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Do Not Miss It

"AFTER THE TRIP TO THE FLOATING MARKET ONE MORE THING-YOU SHOULD IS STOP AT THE THONBURI SNAKE FARM. SEE HOW PEOPLE DARE TO HANDLE POISONOUS SNAKE WITH BARE HAND. WE PROVIDE YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE AND WONDERFUL FUN AND A EXCITING SHOW. ONLY ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD LIKE IT. DO NOT MISS IT."

Perdy Sky. Ko Racha Yai

Zazen

My interest in Zen Buddhism was oddly reawakened three months ago, (I really have no idea why, I mildly studied Zen in my teens at the Berkley Zen Center but hadn't practiced in many a year), so after poking around at the various Zen centers in my area (most of which made me want to endlessly vomit) I have found myself drawn to the SF Zen Center.

Anyway, recently I read a book by a guy named Brad Warner who is a Buddhist Monk, Punk Rocker and a Japanese film monster lover that was fantastic in its ablity to describe the Monk Dogen's writings. Dogen was a 13th century bad ass Monk who didn't like the Buddhist schools of his day, so he took off from Japan, studied with a bunch of other monks and eventually took it all home back to Japan and established his own temple.

Here's a Warner article that I like.

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And a link to his second book "Sit Down and Shut Up" that I heartily recommend.

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Back to South East Asia.

Phuket

Sanuk

...But Different

"Same. Same"

"Over There-That's a Ladyboy"

Gone Fishin'

Expect sporadic posts for a extended period as I am off traveling in Asia.

Goodnight and good luck.

Clowns.

Rock Em Sock Em Robots Print

Ala famed Muhammad Ali Sonny Liston Print
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Rollerball v2

Uke-Boy

Another Fallen Soilder For Christ

Yep, yet another Christian Coalition dirt bag got busted for soliciting a blow job in a public bathroom.

Via Boing Boing

"Bob Allen was one of 21 Florida legislators to sign Gov. Jeb Bush's friend-of-the-court brief supporting the state's ban on gays adopting children.

In March, he co-sponsored an unsuccessful bill that would have enhanced penalties for "offenses involving unnatural and lascivious acts" such as indecent exposure."

The best part is when he was being placed into the State troopers car he asked "If it would help that he was a state legislator?"

It seems that Jesus is going to need a very good PR person.

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Refreshing!

This is a Japanese drink for your pet, but I swear I'd drink it. No double dog dare required.

ZBrush Gallery

ZBrush is a cool 3D Modeling tool. Monsters!

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Kevin Smith Pwns

Well done sir. Well done.

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MBO: Next Day Fuzzies

By all accounts we had a good show last eve at the Bottom of the Hill. Again, I can never really tell, as I'm in a pretty insular space when I'm up there banging around. Perception is a fickle groundhog.

It's always nice to meet new people who found the band haphazardly and made an effort to come out and see us, and I'm always happy to see that (thus far) the people who like our music are smart and nice and lots of fun to talk with.

I'm not sure this was our "best" performance (wonky Bass amp, my voice was fucking up here and there, pacing was a bit off..I could go on) but It was fun. Fuck, it's always fun.

And if your not having fun then you should just go to a movie or something.

Onward!

MBO: A Show! Tonight! A Show!

Come on down to The Bottom of the Hill in SF tonight and see us play instruments and sing songs. It's really the perfect way to see this particular Wednesday off into the past. It really is.

Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-621-4455

21 and over.

Buy n Large

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