heheheh! there's nothing much here since october? moved again back to the Southwest from the East Coast with the intention of finally being in sunny El Ey in...
i loved the sound of the crickets (are they different from the cicadas?) in my younger days - they that inhabited the bamboo grooves that sheltered my uncle's...
You spin a good yarn, Benjie. (also given me some words to look up) Yes, there's a difference between cicadas and crickets. The cicadas (we also call them...
where you at? northwest or northeast? you'rr in the new england states? i had been there last winter traveling from florida and back to north. the scenery is,...
so, we're neighbors now, huh? have'nt snowed here south of where you are. was in st. louis before dallas airport sunday 14th and there was no snow there...
Oh, I thought you were hanging out in Cali. :) Yeah, the snow comes and goes fast here. We had 3 inches in one day and then another 3 inches just a few days...
a different kind of spirit is hanging in the casinos of the midwest. they callibrated the slot machines to less than 20% chance of winning as per their...
You put things very poetically, Benjie. I don't disagree with you. I do think it may be easier to look upon the past and long for the things that are missed...
well, the plate is what america is all about, anyway.... i.e., the story of everybody trying to make a quick buck out of anything from anybody else who thinks...
The nurikabe manifests as an invisible wall that impedes or misdirects walking travelers at night. Trying to go around is futile as it extends itself forever....
Kappa ("river-child"), alternately called Kawatarō ("river-boy") or Kawako ("river-child") , are legendary creatures; a type of water sprite found in...
Interesting! I don't suppose Nurikabe are the type to hold doors closed? Perhaps as a prank? I have occasionally found myself unable to enter certain...
hey guys, wanna read more strange talks? Â about "pole shift," "end-times," STOs and STSs," and how to determine if you are in a safe area when cataclysms...
Yo, Luzviminda girl... long time no hear... We're in a bad situation so we're been delayed posting in this group... The pole shift and end times stuff are...
Zashiki-warashi- sometimes also called zashiki-bokko are a Japanese yōkai, stemming from Iwate Prefecture, similar to a domovoi. The name breaks down to...
Karakasa or Kasa Obake, are a type of Tsukumogami, a form of Japanese Spirit that originate from objects reaching their 100th year of existence, thus becoming...
Hi Buddy,  Got myself to wonder what those Japanese words are until I came to realize that in the marrit@yahoogroups.com we talk about anything about the...
Hey Luz, Are you an opinions writer for Time or something? No offense, that's just what your post reminded me of. I think you were hinting at a conspiracy...
Hi Roxy, Â Hahaha! You got me there! I am not an opinion writer for Time or Newsweek but I used to be an op-ed editor for a smalltown tabloid in the...
Benjie, you and I are coming at it from different ends. I *want* to hear the old monster stories to distract me from thinking about the current stuff. The old...
You make me more scared, Roxy! What wuith your admission that you just want to hear monster stories in order distract you from "thinking about the current...
Focusing on our "anxieties" does not necessarily make us crazy. it is, precisely, the prescription for relieving the stress accummulated from the daily grind....