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• RT @newscientist: Is Earth crumbling? A warming world could leave cities flattened http://bit.ly/cNluYN #
• Tipu's instant chai: perfect for a rainy NH day (and seriously, the best chai I've had). http://tipuschai.com #
• Anyone out there with press release skills who'd be willing to look over a draft I've put together for my zombie meditation class? #
• There should be a compulsory course in the use of bcc before people are allowed to use email. #

• Just applied for a Square mobile card reader so that I can sell books while on the run: http://squareup.com <- Cool idea! #
• It's really is Not A Good Thing being up at 1am trying to get my inbox closer to 0. But commonsense is kicking in & I'm off to hit the hay. #
• RT @dustinbuster: @Bodhipaksa I'm really enjoying your new book. Job well done. [Available here: http://livingasariver.com/buy #
• Paladino “folded like a cheap camera.” Hilarious article! http://nyti.ms/dBj6r3 #
• Was that fireworks in Newmarket at 6:30 this morning? My wife thought it might be hunters. #
• Another interview request just came in. Cool. #
• If we're empty of an essence, what is it that reincarnates? http://bit.ly/aF4lbN #
• Where you can buy Living as a River, my book

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• Woke up with a cold this morning. It's my ambition not to infect the rest of the family. #
• Interview in 5 minutes with Greg Voisen of "Inside Personal Growth." http://www.insidepersonalgrowth.com #
• Seven Things You Really Don't Need to Take a Photo Of http://theoatmeal.com/comics/photos #
• I've been greatly enjoying an email exchange with @YouAre_IT, which we started in order to get to know each other better. Good thing to do. #
• Cool. Just got a book event scheduled for RiverRun in Portsmouth, NH. #

• 71 Percent of Tweets Are Ignored http://bit.ly/b6mNnF [I'm surprised it's that low]. #
• RT @c4chaos: .@Bodhipaksa: do zombies have Buddha-nature? #zombiemeditation #
• Mornin', folks. #
• David Brooks is on good form, with a piece on sclerotic government. http://nyti.ms/dmESSi (wrong to blame the Dems exclusively, though). #
• I'm stunned (in a good way) by the scale of the East coast wind-power backbone: http://nyti.ms/aXLDPX #
• I'm very, very happy with the way my book launch talk at Aryaloka Buddhist Center went tonight. #
• "Well written and spiritually deep" (yup, that's about my book, "Living as a River") http://bit.ly/di6vGL #

• RT @stephenfry: Look what my good friend KaI Krause has done. The true size of Africa. Startling. http://twitpic.com/2woim6 #
• Woke up to find that the whole house smells of skunk this morning. #
• I hadn't heard of this book before: "The Power of Mindful Learning" by renowned psychologist Ellen Langer: http://bit.ly/aHSyLn #
• RT @karmakees: great podcast with @bodhipaksa on @BuddhistGeeks 'Living as a River' http://bit.ly/cYnOyp #
• Big honor. Living as a River is featured on "Buddhist Geeks." http://fb.me/yfK2pXv4 #
• Good advice. RT @marissabracke: How to email a busy person: Six tips for effective email http://bit.ly/9acbla #
• Unplugging for a while so that I can work on a long-overdue book proposal. #
• I'm thinking I should teach a zombie meditation class for Halloween.

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• Big crowd at #NHMM this morning: http://twitpic.com/2wfg00 #
• Do you have your copy yet? (Free shipping in the US if you order today!) http://fb.me/FVWSRhJz #

• Had a great (and packed) workshop today at Aryaloka, studying the Dhatuvibhanga, the source of the six element practice. Lovely people. #

• Sometime in the middle of the night this video of my book launch finished uploading… http://fb.me/BsJ2Y0rN #
• Every time I leave the chiropractor's office I have the sane thought: "I didn't know my neck could move this much." #
• This link will take you to a video of part of my talk in Portland the other night, introducing my book, Living as… http://fb.me/sQo3g5hK #
• Another extract from my talk, introducing my new book, Living as a River. http://fb.me/CMVkkKx0 #
• RT @modyouri: NYT: Apple making iPhone for Verizon http://tinyurl.com/27ezla9 #
• Here's another part of my talk in Portland. It talks about some fascinating and challenging research that suggests… http://fb.me/z54BIXFC #

• The first book launch (Portland, Maine) went well. The place was full, and half of the audience bought books. #
• Living as a River is now available as an ebook on the iTunes store… http://fb.me/sL8sVIUH #
• Warren Buffett: “There’s class warfare, all right. But it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” #
• Just got word that the workshop I'm leading at http://www.aryaloka.org is going to be packed. But I'm sure we can squeeze in another 1 or 2. #
• Just got word from Aryaloka that the workshop I'm leading on Saturday is going to be packed. But I'm sure we can… http://fb.me/IFX0st9H #
• If my last name was Free I'd be so tempted to call one of my children Bjorn. #stuffIthinkwhensleepdeprived #
• Just confirmed a book launch event at the

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• Tonight at 7PM I'll be at Nagaloka, 81 Oak Street, Portland, Maine, launching my new book, Living as a River. #
• The first chapter of "Living as a River" is now available on the LaaR blog, thanks to a great new widget from… http://fb.me/Hdv2IOX0 #
• "One of the most satisfying blessings I have discovered thus far in this life." Yup, that's about Living as a River. http://fb.me/sHg15p1a #
• Just a reminder that "Living as a River" is available with free shipping in the US (and 20% off) until 10/10/10. http://fb.me/IViHPIf2 #
• Nagaloka was full tonight for the book launch. What a lovely community of people! #

• Just finished preparing my presentation for tonight's book launch at Aryaloka, Newmarket, NH. #
• RT @rbrucecampbell: Jon Stewart has the right idea – http://bit.ly/dxXXyD #cnn #
• It would help if the people at Amazon actually read the issues I'm reporting to them before copy-pasting a reply. #
• Wednesday Bodhipaksa will be launching "Living as a River" at
  Nagaloka Buddhist Center in Portland, Maine. Please… http://fb.me/wsFJyCyR #

• Yay! The Kindle edition of Living as a River is now available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/9L5895 #
• Yay! The Kindle edition of Living as a River is now available on Amazon: http://fb.me/F7dmf3Ly #
• Wow! Google Buys BlindType to Keep it from Apple's iPhone, iPad: http://bit.ly/9wTzsb #
• Tuesday I'll be launching "Living as a River" at
  Aryaloka, Newmarket, NH, at 7PM…. http://fb.me/IcEEoTvF #
• My new book's now in the Kindle store. http://fb.me/ERjUkEtF #
• Day 1 on Kindle, and my book's #5 in Kindle Books > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice http://bit.ly/9CDYEB #
• Evan Williams of Twitter Steps Down as Chief – http://nyti.ms/aGkLs5 #
• They called this self-teaching computer NELL. Surely it should have been HAL? http://nyti.ms/bWLecF #
• LOL! RT @

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• Fetal exposure to stress has profound, life-long consequences: http://nyti.ms/c1wo29 #
• Two party system "lacks integrity and creativity and any sense of courage … in confronting our problems" http://nyti.ms/90Q1LN | Too right #
• Donald Duck Discovers Glenn Beck in "Right Wing Radio Duck" http://youtu.be/HfuwNU0jsk0 | Brilliant! #
• RT @Zen_Moments: She was just another homeless girl…. Would you responded as this guy did? http://bit.ly/cUC4Hi #
• Tryin to DM someone you're sure is following you, only to discover they're not, is a bit like being turned away at their door by a bouncer. #
• Lots of grunt-work today, emailing/tweeting people to ask if they'd like review copies of Living as a River. #
• Do you have your copy yet? http://fb.me/KTqxyD16 #
• It's when the "apple" key on your MacBook Pro snaps in two

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• The Terrible Election Race Race – http://nyti.ms/9V0nlV #
• Fairpoint: "Your web browser is not compatible with the My Account site." Nothing wrong with my browser. It's your site that doesn't work. #
• I just realized it's cowboy day: 10.2.10 (you have to say it out loud) #
• At late #FF for @beenswank and his kick-ass stylish blog, http://bluesxfive.com/ #
• Geez. Dragon/Nuance do not make it easy to upgrade from MacSpeech to Dragon Dictate. I've been going round in frigging circles. #
• 'How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe' sounds great: http://lat.ms/cFsS4T #

• RT @modyouri: iPod, iPhone, and iPad: why Apple is so much more successful than Google and Microsoft http://tinyurl.com/2dble6u #
• RT @EdHalliwell @DaronLarson: the prefrontal cortex hosts 9 critical functions associated w/ mindfulness research http://ow.ly/2MB9e #
• Just found a skunk in my recycling bin. Didn't take a photo: it was dark and for obvious reasons I didn't want to startle it with a flash. #
• Just back from taking my parents to Logan. Driving I-95 was like being in a storm at sea — sometimes while under enemy fire. #

• Headache and nausea today. Went back to bed and slept all morning. Nibbling on some Graham crackers now, and it seems to be going well. #
• Wondering why my iPhone 4 battery is going flat by mid-afternoon. #
• The great thing about coming out of a migraine? Everything tastes like the best I've ever had in my entire life. #
• Another "Living as a River" interview: http://bit.ly/cH3g4N (Oh, yeah, buy my book? http://livingasariver.com/buy) #
• Dear Universe At Large: Please stop emailing me for the next few days so I can get my inbox emptied, mkay? #

• Nearly two-thirds earning more than $250,000 a year support raising their own taxes to reduce the federal deficit: http://bit.ly/9IS3k8 #
• Jut saw a snake on the parking lost outside my house. #
• The wee baby snake I saw this morning: http://twitpic.com/2t217w #
• A review by @junjijotr of Allan Lokos' "Pocket Peace." http://bit.ly/bmLA6n #
• RT @beenswank: http://bluesxfive.com http://bluesxfive.com http://bluesxfive.com http://bluesxfive.com http://bluesxfive.com #
• RT @pattidigh: Wow! That was quick! RT @auroch55 "Creative Is A Verb" by @pattidigh is now in stock at Accent on Books! #coolavlauthor #
• Yay! I have made several calls on AT&T today and not one has been dropped. This must be some kind of record. #
• An interview between Krysta Gibson of

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• I'm very sorry to hear that x-marks is ending its service: http://blog.xmarks.com/?p=1886 #
• Free shipping in the US for my new book (and a 20% discount) http://bit.ly/cNSyCi #
• Now available from Wildmind's store (and if you live in the US you can get free shipping until 10/10/10). http://fb.me/IJ4BcVyk #
• Owner of Segway Company Dies in a Segway Accident – http://nyti.ms/bGrsMp #

• It was great to get home from Vinalhaven and to find a copy of @ecc1977's All He Left Behind in my pile of mail. Reading it now. #
• More Dharma from Alice and Wonderland: “I can't explain myself , I'm afraid, sir” said Alice, “because I'm not myself, you see.” #

• Lewis Carroll meets the Pali canon:

  "It might end, you know,” said Alice to herself, “in my going out… http://fb.me/EdYEE37s #

• From Alice in Wonderland: "Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember… http://fb.me/Hmj7yuSb #