Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Styles P is Vegan (Elon Musk is NOT, Sam Harris is NOT, Richard Dawkins is NOT)

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10 minutes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRrc7HXQuzA
Friday, 26 June 2015

On Youtube, How I learned Pali & my Positive Experiences in the Field

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A one-hour monologue/memoir: http://youtu.be/VQnL1QCSPyA
Wednesday, 24 June 2015

The Deer Downtown

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You can't catch a bus in this town without running into a gang of deer.  The resident woodpecker is the animal I see most often on cam...

The Legend of Snow Beach (Raekwon)

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Monday, 22 June 2015

Last of the White Elephants (a story, though non-fiction)

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Some "creative non-fiction" about lives lived in Laos, etc. Link: http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Last-of-the-White-Elep...
Saturday, 20 June 2015

In Japan, (Almost) Nobody is Ever "Not Guilty"

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In an earlier post on this blog (click) , I drew attention to the peculiar fact that the Japanese court system finds so few people not ...

Cold War Consequences (Youtube Commentary)

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Some commentary on the Cold War and its consequences in Asia: Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, and so on, with the Chagos Islanders...
Thursday, 18 June 2015

Minor Ironies in the Life of a Former Pali Scholar

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How many people (alive, in 2015) can read enough basic Pali to get the "punchline" at the bottom of this image?  Worse, is anyone ...
Friday, 5 June 2015

The Kets of Siberia and Canada's First Nations

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Ancient connections and new: https://youtu.be/7M0QnAqQUmw?t=25m21s If you only have two minutes to spend on the subject, that link will ...
Friday, 15 May 2015

The Acquittal Rate in Japan, China & Canada (Is Anyone Ever "Not Guilty"?)

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Very nearly nobody gets a "not guilty" verdict in China or Japan, and while some might appeal to "Cultural Determinism...