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Archive for February, 2009

Zen and grass buddhas

Posted in ramblings, zen on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This housecleaning day…All gods and buddhas are leftsitting out on the grass. —Masaoka Shiki [...quoted in Sweeping Changes: Discovering the Joy of Zen in Everyday Tasks, by Gary Thorpe] I borrowed this daily dharma from the “Zen Under the Skin” blog. It was posted there a while back and I always enjoyed its meaning and [...]

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Posted in Evolution on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Oh, I just thought this was a cool picture and we should also get one done of Wallace which says something like “Still Underrated”. Either way I need to get a baseball cap that says this. I would wear it everyday.

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The Last 20 minutes of work….

Posted in Evolution on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I have off tomorrow so I will do my “last 20 minutes of work” blog on Thursday. So, to sum up, the Homeless Advocacy Group is a probable green light but my involvement may be ending. This is unfortunate but I hope that it succeeds and that I can see some results and help out [...]

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The Five Remembrances

Posted in ramblings, zen on February 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I am of the nature to grow old; there is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill health; there is no way to escape having ill health. I am of the nature to die; there is no way to escape death. All that is dear to me and [...]

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Groundhog Day is my Christmas

Posted in The seedy kingdom of geek, movies on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A pretty good article on the movie “Groundhog Day” which is one of my favorites. http://http//blogs.discovermagazine.com/realitybase/2009/02/02/groundhog-day-at-the-religion-and-science-brawl/

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