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@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ a byte too trite.
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 sasquatch in my breakfast cereal.  -- fred t. hamster
 ~
-"what i say is unimportant."  -- david w andrews
-"i'll keep that in mind."     -- chris koeritz
+"what i say is unimportant."  -- JDB
+"i'll keep that in mind."     -- fred
 ~
 "are Israelis Catholic?"  -- christine kelly
 ~
@@ -32760,7 +32760,7 @@ against each other.
 Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.
   -- William Ruckelshaus
 ~
-Those who get too big for their briches will be exposed in the end.  -- Anon.
+Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.  -- Anon.
 ~
 "We're not talking about the same thing," he said.  "For you the world is weird
 because if you're not bored with it you're at odds with it.  For me the world
@@ -44113,5 +44113,27 @@ Loving-kindness is the very foundation of a civilized world.
   -- Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, from "Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path
      of Joy", published by Shambhala Publications
 ~
-
-
+may lies taste like the spawn of ash in my mouth,
+may untruths burn themselves away in the mist,
+all fabrications will shatter and ooze away,
+that the manifest truths may shine free.
+  -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Anybody can become angry--that is easy; but to be angry with the right person,
+and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and
+in the right way--that is not within everybody's power; that is not easy.
+  -- Aristotle
+~
+Mindfulness can evolve into an experience of attending to the world with the
+world, not only infusing the body with more aliveness but also transforming
+the entire world into a field of aliveness.  Yes, biological aliveness has
+always already been there, but every time I bring breath attention to it, I
+augment and refine it.  It's like the difference between watering a
+houseplant and attending to it with a "green thumb."  It's not quite
+clear what a green thumb is.  Some people have it, some people don't.  Maybe
+we can describe it as a mixture of extra nourishment and something intangible
+like attention, love, and care.  For the houseplant, the green thumb is the
+difference between surviving and thriving.  Mindfulness practice can have that
+effect on your life.
+  -- Christian Dillo, from "The Path of Aliveness: A Contemporary Zen Approach
+     to Awakening Body and Mind", published by Shambhala Publications