Miscellaneous 

What other questions have you "sent" me?

Offbeat - FAQ - Digg Web 2.0 tool

What online news sources do you tend to use the most?

I tend to link to BBC since their new stories stay online for years..   While I read them, I no longer add links to Yahoo! News or CNN. They expire very quickly.
MSNBC and ABC News sometimes expire, though with much less frequency.

How often do you update this website?

I do not update this when I'm traveling, which is quite often. I strive to work on various sections everyday. I am doing this on heart alone.

Should I take everything on this website as the gospel / nothing but the truth, etc...

No. I am human. I get tired. I get irritated. I make mistakes. I get sick. But make no mistake about the overall message I am sharing. And there is no mistake about Mind / No Mind either. That is the pill you will have to swallow - IF you want to avoid suffering. Matrix - RED pill NOT BLUE pill.

In the Matrix, which pill would you take, the red or the blue? (Arrod - UK) - Morpheus contacts Neo just as the machines (posing as sinister 'agents') are trying to keep Neo from finding out any more. When Morpheus and Neo meet, Morpheus offers Neo two pills. The red pill will answer the question "what is the Matrix?" (by removing him from it) and the blue pill simply for life to carry on as before. As Neo reaches for the red pill Morpheus warns Neo "Remember, all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more."

This is what I offer - in advance. The truth is not as anywhere near as dark as this movie. Post - 2012 will be good once we get past this rough spot. Besides - if you take the blue pill, your world will come crashing down anyway. Which presumably it does in the movie too because Agent Smith takes over everyone.

 Metaphor - Scene from Matrix - on Youtube - Red pill or Blue pill?
Portuguese subtitles

Say....corporate clones! Starbucks on every corner.  iPod in every pocket. 'Same' movie on every screen. Loads of junk in every house. Microsoft on every desktop. Fat SUV (with equally large people) in every garage. Yeah.....I'm lovin' it. ;-)  while I eat in my local MickeyDs in my 'local corner-store' - Wal Mart. I need my bucket of KFC and refined sugar water (Cola) too because I'm still hungry. Watch me puke on an low grade crude oil asphalt parking lot!  More. More. More. Kill. Kill. Kill. 6 - 6 - 6

I update in a very scattershot method and can't update all places simultaneously. The fact that I have put this much info on the website in such a short time is only a testimony to how powerful the initial experience was. With speed, comes mistakes.

I don't like how you open all these new browser windows. It's annoying.

If you aren't using an Internet Browser with TAB capabilities - upgrade!

If you are using Firefox  - it is possible to configure it to make all clicks occur in the same tab with an add-on called TargetKiller or possibly with the internal settings.

Why do you optimize for 1024x768 screen resolution?

Browser Display Statistics (W3 Schools)

Why do you not want to DEbate this?

Think of DEfense lawyers. They can come up with an infinite number of excuses for obviously bad behavior. Think how long some of these trials have been. Or yourself as a kid -  my dog ate my homework. My sister threw my homework in the trash. I had a sudden case of gastro-intestinal flu. Blah blah blah blah.

Hope can come up with an infinite number of "talking points." Think of the debates on WMD, Global Warming, evolution vs religion, which sports team is better in historical matchups, etc..etc.... YOU don't have that kind of time. I don't have that kind of time.

I don't hope. Hope is worry. I don't worry. Not because I don't like to, I just don't. I have learned to just BE (in mind).  So - I'm not hoping I save your particular sorry ass. You either follow the Middle Way, or you don't. I'm not holding a gun to your head.  

I WILL discuss and clarify in whatever forums I participate in until / if they get nasty. I don't get mad, but I do get annoyed. Besides - I want to party like it's 2011!!

Wayne - you are a fancy wordsmith.  I see your poet and writing background. I've read all your pattern finding and think you are DElusional and need to go to a mental hospital. Haven't you seen Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory?

I already went to a mental hospital. I learned quite a few things there - like Robin Williams did in Patch Adams. Fine. Keep your pride - and anger, fear, hate, etc.... Be "Normal." Suffer.  I don't give a hoot about your selfish and arrogant ass.  DEny DEny DEny.

Wayne - why do you sound like such an asshole?

1) It is easy to misinterpret the tone of what I am writing. Communications is largely non-verbal. Talking with me in person - you would likely get a different impression or maybe not - depending on how prideful you are.
2) Your mind could be distorting what I write - which is caused by pride.
3) I must be harsh at times - perhaps like a military drill sergeant in absentia. Fair, but firm. This is the "Unveiling / 'Return' of God" and Armageddon we are talking about.

Rise and Shine!

The difference is that I do not wear a UN-I-FORM and I donīt belong to the Marines!
And I ainīt your commanding officer!

Non Verbal Communication (AAOS)- Between 55 and 70 percent of your communication is non-verbal," says Joan Damsey.  "Only about 7 percent is actual words used and the rest is tone of voice, etc."

Nonverbal (Teaching English - UK)   Since it is said that as little as ten percent of communication takes place verbally, and that facial expressions, gestures and posture form part of our culture and language,

Posture as non-verbal communications (Aikido Journal) - In an experiment, social scientists took a video of people walking down the street. They took the tape into prisons and asked criminals which people they would choose as their next victim. Not too surprising, they all chose the same people. When examined, the social scientist decided that it was fear that was communicated in their nonverbal behavior. Remember, you cannot not communicate. Only a small percentage of our communication is verbal, most of the message is nonverbal.

4) I am an asshole!  Just like you!  Do you know why? When you do - your getting close to becoming a TRUE Human BEing.

insert sticks and stones graphic

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Remember that?

Lots of people asked others to "play nice" before, but a lot of people donīt pay attention  --- so I got attitude.

Donīt be a punk or a bitch.

When did this website go online?

The circusoflife.com has been online since 2002 and is the home of my travel website. I added a 'Buddha Boy' section in February 2006. That became incorporated into the 2012 site as you see it now, in Mid-May 2006. As of my answer to this (Mid July 2006) the 2012 site has been online for < 2.5 months. I would like to reduce the complexity and reduce the amount of information presented - but currently my efforts are in an expansion mode.

How many people do you expect to read this website?

Could be in the thousands, tens or hundreds of thousands, and maybe well in to the millions. I DO NOT KNOW.  That will sort itself out with time and is out of my hands. It's in YOUR hands. I expect the site to take off in 2010 as the reality of what I am describing becomes more apparent. As of my answer to this question (late July 2006), I am still working hard to get the site up to a stable level.

Why do you have all these video box covers?

They are breadcrumbs (Wikipedia - Hansel & Gretel) so to speak. You watch these, you KNOW more. Then the probability of you KNOWing what I say is true is much greater.

Is Elvis alive?

Yes.

You're kidding?? Right?  Elvis is alive?

His reincarnated soul! Somebody in the world was Elvis in a past life. Remember this concept of reincarNATION - especially for those from a non-Buddhist, non-Hindu background. 

How many times do you use the word "fuck?"  Why?

Approximate # of web pages -

Based on the amount of information on this website, I do not feel this is an excessive amount.

but...if you feel I swear too much -- you can vest your anger by watching this video.

"Best Fight Scene of All Time"
2.5 million+ Youtube views