dhar•ma (Sanskrit):
literally translates as 'that which upholds or supports'
dhar•ma•duf:
that which upholds or supports the duf
amituofo ~
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
WWIII
Sometimes I feel like the 3rd world war is currently being waged… online. Like the battles that are constantly being fought by Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, Sony, IBM, Verizon, AT&T, et. al. over my attention/money/data essentially constitute a war over who will “own” me.
Maybe I just think too much, or drink too much.
What do you think?
An awesome pairing of Danger Mouse and James Mercer (The Shins) in NPR’s First Listen format. But don’t delay, they yank the audio stream once the album’s released. Which is soon.
They have Gorillaz new Plastic Beach up too.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting. My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
Wow. Great article. The little gem above is his take on his imminent passage from life. I’ve always been fascinated by death, and by what the people who are palpably facing it have to say about it.
Weather pending…
Back in November and December, this would make me happy. Now I feel like I do when I’m sitting at a campfire and the wind shifts and blows smoke in my face.
I really need to work on the 80% rule.
(via sdn)
Definitely falls under the category of, “what will they think of next?”
Blue Cross has just announced that it’s immediately raising premiums charged to hundreds of thousands of individual customers by as much as 39%—even though their parent company’s profits soared to a record $4.7 billion last year.
Anthem Blue Cross sucks. Their premiums take huge leaps almost every year I’ve been with them, but they can drop me with the first major claim. Maybe this is just their insurance policy against future regulation? Or just plain old hoarding.
MoveOn.org Political Action: Demand an explanation from Anthem Blue Cross
Kills me every time.
