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Forgiveness
Wow. That was one of the coolest social interactions I have ever seen ( Read more... ) -
Boom De Yada
As Michael said, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 is hard to best. But this makes it a little more fun: G, C, Am, D. -
Haiku
E minor prelude
Raining on the temple roof
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Statistics
I just had a frighteningly geeky moment. I was watching season 7 of Stargate SG1. One of the characters said something like, "A series of seven nonrepeating characters chosen out of a pool of thirty six? That's about sixty three billion possible combinations." (what she actually meant was permutations, but whatever) At that point I experienced ( Read more... ) -
Southern Dharma
Best way to make friends at a Soto Zen Sesshin? Volunteer to be the one getting up early to make coffee in the morning. -
Beekeeping
I learned two things today. One: I don't enjoy being covered in angry bees. Two: Chewing on honeycomb rocks. -
fruits and nuts
i continue to love living at great tree, but i think i've seen a few too many people give teijo's dog reiki. in fact, i wouldn't mind hearing less of the words homeopathic, acupuncture, chi, chiropractic, genetically modified foods, and chakra. i've completely given up on defending allopathic medicine in most contexts. i'm not sure where to ( Read more... ) -
Sesshin 1
I'm presently at a sesshin (zen retreat) and really shouldn't be on my computer, but I'm a beginner at a more or less advanced sesshin so I'm cutting myself a break. Some brief observations (more to come at the end of the week ( Read more... ) -
Generation Ship
Another new song, which I'll also perform tomorownight ( Read more... )