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Pinky Swear

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 8, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

There isn’t a lot that comes out of my mouth these days that isn’t either overly long and so far from the point Euclid would likely have an epileptic fit at the disgrace I’m showing his first dimensional construct, or short, matter of fact, and uninteresting. This may be partially due to my schedule, which [...]

RIP Pat Morita (1932 – 2005)

By jelewis8 ⋅ November 25, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Pat Morita died in Las Vegas of natural causes. He was 73. I didn’t watch many of his films, but his Karate Kid is clearly his most memorable film, and the one I remember with great fondness. I will always remember him catching a fly with chopsticks, and thinking that was the greatest zen ability [...]

The Liars

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 24, 2005 ⋅ One comment

One day, a law was passed which required that anyone who was a liar must be arrested. When she heard about this, a student of Zen said to the local constable, “I am a liar. You will arrest me now.” He said to her in reply, “I do not believe you.” “If you do not [...]

Children of His Majesty

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Yamaoka Tesshu was a tutor of the emperor. He was also a master of fencing and a profound student of Zen. His home was the abode of vagabonds. He had but one suit of clothes, for they kept him always poor. The emperor, observing how worn his garments were, gave Yamaoka some money to buy [...]

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