h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've seen your name on many a peer reveiw entry. And I decided to stop by. Nice page you got there. Really you teach Tai Chi, I have taken the art form in the past and regretably don't anymore. I have a class so I must say "adiu, adiu." Best to you. And a many an other conversation.

heart of Darkness

Hi Ba'alzamon!

We've met in coversation on PR threads before, but nice of you to drop by. Have some .

I'm cooking buckwheat pancakes in RL as I write this.

Yes, I teach T'ai Chi and Qi Gong. I've been doing it for just over four years with my own class. I give classes in the lunch hour, once a week at work. I used to help out in an evening class, but can't for the moment. It's very rewarding. A couple of people who come to class have disabilities and it appears to be helping them with mobility and balance. Another comes because it relieves his stress.

It's easy to get out of the habit of doing things for ourselves, isn't it. I should meditate more often and do more personal practice.

What are you studying?

In love and light! (as we Sufis say)

Well right now I'm working on getting out of Highschool. This proves to be very, very demanding. Because I'm not taking the Traditional approach to this task. So other than school and my girlfriend I have little left other for other activites. Oh and I ski, a lot. But, I am still able to meditate every morning even if for a same amount of time.
live in peace

heart of Darkness

I feel better and clearer when I meditate mornings and I need to be more regular than I am at present. Perhaps I'll take this conversation as a hint to do more!

Some friends I have are bringing their children up as homeschoolers and are having difficulty as there is a push against truancy at present here and they are having to provide lots of documentation about the work the children are doing.

I assume you live somewhere near skiing facilities? I've done it once and twisted my knee (I was 12 at the time). Skiing is out of my financial reach at the moment.

Harmony and blessings.

Well I started out highschool homeschooling but it wasn't going anywhere so I'm taking all my classes at the college level. I audit my classes and duel enroll.

Yes skiing is my sport of choice. I race and am fairly compeditive. But waht I really like is to fly down those hills at like 40 or 50 mph. Its very exilherating.

heart of Darkness

You've lost me on auditing classes and duel enrolling. Do you study in more than one college? Do you mean distance learning? Auditing - completely lost here.

Enlighten me, heart of Darkness!

Right ok, First. I don't go to public school. (by the way I live in the USA) So I get my education through over means. I live in the Pioneer Valley of Western MA, and in "the valley" there are 5 colleges. I audit, or take courses just for the grade, (no credit). At smith College which is an all girls institution, (classes are great). Anyway, at Smith I take 3 courses. And I duel enroll, or tkae classes for credit, and grade, at Umass. The University of Mass is a huge party school. The Smith classes are alot more intellectual.
thats about it any questions?

heart of Darkness

I've never hears of 'auditing' in that context. To me, it means official examination of accounts.

Having looked in the dictionary, I see it also means attending clas without intending to obtain credits. I hadn't come across that meaning previously. I can't quite see how it got that meaning as it comes from the Latin meaning 'hearing'. Well, I suppose you hear the classes.

I've not heard it in an English context, although it may well exist in one, so I've learned something!

I live in London - you may have gathered this!

Stay .

No, the latin "audit" does mean to hear. And the Tradtional meaning of Auditing a class was to just sit in on it. Not doing any work, but just LISTENING to futher your own knowledge.

heart of Darkness

How's life on your side of the pond going, I went away for a few days and the backlog is killing me.

heart of Darkness

It's cold and windy!

It's half term here and shortly I'll be off with my son to see some friends in Bristol who we've not seen in a couple of years, so I'm looking forward to that.

I've been working on a couple of entries, which I've put into PR, which I think are good, however I wouldn't think you would have heard of either of the subjects - Victoria Wood, an excellent comedian, singer and writer and the Copper Family - over 200 years of traditional singing history.

How are things your side of the pond?

Well its a cool, not cold, the suns out. And I'm writting a 3 page essay on the etymology of the word how fun. Thats about it. Oh yeh and, and I'll remind myself to read one of your entries

Just having a quick check before leaving for Bristol. I see you've changed your nickname! I'll have to find out why when I get back.

It was throwing it down last night. I hope it keeps off rain while I travel - it's horrid driving in heavy rain!

I'll look forward to any comments you may have on my entries.

Well the name change is kind of a long story. See over the time I've been on h2g2, I've started to collect the seven deadly sins. I started with pride, moved on to envy, greed, gluttony, sloth, wrath and finally lust. (If you want to see the inconitations of these please go to my older conversations and look them up.) But once I got them all, I couldn't just be Ba'alazom th sinful -7:7-, so I thought of all the books I've read and decided that Wilde's A Portrate Dorian Gray, had an evil enough charactor in Dorian Gray. But not a huge amount of people know,/remember/or have read it. So I can still some sembalence of face without people knowing I'm really corrup inside.

Dorian

Oh yes, I know the story of Dorian Gray! Don't most people then?

I'll certainly go and look at your space once I've unpacked.

It did turn out to be driving rain - thoroughly unpleasant to drive in. However, Bristol was lovely, if cold.

Have you been watching the Winter Olympics?

Hang on!

As soon as I got to your space, I remembered I'd been there before. Perhaps it's just me, however I couldn't see any evidence of previous incarnations.

Am I missing something obvious?

Hang on!

As soon as I got to your space, I remembered I'd been there before. Perhaps it's just me, however I couldn't see any evidence of previous incarnations.

Am I missing something obvious?

I don't know. I don't think I said anything about my space. And no I hven't watched a minute of the Olympics. I haven't gone anywhere in the last week or so. If you live in London how long of a drive os it to bristle?
But I have been doing a lot of driving. Like tonight I do fo like 2 hours going and coming home from a movie.

Dorian

I seem to have lost the posting I was making, so here is the shorter version.

Bristol - took me three and a half hours and 170 miles - takes ages to get out of London, often - no traffic jams, just slow traffic because of the rain. Used to be a great seaport, made its fortune from the slave trade . Great engineer - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - built the Great Western Railway and the Clifton Suspension Bridge, etc.

Wow, so you went for plessure, business or both?

Dorian