11.2.04
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
"The Field Poll estimates that 12.2 million Californians will vote in this election.
"Such a result would be remarkable since there has been little campaigning or television advertising by the presidential candidates, who have devoted most of their campaign efforts to the so-called battleground states in the East and Midwest,'' said the Field Poll's Mark DiCamillo."
I guess the...
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From the San Francisco Chronicle:
"The Field Poll estimates that 12.2 million Californians will vote in this election.
"Such a result would be remarkable since there has been little campaigning or television advertising by the presidential candidates, who have devoted most of their campaign efforts to the so-called battleground states in the East and Midwest,'' said the Field Poll's Mark DiCamillo."
I guess the...
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10.31.04
Last night I went to see a life-sized replica of the Rube Goldberg device in the board game Mouse Trap. They dropped a 6,000 lb. safe 20 feet onto a 300 lb. pumpkin about 4 feet in diameter.
When the safe dropped, crushing the giant pumpkin, I had two thoughts. The first thought was "I love San Francisco." The second thought was that there...
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Last night I went to see a life-sized replica of the Rube Goldberg device in the board game Mouse Trap. They dropped a 6,000 lb. safe 20 feet onto a 300 lb. pumpkin about 4 feet in diameter.
When the safe dropped, crushing the giant pumpkin, I had two thoughts. The first thought was "I love San Francisco." The second thought was that there...
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10.30.04
This morning, reading Samten Karmay's "The Arrow and the Spindle; Studies in History, Myths, Rituals, and Beliefs in Tibet". Amazing book.
Three chapters have really jumped out at me:
"rDzog chen in its Earliest Text: a Manuscript from Dunhuang" - a terse history of the Dzog Chen system of meditation, which is essentially a Tibetan form of Zen meditation. It's interesting to look at...
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This morning, reading Samten Karmay's "The Arrow and the Spindle; Studies in History, Myths, Rituals, and Beliefs in Tibet". Amazing book.
Three chapters have really jumped out at me:
"rDzog chen in its Earliest Text: a Manuscript from Dunhuang" - a terse history of the Dzog Chen system of meditation, which is essentially a Tibetan form of Zen meditation. It's interesting to look at...
Read More