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Cantonese people use "zhong yi" to say, I like this. zhong= center or middle (almost like a bullseye in this case) and yi= the same as above. Hao zhong yi - I like this very much. But when, Carl? When? Rather than waiting for the "apocalyp…
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Why do we need anything? Do we need anything? Do we need to discuss why we need anything? Why are we discussing this? Either we need to discuss this or we don?t, yes? If we need to discuss it, then why do we need to? If we don?t need to discuss…
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?Just what makes that little old ant, think he can move a rubber tree plant?? Well, it?s something do. Speaking of making mountains out of mole hills, I am reminded of an old Chinese fable that dates from the Warring States Period (403-221 BC)…
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This is just a lighthearted response to Carl?s original question and has no bearing on any teachers or preachers mentioned in the above posts (so if you're not into that kind of thing, skip this). I base my opinions on the words preachers and teach…
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Touch?!
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As a Chinese and English speaker, this a fun subject for me. As a student of language in general it?s also endlessly fascinating. ?Li- mao? translated as polite in English is perfectly adequate, but when I actually use the words, culturally (we wou…
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Euell Gibbons. I remember that old coot. His book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus" was originally published in 1962. He looked like Chill Wills and in the commercial held out his hand with grape nuts in his palm and ludicrously intoned the words, "I…
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At the risk of sounding mushy: Synchronous salutations, ditto, and touch?! And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are?
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Stepping back a bit, I did want to tell Carl how much I enjoyed his ?Guide to Taoist Parenting.? Whether it be brainwashing to some or perhaps a successful experiment to others, one need only listen to, or read as it were, two happy, healthy beings…
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As a retired entomologist, who?s specialty was Lepidoptera, the order of insects commonly known as the butterfly, I would concur that all butterflies live to survive and also of course survive to live. Be that as it may, I would also submit that ea…
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If we are being tolerant of someone, are we truly accepting them as they are or are we just being indulgent of their opinions with which we disagree? We don?t tolerate the cold, we just feel it when it hits us. Also, if we free ourselves from the …
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I thought the fishing scene was easily the funniest on the whole show. It was a perfect rendering of the classic comedy routine whereby Subject A verbally badgers (either by repeating the obvious or rambling all over the place) Subject B, while Sub…