I love the idea of exploring abandoned buildings and such but have never had the chance to do it. Thanks to the internet I can follow along on the adventures of others.
These folks explored an abandoned hospital in L.A. and found this awesome sign:
I’m sure that all of my conservative christian right-wing female readers want to be just like Sarah Palin. Well, since they can’t be her in real life, maybe they should just wear this:
This is being passed around at work today and I couldn’t resist re-posting it here.
If you had bought $1,000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.00.
With MCI/Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Miller Genuine Draft (the beer, not the stock) one year ago,
drunk all the beer then turned in the cans for the 10-cent deposit, you would have $214.00.
Based on the above, 401KegPlan.com’s current investment advice is to take that $5.00 you have left over
And drink lots and lots of beer and recycle.
Lebowski Koan: “I’m Perfectly Calm, Dude. Calmer Than You Are”
Mark’s Life Koan: How Should I Receive Something I Don’t Like?
Traditional Case Koan from The Gateless Gate, Case 13, Tokusan Carries His Bowls:
One day Tokusan came down to the dining room, carrying his bowls. Seppo the cook called out to him, “Old Master, where are you going with your bowls when the bell has not rung and the drum has not sounded?” Tokusan turned at once and went back to his own room. Seppo told this occurrence to Ganto, who remarked: “Great master though he is, Tokusan has not yet grasped the last word of Zen”. Hearing of this, Tokusan sent his attendant to summon Ganto, and said to him, “Do you not approve of me?” Ganto leaned over and whispered his reply to him. Tokusan said nothing further. The next day, in his teisho, Tokusan was different from usual. Ganto, going towards the front of the hall, clapping his hands and laughing, said, “What a happy thing! The old man has now grasped the last word of Zen. From now on nobody will be able to get the better of him!”
more lebowski wisdom at: http://dude.zenpeacemakers.org
Seems odd that it took me this long to start a blog. I had a webpage way back when one had pay extra for a “PPP” internet connection in order to use the Web instead of just gopher, usenet, irc, and the text-based web. And before that I was a super-geek spending too much time on local indianapolis BBSs. Now that everyone else in the world has a blog I suppose I might as well join the club.