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    I found my 2005 Official Grateful Dead Calendar. I hung it on the month of June. It is awesome. The Executive Editor was Mickey Hart and it was by Grateful Dead Productions The border is -as wonderful as it's contents. And those... arms and... He would get my vote. With just so much more too! Grateful Good, cheers, xo.
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    "Gerda Lerner, a pioneer in the field of women's history and founding member of the National Organization for Women died Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin at the age of 92. Gerda was born in Austria to a privileged Jewish family in 1920, and spent six weeks in a Nazi prison as a teenager. She later wrote that the experience taught her how society manipulates people, a lesson she saw reinforced by academics who suggested history was only about men. She and her family fled the Nazi's and came to the U.S.in 1939. She earned her Ph.D. in history in 1966 at Columbia University and eventually established the first graduate program in women's studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. Later she moved to Madison where she founded a doctoral program in women's history at the University of Wisconsin." Now with 101 women in the 113th Congress (includes 3 nonvoting members), one can only wonder how many women (and men) did this one very intelligent and determined woman inspire in her lifetime. See how everything lead up.....
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    Well, it's... 10:16:01 A Perfect Second on This Night.
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    Sadly elegant. The Dead, the unborn, becoming... Dr. Spasmodious & the prophetic mop maid. Worthy and perhaps inspired by Bob Dylan. This land is too sad and we knew it too. Still we danced with the dead, the dead also peeking from around the corner.
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    But don't make too many people complain, marye? Where's the line, I'm wondering?
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    This was written by Robert Hunter to be read over the air at a Grateful Dead NYE concert broadcast from Kaiser Auditorium in 1986. The last two lines vary to rhyme with the year. The Boxes of Dr. Spasmodious Dr. Spasmodious sat at his desk, the end of the year drawn nigh, haunted, harried, full of gloom, watching the seconds die. The maid behind him sloshed her mop in a bucket of silvery suds; unborn children watched through a crack in the floor of the attic above. We were together, you and I, with other children yet to be born, between the ages, if not in life, one to the other, eternally sworn. You, frail and fair as a lily, held my hand by light of the moon, pale beams brightly spilling on boxes all over the room - boxes heavy with dust of the dead, time and decay - all but one: tied with a shining bit of thread fine as a baby's hair and red. "Tell me your prophecy, Maid of the Mop," said the Doctor downstairs below, "What's simple to you is subtle to me. What sort of year will this coming year be?" She shook a spark from her long red hair which flew like a star to his tree "Spring will be damp and Summer dry and Autumn come presently . . ." So saying, she bound her flowing hair with a ribbon of scarlet twine, returned to mopping the floor away until nothing remained but shine. Down we came with cautious tread you, I, and all of the others - bearing the box tied with a thread fine as a baby's hair and red. The maid once more unloosed her hair, gray now as clouds when laden with rain. You she chose, took by the hand, allowed, out of all, to remain. The rest she kissed both sides of the cheek as the chimes of the New Year dinned, one by one sent each through the door to dissolve in the rain and wind. Dr. Spasmodious watched from his chair on the point of a tear but refrained. He smiled instead, held out his arms to you who were spared from the rain. "Welcome my child to life again, to the kingdom of hope and pain. Ring in the New, Two Thousand and Five May grace prevail and we survive!" Other endings have included: Two Thousand and Six! Ring in the year! Deliver us peace and freedom from fear." Let two thousand and seven arrive; may grace prevail and we survive!" From http://www.whitegum.com/~acsa/introjs.htm?/~acsa/songfile/BOXESDRS.HTM
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    Enjoy the garden and don't make too many people complain...
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    I will do a Medicine Buddha puja for you so that you might heal in physical and mental aspects. Please know that this is not the end of the world. Out of the ashes of the old many good things can come and usually do. In the short term are challenges and raw emotions that are difficult to confront. Please know that this suffering is the expiation of your negative karma IF you calmly accept that nothing can happen to you which you don't already deserve. The cards you have to play right now are ever so hard and the urge to lash out is so easy to give into. Don't give in. Stay strong and stick with a plan for the future. Sometimes it is necessary to rely on the kindness of strangers. These strangers may have very important points for you to glean. I can't speak to your particular situation, but I can sympathize that it had been a really crappy year that isn't over yet. I hope the Medicine Buddhas and their retinues allow you the space to vitally heal and bring you to a better place than before. Never give up, three kids depend on you...
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Submitted by Randall Lard on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 05:22

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Submitted by sherbear on Tue, 02/05/2013 - 21:25

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I found my 2005 Official Grateful Dead Calendar. I hung it on the month of June. It is awesome. The Executive Editor was Mickey Hart and it was by Grateful Dead Productions The border is -as wonderful as it's contents. And those... arms and... He would get my vote. With just so much more too! Grateful Good, cheers, xo.
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 10:11

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Reviewing some notes onRoger's Person Centered Theory Roger's Conditions of Worth - self-explanatory do-good your-good do-bad your-bad refrain from bad Roger's Congruence - State of Harmony Roger's Emerging Person's - honest, concerned, cooperative no shams, facades, hypocriticalness Roger's Fully Functioning Person - utilization of their potential to maximum degree Roger's Need for Personal Regard - seek and need approval from others Roger's Organismic Valuing Process - that which we value - we keep that which we do not - we dis-card Roger's True Self - connectedness and progress toward self relations Roger's Unconditional Positive Regard
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 11:11

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These are notes from a dear friend and blind Dr. of Psych. Being blind made him greater in his chosen field as he was unable to judge anyone by appearance. He had a vastness in his ability to utilize other options and harness the words and patterns of an individual. Leading to the most endearing and viable help in the circumstances of the mind. He is an inspiration to me during these hard times I am in. Thought I'd sher what at once I found and now is forever mine. Roger's believed personality is controlled subjectively - self concept is a continuous representation. Today, I attempt to mentally assess the death of my Father. And integrate, discard, discover, unveil all my new truths. And to get back trucking on...even if I need tomorrow too. Maybe the next day...I don't know. Roger's thought Image Creation was Criteria-Related. You must affect the way you feel. Your positive growth drive - tells you what is good for you by the way it feels.
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Submitted by marye on Tue, 02/12/2013 - 10:33

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especially for all the friends with whom I used to dance to this at the Henry J...
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 09:49

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"my high school classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but i never saw any reason to limit myself." -emo phillips
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Submitted by Randall Lard on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 08:14

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dark, rhythmic, bass and bulbous.immerse yourself in an English pulse. for Dexter's sake. Sensei Chris Carter bounces for Ninja.
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Submitted by trailbird on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 10:14

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Submitted by trailbird on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 23:16

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close enough,wonder if they;ll put those Broomfield posters on sale? Rock on, and thanksss!!!!!! for the music !!! and peace to all the deadnetters ! lol'ing again
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 08:13

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February 18... "There are no antisnow songs. All lyrics about wintry weather are highly sentimental: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"; "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas." No one ever writes "I Wish This Fucking Snowstorm Would Stop!" -Sparrow (one of several entries from his 'The Winter of My Discontent' memoir)
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Submitted by noonie on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 12:56

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I tryed to post this in the poitive vibes forum but it was locked anywhooo....I just want to send out hugs to everyone who kept in touch with me over the past few months. Just in case you are keeping tabs. Last year i found out my wife was cheating on me and i was laid offf also we have two small children. Lets just say my world came tumbling down and push me into a real dark corner. There were a few brothers and sisters who kept sending me p.m.'s sharing thier simular struggles. I just want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. There where times when your letters caused the tears of cleansing to flow. I have finally realized that the light at the end of the tunnel is not a speeding train. Yes it sucks going to court fighting for my children but we will get through this. And of course i still have some bad days but those are getting fewer and farther between. HUGS TO ALL AND TO ALL POSITIVE VIBES
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Submitted by Gr8fulTed on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 19:00

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I'm taking my binoculars, fly rod, and an empty cooler out to tour parts of the northeast in 2 weeks, 5/5-11. From Rochester NY, I'll check out Cooperstown, NY; Portland, Maine; Bar Harbor, Maine and Burlington,Vermont. Anyone have knowledge of birding locations and brewpub suggestions? I'd be willing to meet any 'heads along the way. Maybe the cool weather will warm up?
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 14:37

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rise up this morningsmiled with the risin' sun three little birds pitch by my doorstep singin' sweet songs of melodies pure and true singin' this is my message to yo-ou-ou, don't worry about a thing cause every little thing gonna be alright yeah, don't wory about a thing cause every little thing gonna be alright... It's really nice to hear the constant chatter of our feathered friends once again. Best wishes to Bob Weir. All will be alright.
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 11:46

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not that this has anything to do with anything, but this morning I woke up at 1:30 am to a pack of coyotes howling, barking and yipping about 20ft from my bedroom window which I left open for some nice night air. Seriously cool thing to hear at night from a long distance; seriously freaky though when they're so close you can hear them rustling in the leaves and so dark you can't even see them. It's my understanding they "sound off" together when they've caught something ( not entirely sure though). Just glad it was'nt me ifn that's the case. Ma nature vewwy scawwy sometimes.
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Sat, 05/11/2013 - 17:08

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to one Mr. Nicholas Sand. Phenomenal underground chemist in the lineage of Owsley and Scully. Most folks know about Owsley and some about Scully but Nick was the intrepid alchemist who kept it going from '66 to '96. Dedicating himself for 30 yrs. to lovingly produce high purity psychedelics up until his second and final arrest in 1996. Virtually anyone who enjoyed lsd from '66 to '96 can thank Mr. Sand, including his and Scully's infamous original "orange sunshine". Much can be found online about this incredibly humble and gentle retired alchemist. Nick turned 72 on 5/10/13. One person really can make a difference. :))))))))
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:16

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heard this on NPR and had to pass it on. Since all of us are familiar with the sound levels of a concert, the polar opposite has some interest: "the quietest place on earth" , as rated by Guiness Book of World Records, is in a building in Minneapolis, MN. Eckel Noise Control Technologies (they're online and you can read about how this room was built and see pics of it) has an "anechoic chamber" built in it's Orfield Labs facility that has a decibel rating of -9.4 dBA. - almost 10 times quieter than zero decibels. So quiet that the reporter said he could "hear his scalp move across his forehead when he frowned". The company has hosted a contest to see who can stay in this room, in complete darkness, the longest. Many people have tried and, so far, the winner was a journalist who stayed in the room in complete darkness for 45 min. before he began hallucinating and couldn't take it anymore :) Time for a deadhead to break that record :))))))))
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Submitted by gratefaldean on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 08:35

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I spent a few minutes inside one at Owens Corning. The total lack of reflected sound is really unsettling -- the guy touring us related that some people get nauseous in the chamber because auditory cues play a role in balance, or something like that (honestly, I had a hard time hearing what he was saying even though he was standing next to me: my ears felt like they were stuffed with cotton). Then they took us into a reverb chamber. If you clap your hands you can still hear the sound for 6 or 7 seconds after the clap. Yikes!
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Submitted by marye on Thu, 05/23/2013 - 09:17

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this is giving me bad, bad flashbacks to my college days, when I learned just exactly how bad strobe lights were for us migraine sufferers...
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 05/27/2013 - 09:27

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Yesterday, for sport, as I was in a populated public space I asked children and young adults to 21 if they knew what POW MIA Prisoners of War and Missing in Action meant and from about 6 hours of surveying I had not found one that did. I told them to go find out and never forget. How was this possible, how was this truth? One must fathom it. I worked yesterday in their honor and memory. I did teach so many as I couldn't resist to sher what to me, was such a beautiful gift. ATTENTION!
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Mon, 05/27/2013 - 14:40

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but ask those same folks how old Justin Bieber is or how much a new iPod costs......pathetically enough, the real drones in this country aren't the ones that will soon be flying overhead.
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Submitted by sherbear on Tue, 05/28/2013 - 05:23

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Well, well, well... I tried another go at it and low and behold I hit the JACKPOT! Yesterday was a sweet remembrance and a proud occurrence that stands alone in National Holidays. I was with mostly Veterans, and the Elderly with the void of war a revolving story line that's impossible to stop or change. A few youngin's helped ease the concern of the others with their smiles shining that they had pleased me tremendously knowing what others had not. POW MIA So Loved are You, All, xo. Just gotta poke around... just gotta poke around... just gotta poke around...
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Submitted by gratefaldean on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 04:46

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I'm not seeing how to get at the private message place. I may be staring right at it, but it must be sitting very still, hiding in plain sight. Or it ain't there. Or something.
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Submitted by Anna rRxia on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 06:24

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It's right there upon immediately logging in, left side, smallish print.
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Submitted by marye on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 07:17

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a Send PM link in after each poster's name. I've mentioned the issue, along with the difficulty in finding one's own messages. The link http://www.dead.net/messages seems to work though, fwiw.
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 01:35

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scroll down to "Grateful Dead" and enjoy some fantastic black and white photos from two '91 Northern California concerts - one GD and one JGB. I love the pic of the super happy baby on the girl's hip - 3rd pic down from the left - and the dancing and the smiles and the hugs and the love - that incredible GD love.......sighhhh. If I could just reverse time....
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 21:56

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I had lunch in a dandelion snow; it was precious and rare. I didn't have to blow one dandelion for this delightful stream of seeds. Then, I was looking forward to a day that to me was the last day I ever knew. Are you ready?
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 10:24

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I spent the 4th of July weekend in the Stanley, Idaho area. Made it up to Sawtooth Lake and yesterday summited 10,751 ft. Thompson Peak, the highest peak in the Sawtooth range with my hiking buddy Sheela, a 14-month old Black Lab mix. Also stopped in at Jerry's Country Store in Stanley. What a beautiful part of America. Best wishes to all !What will I see What will I learn On this river of no return ?
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Submitted by marye on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 11:02

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sounds like an awesome trip, and so glad you have a new dog pal. Welcome Sheela!
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Fri, 07/19/2013 - 01:28

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staring at the Milky Way the only way I can, straight up; 2/3 moon setting, bright and beautiful with lightning bugs flashing by on a warm summer night wind. Thinking of those precious, magical nighttime summer concerts we all used to share :))))))))
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 20:54

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all of August, but peaking in the early morning hours of 8/11, 12, and 13 especially in the northeastern sky. Can average 50 - 100 meteors/hr. shortly before dawn. Hawaiian islands and the west coast will have special viewing privileges this year as far as intensity goes. Lots of chances to make your wishes...who knows where they'll go :))))))))))))))
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Submitted by trailbird on Sat, 08/24/2013 - 10:45

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video and music by me, enjoy!
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Submitted by Anna rRxia on Sun, 08/25/2013 - 09:25

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Love your posts Trailbird. Wish I could be a free spirit like you hiking in the solitude of nature. Watching, listening to what is... More power to you, brother!
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 08/26/2013 - 11:18

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thank you for the kind words Anna, I do appreciate it. I like your posts as well !
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 09:06

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has anyone heard of the winning final ingredient for the Dogfish Head "American Beauty" contest from back in Dec. of last year? I emailed the company but haven't received a response yet. Checked their website under "collaborations" and couldn't find anything there either. Just curious.
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Submitted by slo lettuce on Thu, 09/05/2013 - 09:18

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under "brew-pub exclusives" on their site. Winning ingredient was granola. Cool story!
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Submitted by sherbear on Wed, 10/16/2013 - 12:30

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And so there we were... The Moon and the Sun came and went for hundreds of days, again. It served as proof that somethings never change... like my Grand and Festive Supplications, xo's! In remembering... (with awesome appreciation)all the blessings and miracles it has brought forth my way. My grateful heart and soul rejoices. In observing my wonderful and yet so profound list of gifts there as read between the lines there was Bob Weir and a great many others indeed, I pondered that last night after I finished my work. Since 10:16:01 pm struck the clock he had given so many, so many so much. It had indeed seen me though, and rested my weary soul, for free. Darkest hour stuff. I went to kneel in the place I always do. In sweet supplication, I told Jesus I would try and and show him, so many things the things, Bobby had done. My thoughts were rapid in succession and quite a task, to be sure. Through the looking glass in my Eyes; I saw the best of so many shining like stars in sky. I saw inspiration and it indeed, moved me brightly, xo. I saw messages scrolling in dear.. lovingkindness, the lion and lamb; there for the show. I saw a crowded room filled with nothing but joy as I saw alone filled with my own. I saw a grave keeping time as waters hugged the river's side. I saw Jesus smile at me; as held my broken-heart in my hand now patched with bandaids from all over the land. I heard the love of so many- again and again... sher'd perfectly, so on the mend, xo. I saw Bob's smile from a peaceful trance chatting with others in a maliceless stance. I called upon My Jesus to ask a blessing; for the one and only... Mr. Bob Weir! I said unto him in my Spirit that I loved a year of 10:16:01, it had the ticket to take care of 1 second everyday. And it was with awesome appreciation, I thanked him. Now! Now may ask a minute for him... A whole sixty seconds for rapture, excellence, Rock-n-Roll, guitars, friendship and freedom 6 items to truly bless everyone. A minute at 10:47 PM with the time between 10:16:01 and then a dedicated time in which to- "GET RIGHT", yeah, yeah, yeah... 30 minutes and 59 seconds OR 1,859 seconds to reflect, change, embrace, tune-up, however-whatever, "Get Right". Sat in quite hope, stunned of what I had done. Quickly thinking of sheer-delight, Knowing it so, so, so much more than just a pleasant gesture, it was a Universal Deal. If you're with me now, xo. Then---he agreed! He said it was to be a birthday gift and I agreed. The smiling Jesus touched the Hands of Time and Blessed the minute 10:47 PM and he vowed a infinite blessing for the... time between... 10:16:01PM and 10:47:59PM Every Night @ 10:47 PM is a beacon you can use to... "Get Right" A whole sixty seconds for rapture, excellence, Rock-n-Roll, guitars, friendship and freedom -6 items to truly bless everyone. Practice Makes Perfect! Happy Birthday Bobby, Happy Birthday from ALL of the BIG ALL-0f-US! Here, There and Everywhere! You are so loved, xo! 10:47 PM is mythically in set in stone! as is -> To get right, xo...lol! Doubles only come once a decade! Every goodness to you, everyday!
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Submitted by PalmerEldritch on Thu, 10/17/2013 - 17:48

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So, the magazine Conde Nast just voted San Miguel De Allende the world's best city. I remember that's the place John Dawson (Marmaduke) retired and spent his last days. Also, apparently Neal Cassady passed away there as well. Interesting, might be worth checking out someday...
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Submitted by marye on Fri, 10/18/2013 - 09:26

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a lot of US folks seem to retire there.
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Submitted by johnman on Fri, 11/01/2013 - 12:43

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Amen!
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Submitted by sherbear on Mon, 11/04/2013 - 06:53

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Get Right Help/Tip #1 Ask yourself "why" our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln is Honored with his picture on the modest $5.00 (five) dollar bill and...on our meekest coin, $0.01, the cent? Why? Because he was...right!