Via Fireflies in the Cloud…

Well, it’s kinda cool anyway. Watch the video here.

The Wikipedia entry for “Bodhisattva” has been updated with another image from this performance, which is interesting. Plus this stuff, too:

Bodhisattva in popular culture
* Jack Kerouac mentions Bodhisattva in The Dharma Bums several times. In the book, Japhy Ryder (Gary Snyder) tells Ray Smith (Kerouac) that he (Ray) is a Bodhisattva, a great wise being or great wise angel. Kerouac uses the term several times in the novel, to describe himself and fellow zen Buddhists.
* The band Steely Dan has a song entitled “Bodhisattva” on their 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy.
* The Brian Setzer Orchestra covered Steely Dan’s “Bodhisattva” for the soundtrack of Me, Myself and Irene.
* The hip-hop group The Beastie Boys has a song called “Bodhisattva Vow” on their album Ill Communication.
* Patrick Swayze’s character in Point Break is named Bodhisattva.
* The Holy Barbarians have a song called “Bodhisattva” on the Cream CD.
* In the manga/anime titled Gensoumaden Saiyuki, the bodhisattva called Kannon appears as a minor, but still relevant, character. In this unorthodox take on Buddhism, Kanzeon Bosatsu (a more formal form of Kannon) is a smart-talking hermaphrodite who guides the Sanzo-ikkou on their quest to Shangri-La.
* On the OST for the anime Hellsing, there is a track titled “Bodhisattva Cathedral.”

This is just funny. A little something to take your mind off things. You know, I’m supposed to be going light on the heavy shit on the weekends.

Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today’s
world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name
selected as other see it and not just as you think it looks. Failure to do
this may result in situations such as the following (legitimate) companies
who deal in everyday humdrum products and services but clearly didn’t give
their domain names enough consideration:

…and you wouldn’t believe how bad things get sometimes. Go on, click, read.

We don’t discuss just politics here. Over in the sidebar you will see “Building A Timberframe Home,” as in, “From Scratch.” This guy over in Kentucky, he’s blogging about building his house. He’s been doing it since 2003.

The frame is done now. Throughout the process, he’s been documenting all the technical details, well, a lot of them anyway. What tools he used, where he got the wood, how he built the computer model, how he selected the timberwood company, etc.

I think this may very well be the most under-rated site on all the “innernets,” I really do. If you’re surfing out of boredom…and if you’re here at The Blog Nobody Reads, you probably are…head on over. You don’t need to find more pictures of Erica Chevillar, nobody knows if Sherry Argov is married or if there are pictures of Sheri Doub’s red bikini. Yes, I know what your Google searches are. (Mine aren’t much different.) Head on over, and look at something wholesome and edumacationable. The swimsuit sirens will be waiting for you when you’re done.