Harmony

August 07, 2008

1. Sagittarius (11/22-12/21)

   Having complete harmony in your life isn't always possible, which is actually a good thing -- because harmony isn't always helpful. Sometimes you need some good friction to help real solutions come about and enable real learning to take place. So don't shy away from conflict all the time. Your controversial stance on a certain issue might not make you the most popular person in the room, but you're right and they're wrong! Take the opportunity to try to educate them.

Yeah, but having the copier service guy return with the new parts after two days of flawless performance from my aging Ricoh Aficio certainly does not hurt my wa in the slightest.

It's our party, we'll oppress who we want to.

I encountered the following snippet of WTF in an online article today.
"Through the prism of the international media we are getting a pretty negative impression of China," said John Delury, at the Asia Society in New York. "People who watch things closely in China will see the real story was the world being a bad guest." 

Because even Mr. Delury deserves context, I went looking to see where this came from. Read more here - unless you think it will raise your blood pressure.

I suspect the people of Tibet could educate Mr. Delury on the subject of Chinese hospitality.

Then there's this guy: Huang Xiang. 
This video turned up on cable this evening
Watch the whole thing. Oh, to write like THAT!
His poetry is wondrous - and I am going to have to look for more of it!

EDIT: Here's one of the ones Mr. Huang does on the video:

SINGING ALONE

Who am I
I am the lonely soul of a waterfall
A poem
Dwelling forever in Solitude
My drifting song is a dream's wandering
Trace
My only audience
The still

 - Huang Xiang (1962) http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/pubs/huangxiang.htm