Posted in critical culture, humor, web media on Jun 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
George Carlin, truth teller.
The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they’re an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. […]
Posted in history, humor, religion on Jan 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Who was Cain’s wife? Okay, old conundrum for the literalists in the monotheistic clans.
Candidates:
Eve–ruled out by all
sister–must be considered
Lilith (Adam’s first wife?)–must be considered pending one’s treatment of Lilith
pre-adamic beings–why not?
“If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the […]
Posted in humor, politics on Dec 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
I rave to let off steam over at diggeracity. I will be capturing documentation and links both pointed and humorous about the astonishing candidacy of the very dangerous Rudylini.
Meanwhile:
It staggers the mind to imagine that anyone would support a candidate who, in effect, is Cheney on steroids. Guiliani is neocon and jacobin, egomaniac and narcissist, […]
Posted in humor, web media on Mar 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Love the French! Voltaire. DeBussy. Merleau-Ponty. Truffaut. Moreau. Sartre.
Posted in humor, web media on Mar 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Posted in humor, pseudo-science on Jan 10th, 2007 No Comments »
These videos are so funny that I’ll post several. They unwittingly prove a number of points. One: circular arguments can be humorous. Two: should we learn there is an intelligent designer, said designer has a big sense of humor, proved by the design of guileless pseudo-logicians and tautologists who serve as spokespersons for winking intelligent […]
Posted in humor, philosophy on Dec 18th, 2006 No Comments »
From The Philosopher’s Magazine, by way of Dassh:A Day in the Integral Life
12 surefire techniques - I’ve excerpted the note at the end.
Tips for the Top; How to Be a Philosopher
Note
Naturally, these techniques are not recommended for amateur use and should not be attempted without the supervision of a full professor. These philosophical techniques are […]
Posted in humor, teaching cartoons on Nov 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Posted in current events, dr. puck riffs, humor, politics on Oct 31st, 2006 No Comments »
I’m a political junky. Over the years I’ve tried to keep politics out of the explorations here, but the personal is the political. I’ve thought about a political blog too, although the world probably doesn’t need another lefty blog. Far lefty in my case for I am a fabian, a digger, a radical humanist, and, […]
Posted in humor, teaching cartoons on Sep 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Posted in humor, squareone tools, sufism, teaching cartoons on Aug 21st, 2006 No Comments »
Teaching Cartoons is a concept for a workshop. It’s easy to describe. Participants learn how teaching stories used in spiritual traditions, such as Sufism and Buddhism, may be translated into cartoon form. Then, after being appraised of some of the constituent tropes, operations and procedures utilized in these forms of teaching, they are also revealed […]
Posted in experiential learning, humor, teaching cartoons on Jun 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
Saying from Idries Shah found on Katinka Hasselink’s site. Comic generated at the very fine COM MIX site.
Posted in buddhism, humor, resources, transformative learning on Sep 2nd, 2005 No Comments »
A monk asked Kegon, “How does an enlightened one return to the ordinary world?” Kegon replied, “A broken mirror never reflects again; fallen flowers never go back to the old branches.”
Zen joke from: Lighter Side of Zen Buddhism:
Q: What did one Zen practitioner give to another for his/her birthday?
A: Nothing.
Q: What did the birthday boy/girl […]
Posted in a-ha!, humor, quotes on Aug 13th, 2005 No Comments »
…believe but be scientific; be mystical without mystification…
Krassner. “My only sacred cow is I have no sacred cows.”
Lilly. “My beliefs are unbelievable.”
Tolle. “I’ve met several Zen masters, all of them are cats”
unknown. Everything we think we know only serves to obscure our unknown ignorance. (Found as part of the constructivist ‘prayer’)
Alice O. Howell […]
Posted in a-ha!, buddhism, humor, stories on Mar 1st, 2005 No Comments »
The Dalai Lama was being interviewed and was asked about his devotion to the concepts of non-violence and compassion and respect for all forms of life, however big or small. The interviewer asked what he would do if a mosquito landed on his arm, intent on biting him. The Dalai Lama lightly brushed one hand […]
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