Sure you did, Jesse. But you were influenced by THE MAN.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - May 24, 2007 9:56:47 am PDT #9036 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
tommyrot - May 24, 2007 10:12:10 am PDT #9037 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Toddler: 1, Monks: 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The little boy spotted the pretty pile of colored sand on the floor of the vast hall and couldn't resist. Slipping under a protective rope, he danced all over the sand, ruining the carefully crafted picture.
Never mind that it was the creation of eight Tibetan monks who had spent two days cross-legged on the floor of Union Station, meticulously pouring the sand into an intricate design as an expression of their Buddhist faith.
They were more than halfway done with the design -- called a mandala -- on Tuesday when they ended their work for the day and left. The little boy showed up sometime later with his mother, who was taking a package to a post office in the hall.
"He did a little tap dance on it, completely destroying it," said Lama Chuck Stanford, of the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City.
Trudy Booth - May 24, 2007 10:16:09 am PDT #9038 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Reason 4,916 why Monks are celibate.
Zenkitty - May 24, 2007 10:20:01 am PDT #9039 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But being Buddhists, they were calm about it.
Reason 4, 916 why I am not a good Buddhist.
Fred Pete - May 24, 2007 10:28:32 am PDT #9040 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Teddy update --
The vet was very pleased with his appearance last night. He's much livelier, he's gained weight, and his coat looked better. But the vet wasn't going to be too optimistic until the results of the blood work came in.
The results are in. Creatine down by about a third -- still a little high, but not much over the normal range. Calcium down. Unfortunately, red blood cells down (even a little anemic), but that's a normal side effect of all the fluids he's getting.
So for the next week or so, Teddy only goes in for fluids every other day.
-t - May 24, 2007 10:29:40 am PDT #9041 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's an excellent demonstration of their non-attachment if they weren't bothered by the toddler dancing on their partilally completed sand mandala. Practically a koan.
tommyrot - May 24, 2007 10:29:42 am PDT #9042 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Go Teddy!
Connie Neil - May 24, 2007 10:30:36 am PDT #9043 of 10001
brillig
I think Buddhists wouldn't mind a child being so delighted by the beauty of it that he was inspired to dance with the mandala.
-t - May 24, 2007 10:30:46 am PDT #9044 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Way to go Teddy!
Sparky1 - May 24, 2007 10:32:09 am PDT #9045 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Yay, Teddy!