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Talk like a Pirate

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Josh

Talk like a Pirate Day is a mere 2 days away! Be prepared: How to talk like a Pirate (video) Talk like a Pirate Day: The Five A’s Talk like a Pirate Day: “I’m a Pirate” song Talk like a … Continue reading →

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American Buddhism on the rise

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Josh

American Buddhism on the rise. Cool.

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LibraryThing blogs

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Josh

If you didn’t know, LibraryThing runs two blogs. Here’s their news blog, and here is Thing-ology, “LibraryThing’s ideas blog, on the philosophy and methods of tags, libraries and suchnot.” Oh, and here’s my LibraryThing profile if you’re wondering what all … Continue reading →

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Indexed

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Josh

A variety of topics are tackled via simple diagrams on index cards. Similar to gapingvoid.com.

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Are the Jedi Buddhists?

Posted on September 10, 2006 by Josh

The Dharma of Star Wars. Sounds pretty neat, actually. [via]

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21st Century Buddhism podcast

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Josh

There’s a very interesting and enjoyable podcast about Buddhism available through iTunes. It’s called 21st Cenutry Buddhism, by Ethan Nichtern. The website for the podcast is betherigden.com. The past podcasts are available here (as well as via iTunes).

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Buddhism: Life is suffering (or not)

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Josh

Life isn’t just suffering, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. I thought this was a pretty interesting commentary on the First Noble Truth of Buddhism.

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I didn’t plan that.

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Josh

After posting my last entry, I noticed something kind of neat. Totally random, and it doesn’t amount to anything at all, and I can’t really imagine anyone else truly caring, but oh well… My evening post was posted at 9:39PM. … Continue reading →

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Republicans fighting ‘Islamic fascism’

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Josh

Apparently, the Republicans are now fighting against Islamic fascism. The irony is so great, I can hardly stand it…

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New Orleans then and now

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Josh

Wow. New Orleans, then (1 year ago) and now. Quite a difference. Technorati Tags: neworleans, new_orleans, katrina

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