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Sorry to hear of the passing of the fine actor David Carradine

Young Caine speaks with Master Kahn about Master Sung, a Master from the temple, who took his own life.

"Why did he take his own life? Yin and Yang?" -- Caine

"The Yes and the No. In him, No conquered....Instead of the beauty we observed, he saw ugliness." -- Master Kahn

"How is that possible?" -- Caine

"He looked with his eyes, and we look with ours." -- Master Kahn

How many pallettes would you need to hold a trillion dollars in hundred dollar bills? Here is a visualization - goodness, I couldn't even count the nails in the pallettes!

Seems a waste to work on your Second Life, if you don't have a First Life.

A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.

Way cool video at http://nyellee.com/wordpress/?p=190

Recorded in one take - audio, video, rap - very fluid and quite spectacular.

Nice art with autotune - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBb4cjjj1gI

Noted author J. G. Ballard recently died. Quite amazing author; like all originals, he was difficult to classify. He wasn't sci-fi, wan't really fantasy, surrealist probably came closest. His best works, like Crash, required a very minimal suspension of "reality" to make it all seem very plausible. He brought a personal vision and style to even his more conventional works, like Empire of the Sun.

I'm a huge Beach Boys fan - I think Brian Wilson is a reincarnation of JS Bach (love the way he uses pedal point). I got a little distracted today on YouTube, and found these cover groups - pretty interesting!

The Fendertones - excellent! 

The Sunny Boys - wow, retrto!

The Beach Girls - go, gals!