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Sometimes, ..., I find it's good to step back, and remember that the world is full of wonderful and beautiful things.
At this stressful time of year (hmm - is there any time any more that isn't stressful?), its a good idea to take a break - go check out something fun, like the Joe Louis Puppet Theatre.
Here's a video of a fight scene from the Ramakien; the Thai version of the Ramayana.
Enjoy!
To God's Ear.
"Allahu Akbar" (God is great) - Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, November 5 2009.
"Ain't God Great" (Isn't God great) - Sen. Joseph Isadore Lieberman, August 2000.
Yes, Crypto-Republican Joseph Lieberman, who shouted "Ain't God Great" when asked by Al Gore to be his VP, is going to investigate the "Domestic Terrorist" who went on a rampage at Ft. Hood, who reportedly shouted "God Is Great", a "terrorist phrase", according to the paranoia-philiac Senator from Connecticut.
Sen. Lieberman is chiefly known for having been the legislative force behind the creation of the Homeland Security Department a dysfunctional coalescence of several already individually dysfunctional federal bureaucracies.
Spin It! Here's an article from the NY Times Health section that appears to say: "...people who exercise don’t necessarily lose weight"
If one actually reads the article, however, things aren't as they appear from the title/first paragraph. What it really says is that people who exercise for three months showed a weight loss of somewhere around 1 to 2 pounds per month!
So, over a two year period, this would amount to a loss af somewhere between 24 and over 50 pounds. A not inconsiderable loss after all!
When one includes the overall improvement in health plus the improevment in self image, one can hardly find any downside whatsoever.
A better headline might perhaps be "A few hours a week of jogging, swimming, raquet sports, or even pumping iron, can result in vast improvements in your life".
Of course, exercise is not nearly as good a means of weight loss as the latest "New Miracle Diet Pill", which can help you shed all those unsightly pounds, and even restore those six-pack abs that you never actually had but wish you did.
Lets be honest here: ultimately, there's really no substitute for the Best Diet Aid Ever - Wishful Thinking.
Sometimes, I find myself taking a too-apocalyptic view of the world. When I catch myself at this, I find it's good to step back, and remember that the world is full of wonderful and beautiful things.
Don't mistake me: the Apocalypse is on its way. But just because it's all going to end doesn't mean it's all to no purpose. Tonight, here in the Land of Smiles, there's a marvelous celebration. Unlike in more Christian places, it's a celebration of life, rather than of death. Here we celebrate Loy Krathong, instead of All Souls Day. It's much nicer, really, to float a Krathong on the river than to walk around a graveyard. At least so I think.
Here's a video I made a couple of years back, in Suan Lumpini, the park in the center of Bangkok that hasn't quite been concreted over yet.
Anyway, Enjoy!
