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• BOOK REVIEW: The Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee

  

  Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page Jeet Kune Dō (henceforth, JKD) is Bruce Lee’s “styleless style” of martial arts. Its... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Swami Vivekananda

  

  Taken February 25, 2014 in Bangalore This little park devoted to Swami Vivekananda is located on Bull Temple Road in Bangalore. Swami Vivekananda was a 19th... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Scrap Rubber

  

  Taken on February 26, 2014 in Bangalore. I took this photo today in Bangalore (south of city market and east of Tipu Palace.) It’s a scrap rubber place mostly... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii)

  

  Taken on February 25, 2014 in Cubbon Park. Like someone you may know, this plant is pretty at a distance but mean close up. By B Gourley in Garden,... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 GARDENING

• DAILY PHOTO: Temple in the Jungle

  

  Taken in January of 2014 at Wat Chalong on Phuket. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on TumblrEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Antifragility and First World Diseases

  

  I was sitting at an outdoor cafe as I thought about how to write this post. I’d just finished reading chapter 5 of the Rob Dunn book entitled The Wild Life of... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Let Sleeping Pandas Lie

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2012 at the Atlanta Zoo. Alternative Post Titles Considered: “Kungfu is Hard Work” “Too… Many… Steps” By B Gourley in Animals... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: At The Maw’s Edge

  Chasm, toes curled over the edge, seeking a simian grip. But they are the piggies of a little girl: -bare feet -rosy cheeked She stands before a gaping maw... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Facebook Poems

  

  I. How thrilling to learn without delay that now was to be your laundry day. Oh, how I waited with bated breath to hear if you’d hit wash-day sudden death Your... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• DAILY PHOTO: Lakeside in Ayutthaya

  

  Taken in October of 2012 in Ayutthaya. Ripples on the pond and vines strangling the tree. I don’t know why–or precisely where in Ayutthaya–I took this picture,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Animals Forms and Poses in Martial Arts

  

  Snake Part of the most basic of basics that I’m learning in Kalaripayattu class are 8 animal poses (Wild Boar, Elephant, Cat, Lion, Snake, Rooster, Peacock,... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Golden Buddha of Rang Hill

  

  Taken in January of 2013 This Buddha is located at Wat Khao Rang on Rang Hill, overlooking Phuket Town. His right hand mudra conveys that the spice is just... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 30 Thin Books Every [Attention-Challenged] American Should Read

  

  Amazon recently put out a list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. I appreciate the mega-bookseller taking a less doctrinaire approach than, say, The... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Under the Flyover

  

  Taken on February 19, 2014 in Bangalore. This was taken under the Bala Gangadhara Swamy Flyover–near the K.R. Market. It’s typical Bangalore. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Doggie Attire in the Tropics… Really?

  

  Taken in January of 2014 at Patong. Anthropomorphize much? Have you ever noticed how dogs and cats have hair all over their bodies? Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Brigade Road

  

  Taken February 18, 2014 in Bangalore This is a section of Brigade Road in Bangalore–one of the city’s retail districts. Fun fact: in India–for reasons I don’t... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney

  

  The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page A number of books have come out about... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DAILY PHOTO: Banana Flower

  

  Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur. The other night, I ate banana flower for the first time–that I know of / remember–in two separate dishes. My wife... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Placid Face Graffiti

  

  Taken in January of 2014 By B Gourley in Meditation, photographs, Photos, pictures, Thailand, Tourism, travel on February 16, 2014. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kompleks Dayabumi

  

  Taken in December 2013 in Kuala Lumpur. This tower, built in a Modernist Islamic style, is one of the most famous landmarks of Kuala Lumpur. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY, TRAVEL