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Quote from one of my former students currently going through finals:

"Right now I have all the stability of a goldfish given the One Ring."

Jetsunma always knows the right thing to say. I like to swing by her Twitter when I'm puzzling over something. The advice I need is always right there.

It's not always the advice I want of course.

Q: "Which bed should I get? Should I shop for a bed now or wait? I really do want a new boyfriend and..."

A: "Making wishing prayers to return in a form in which you can benefit beings purifies the mind of desire."

(Huffs a sigh.)

She's never predictable though.

Q: "What do I do about the cute guy whose nun!mom just grilled me?"

A: "You MIGHT be compatible. *Links to Chinese astrological signs, revealing we're exactly 12 years apart.*"

Awk!

I wonder about the appropriateness of using a Buddhist Lama as a kind of Magic 8-Ball, but it does seem to work, lol!

It's not as though it doesn't make for a nice change. Hey, if this were the plan from the get-go, I'd have been all for it.

But am I the only person who thinks it hilarious that George Bush is trying to negotiate for peace in the Middle East?

Hours after opening a Mideast conference, President Bush said Tuesday he was worried about the consequences if the search for peace failed but declared, "It is worth it to try."

Bush cautioned it would take time for Israelis and Palestinians to reach an agreement. The goal is to reach an accord within 14 months by the end of Bush's presidency.

How are they able to keep a straight face? Why hasn't he been stoned* yet?

I'm sure this is how Bush did his exams, too. "Whoops. Well, I've still got time to cram. Hey, 14 months. That's plenty."





* The small, throwable kind of stones. We know he's been the other kind of stoned, quite possibly for the last seven years.