The Squeep Sutra

Words of wisdom from an Orthodox bishop

2008-07-14T16:48:44Z

"It is sad to think of the amount of bad beer that is drunk in the world. so let's not think of it..."

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Today's bird sighting

2008-03-19T14:56:49Z

As I was walking to work, a mourning dove flew across the street from my side to the other and settled, with much flapping, on the roof of a green Cooper Mini.

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It's almost that time....

2008-03-18T13:44:34Z

Whether you call it Easter, Ostara, Alban Eiler, or whatever, the spring equinox is upon us. Pesach falls later this year, I think? but the Western Church's Easter is this Sunday. For those of a crafty nature, or those who just wanna look at pre...

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A song of Milarepa

2008-03-11T20:29:49Z

For generosity, nothing to do, Other than stop fixating on self. For morality, nothing to do, Other than stop being dishonest. For patience, nothing to do, Other than not fear what is ultimately true. For effort, nothing to do, Other t...

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New Moon Report from StarIQ

2008-03-06T14:19:27Z

Mars opposite Pluto Friday, March 7, 1:01 am PST, 4:01 am EST This fierce aspect is the third in a series that began on September 21 and is now finally coming to a head. It's a tense face-off between aggressive Mars in self-protective Cance...

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I like space pictures, too

2008-03-05T15:03:04Z

I think I came across this picture thanks to Mental Floss: The Earth and the Moon as seen from Mars. Thanks, NASA!

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Day in pictures

2008-03-03T18:01:26Z

From the BBC.co.uk: "A Tibetan monk takes pictures outside the Great Hall of the People in Chinese capital, Beijing, before attending the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)." I liked this a lot.

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This year's reading so far

2008-03-03T18:00:19Z

January 1. The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold 2. Paladin of Souls by the same 3. 1,001 Pearls of Buddhist Wisdom by Desmond Biddulph 4. The Zapruder Film: Reframing the Kennedy Assassination by David R. Wrone 5. Barbarians! by Terry Jon...

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A very striking image

2008-02-29T18:16:47Z

From the BBC's Week in Pictures: "In southern Israel, a road in the border town of Sderot is damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza."

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Religion is my fandom

2008-02-29T16:24:28Z

Ever since I was a child, I've been interested in religion, my own and other people's. One of my earliest memories involving books is of a volume of Greek myths for children; something about the illustrations disturbed me, and I wound up lying a...

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