The Guild 6-14-2005 Superstitions about Dreams and Meanings of Dreams

...try the spray on tan booths a month or so before the cruise. If it looks nice, then we'll go again right before the cruise.

Please let us know how it works out. And about the dream, did you know or suspect there would be layoffs or did it come out of the blue?

41 posted on 06/15/2005 10:22:57 AM PDT by MaeWest

To: MaeWest; Utah Girl; All

That dream was almost a premonition, Utah. Has anyone had those? I remember the Christian singer Rich Mullins being in my dream one night, awakening to read in the morning newspaper that he had been killed in a car wreck. So, it wasn't a premonition, considering the accident happened the day before, but I certainly hadn't heard about it before I dreamed about him.

42 posted on 06/15/2005 10:47:11 AM PDT by mountaineer

To: BigWaveBetty

What a day. How's our bannee doing?

43 posted on 06/15/2005 12:35:21 PM PDT by mountaineer

To: Hillary's Lovely Legs

Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

44 posted on 06/15/2005 5:09:31 PM PDT by DaughterofEve (Proverbs 3:5-6)

To: BigWaveBetty; Iowa Granny

Lucky Iowa indeed....they get to see lots of Johnny Edwards too...War on poverty "great moral cause," Edwards tells homeless group

""This is the cause of my life right now," Edwards said after speaking to the Iowa Coalition for Housing and the Homeless...... "I'm going to try to pressure everybody, and more important than pressure, I'm going to try to build a grassroots movement for doing something about poverty in this country," Edwards said.

45 posted on 06/15/2005 8:18:10 PM PDT by daisyscarlett

To: mountaineer; BigWaveBetty

How's our bannee doing?

Who got banned? BWB? On the Schiavvo autopsy thread?

46 posted on 06/15/2005 8:20:21 PM PDT by daisyscarlett

I remember the Christian singer Rich Mullins being in my dream one night, awakening to read in the morning newspaper that he had been killed in a car wreck. So, it wasn't a premonition, considering the accident happened the day before, but I certainly hadn't heard about it before I dreamed about him.

You're familiar with the line from Macbeth, "Something wicked this way comes"? Early one morning I have this vivid dream. Something is approaching. I cannot see it. I am aware of it because I can hear its, well, music. It is a cacophony of bright horns and bells sliding and slumping in a sickly spine-chilling fashion (there is a verse in Ezekiel). I begin to hyperventilate. A voice quietly says, "Fear not. He cannot see you." In a moment, it is gone.

I arise and dress just in time to see the second 757 crash into the WTC on television.

47 posted on 06/15/2005 8:48:16 PM PDT by JCEccles

To: daisyscarlett

Edwards was in Cedar Rapids last weekend, I think. From what I've heard, candidates on both sides are beginning to try to line up the grassroots activists and get them signed on.

48 posted on 06/15/2005 8:59:04 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (Dances with Hoses)

And about the dream, did you know or suspect there would be layoffs or did it come out of the blue?

Layoffs were a common occurrence at that company. I made it through 15 layoffs in 9 years. It was kind of always on everyone's minds. I was surprised when I was laid off, 13 years and I had just had an evaluation where I ranked in the top 15% of the company. I will deny saying this to anyone I used to work with, but I am much better off since the layoff two years ago.

49 posted on 06/15/2005 10:39:43 PM PDT by Utah Girl

Surprise, surprise...Brad did cheat on Jen...

JENNIFER ANISTON finally gives it up - her fairy-tale marriage ended because Brad Pitt cheated on her. Spilling her guts to Vanity Fair maggie, the former Friend says that, in fact, she did want Brad's baby and is appalled by the ``family'' photo shoot Brad and purported paramour Angelina Jolie posed for in W maggie. ``She told (VF) she did want babies with Brad and that starting a family wasn't the issue,'' a source told the New York Post. ``The issue was Brad cheated.'' We're shocked. Shocked.

SOURCE

50 posted on 06/16/2005 7:36:41 AM PDT by daisyscarlett

To: daisyscarlett

That Brad & Angie photo spread is very strange.

51 posted on 06/16/2005 8:16:09 AM PDT by mountaineer

I really liked his music. still listen to it. especially after 9/11.

52 posted on 06/16/2005 9:53:08 AM PDT by Endeavor

I have a couple of his CDs; one in the car CD player now, in fact. He was refreshingly unmaterialistic and unglitzy.

53 posted on 06/16/2005 9:56:29 AM PDT by mountaineer

Just read in the GLOBE (went to the grocery store today, could not resist the tantalizing headline "Chelsea's Wedding is Off"): Ian is back from Iraq and is living in California. Chelsea has moved to London where she has a new job, a healthcare consultant, $179K a year. Wedding is off for now. Mama H. told Chels she should experience more of life before settling down...

54 posted on 06/16/2005 12:23:28 PM PDT by daisyscarlett

To: daisyscarlett

Oh my. Well, Chelz certainly is overqualified to be a healthcare consultant in England because, um, er ... well, she's probably pretty well qualified because ...

Never mind.

55 posted on 06/16/2005 12:47:38 PM PDT by mountaineer

To: daisyscarlett; All

The battle for hearts and minds in Iraq
By Ian Klaus

When Jalal Talabani assumed the presidency of Iraq in April, the streets of Irbil, in the country's Kurdish-controlled north, filled in celebration, and most of my students decided to skip that afternoon's English class. "This is a new beginning," Jihad, one of the few who did make it to school, told me. Yes, but the beginning of what, exactly? The beginning of the end of sectarian and ethnic conflict in Iraq? The beginning of the end of Kurdish uneasiness with their Iraqi identity? Or, perhaps just as likely, the beginning of the end of Iraq? [How about the beginning of asking too many rhetorical questions, Ian?

Not long after this, in a course I was teaching on U.S. history at the University of Salahaddin, I introduced a question of shared concern to both Americans and Kurds: Do federalism and diversity make a country weaker, or can they, over extended periods of time, in fact make a country stronger? The class included a handful of Islamists who saw in both me and the United States everything evil, but most had welcomed me to their country, and almost all had welcomed U.S. intervention in Iraq. One of the more engaged students gave a quick response that anticipated the answers of the majority of the group. "Pluralism and diversity might be part of what make America good," he surmised, "but they are not good for Iraq." "They might be good for Iraq," he added with a slight chuckle, "if the rest of Iraq was all Kurds."

Two Kurdish security officials outside one of the university's dusty classrooms advanced even more blunt opinions. A television in the corner was showing images of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. Making use of my limited Kurdish, I grimaced and said "boshnea, hoshnea" -- not good, not nice. One of the guards smiled at me and shook his head, "Zurhosha, zurbosha" -- very nice, very good. The Americans, he asserted, screwed up at that prison all right; they hadn't gone far enough.

Hardened from years of war though the Kurds may be, neither the student nor the bodyguard was eager to see more bloodshed. It is of limited value to compare historical injustices but fair to say that a long-oppressed and brutalized people, as the Kurds were under Saddam Hussein, cannot be expected to abandon the biases they have adopted over years of hardship.

Just that sort of progress may very well be in their best interest, however, and it is certainly in the best interest of the American vision of a united and stable Iraq. In the long run, port access through Basra and a role in the larger Iraqi market might be better economically for the Kurds than independence as a state landlocked by confrontational neighbors. In the short run, both the political balance provided by the more secular Kurds and their continued receptiveness to the U.S. presence are useful in developing an Iraq that Bush officials -- or whoever follows them -- might proudly leave behind.

Around the time of my exchange with the security officials, a State Department program officer visited the president of the university. The officer asked after the number of buildings and students at the school's various colleges and sought to arrange a lunchtime visit for a prominent American writer. He did not, however, ask if the university was offering courses on federalism or sponsoring discussions on the benefits of diversity. There was no discussion of the best way to encourage the new generation to be optimistic about Iraq and not simply Kurdistan. In between twice asking about the enrollment, the official found it worthwhile to correct the president's use of the German "V" sound in his pronunciation of the name of the former deputy secretary of defense. "Wolf-o-witz. Wolf-o-witz," he said in a tone and rhythm appropriate for teaching phonetics to an ill-behaved student.

The battle of ideas, the fight for hearts and minds, must be fought like the war against the Iraqi insurgents -- requiring intelligence and waged day by day, door to door. Removed from abstract concepts of culture and modernity and the overarching reach of Al Jazeera and its U.S.-funded counterpart Al Hurra, the war of ideas is also fought in inane meetings like this one between an American bureaucrat and an Iraqi administrator. Front lines are in the basements of mosques, in the classrooms of colleges, and in every face-to-face meeting between Iraqis and Americans. Knowledge and respect are often the best weapons.

In Mosul, conflict between islamists and moderate students has plagued Nineveh University, once one of Iraq's most prestigious institutions. In Iraqi Kurdistan, less than 50 miles to the east, the war of ideas is not about the role of Islam but the more precise problem of Kurdish-Arab relations. While American officials in Iraq have emphasized a political balance of power, they have established few structures through which the country's dominant groups can begin to discuss injustices of the past. There are no school programs furthering the idea of the "new" Iraq, nor are there new textbooks in the northern universities that acknowledge Kurdish-Arab tensions or highlight the value of cooperation. Nothing is being done to convince Kurds on the street that Arab Iraqis should be given a chance to be trusted, and the security situation in central Iraq allows for little to be done to reconstruct the negative image of Kurds that Saddam helped foster for 30 years.

It is probably neither possible nor appropriate to force onto Kurds the belief that, in the new Iraq, Kurdish-Arab relations will be different. It can be the U.S. role, however -- true both to our interests in Iraq and our values as Americans -- to introduce the idea that change is indeed possible, and that, in the right setting, the mistakes and prejudices of the past can be exchanged for shared interests and mutual respect. We cannot say that it must be so, but, through support of local universities and schools and sensitivity to local politicians and media, we could introduce the idea that it might be so. For a start, this means no longer pretending that Iraq is one nation. And it means beginning instead to set up the extra-political structures -- the spaces for teaching, conversation and forgiveness -- that might, against the odds, make it so. source

(Ian Klaus taught English and history in Iraqi Kurdistan until last month. This article first appeared in The New Republic.)

Smarmy little know-nothing.

56 posted on 06/16/2005 12:54:11 PM PDT by mountaineer

To: daisyscarlett

I've found it odd that Chels has been out of the limelight the past several months.

57 posted on 06/16/2005 1:37:12 PM PDT by Endeavor

I saw a show today about London. It's the ultra hip place to live, anyone who is anyone is there.

Yes, I can see how Chelsea is worth $179,000 a year.

I think I need to ask for a couple million a year raise today.

58 posted on 06/16/2005 9:39:55 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (This post wasn't cleared by the Fresno Mafia, so I expect a personal attack any moment.)

I am back from the land of the banned.

I made the greatest life discovery today. 800 thread count sheets. I am so in heaven.

59 posted on 06/16/2005 9:43:01 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (This post wasn't cleared by the Fresno Mafia, so I expect a personal attack any moment.)

Gosh! In between all of those free globetrotting trips with mama, Chelsea attended a couple of classes...at least, we've been led to believe that she did.

60 posted on 06/16/2005 9:49:02 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)

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WHEN you had the dream:
		Dreams at night are a devil's delight Dreams in the morning, heed the angels' warning.
WHAT the dream was about:
ACORN	Dreaming of acorns predicts pleasant things & that much gain is to be expected.
	For a woman to dream of eating acorns denotes that she will rise to a position of ease & pleasure. To dream of shaking acorns from a tree means that you will rapidly attain your wishes in business or love.
AIRPORT	In a dream the sight of a busy airport represents the desire for freedom and/or travel. If the airport is empty and deserted your own travel plans will be changed or delayed.
ALMONDS	If you see almonds in your dream you'll have a temporary sorrow. If you ate and enjoyed them, you'll be lucky, but if they tasted bitter, you should delay any contemplated changes for as long as possible.
ANGELS	A favorable dream forecasting success, protection, happiness, and rewarding friendships.
BABY	To see a baby in your dream signifies innocence, warmth and new beginnings. A love affair may be blooming for you in your near future. You will also make new and fun friends. If a woman dreams she is nursing a baby, she will be deceived by the one she trusts the most
BALLOON	Seeing balloons in your dream indicates a dashing of hope on any and all fronts, business or love, as well as a general falling off of all kinds of businesses you may be involved in. If you are ascending in a balloon this is an omen of especially frustrating conditions in your life.
BEAR	To dream of killing a bear foretells liberation from entanglements.
BED	To dream of a clean, white bed denotes the end of worries. If a woman dreams of making a bed, there will soon be a new lover in her life.
BICYCLE	To dream of riding a bicycle uphill signifies bright prospects. To dream of riding downhill calls for care - misfortune is near.
BIRDS	Flying birds are a sign of prosperity to the dreamer.
BIRTH	If you dream of death it's a sign of a birth, if you dream of birth, it's a sign of death.
BUTTERFLY	To see a butterfly among flowers indicates prosperity. To see butterflies flying around denotes news from absent friends by letter or from someone who has seen them.
CANDLES	To see candles burning with a clear and steady flame denotes the constancy of those around you and a well-grounded fortune.
CATS	Dreaming of a cat is a generally unfortunate omen and it shows treachery as well as a run of bad luck. Cats attacking you represent enemies; if you succeed banishing them you will overcome great obstacles and rise in fortune and fame.
CROW	Seeing a crow in your dream means disappointment in everything, grief and misfortune.
CROWN	To dream of a crown predicts a change in your life. The dreamer will travel a long distance from home & form new relationships.
DEATH	If you dream of death it's a sign of a birth, if you dream of birth, it's a sign of death.
DANCING	To dream that you are dancing means that some unexpected good fortune will come to you.
DECEASED PERSON	If you should dream of a deceased person and this person speaks only to you, pay close attention to what the spirit is telling you as it could be very important to you. To dream of seeing a deceased person is normally a dream of warning, and it tells you that the influences around you at this time do not bode well for your affairs, and you should not enter into any binding contracts or verbal agreements.
DIAMONDS	To dream of owning diamonds is a very promising dream signifying great honor and recognition from high places.
DOG	To dream about a dog indicates great gain and constant friends. To hear the barking of dogs foretells news of depressing nature. Difficulties are more likely to follow.
DRAGONFLY	If you dream that a dragonfly lands on your body then you will have excellent news from someone far away from home. If you see a dead dragonfly, then the news will be bad. A dragonfly perched gracefully on some other object shows that you will soon be having guests that may be hard to get rid of.
DRIVING	If you dream that you are driving a vehicle it is a sign that you should be careful to take no chances with your money, such as gambling, in the next two weeks or so. If someone else is doing the driving you will find yourself in luck, money wise.
FACE	To dream of a smiling face signifies pleasant new friends, experiences, and/or financial gains. To dream of unpleasant or grotesque (unless amusingly so) faces portend loss. To dream you are washing your face denotes a necessity to atone for some past indiscretion; better make amends! To see the faces of strangers signifies an approaching change of residence.
FALLING		To dream of falling indicates a loss of emotional equilibrium or self-control. It may represent your insecurity, a lack of self-confidence, a fear of failure or an inability to cope with a situation. If you fall a long distance in your dream and get hurt, be prepared for really hard times ahead; but if you fall and are not injured your upsets will be minor and temporary.

WHAT the dream was about:
GANG	To dream that you are confronted or threatened by a gang signifies circumstances or situations in your waking life which are overwhelming and you feel have ganged up on you.
GARDEN	To see a vegetable garden in your dream symbolizes increased prosperity will come your way through diligence and care. It also suggests of stability and inner growth. To see a flower garden in your dream foretells of tranquility, comfort, true love and happy home in your future. To see a sparse, weed-infested garden denotes that you have neglected your spiritual needs.
GLOVES	To dream of gloves means that you will have a lawsuit or business troubles, but you will settle them in a manner that satisfies you. To find a pair of gloves denotes a marriage or new love affair.
HAIR	Dreaming about hair means that you are careless in your personal affairs and will lose advancement by neglecting mental application.
HAIRDRESSER	For a woman to dream of going to a hairdresser shows she will soon be entangled in some family scandal concerning the morals of a member of her family. Should she have her hair dyed, she will narrowly escape imprisonment. For a man to dream of a hairdresser will presage much gossip or a need to dominate a beautiful woman.
HAM	If you dream of eating ham then you will lose something that means a lot to you.
HONEY	To dream of eating honey foretells that you will attain wealth and love.
ICE	Sitting on ice in your dreams is a dream of the contrary.
ICE CREAM	Eating, making, selling or serving ice cream suggests that you are feeling contentment and satisfaction in your life.
JAIL	To dream that your lover is in jail signifies that this lover is deceitful and untrustworthy. To dream that you are in jail signifies your feelings of confinement and suffocation.
JAM	If you dream of eating jam you will suffer embarrassment at the hands of a woman through no fault of your own.
KANGAROO	Seeing a kangaroo in your dreams foretells unexpected and exciting trips.
KEYS	To dream of keys denotes unexpected change. If the keys are lost, unpleasant adventures will affect you. To find keys means domestic peace and success in business.
KILLING	If you dreamed of killing someone, whether intentionally or by accident, it signifies a period of severe emotional stress during which you must make a heroic effort to control your temper.


WHAT the dream was about:
LETTER	To dream of receiving a letter from a friend foretells their arrival or that you will hear from them soon.

LIGHTS	A light shining out of the dark, or a flashlight beam, shows that you will finally find the truth in a situation or the answer to a personal problem that you have been searching for. If the light is dim, you will only find part of the solution.
MAGIC	Any form of magic in a dream predicts unexpected changes. To dream of being mystified and/or amused by a magician indicates a reunion with a long-lost friend or the rekindling of a past love affair.
MARRIAGE	Dreaming of a marriage, or a wedding, is the sign of a death in the family. If the marriage was between strangers, then the death pertains to a not too close acquaintance or friend.
MICE	Dreaming of mice foretells domestic troubles or that business affairs will assume a discouraging tone. If you dream of a mouse jumping on you or getting in your clothing, then you will be involved in a scandal with a friend.
MONKEY	To dream of a monkey denotes that you have deceitful friends who will flatter you to advance their own interests.
NECK	A dream featuring the neck is a sign of approaching money, unless the dream concerned a broken neck, in which case it is a warning against mismanagement of your affairs.
NECKLACE	If you dream of losing a necklace you will soon be suffering bereavement of a loved one. If you dream your loved one places a necklace around your neck or that you are wearing one, it shows an early marriage and a happy domestic life.
NEEDLE	To find a needle predicts that you will have friends who appreciate you. To look for a needle foretells useless worries.
OAK TREE	To dream of an old, spreading oak means long life and prosperity. If it is filled with acorns you are due a promotion or some type of increase in your life. If a newlywed sees many oak trees in a forest it foretells a long marriage and many children.
OCEAN	If you dream you are standing on shore and watching the waves foam up as they break over the beach foretells that you will have some narrow escape from an accidental injury. If you are far out on the ocean and hear the waves as they lap against the hull of the ship, you will have setbacks in your business and a troubled domestic scene. To sail on a calm ocean is always a good omen for all concerned.
OWL	To dream of an owl denotes a narrow escape from desperate illness or death.

WHAT the dream was about:

RACCOON	To dream of a raccoon warns you to be on your guard.. To see a raccoon in your dream shows that people are presenting false faces to you in your everyday life. To be chased by a raccoon shows that a person you thought a friend has turned on you and now works behind your back for your downfall.

RAPE	Take this dream as a warning. Take precautions, protect yourself emotionally and physically and don't engage in careless behaviors.
ROSE	If a woman dreams of receiving a rose and places it in her hair then will she be deceived by someone thought of as a good friend. If she receives a bouquet of roses in the Springtime she will find true love but if it is winter her search will be fruitless. To see a rose bush in full foliage denotes a wedding in the family.
RUNNING	Dream of running: a sign of a big change in your life.
SNAKES	To see a lone snake and feel threatened by it shows that you have a bad enemy that is working against you, it also a warning against bodily harm from an enemy. To dream of many snakes in a pit is the foreboding of much bad luck in love or business. Should you overcome and kill a threatening snake in your dream shows that you will overcome your adversary and win out.
SPIDERS		All spiders except tarantulas are omens of good luck. The larger the spider, the bigger the rewards. If you see a spider climbing the wall you will have your dearest wish come true. If you see a spider spinning a web you will have an increase in your income due to hard work.
TATTOOS	If you dream you are a tattoo artist and you are tattooing someone's body you will soon break with friends or family over strange practices. If you dream you are the one being tattooed you will become the target for a strangers jealousy but if you see someone else with tattoos then you will take a long, hard journey from home.
TEA	To dream that you are thirsty for tea means that you will be surprised with uninvited guests.
TEETH	If you dream of having false teeth this indicates that you will have unexpected help on a problem. To dream of rotten teeth shows that you have been telling someone a lie or using your smooth words for getting your own way. If your teeth are rotten, crooked, and/or falling out this means that your lies are hurting someone very badly and that you will soon be found out. If you dream you have swallowed a tooth you will soon have too 'eat your words'
UMBRELLA	Carrying a closed umbrella in the rain is highly unfortunate for the dreamer and his business plans. To dream of carrying an open umbrella in the rain is a very fortunate sign that speaks of good luck in most endeavors. A leaky umbrella denotes quarrels with loved ones.
WATER	Dreaming of clear water is a sign of great good luck and prosperity, a dream of muddy water foretells sadness or sorry for the dreamer through hearing of an illness or death of someone he/she knows well. Dirty water warns of unscrupulous people who would bring you to ruin.
YARN	To dream of yarn shows you will soon become the wife of a wealthy man.