No more Dalai Lamas?

As if the idea the Chinese can dictate and regulate one's reincarnation isn't outlandish enough comes word that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is talking about redefining the succession of Dalai Lamas and perhaps ending the chain with him. His recent remarks reported here are cause for pause.

I for one always thought HHDL would be with us. I selfishly assumed that I would be able to study with him whenever I wanted, now or in the future.

Don't Forget Burma.

Gotta love the web. I just submitted a photo to Don't Forget Burma. Let's hope the military dictators use the web and listen to our pleas.

Vatican Snubs His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Well. The Pope is a coward. Bowing to pressure from Beijing, he won't meet with HHDL. when he's in Italy. Seems kissing China's butt is more important than doing the right thing.

So much for "liberation theology" ehhh?

The *Best* craigslist W4M Ad Ever!

This may well be the best craigslist W4M ad ever. Witty as all get out!

Thanksgiving Day

T'giving is one of my favorite holidays. Family-oriented, breaks the week up nicely, inclusive and feel good, and with food at its center. Spiritual if one wants but not overtly Christian. Nowadays being vegan/vegetarian doesn't even raise eyebrows. What more could you ask?

Well, how about a recipe for turkey stuffing? I did this PDF for an employee who found herself home for the holidays without a clue in the world as to how to cook a turkey. Meanwhile my kids have informed me that they are only interested in a Betty Crocker, Norman Rockwell, mainstream, non-nouvelle dinner. "No wild mushrooms" seems to be their battle cry. The good news is that my estranged 18 yr old son is schedule to grace us with his presence. Now if he'd only cop to enlisting in the Marines before he reports 08dec.

Meanwhile I did a little audio poem for the holiday season. Cute yet disturbing.

Free cellphone ringtones!

Like I don't have enough to do, I've been making free cellphone ringtones. Putting my iPod Belkin microphone to good use. That and WavePad.

Time? I ain't got no time. We're gearing up for Crystal Reports 2008 which features our barcode software bundled in with the upsale coming to us. And the news of the week is me buying a condo. Or as Marci said, "I guess Hell froze over." Not just any condo but one around the corner, one that's the whole top floor of a building, one with a full-on view of the city, a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, formal dining room, 2 balconies and a private deck, big ass, one owner condo.

But meanwhile, there's them ringtones...

Vows Taken

The part of my trip to Bloomington I haven't talked about was taking refuge. Sorta like getting baptised by the Pope. The funny thing is that I've watched the video a couple of times and I swear I hear something else. Guess that's what they mean by direct transmission.

Ben says I'm a card carrying Buddhist now.

Crystal Reports 2008 now does barcodes!

Crystal Reports 2008 supports barcodes. The Crystal Reports 2008 press release doesn't come out and say it but we all know that Crystal 2008 uses Azalea Software's barcode fonts.

Azalea has shipped a User Function Library (UFL) for Crystal Reports for many years, but now our barcode fonts are now tightly woven into the fabric of Crystal.

Tell me; does it get any better than this? I don't think so!