"When you sail out in a boat to the middle of an ocean
where no land is in sight, and view the four
directions, the ocean looks circular, and does not
look any other way. But the ocean is neither round or
square; its features are infinite in variety. It is
like a palace. It is like a jewel. It only look
circular as far...
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where no land is in sight, and view the four
directions, the ocean looks circular, and does not
look any other way. But the ocean is neither round or
square; its features are infinite in variety. It is
like a palace. It is like a jewel. It only look
circular as far...
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11.2.04
It looks at this hour (11:02 pm) like the election is a pretty done deal. James Carville called it as over two hours ago, and he's doesn't exactly have a weak nerve. Ed Bradley, surely the most intelligent commentator on television now that Jon Stewart is off, called it an hour and a half ago.
What does this mean? What is the appropriate response?...
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It looks at this hour (11:02 pm) like the election is a pretty done deal. James Carville called it as over two hours ago, and he's doesn't exactly have a weak nerve. Ed Bradley, surely the most intelligent commentator on television now that Jon Stewart is off, called it an hour and a half ago.
What does this mean? What is the appropriate response?...
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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