too.fucking.hot.to.think

must.write.paper.

must.chop.cabbage

must.clean.kitchen

too.fucking.hot.to.do.anything

that.is.all

Interweb is finally on at the house. Sweet!
House is finally clean (mostly).
My father will be staying with me for the next week and a half and I do hope some of you are able to go to his concerts.
Pump to my airconditioner is fried. that's the only really crappy bit.
I am now going to clean out the crock pot and make meat!

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Kitten Born With Two Faces, One Body

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If you have a reason, you don't need to shout.

-Zen proverb

My father, Richard Hannemann, will be in Albuquerque for a series of performances from July 16 through July 25. The following is his general pubic performance schedule ( Read more... )

If you are afraid of pain,
if you don't like it,
do nothing evil,
either openly or in secret.
For if you do,
even if you get up and run away
you won't escape its pain.
If you are afraid of pain,
if you don't like it,
take refuge in the Buddha,
the Dharma and the Sangha.
Train in the precepts.
This is good.

-Theri-Gatha, 246-249

This morning I went to a Methodist Church. Bit of a moderately large change from the norm, in a fractional sense. I don't think I can give a good accounting of their service because it was an Independence Day Choir service, with communion after the postlude. There was no sermon today. Rather odd, I thought. But I kind of licked it, other then ( Read more... )

I got a 97% on my math test. I have never gotten an A on a math test in my life! Holy Shit this is weird but it rocks!

Even if you are a monk, if your practice of the Way is not intense, if your aspiration is not pure, how are you any different from a layman? Again, even if you are a layman, if your aspiration is intense and your conduct wise, why is this any different from being a monk?

-Hakuin, "Zen Master Hakuin"

Everyone liked my Call to Worship. B got a little tearful as he did the church prayers, which were really good. C got a little giggley during her benediction, which we needed. All in all, I like pastor's idea that the students start writing the liturgy. Makes church more personal ( Read more... )