on the wayward path to satori with the chew lips for company

Before you throw out the nothing you may as well enjoy a few laughs because it’s hard enough getting to the black hole in the first place.

I recently heard this little anecdote – A man is lost and approaches a local and proceeds to ask him if he knows the way to Caltuket. The local looks bemused and replies, “Yes I do but if I were you I wouldn’t start from here!”

Aarh life’s little journey.

I then stumbled upon this nifty little Zen phrase, ‘People like to ask about satori but I don’t encourage dirty talk like that” from Robert Allen’s book a 1000 paths to Zen. It makes me smile every time I read it.

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I still can’t finish book number eight even though I have started books nine and ten. It stymies me that I can’t finish number eight which is a great read and that is possibly why I just don’t appear to want to get to the end, which is problematic because now I am falling behind that 20 books read for the year target.

Oh well, you can only give it your best shot and then draw a line when the count down happens and random strangers begin to kiss you and wish you happy New Year.

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I have discovered the joys of sleeping with ‘white noise’ I bought an application from iTunes ‘Sleep Science’ for a dollar. Now I fall asleep to the sounds of nature, primarily in my case the falling rain and the gushing wind. I recommend it.

And while I am recommending stuff let me mention Caviar’s Belgium Chocolate Mousse which is so good that it should come with a health warning.

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And I finally found out how to pronounce ‘Sj’ in Swedish, I am not going to tell you, go find your own Swede to help you say ‘sshh…Sjowall’

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And, and, and, is this the new ‘Blondie?’