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So I'm reading a book lent to Dana by a former neighbor entitled "the Gods of Eden" by William Bramley. He started out researching a book on why we as humans go to war. The more research he did he wound up tying together ancient civilizations, religion, secret societies, and ufos with the current human condition. For something that sounds so ( Read more... )

So we got back from seeing TOOL last night. What an amazing show. Contrary to what the tickets said there was no opening band, so we missed the first 30 seconds while obtaining water to sneak in. They only played about ten songs but they were all well over ten minutes each. Rather than the usual singer-in-the-front setup Maynard was on a ( Read more... )

So there's this fellow who lives across the street from us and on any given day he between 3 and 7 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supremes parked in his driveway and on the street in various stages of natural and man-made decay. Every couple of days a towtruck either takes one away or brings a new one. He spends his days dismantling and reassembling ( Read more... )

So if anyone is interested, forget about the orbitfiles thing. I emailed tech support and four days later it was returned because their mailbox is full. Yahoo is free and my inbox will hold several million emails. They are in the business of internet storage, and their tech support mailbox is full?!?!? Anyway, I put them up at photobucket ( Read more... )

So we had some friends Andy and Meagan from Wisconsin fly in to visit us last week, and among other things we went hiking on the Kuliou'ou (coolio-oh) ridge trail near the southeast corner of oahu. It was, in a word, fucking spectacular! The end of the trail is at 1800ft with another, more precariously placed peak just beyond it at 2000ft. From ( Read more... )

So my only gripe about living here, apart from the high prices, touristiness (its a new word, I coined it,) and the occasional dumping of raw sewage into the south shore oceans, is the lack of any good bands coming through Honolulu. Here's the lineup of the best bands that have been through town in the last year: The Eagles, Motley Crue, Barry ( Read more... )

No points today. This is the basis for TCM diagnosis, its called the Ba Gang (bah gong) meaning the eight principles. When you look at a patient with a problem ask yourself, "self, is it yin or is it yang? That's the first two and it encompasses the other six. Yang disorders are exterior, hot and excess, and they deal with the yang organs: the ( Read more... )

Well, I'm sure you all knew this point was inevitable. Hui Yin (Ren 1)is the first point of the Conception Vessel which runs up the center of the front of the torso. This point is located in the center of the perineum, or the "taint," to use the parlance of our times. It treats any disorder or pain in the genitals, hemmorhoids, difficultly going ( Read more... )

Today's point is Yin Tang. It is an extra point, which means it is not on a channel related to an organ system. It is located at the midpoint of the medial extremities of the eyebrows, ie. right between the eyes. It is used to calm the spirit to treat insomnia, agitation, anxiety, and hypertension. That's kind of common sense, though. I mean, ( Read more... )