fauxDharmaBum

Going south for the summer? This was often the question posed to me. Quickly followed by, "Are you going alone?" "Yup to both," I'd say, full of doubt mixed with excitement. Rest assured that I heard my fair share of "be careful" sprinkled among the "Are you nuts?" assertions. I'd think to myself each time I reconsidered the experience, "Please, don't let this be something to add to my bad idea collection." I had been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of and cultivate a friendship with an exceedingly endearing, cultured, and similarly semi-neurotic buddhist. His preferences mainly being more positive, like an ultra clean house, whereas some of mine are slightly less endearing and polar opposite of his. His penchant for attracting adverse luck, similar to the charge drawn into the accumulating side of a ... read more