bodhi tree swaying

• I'm on an island off the Maine coast, and pretty much out of contact for the next few days, since this is an AT&T dead zone. #

• On a ferry to Vinalhaven. Just saw seals and porpoises. #

• Very interesting! "Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits" – http://nyti.ms/b0ttU8 #
• Keeping Kids Safe From the Wrong Dangers – http://nyti.ms/a0Mbgw #
• Well, the redesign of the NYT opinion page certainly woke me up this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html #
• Added a couple of teaching events at Aryaloka to my schedule, for March & April 2011… http://fb.me/Gcyr5UjF #
• Studying the Big-Brained Dolphin – http://nyti.ms/9TMYn4 #
• Just booked a complicated flight schedule: Boston – San Francisco – Seattle (train to Vancouver and back) – San… http://fb.me/IDxeFnpe #
• RT @MarkOrdung: Microsoft joins Apple in stance against Blu-ray http://bit.ly/cQIpPz #
• RT @Pogue: My NY Times blog post, in which I assert that Wired's cover story is a big, fat slice of baloney: http://nyti.ms/d2AVOF #

• Yay! Just got a book launch scheduled for Book Passage on Nov 2. http://livingasariver.com #
• Just confirmed a book signing at Book Passage in the Bay Area on Nov 2. Unfortunately that's may rule out a trip to Spokane. #
• We have one very unhappy boy upstairs. He seems to have a cold and to be teething, so it's going to be a rough night for us all. #
• I've finally posted a list of book events on the site for Living as a River. There may be one or two more events… http://fb.me/IoooXJTd #
• AT&T woes: http://bit.ly/9FFXNz (yeah, I hate it when I whine as well). #

• "Sacrifice is for the little people" (Krugman) http://nyti.ms/ciuEYX #
• The man who sneaked into Auschwitz: http://n.pr/cLzH2l #
• Yay! I'm about to be a proud papa again! http://twitpic.com/2qg90o #
• The second edition of "Wildmind" is about to hit the shelves in the UK, and should be available in the US in… http://fb.me/HXzL0swF #

• A beautifully written article showing some of the complexities of sharia law: http://bit.ly/dkndkn #

• "And that's how I got to go to a birthday party while very heavily sedated." http://bit.ly/b7po5p Hilarious! #
• Just ordered myself a T-shirt with the QR code for wildmind.org on it. I'm going to be a walking (cryptic) billboard http://yfrog.com/5xpkcj #

• The other day I was interviewed for unity.fm radio about "Living as a River". Here's a link to the MP3… http://fb.me/HhcHHDDb #
• Just had the first report of someone having received a copy of my book. This is rather exciting! #
• If you want to buy my book (and support a writer and his family), you can do it here: http://livingasariver.com/buy #
• Oh dear. Someone just approached me through my blog for advice on "mindful sex." I'm not sure how to respond. #
• Spot on. RT @rbrucecampbell: http://tinyurl.com/28o2f38 Twitter and the Cowardice of Sarah Palin #
• A few people have asked whether there will be a Kindle Edition of Living as a River. The answer is a resounding… http://fb.me/IVioETUS #

• Rainbow, Mount Washington, yesterday. http://twitpic.com/2oyvi9 http://twitpic.com/2oyvi9 #
• Sitting here in my jammies, responding to interview requests. Again, bowled over by the awesomeness of @soundstrue's publicity team… #
• RT @pzmyers: Pope lands, immediately recites anti-atheist canard. http://bit.ly/9XEgYO #
• 30 minutes until my interview with Krysta Gibson of http://www.newspiritjournal.com. #
• That's another interview about my book (http://livngasariver.com) in the bag. It seemed to go well. #
• That's another interview about my book (http://livingasariver.com) in the bag. It seemed to go well. #
• The lovely Srimati offers a dose of honest tenderness in a new blog post on Wildmind: http://bit.ly/aEDKl7 #
• Spot the Maia. http://twitpic.com/2p25tt #
• Maia was just singing: "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is whoring"!

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• Here's the direct link to the MP3 of the "Living as a River" interview I did yesterday… http://fb.me/FMucuaZM #
• Robert Wright on the Meaning of the Koran: http://nyti.ms/b5JbPD #

• I'll second that Yay! RT @leahcreates: Yay! RT DanFreund See @ecc1977 as the 5sec Critic on the #MMShow http://bit.ly/crqQSt #
• 90 minutes until my interview with Paul John Roach of unity.fm: http://unity.fm/program/WorldSpirituality #
• I have a radio interview coming up in just under 90 minutes. http://fb.me/HTTwGaVs #
• Another two interview requests have just come in. I must say that @soundstrue's publicity department rocks! #
• Just spent an incredibly enjoyable hour talking with Paul John Roach. The show will be on the web later this evening. http://fb.me/HTTwGaVs #
• Just introduced my parents to Battlestar Galactica. This seems like a wonderful thing to have done. #

• 10 hours of sleep last night. W00t! #

• I'd love to be at #NHMM today to wave my new book around. OTOH, it's my wife's birthday picnic! #
• RT @_wildmind: Meditation news on monkey mind, ganja, inflammation, and commuting… http://fb.me/GrGYwBG1 #
• The Founders seem to have had a more balance and nuanced view of Islam than one sees today… http://fb.me/J74yMHsJ #

• My parents are awake. I think we might head out with the kids to the Newmarket Farmer's Market and then @Crackskulls. #

• My forthcoming book arrived! http://twitpic.com/2n2uwt #
• It's here! http://fb.me/HJDVKVr6 #
• At Logan, awaiting the arrival of my parents. I'm glad they're even later than I am! #
• RT @johnherman: Hey, look at that. Just look at it. My #steampunk theatre show is on BoingBoing: http://tinyurl.com/3xtqh8r (cc: @mattrobot) #

• “Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man.” ~Alexander Pope #
• I loved this elegant reflection by Theodore Dalrymple on the mystery of evil in the post-Enlightenment era: http://bit.ly/cX66Ey #
• Jeez! Season six of Buffy is so very, very dark. #
• RT @leslie: RT @NeedlesandSins: …tattooing is protected speech under the First Amendment. http://tinyurl.com/tattoolaw1 #
• The nightmare of writing for the Oprah magazine "O": http://bit.ly/b50nKK #
• Don't Ask Don't Tell blown out of the water as unconstitutional: http://bit.ly/dbzIBQ (HT @RobMac_ ) #
• I'm having cravings for simplicity. This great film of a 100sqft house is amazing! http://youtu.be/SbRvsWuWNUM #

• Copies of "Living as a River" have arrived! I should hold a copy in my hand in the next day or two! http://fb.me/Hn8rTzxD #
• My wife has a theory that Charlie and the Chocolate factory is a retelling of Dante's Inferno. Sometimes she's too smart for me. #
• I love that woman, #
• I think that tomorrow I may well be holding a copy of Living as a River. There's one on the way from Sounds True! #

• Nice tip for iTunes: Using the cover art to control play: http://bit.ly/da6fRm #
• RT @RevDannyFisher: RT @Cordobainit: Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans http://bit.ly/bJAMeS #
• Cynical beyond belief: Republican Runs Street People on Green Ticket http://nyti.ms/9ZGG3d #
• Great article on meditation by @EdHalliwell http://bit.ly/btSOUS #
• Very sad. RT @duffmcduffee: Law of Attraction promoter and Internet Marketer murders his wife: http://bit.ly/bwa6fq #
• Just did a "dry run" for my book tour, by spending 90 minutes discussing Living as a River on the Triratna Order convention. It went well! #
• YAY! ACLU Challenges Laptop Searches and Seizures at the Border http://bit.ly/9OVsNW #

• I think this is the first time I've read anything by Ross Douthat that actually makes sense: http://nyti.ms/d5ORsR #
• Too right! NYTimes: Life Without a TV Set? Not Impossible http://nyti.ms/9Ms9Cr #
• Google is going to curb misleading advertising http://nyti.ms/99d5R4 #
• NYTimes: Computers as Invisible as the Air http://nyti.ms/bpeUKo #
• LOL! RT @pzmyers: The Jehovah's Witnesses redefine irony: http://bit.ly/diR5XZ #
• A nice post about media overload: "The Glut of Shows Unwatched" http://nyti.ms/9aWzPZ #
• Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits http://nyti.ms/cPHCsv #
• I think I am about to blow a Greek meditator's mind by telling him that the Buddha was a saint in the Greek Orthodox Church! #

• Morning, folks! #
• John McCain's gone, and he ain't coming back. http://bit.ly/c2ZgNo #
• Note to spammers: If I did not open the first 100 attachments marked "your wife photos attached" I'm probably not going to open any. #
• Who really makes your favorite bottled drink? http://bit.ly/c0cQBQ #
• This made my heart sing. If you only watch one video today, make it this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXMv6v_2oNE #
• Playing with Social Safe to see if I can back up my Facebook posts, photos, etc. Facebook/Twitter are the closest I have to a journal. #
• Had a great discussion with a bunch of Buddhists about the ayatanas (erroneously called the higher/formless/arupa jhanas). #
• Yay for this! RT @modyouri: How To Get iTunes Buttons/Color Back To Normal http://tinyurl.com/28nytxn #