Two gentlemen were arguing over the fact that each was more agreeable than the other. They fought with fisticuffs, swords, and eventually shot each other in a staged dual of honor. That gentlemen’s argument resulted in two grave stones. The only winners here were the grave diggers and funeral homes. The next time [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 20, 2007
Zentraveler Chelates himself!
The word Chelation comes from the Greek word to claw or grab. After researching chelation I decided for me the best thing was to go on a liquid chelation program. The three main ways of chelation are to use an approved I. V. chelation doctor which may run from $7,000 to $15,000 dollars [...]
March 19, 2007
Zentraveler meets tiny angel on Costa Rican bus trip!
On the road again— man I like that feeling. There is a song with the lyrics called: “White Line Fever.” I must of caught white line fever at birth. I have always liked to travel. There are worse addictions— at least you get to live out your fantasies as you spin around the [...]
March 16, 2007
Zentraveler struggles to keep on the path!
“We are not in control and never will be. The only struggle is to stop struggling.” —Wes “Scoop” Nisker. Everyone talks about walking the path or taking the path. There is a Zen koan that talks about walking down the railroad tracks as a means of direct concentration.
“Taking a path is [...]
March 8, 2007
Zentraveler walks away from back injury!
After spending the night in a lazy-boy chair because I couldn’t get up to go to bed my mother summoned a passerby the following morning to pull me out of the chair and deliver me to the chiropractor. The chiropractor did a good job of getting me back on my feet, but my lower back [...]
March 6, 2007
Zentraveler tracks rare dinosaurs in Guatemala!
I love Guatemala it’s so dam crazy it’s hypnotic. Pagans in the villages mixed with the High Priests and the most colorful handicrafts in the World. I entered Guatemala by mistake. I was stranded in Belize during a tropical hurricane. There were no buses running in either direction, no flights in or out and [...]
