So Michelle Ertischek and I were having a discussion this week about violence and death, and how the nation has become quite immune to it. I mentioned to her that Steven Segal, renown Buddhist, has no qualms in"acting" in very violent movies -- his three-word-or-less titled movies (have you ever noticed that the titles of his movies are always three words or less: ABOVE THE LAW, HARD TO KILL, UNDERSIEGE) always have lots of fighting, guns, blood, guts, etc., and people obviously go see his movies or he wouldn't keep making them. Of course, take the gory and violent stuff away and you have pretty much 2 minutes of credits. However, how does a Buddhist condone such violent behavior? Ertischek astutely reminded me that Steven Segal is an idiot; which quickly brought me back to reality. I did a little searching and found these great tidbits about Steven:
in 1997 he announced that he was the reincarnation of a Tibetan lama; he has made references to his past in the CIA and his mafia ties; and I don't even want totalk about his music "career."
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So, I haven't had heat for most of October because the boiler in my building went out. Oddly enough, I did have hot water, but they shut that off on Monday when they replaced the boiler. However, I am pleased to announce that last night I actually had both heat and hot water. And I learned something: I can totally live without heat, but can't live without hot water. Just can't. Cold water is horrifying in the winter time. My nightmare. But in the grand scheme of things, that too is not essential. But still!
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This week's horoscopes go out to:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORI!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM!
Bob, thanks for shielding my eyes through Red Dragon
Hi Manisha!
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