It was a gorgeous sparkling weekend, early in the summer of 1995. I was in my first year at California State University Long Beach and life was great! The weather was always a balmy 85 degrees, the sun was always shining, the sky always blue. The weekend was just starting and I didn't have anything... Continue Reading →
Ancient Việt 14: Matriarchy and the Female Lineage
Vietnamese Women Rule. OK, so maybe not at this time, but in the past we did...kinda, sorta, in a way. Even as early as two-thousand years ago, we were a Matriarchal society. In my previous post on the Trưng sisters, I noted that not only were they twin queens of a huge geographic area, their... Continue Reading →
Easter Egg and Mr. Tangata Manu
(continued from Te-Pito-o-Te-Henua) Have you heard about the myth of the Bird Man aka Tangata Manu? It is quite a strange tale, and being the Taobabe that I am, any time I hear about some strange myth that existed in the far distant past, which continues to reverberate to this day, I am intensely curious... Continue Reading →
The Trưng Sisters (Part 4)
(...continued from The Trưng Sisters (Part 3)) The Beauty During the three-year reign of Trắc and Nhị Trưng, people saw them everywhere. They never stayed in one place for long---always on their elephants and always on the road. Their swords were never sheathed, they were constantly keeping the troops trained and motivated, maintaining connections with... Continue Reading →
Data Stream of Consciousness
It is a strange feeling to have a blank screen staring at me, and it is stranger still that I am staring back at the screen with zero thoughts in my head. I don't usually have this problem. Normally, the words are bursting out of my head, and it is all I can do just... Continue Reading →
Living Universe
Life. What is the definition of life? This question is still being hotly debated by scientists of various fields pertinent to the question. In my opinion, this question is pertinent to ALL sciences, but hey, what do I know? Life, to me, is the system or pattern of the functions of a living thing. All... Continue Reading →
Holographic Everything
So, in one of my previous posts, I talked about Holography, how it works, and the brain being holographic in nature. In this post, I want to talk about Holographic Everything! After all, since we are nothing but a brain with mechanical controls and sensors, if the brain is holographic, it would follow that everything... Continue Reading →
Art or no Art?
As I was gathering all my thoughts into one place and begin the process of distilling them into something worthwhile, I deleted all the fun pictures of anime girls and removed inane remarks. This made my pre-first draft seem so dull and dry that I feel the need to add commentary pictures back in again.... Continue Reading →
The Original Asian Zodiac
If you have ever seen a Chinese Horoscope, you will have seen the twelve animals of the zodiac. They are, in descending order: Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, and Boar. That's what shows up on the Chinese horoscope. It's a bit different for the Việt horoscope. This is... Continue Reading →
Year of the Cat
Have you ever heard of The Year of the Cat? Al Stewart sang that song back in 1976. It was one of those songs that had a real catchy tune, but the lyrics are a bit on the odd side so it was hard to figure out what he was trying to say. I knew... Continue Reading →
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