But when the self speaks to self, who is speaking? The entombed soul, the spirit driven in, in, in to the central catacomb: the self that took the veil and left the world--a coward perhaps, yet somehow beautiful, as it flits with its lantern restlessly up and down the dark corridors.
Virginia Woolf

That's One Big Buddha!

Please note the Xavier Tee XU fans.

 

This lighthouse could almost make you forget which country you're in...almost.

 

I'm trying to figure out who's got gnarlier teeth?

 

It Makes a Parent Feel Good to Know Someone is Watching Over Their Kids.

 

Next year, skip the turkey and head for Thailand.

If not for the ruins...

 

For the Elephants!

 

Originally uploaded by B!.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Desiderius Erasmus

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Leaning Into The Afternoons


Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets
towards your oceanic eyes.

There in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and flames,
its arms turning like a drowning man's.

I send out red signals across your absent eyes
that smell like the sea or the beach by a lighthouse.

You keep only darkness, my distant female,
from your regard sometimes the coast of dread emerges.

Leaning into the afternoons I fling my sad nets
to that sea that is thrashed by your oceanic eyes.

The birds of night peck at the first stars
that flash like my soul when I love you.

The night gallops on its shadowy mare
shedding blue tassels over the land.

Pablo Neruda

I love the uneasiness of this painting.

Originally uploaded by B!.

"Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness."

Soccer season started in Taiwan today!

It's hard finding shin-guards to fit those skinny, little legs!

 

Sculptures at JuMing

Hey, I think your hat's a little crooked.

 

Field Trip to JuMing Museum

cmr & buddy amidst the troops.

 

Originally uploaded by B!.

"I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts"
Mark Twain

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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

They Could Have Just Asked Me!

Tongue has built-in taste for fatty food
By Amy NortonTue Nov 1, 6:18 PM ET
The tongue may indeed have a taste for cheesecake, french fries and butter cookies, according to study published Tuesday.
In experiments with rodents, French scientists identified a receptor on the tongue that appears to detect dietary fat. This counters the traditional view that the taste buds pick up only five basic flavors: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and "umami," -- a flavor associated with the food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG).