Before I let my thoughts wander a bit; I’ve really got some random shit here in geishaland. I mean, seriously. I went thumbing thru my archives and gosh, I’m really hating on my own blog right now.
Okay – enough of that for the moment.
Some thoughts which grew out of a conversation [...]

Buddhism teaches us that the body is a vehicle for the soul; that our soul lives out its life inside this shell, and when the physical shell dies, the soul passes or is reborn into another body at a time and place of its choosing.  It’s an interesting idea – that we choose to be [...]

Something that doesn’t include sex and religion?  Sure, why not.  I need a break anyway; sent to me by larokkaku last week – 16 year old Zac Sunderland here hopes to fulfill his dream of circumnavigating the globe with just his ship, the water and the wind, and his wits and skills.
Zac will depart Marina [...]

“Knowledge is a dangerous thing and I thank you for this reminder”
- Comment #102
On its face, the sheer magnitude of the meaning behind such words is staggering and frightening in its implications – that knowledge is something we should fear, and that knowledge could somehow be considered dangerous to us and our lives.
There is [...]