Confessions of a salvia eater
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 9:45 AM on June 18, 2008

Crom.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 5:39 PM on May 28, 2008

I second Sybian's Pride of Buttsniff.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 10:52 PM on May 28, 2008

Me: I'm a bum.
Them: What do you do all day?
Me: MetaFilter.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 5:24 PM on April 28, 2008

Me too. Take care of yourself, milarepa.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 2:02 PM on March 17, 2008

He's back!
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 2:42 PM on April 18, 2008

A lot of what we're learning from Tibet is coming from tourists, so if you go and record what you see, you may be able to help the Tibetans tell their story.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 1:16 PM on March 14, 2008

Taibbi is sick of the comparison to Hunter, btw. Here's a recent article he wrote about Obama.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 10:35 PM on January 3, 2008

Related thread.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 11:59 PM on May 21, 2007

Dude, ayahuasca.

Deep in the Amazon jungle, writer Kira Salak tests ayahuasca, a shamanistic medicinal ritual, and finds a terrifying—but enlightening—world within.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 9:14 PM on May 2, 2007

Even paranoids have enemies.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 10:09 PM on May 28, 2006

Anthony De Longis was dagger & rapier choreographer for the Highlander TV series

He also made some instructional videos for the traditional Spanish fencing style, La Destreza, which was featured in one of the Highlander episodes.

I think I read somewhere that Count Dooku's lightsaber style in Episode II was based on Destreza, but I'm not sure.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 10:33 AM on April 3, 2006

Wikipedia has a fairly detailed article on the various forms of lightsaber combat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 6:30 PM on April 3, 2006

I blame this guy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 12:20 AM on February 25, 2006

Mu!
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 10:39 PM on January 1, 2006

A Contemplative Science
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 8:16 PM on February 12, 2006

Jesus and Slasher.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 3:04 PM on April 30, 2005

My shoulders used to pop when I first started yoga, but they stopped as my flexibility improved. It was never a problem. Try an ashtanga/power yoga class; the sun salutations build shoulder/upper back strength and flexibility together.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 9:58 AM on April 24, 2005

The Airex Mat has a great grip. I never slip anymore. But it's not very thick, so if your studio has hardwood floors, you might want a Black Mat.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 11:00 PM on April 22, 2005

If you can spare 10 days, you could do a retreat with these folks.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 9:21 AM on February 23, 2005

A Very Scary Solstice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 1:11 PM on November 24, 2004

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 4:16 PM on November 24, 2004

Get them to start writing poetry. They become completely (and wonderfully) obsessed with it, or at least the wacky ones do.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 6:04 PM on September 4, 2004

Mindfulness In Plain English. For the more advanced: The Jhanas (Meditative Absorptions) (All from the Therevada tradition.)

Just try not to feed the monkeys.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 12:48 AM on August 10, 2004

And remember the Kalama Sutra.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 12:53 AM on August 10, 2004

Is it possible to follow Buddism without the religious aspect? Does it nesscetate faith, as a Christian following would?

It is as possible to practice meditation without the buddhist religious aspect as it is to practice yoga without the Hindu religious aspect, at least IMO.

And remember, Buddhism is punk! Just watch out for samvega.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 1:05 AM on August 10, 2004

Disinformation has a great range of links.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 5:46 PM on June 21, 2004

When we bring back the elephants to North America, perhaps we can mix African and Asian herds and see what happens.
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posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 2:59 PM on June 20, 2004

I also imagine that meditation is a more effective "mental health excercise" than watching TV, which seems to be the Western equivalent (assuming Nepalese Buddhism here).

The Nepalese are predominately Hindu, but there is indeed evidence that mediatation is good for your mental health.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 2:49 PM on June 20, 2004

Tibetan chant CD's Grammy hope
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 7:58 PM on February 3, 2004

Have you considered alpacas?
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 11:26 PM on January 19, 2004

I agree with specialk420.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 9:45 PM on January 18, 2004

Clark is a supporter of the School of the Americas, btw.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 3:48 PM on January 19, 2004

Bruichladdich: a true weapon of mass drunkenness.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 2:56 PM on January 14, 2004

I recommend you try classes in as many styles of yoga as you can find. The various styles have some pretty big differences, and you may have very different experiences with each.

Personally, I like Ashtanga Yoga. In Ashtanga you practice a specific sequence of postures in which each posture prepares you for the next. Most schools include led classes for different levels, but traditionally new students are given postures one at a time, so in the beginning you only... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 4:13 PM on December 11, 2003

not the crazy super hot room one which I could never stand to do since I'm not so good with the heat

That style is called Bikram Yoga, btw, named after it's founder.
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 4:21 PM on December 11, 2003

this excellent book on Ashtanga yoga

I've never seen the Birchs' book myself, but I've been told that they modified the Ashtanga primary series quite a bit to make it more accessible (there are 5 series in total and the advanced ones makes Chinese acrobatics look tame.) My favorite book on the full primary series is this one by John Scott, though David Swenson's practice manual is also very good and it also shows the second series. They both also... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by homunculus at 1:41 PM on December 12, 2003