...too late? Maybe not. Hopefully not. This has been regarded as a famously unlucky day since the year 44 BCE ( Read more... )

He broke a glass and the lid to a sugar bowl yesterday. I couldn't be angry at him though. He's just a little birdie, and he said he was sorry.

The problem is, if I leave stuff on top of the microwave or dishwasher, he thinks he can land on it and sit there. He is very poor at judging what will bear his weight.

Chris and Abi came by on Sunday and left little bags of Purim treats for me, phoenixredux and grenacia!

Sunday also happened to be Chötrul Düchen, the Day of Miracles in Vajrayana Buddhist tradition. This is one of the four days of the year on which the effects of all positive or negative actions are multiplied by ten million. This affects every sentient being in ( Read more... )

The Good Guide, a partial guide to what's good, relatively speaking:

http://www.goodguide.com/

If you need to buy stuff, at least try to buy good stuff: stuff that's good for you, good for the environment, good for the workers who make it possible for you to buy it. Look up your favorite ( Read more... )

I'm thinking more and more about hiring someone to clean, but I'm having a hard time working myself up to it. Almost as hard a time as I do cleaning house ( Read more... )

Going on another stay-in retreat tomorrow for the start of the lunar new year. It'll be quiet around here for about a week.

Yesterday I was starting some beans in the crock pot when Garuda flew into the kitchen, perched on the lid and said "What are you doing ( Read more... )

Hee hee, I loved this:

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Passed on from the wonderful Brad Warner's blog.
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Things are quiet on my Friends List, so here's some Liszt for my friends:

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This natural attraction, and/or menace has lured in dozens of hapless visitors since 1996, robbing them of their dignity if not their lives. I was saddened to see it strike once again. How long does this need to go on?

The Sibley Park Hot Springs and many other natural, unnatural and supernatural attractions of Mankato were first brought to the ( Read more... )