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Hello From Phoenix!
Hi Everyone, As some of you may have noticed from Twitter, I am staying in the lovely city of Phoenix in Arizona for a business trip. As mentioned previously, I have transferred to a new position in...
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Personal Problems
I own an original Playstation 1 (or PSX) game console and often play classic games, especially from the Final Fantasy series. Lately, I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 9, which is the last game designed...
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Quitting Coffee, again
Once again, I am trying to quit coffee, especially espresso drinks. There are two reasons for this: Espresso drinks cost a lot of money. Making coffee at home is still somewhat expensive because of...
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Religion and Politics Do Not Mix
I’ve been re-reading the novel Dune lately and found this excellent quote: She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: “When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the riders believe nothing...
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Elitism in Buddhism, again
I distrust the extremes. Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat… –Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune After...
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Coming and Going
Tomorrow morning, my wife and I will go to the hospital and my wife will have a c-section and my son will be born. Earlier this evening, I found this passage from the Lotus Sutra, chapter 16, which...
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Xenophobia
Recently saw some depressing articles from the US, Greece, Japan, France and Russia. It’s interesting how every country has some kind of people like this. It reminds me of this quote from Frank...
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The Sleeper Must Awaken
People who’ve seen the 1984 movie, Dune, might remember this famous scene: The Duke says: I’ll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing it to grow....
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Dune in Japanese 砂の惑星
「ここにあるのはあんたに使う新しいもの、ゴム・ジャバール。これは動物のみ殺すのだよ。」誇りがポウルの恐怖にうちなった。「公爵の息子が動物だというのか？」「まああんたは人間かもしれねぬということにしておこう。。。静かに！」 “…here’s a new one for you: the gom jabbar. It kills only animals.” Pride overcame Paul’s...
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The Problem Is Not Them, It’s You
(alt text: To everyone who responds to everything by saying they’ve ‘lost their faith in humanity’: Thanks–I’ll let humanity know. I’m sure they’ll be crushed.) I read the online comic XKCD regularly...
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Personal Problems
I own an original Playstation 1 (or PSX) game console and often play classic games, especially from the Final Fantasy series. Lately, I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 9, which is the last game designed...
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Religion and Politics Do Not Mix
I’ve been re-reading the novel Dune lately and found this excellent quote: She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: “When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the riders believe nothing...
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Xenophobia
Recently saw some depressing articles from the US, Greece, Japan, France and Russia. It’s interesting how every country has some kind of people like this. It reminds me of this quote from Frank...
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The Price of Fame
I wanted to share a quote from the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong, which I had talked about recently. This is a postscript to the 1795 memoirs where she warns her younger relative about the rise and fall...
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