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All Across the Universe
Does TM really cost $2500 today?!? I enrolled in the course in 1987 and it cost $400, but being a student I paid only $100. I liked the practice, but realized you can get a mantra in any devotional book on Indian religion. Additionally, in NYC, where I lived at the time, there were a great many places to learn meditation for less than $100.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 7:48 AM on February 6, 2008
The mantra they give you is supposed to be secret, but someone sued TM in the 80s I think and they've all become public record because of it. You can google it of course.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 10:26 AM on February 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Give Your Brain a Workout
Tired of video sites that are 99% cats running into walls?
I cn has lolcats?
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 6:18 AM on January 23, 2008
Way to pick up on an obscure, underground counter-cultural reference there. Clearly you have your ear to the ground.
It was meant to be recursively amusing.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 8:12 AM on January 23, 2008
MeFi post:
The Serial Seducer
Regular people hate playas because the former like to think attraction is primary, wholesome and mysterious; guys like this reveal that it is otherwise. Hate the game, not the playa!
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 12:04 PM on December 31, 2007
MeFi post:
Hollywood and hotels
I don't think these celebrities own these places in the usual sense. I think a developer says "Let me build a hotel/restaurant and we'll put your name on it. You promise to do x amount of promotion for the building and in return you get a piece of the action." Cf the now defunct Fashion Cafe.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 12:06 PM on December 28, 2007
MeFi post:
Life Imitates Satire
This thing has gotten so far out of hand that I actually believed the onion article until half way through the second paragraph.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 11:48 AM on December 20, 2007
MeFi post:
The future of reading?
What do you do if you lose the reader with the card that has hundreds of books on it? Do you have a backup somewhere?
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 8:47 AM on November 20, 2007
MeFi post:
Come on Down
The baby boomers are entering their 60s. Practically all of them have smoked weed. Why haven't *they* legalized it?
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 1:37 PM on November 5, 2007
I've wondered if the disastrous effect of harder drugs like cocaine didn't kind of "spoil it" for the softer drugs.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 2:16 PM on November 5, 2007
MeFi post:
Advantages for sale to the most advantaged?
You don't go to Harvard for the "great education." You go there to make the social connections that will assist you in reaching the top. Success is as much about people as it is book larnin'...depending on the field, arguably more.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 12:39 PM on October 15, 2007
MeFi post:
Blast kills bomb disposal expert
Let me pour some gas on the fire: if Iran had had the Bomb last year, the bombing of Lebanon might not have happened in the first place.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 11:20 AM on October 12, 2007
Will somebody answer WHY the IDF won't supply UN ground teams with land mine and Cluster bombing information?
I believe someone said above that Israel officially denies it used cluster bombs.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 11:35 AM on October 12, 2007
MeFi post:
Silhouette pirouette
It's an interesting exercise....getting your brain to see it either way at will. That one could apply such a skill to all problems.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 6:55 AM on October 9, 2007
MeFi post:
Dream job of The Daily Show . . . or not
Geez, my take on the whole piece is that it's fiction. Not that none of it happened, but that she took insignificant events and embellished them humorously for our entertainment. Approved!
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 7:35 AM on September 27, 2007
MeFi post:
The Unerotic Internet
Am I the only guy who thinks today's porn is awesome? It's hardcore and nasty, the way porn should be. The girls are 18-20 and beautiful, they do everything, and it's all no strings attached. If you want erotic fortheloveofmike get a girlfriend.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 7:36 AM on July 31, 2007
What ever happened to Eros's counterpart Agape?
I like gaping videos too.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 8:26 AM on July 31, 2007
MeFi post:
the Late Late Tom Snyder
The Howard Stern interview is classic. Tom hated Stern from the outset and Stern returned the sentiment. When the interview was finally over, Synder threw up his hands and stormed off camera, leaving HS with a quizzical look on his face.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 10:46 AM on July 30, 2007
MeFi post:
:(
I like her boobies. That is all.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 7:54 AM on July 25, 2007
MeFi post:
Walk Score
cool site, but every time I've tried to use it it hangs.
posted to MetaFilter by zorro astor
at 2:48 PM on July 24, 2007
