Iconoclast Rising … 23

 
Revisited:  “‘Since I am just a piece of code, I would be on very thin ice to speculate,’ the Librarian says.”  (Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson)
 
Ch 23 ~ The Seat of All Knowledge
 
She had the sense that night had fallen, although she couldn’t be certain and she couldn’t tell you what day it was.  The dear woman (yes, and [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 22

 
“‘Since I am just a piece of code, I would be on very thin ice to speculate,’ the Librarian says.”  (Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson)
 
Ch 22 ~ High on Mountain Tops
 
This was the bad that she had sensed.  Others are with Dryst.  
She walked silently, thinking through this bit of verification that Cy had just provided.  Even [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 21

  
Ch 21 ~ The Vanishing
 
She had run until her lungs were screaming.  She had called to him until her mind exploded.  Her thoughts were everything and nothing.  She wasn’t within herself.   Desparation and fear had pushed her outside of herself.  Something wasn’t right. 
And then something was terribly terribly wrong in the Stream.
She collapsed and tumbled, [...]

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AU V Fashion Show, Nov 29th, 12 PM SLT, Shengri La Hope

 
 AU V Fashion … Late Fall Fashion Show
 
                       
You are cordially invited to attend the Late Fall AU V 08 Fashion Premiere
       
Saturday, November 29th, at 12pm slt
                                    
12 pieces, 1 beautiful show and social
Skins Sponsored by AOHARU
Hosted by The Fashion Research Institute, Inc., in beautiful Shengri La Hope
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shengri%20La%20Hope/51/161/49
 
About the Designer: 
Jare Capalini
(Invited into the Shengri La Vintage Marketplace [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 20

 
“Mizu no kokoro…or ‘mind like water’” ~ a Zen phrase 
…in the face of emergency, a mind that is calm, or like still water, more accurately reflects what it sees.
 
Ch 20 ~ The Unknowable
 
The two forms had arrived out of an energy that was muffled in smoke and wisped around itself until at last their bodies began to materialize.   [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 19

 
“What’s our strategic plan?”  “It’s a secret.”  “Are you saying you don’t trust me?”  “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that most employee sabotage is done by employees.” ~ Dilbert
 
Ch 19 ~ Intermission II … For Your Consideration
 
Date:  November 21, 2008; Email to:  The Author of this erm Novel, yeah, that’s it; From:  Anonymous; Subject:  For [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 18

 
“Mizu no kokoro…or ‘mind like water’” ~ a Zen phrase 
…in the face of emergency, a mind that is calm, or like still water, more accurately reflects what it sees.
 

Ch 18 ~ Minds like Water

 
“Kid,” Spence’s voice swam through the stream and reached Dryst’s mind just as Dryst and Mya were holding each other’s thoughts in complete wonderment:  like [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 17

 
“Tsuki no kokoro…or ‘mind like the moon’” ~ a Zen phrase 
…speaks to the need for the mind to be clear to illuminate and reflect all conditions surrounding it. 
 
Ch 17 ~ Minds Like the Moon
 
Pink snow lunged from the sky and tunnelled around them, creating a spiralling pathway.  Noise swelled throughout.   
On the flight of each unique snowflake came what started [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 16

 
“It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” ~ Sir Edmund Hillary
 
Ch 16 ~ The Way
 
Recent developments in this otherworldly place weighed a bit heavily in the air.  Dryst walked quietly through the upside down woods, carefully avoiding the swaying treetops that circled lazily near their bodies.  The tip of Dryst’s tongue rolled just as lazily between the edge of his [...]

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Iconoclast Rising … 15

 
“Proposition 8:  While government is not allowed to define religion, it now apparently is allowed to define Love…yet another part of American life the government now owns.” ~ NPR broadcaster
 
Ch 15 ~ Government-owned Love
 
The room fell noiseless. 
All the whirling machinery and arcing sparks suddenly contained themselves in a collective hush.  The Cyborg Collective had silenced itself and rather dramatically so.  [...]

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