08
Apr
2010

Wrong Number Again

A Tit for a Tat (125) Tit: Hey! Your phone is ringing again! Tat: Ignore it! Tit: Why? Tat: It’s…

08
Apr
2010

Wrong Number

A Tit for a Tat (124) Tit: Hey! Your phone is ringing! Tat: Ignore it! Tit: Why? Tat: It’s not…

08
Apr
2010

The Natural Lovely Mystery of Poetry

Here is an interesting dialogue from the film ‘Bright Star’, which tells of the poet John Keats’ love and life,…

08
Apr
2010

Four Assurances for Batman

In ‘Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?’ by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert, the newly deceased Batman says, ‘I…

08
Apr
2010

The Key of No Key

In ‘Halo: Uprising’ by Brian Michael Bendis, a captured soldier saves the Earth using the key of Osanalian, which is…

07
Apr
2010

Advice on Fight & Fright from Ben & May

From ‘The Amazing Spider-man: Family Ties’: Uncle Ben: Peter… you’ve never been in a fight in your entire life. Peter:…

07
Apr
2010

I Find It Hard to Understand

I find it hard to understand people who complain of gory videos, of animals being killed because this is the…

07
Apr
2010

Helping or Paying Back?

Question: A friend says my caring for stray cats is due to me ‘owing’ them karmically, though I feel that…

07
Apr
2010

Of Animal & Human Babies

Animal babies, especially, are always lovable. But since when, do they grow up, to become eaten by humans? Human babies,…

07
Apr
2010

The Dust is Your Life Too

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon From ‘Astonishing X-men: Unstoppable’ by…

07
Apr
2010

‘Clash of the Titans’ and Humans

The remake of ‘Clash of the Titans’ is more fascinating than its 1981 predecessor for a number of reasons. Firstly,…

01
Apr
2010

Humanity, Humility, Honesty

Visited St. Patrick’s School again, a couple of days ago, to give a presentation on the Buddhist perspective of life…

30
Mar
2010

Simplest & Most Humane Solution for Pigeon Problem

Something written for the press that went unpublished: I refer to the letter ‘Town council right in culling pigeons‘ (Mar…

30
Mar
2010

Different But Same Buddha(s)?

Something written for a magazine: Q: Why do Buddha images differ? What do different poses and expressions reflect? A: Buddha…

30
Mar
2010

If Only Confucius Met the Buddha

In the latest movie depiction of the most turbulent years in the life of ‘Confucius’, there was a scene where…

30
Mar
2010

Do You Have Pride & Prejudice?

‘Pride and Prejudice’ tells the tale of how the aloof Mr. Darcy came to be with the feisty Ms. Elizabeth…

30
Mar
2010

How Humans & God(s) Arose

With close reference to Buddhist scriptures, here are three interesting articles with the Buddha’s perspectives on the origin of humans…

30
Mar
2010

Are the Enlightened Selective Protectors?

Question: A temple is promoting beliefs that some Buddhas and Bodhisattvas protect people born in certain years. They have booklets…

30
Mar
2010

What is Not Cat about the Cheshire Cat?

Alternative Alice (2): What is Not Cat about the Cheshire Cat? Cheshire Cat: Which part of me is not like…

30
Mar
2010

Is the Cheshire Cat a Cat?

A dialogue inspired by the writing style of Lewis Carroll. I’ve been wanting to write a book called ‘The Alternative…