

oi im as common as the much ye find in yer fancy closet after a noight of biscuits and more biscuits

yeah, i am not much use as a cross-cultural guide i'm afraid. i'm too much of a maverick.

max has a better handle on being british than i do. i'm guessing you grew up on an army base in the uk or something?

faugh, it is naught but a lavatory

nope im just a skilled mimic

lol louis

loo(l) lou

sometimes one must simply refer to "the shitter", to be quite perfectly honest

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"The story of Thomas Crapper and his achievements has been somewhat confused by Wallace Reyburn's 1969 book Flushed With Pride: The Story of Thomas Crapper"

suspect that Wallace Reyburn would be a strong addition to the ILC team.

"we read yr excellent volume and would like to invite you to post on our plain text message bord u can be bill wennington"

i think a good name for a cat would be "boss"
i just thought of this the other day

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btw important new poll here to be fucking honest hat tip ti ilc usr deniss rodman

o its like that dat now

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important new poll
vote express yourself!

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druge users are racist

troo

joe, excuse me for hijacking your blog but you will appreciate the importance i am sure.

Our Crust

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this is the best pizza you will get in Boston. yeah i have tried Santarpio's, Regina is better, okay? it is so good that i only noticed today that it is like $3.50 a slice. that seems really expensive to me. is that really expensive? anyway, it is good enough to warrant the premium price tag. i would say it is the best pizza in New England but i have it on good authority that there is a place worth trying in New Haven or some other shithole in CT. anyway, lemme cut to the chase here. so i was reading their literature while i ate my slice of cheese (i don't fuck with toppings on pizza. toppings on pizza was the great lie of the 20th century and it's time we put a stop to it). under the section talking about their crust it said their secret recipe was made with a "special natural yeast".

should i be concerned y/n?

roberto i will let you know shortly abt the real best pizza in boston - first i hav some business to take care of - i finish things