Sampaguita blossoms strewn across the garden floor;
The devils have come to rest.
Instead of anger, let love speak
Instead of ego, let compassion reign
Instead of regret, start again.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Observations On Gifts For Others
- Make sure that it is something that you, yourself, would want or truly appreciate, if it was you receiving it.
- Practicality is high up on the hierarchy of needs for this subject, so it would be a good thing if it was made well and is useful.
- Choose a gift that will make the receiver remember you with a smile when they use it or better yet choose a gift that makes you smile that you gave it (hint: the joy of giving...).
- Flowers wither, but sometimes, only flowers are the right gift.
- Don't give yourself a hernia by pursuing a 'unique' gift or 'the perfect gift.'
- Wrap it yourself (it's a great skill to have, like packing luggage correctly) and do take time in doing so. Real boxes, paper tissue, wrapping paper, and ribbons (red ribbon when in doubt) are a joy for the receiver.
- Make sure to personally write a note or dedication (don't type it) to go with it. Make it legible. Also, do not just put "To:" and "From."
- Once a gift is given. Let go of it.
My Own Meme: "Touché," said The Rat to the Cat.
Are we all thoroughly sick of the "Random 25 Things On Your Wall, Tag You're It!"-type posts yet? In a small stab at Internet meme-dom, I have decided to flog this line as much as possible.
As such, am endeavoring to make this into THE repartee...or riposte. Get it? Get it? Repartee? Riposte?
"Touché!" Said the rat to the cat.
Bon mot!
*I wish I knew what the shortcut for "é" was. This quip has a great story attached to it by the way.
As such, am endeavoring to make this into THE repartee...or riposte. Get it? Get it? Repartee? Riposte?
"Touché!" Said the rat to the cat.
Bon mot!
*I wish I knew what the shortcut for "é" was. This quip has a great story attached to it by the way.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Titanoboa Cerrejonensis: It Snacked On Crocodiles
This snake ruled the earth after the dinosaurs disappeared. It grew up to more than 45 feet long."Jonathan Bloch, of the University of Florida, was one of the researchers who analysed the remains of the snake, the biggest that ever lived.
He said: “It was not only the biggest predator in the region, as far as we know, but it was the largest terrestrial vertebrate known on the face of the planet for at least 10 million years."
Titanoboa (meaning "Titan Boa") was a genus of snake that lived approximately 60 to 58 million years ago, in the Paleocene period.[1] The only known species was Titanoboa cerrejonensis, the largest snake ever discovered.[1] By comparing the sizes and shapes of its fossilized vertebrae to those of modern snakes, researchers estimated that T. cerrejonensis was around 13 metres (43 ft) long, weighed more than 1,100 kilograms (2,400 lb), and measured about 1 metre (3.3 ft) wide at the thickest point on the snake's body. The fossils of 28 individual T. cerrejonensis were found in the coal mines of Cerrejón in northern Colombia in 2009.[1][2] Prior to this discovery, few fossils of Paleocene-period vertebrates had been found in ancient tropical environments of South America.[3]
The snake was discovered on an expedition by a team of international scientists led by Jonathan Bloch, a University of Florida vertebrate paleontologist, and Carlos Jaramillo, a paleobotanist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.[4]
“It had a very low metabolic rate,” Dr. Head said.
View the original article at Times.co.uk here.View the Wikipedia article here.
View the GlobeandMail.com article here.
A vertebra from a modern Anaconda boid compared with the type vertebra of Titanoboa.Photo by Ray Carson, UF News Bureau. From the UF press release.
View this picture's (above) original article here.
A handout photo released by Nature magazine shows a Precloacal vertebra of an adult Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus),lighter colored vertebra dwarfed by a vertebra of the giant boid snake they named Titanoboa cerrejonensis, meaning ``titanic boa from Cerrejon,'' the region where it was found. Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 feet or longer, reaching an estimated 1.27 tons. (AP Photo/University of Florida) Kenneth Krysko)
View this picture's (above) original article here.
I bet in your time they discover Yggdrasil.
In Memoriam: Helio Gracie (October 1, 1913 – January 29, 2009)
What inspires me is how productive he was with his life.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
A Curious Wednesday
The thing with revelations is that you already know of them.
What you have to figure out is not really what will happen next,
But how true the statements actually are.
There is no better way to attract live food if you are a carnivorous flower,
Then by being pretty.
What you have to figure out is not really what will happen next,
But how true the statements actually are.
There is no better way to attract live food if you are a carnivorous flower,
Then by being pretty.
A Curious Wednesday.
The issue with music is that when it plays as a background inside your head, it becomes insidious. Of all the senses, we rely on sight the most, but the sound of pain is something that always lies right beneath the surface. We subconsciously or even consciously attach certain songs to certain emotions or people. We create a lifetime of these connections to music.
Now I know why I've been listening to music that has no lyrics for the past few years. When you hear lyrics that strike a cord, you hear that pain all over again. Seeing is painful, but hearing wounds.
Now I know why I've been listening to music that has no lyrics for the past few years. When you hear lyrics that strike a cord, you hear that pain all over again. Seeing is painful, but hearing wounds.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Letting Go
When you learn to let go so you can hold on tight--
Music becomes real and dancing becomes right.
Music becomes real and dancing becomes right.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Shotokan: Niju Kun
- Karate-do begins and ends with rei
空手道は礼に始まり礼に終る事を忘るな
Karate-do wa rei ni hajimari rei ni owaru koto a wasaru na - There is no first strike in karate
空手に先手なし
Karate ni sente nashi - Karate stands on the side of justice
空手は義の補け
Karate wa, gi no taske - First know yourself, then know others
先づ自己を知れ而して他を知れ
Mazu onore o shire, shikashite ta o shire - Mentality over technique
技術より心術
Gijitsu yori shinjitsu - The mind must be set free
心は放たん事を要す
Kokoro wa hanatan koto o yosu - Calamity springs from carelessness
禍は懈怠に生ず
Wazawai wa ketai ni seizu - Karate goes beyond the dojo
道場のみの空手と思ふな
Dojo nomino karate to omou na - Karate is a lifelong pursuit
空手の修業は一生である
Karate-do no shugyo wa isssho de aru - Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty
凡ゆるものを空手化せよ其処に妙味あり
Ara yuru mono o karateka seyo; sokoni myomi ari - Karate is like boiling water; without heat, it returns to its tepid state
空手は湯の如し絶えず熱度を与えざれば元の水に還る
Karate Wa Yu No Gotoku Taezu Netsu O Atae Zareba Motono Mizuni Kaeru - Do not think of winning. Think, rather, of not losing
勝つ考は持つな負けぬ考は必要
Katsu kangae wa motsuna; makenu kangae wa hitsuyo - Make adjustments according to your opponent
敵に因って轉化せよ
Tekki ni yotte tenka seyo - The outcome of a battle depends on how one handles emptiness and fullness (weakness and strength)
戦は虚実の操縦如何に在り
Tattakai wa kyo-jitsu no soju ikan ni ari - Think of hands and feet as swords
人の手足を剣と思へ
Hi to no te-ashi wa ken to omoe - When you step beyond your own gate, you face a million enemies
男子門を出づれば百万の敵あり
Danshi mon o izureba hyakuman no teki ari - Kamae is for beginners; later, one stands in shizentai
構は初心者に後は自然体
Kamae wa shoshinsha ni atowa shizentai - Perform kata exactly; actual combat is another matter
形は正しく実戦は別物
Kata wa tadashiku, jisen wa betsumono - Do not forget the employment of withdrawal of power, the extension or contraction of the body, the swift or leisurely application of technique
力の強弱体の伸縮技の緩急を忘るな
Chikara no kyojaku tai no shinshuku waza no kankyu - Be constantly mindful, diligent, and resourceful, in your pursuit of the Way
常に思念工夫せよ
Tsune ni shinen ku fu seyo
Sunday, February 1, 2009
A Half Life
Or your bitterness and ambivalence;
Your fence sitting that shuns the dawn.
Your self blinding stubbornness that flees from the new day.
A half life.
Your choice of twilight, peeling walls and forgotten truths.
You have forgotten too much and have cherished even less.
All your calories empty.
09JAN2009
Your fence sitting that shuns the dawn.
Your self blinding stubbornness that flees from the new day.
A half life.
Your choice of twilight, peeling walls and forgotten truths.
You have forgotten too much and have cherished even less.
All your calories empty.
09JAN2009
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