@vivify

voyager 1
billions of miles from earth, gets a hiccup in the software
IT people fix it via magic
the machine resumes data flow

BILLIONS of miles from earth

the most popular guy at the nudist colony can fetch a dozen doughnuts and two cups of coffee

seven minutes to read this

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/automakers-hope-cut-two-way-ev-charging-becomes-real-2024-04-22/

charge yer electric car at night, it's cheap juice
leave it plugged into the grid during the day, sell the juice back at a profit

@BigDogg

my electric car lowers my carbon footprint, but adds to the woes of the texas power grid
my electric lawnmower is so quiet i can hear the grass scream as i cut it
my electric insect fogger takes four different poisons to kill all the stuff my non-buddhist tush cannot stand buzzing in my ear
my electric chainsaw can dismember a body just a quickly as my ole stihl
my electric stepford wife never runs outta juice
my electric toothbrush has a tiny short that tingles so sweet
my dodge challenger makes a lot of noise

To practice the Tao
Is like defending the forbidden
Royal Palace under invasion.
Guard it closely with your life,
And fight for it with all your might!
Behold, if the freezing cold
Has not yet penetrated
To the core of your bones,
How can it be possible for you
To smell the fresh fragrance
Of the blooming plum blossom?

~ Huang Po

241
is one short of 242
which is 200 long of 42
which is the answer to everything

4/21/2016, Prince dies at age 57

https://apnews.com/article/today-in-history-b69df51c7a1ee05cf104539050a50977

spork

a plastic abomination that works better than chopsticks

a man reveals a bottle of liquid flame
and cackles in a language nought yet heard by human ears
as he brandishes the ignition source the anticipation of the crowd grows

as one entity, they train their video cameras upon the spectacle
one spoilsport calls for help

tim curry 4/19/46

Outwardly, all activities cease;
Inwardly, the mind stops its panting.
When one’s mind has become a wall,
Then he may begin to enter the Tao.

~ Bodhidharma

children used as guinea pigs in hemophilia experiments

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68831061

Dickey Betts: The Allman Brothers Band guitarist and songwriter dies at 80

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68853477


my youth is disappearing
amazing i have lived this long

There is an adamantine Buddha Nature
Within the bodies of sentient beings.
Like the sun, it is essentially bright,
Perfect, and complete.
Although vast and limitless,
It is merely covered by the layered clouds
Of the five skandas.
Like a lamp inside a jar,
Its light shines nonetheless.

Sutra of the Ten Sages

The shadow of the bamboo
Sweeps the stair
All night long.
Yet not a mote of dust is stirred.
The moon beams penetrate
To the bottom of the pool,
Yet in the water not a trace is left.

~ Chikan Zenji