Well I seem to have winded down is it because Xmas has gone.
I don't know but that zeal and good cheer I was feeling for everything has quietened.
Looking at the womanly and beauteous art of Lucy pierce and her poems.http://lucypierce.com.

I might read some wordsworth,read about the bardic schools in Ireland and Scotland seemed very manly and stiff and not too spirited.
I suppose I must throw out my gingerbread house I ate a bit,it sad to see the ritual and tradition...

Glad to know the N.Y. Giants r in the playoffs and r favored to win it all over Pittsburgh with 6 Dallas with 5 New England with 4 and powerful Atlanta offense ! Merry Christmas ! Have a happy New Year !

[quote]Originally Posted by [B]Khalif [/B]
You had claimed "The quran says to commit jihad against the infidel by any means necessary". You hadn't claimed that it is claimed in articles on the internet.

When challenged, "in which verse of the Qur'aan", you give me articles from the internet instead of just quoting that verse from the Qur'aan.

The article gives verse 9:33 as proof of "jihad":

Sura 9:33, simply put,...

Well opened my new Celtic book for Xmas I greatly enjoyed it .I've read I don't know how many chapters.I enjoyed especially the chapters on poets and seers.

I read about fedelm,and of course the different poetic practices among the celts :
Teinm laeda,(cracking open,Many Irish legends describe the "cracking open" of hazelnuts in order to obtain divine wisdom.)
Imbas forosnai (poetic inspiration)
dichetal di chennaib,(spontaneous composition,allowed by...

My goodness, it's been some forty-five years since sitting in my bedroom at my old house on a weekend afternoon and actually having a radio in my bedroom. And, lo and behold, I actually listened to it when I wasn't in the car with mom and dad and was also trying to outgrow Sesame Street. The station was KBOX-AM (1480), then a country music station with the top country of that time. Great deejays, too. Legendary history.

Not too long after that, I passed...