Archive for the ‘animals’ Category
A Thousand Cows
May 17th, 2008
It’s time to talk about Yajnavalkya, a legendary Indian sage:
“King Janaka of Videha once performed a lavish sacrifice and distributed many gifts. Many wise men from Kuru and Panchala attended the ceremony, and Janaka wanted to know who was the wisest among them. So he drove a thousand cows into a pen, and between the horns of each cow he fastened ten gold coins. Then he said: “Venerable brahmins, these cows are for the wisest among you. Let him take them away.”
None of the other brahmins dared to speak, but Yajnavalkya said to his pupil Samashrava: “Son, you can drive these cows home.” “Hero of seers!” his pupil exclaimed joyfully, and drove them home.
The other brahmins were furious. “How presumptuous!” they shouted. And Ashvala, the royal priest, asked: “Yajnavalkya, do you really believe you are the wisest of those assembled here?”
Yajnavalkya replied: “I salute the wisest, but I want those cows.” “
- The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
A Paper Moose
March 1st, 2008
Robert J. Lang is a truly brilliant origami artist. He does it with math.
His galleries are spectacular.
A Rat King
February 8th, 2008
When several rats get their tails intertwined, they sometimes form a huge, squeaking ball of rats which is referred to as a rat king. Rat kings are very rare, but not quite mythical; examples have been found and captured (and, in the case of the rat king in this picture, mummified).
Unsurprisingly, they’re usually seen as a bad omen.
An Indigo Bunting
December 21st, 2007
The indigo bunting is a rather lovely bird which is native to most of the States, especially the East Coast. It has beautiful plumage.
The King Of The Bros
December 9th, 2007
He is majestic, mirroring the eagle on his shirt.
If we play Halo very hard, he may grant us a plentiful beer-harvest this semester.
And some facebook quotes:
Activities: lifting, eating, movies, eagles football, drinkin and partyin, eating, lifting
Favorite Movies: Blow, Anything with Arnold, Fight Club, Meet Joe Black, also animated ish with whacky penguins.
Favorite Books: The Arnold Schwarzenegger Encyclopedia to Modern Bodybuilding, The Secret, Freakanomics, The Good Book, The Story.
He’s so clutch.
Snappy
November 18th, 2007
I’m not honestly sure what Snappy is. Some sort of celestial fiendish dire dolphin, I think.
Harry Schwartz Eats The O’Reilly Monkey Thing
October 23rd, 2007
By eating him, I absorbed his power.
Now I’m just writin’ printer drivers all over the place.