Today I am one year closer to death. In Buddhism, being born into the human realm is considered an extraordinarily rare privilege, and coming across Buddha's Dhamma is even harder. A birthday is a reminder that you have been given the ultimate vehicle for spiritual awakening.
I rewatched Ghost in the Shell (1995) last week in light of the new series' debut, and this paragraph from Roger Ebert's review at the time is still hilarious.
absolutely obsessed with soapkills (الصابون يقتل), a lebanese indie band that emerged in postwar beirut. they combined western trip-hop and melancholic electronica with classical arab folk melodies, gaining a cult following in lebanon’s underground music scene.
In 1977, British TV audio was hijacked by a voice claiming to be from outer space.
Viewers were told to abandon weapons and prepare for a “future awakening.”
Nobody knows for sure who did it.