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August 30, 2019
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mindar-android-buddhist-priest-japan
Okayyyyy.
Bolding mine.
The android priest that's revolutionizing Buddhism
It may seem like an out there move, but a 400-year-old Japanese temple has brought in a robot named Mindar to preach sermons.
The adult-sized android, modeled after Kannon Bodhisattva, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, was introduced to the Kodaiji temple in Kyoto earlier this year.
Although some critics have compared it to "Frankenstein's monster," Mindar has gone down well with colleagues, who say it's doing wonders for the spiritual tradition founded by Siddhartha Gautama over 2,500 years ago.
"The big difference between a monk and a robot is that we are going to die," says Buddhist monk Tensho Goto, emphasizing the android's "immortality."
The adult-sized android, modeled after Kannon Bodhisattva, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, was introduced to the Kodaiji temple in Kyoto earlier this year.
Although some critics have compared it to "Frankenstein's monster," Mindar has gone down well with colleagues, who say it's doing wonders for the spiritual tradition founded by Siddhartha Gautama over 2,500 years ago.
"The big difference between a monk and a robot is that we are going to die," says Buddhist monk Tensho Goto, emphasizing the android's "immortality."
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/mindar-android-buddhist-priest-japan
Okayyyyy.
Bolding mine.
August 24, 2019
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Didn't have a chance to listen to or post it on Dorothy's birthday anniversary couple days ago.
August 22, 1893
August 24, 2019
Best sound:
Cornish video:
Bonus: SPARKS PRETENDING TO BE DRUNK (long version)
Sparks - Pretending to be Drunk
Best sound:
Cornish video:
Bonus: SPARKS PRETENDING TO BE DRUNK (long version)
August 18, 2019
"In God We Trust" going up
Aug 5, 2018 'In God We Trust' motto now required to be displayed in all Tennessee public schools
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210967282
Aug 14, 2018 'In God We Trust' signs must now be displayed in all Florida schools
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210999938
Aug 29, 2018 "In God We Trust" to remain on US currency, appeals court rules
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1218291591
Jul 24, 2019 'In God We Trust' going up at South Dakota public schools
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142345533
August 17, 2019
THE RAVYNS "Raised on the radio" - Baltimore
August 17, 2019
bjork : losss
August 17, 2019
Ever since I was a twinkle in my father's pants
They told me I could have it all and more when given chance
"We'll get you anything that you want"
A Ferrari on my 16th birthday
"We'll get you anything you need"
But what I need from you is so much more
All I wanna be is wanted
All I wanna be is wanted by you
All I wanna be is wanted
All I want is everything
I think I'd like to play guitar and be a Beatle and be so swell
And every show I would just dedicate this song to you
And as I envy all my fans
While I bitch about the price of fame
To my French maid Lou Ann
She looks attentive but she don't understand
Jellyfish, "All I Want Is Everything"
Ever since I was a twinkle in my father's pants
They told me I could have it all and more when given chance
"We'll get you anything that you want"
A Ferrari on my 16th birthday
"We'll get you anything you need"
But what I need from you is so much more
All I wanna be is wanted
All I wanna be is wanted by you
All I wanna be is wanted
All I want is everything
I think I'd like to play guitar and be a Beatle and be so swell
And every show I would just dedicate this song to you
And as I envy all my fans
While I bitch about the price of fame
To my French maid Lou Ann
She looks attentive but she don't understand
August 17, 2019
When you need someone
And there's no one there
There is always the nine o'clock train
To take you out somewhere
I take the train in town
Like I did for years
There is only seven more blocks
I could walk from here
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
It's only six o'clock
When my day begins
There is always my alarm clock
To wake me up again
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
When I realize the weight
That's firmly on my shoulders
I just try and find the place
I can take a walk on my blind side
When these memories fade
In my ripe old age
Please remember my dear...
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
Jellyfish, "I Wanna Stay Home"
When you need someone
And there's no one there
There is always the nine o'clock train
To take you out somewhere
I take the train in town
Like I did for years
There is only seven more blocks
I could walk from here
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
It's only six o'clock
When my day begins
There is always my alarm clock
To wake me up again
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
When I realize the weight
That's firmly on my shoulders
I just try and find the place
I can take a walk on my blind side
When these memories fade
In my ripe old age
Please remember my dear...
I wanna stay home
I wanna stay home right here
I wanna stay home today
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
I wanna stay
August 17, 2019
She dots her eyes with a smiley face
a work of art in all but taste
the fool deserves the bed he's made
where idiots slumber
I know it's hard for you to see
what lies behind's a mystery
if words could speak they'd mean even less
when the king is half undressed
divine she is to aire his fate
a crack of smile
through all this hate
means nothing more in this nervous state
of so much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
The truth behind is misery
if words could speak they'd mean even less
When the king is half undressed
Blue Autumns
Sunshine Kisses
Hearts and Flowers
Broken Wishes
Jellyfish - The King Is Half-Undressed
She dots her eyes with a smiley face
a work of art in all but taste
the fool deserves the bed he's made
where idiots slumber
I know it's hard for you to see
what lies behind's a mystery
if words could speak they'd mean even less
when the king is half undressed
divine she is to aire his fate
a crack of smile
through all this hate
means nothing more in this nervous state
of so much nothing
I know it's hard for you to see
The truth behind is misery
if words could speak they'd mean even less
When the king is half undressed
Blue Autumns
Sunshine Kisses
Hearts and Flowers
Broken Wishes
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