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As this seems your first effort and first efforts most often succeed when things are simple.... I'd definitely go with Mint 18 Cinnamon. There are certainly more knowledgeable people in this very thread. That's why you should listen to me. I'm terrible at Linux. But I'm pretty good at using...

Yes before and after. But China changed very little in that period. The pace of what we would call "progress" was much slower. But I'm not one whose paid much attention to dates and times. My interest has always gone to the meaning of the time. A time that is always recurring in it's cyclic...

This is a story I was told in collage so, I cannot attest to it's reality, only it's truth. During the last weeks of World War one, There was a great concern for the well being of academics who had not been heard from, lost in the fog of war. Teams were sent trying to locate and aid them if...

In Zen there are many stories that are basically setups to frame a Masters last words. One that's stayed with me Has an Abbott of many years laying on what all knew could only be his death bed. As always he was asked for any words that might be of help to the students he was leaving behind. He...

That's Because Greece is a Civilized country. As the newly elected American Anti-Christ.... (Come on am I the only one who can this! Really! I'm the only one!?? Where IS the Christian Right when we need them!? I thought they were all into the second coming thing??) Any way as the Orange ape...

I have no doubt that my personal interest in that particular period may have colored and enhanced my appreciation. Unless we are linguists if we want to get the flavor of worlds other than our own,... (Tell me we in Seattle live in the same world as Those in Bahrain.) Then we must learn to do...

You will have to hazard Telling us what you've seen before we can hazard who needs a new prescription and who just needs to start wearing their glasses. Come on now attachment really is a terrible thing to waste! Use it to polish the lens. besides I'm to lazy to figure out a subtle way of... of...

I came across the I-Ching when I was 17. I was working part time as bus boy at a Newbury's in new shopping center In Lemon Grove. It was then a small town on the out skirts of San Diego.Circa 1965. I got from them the first paycheck of my life...around Fifteen bucks. It was a lonely time for...

A mi-level Samurai was given a well earned promotion. To celebrate the event he decided to commission A family coat of arms from Japan's foremost calligrapher. They met and agreed it would be delivered on the day he was to formally receive his masters recognition and new office., all would be...

Questions ? ":O}

How old is V at sea? I seem to remember watching it as a child??

A young monk was in Crisis, for young monks are always in crisis....it goes with the terror and surrounding landscapes. Having on numerous occasions tried to talk to his wife he found that he simply could not make a dent in what he found to be her reprehensible behavior. He loved his wife and...

Oh...poor baby...LOL

A Buddhist story, perhaps as old as Buddhism itself and at lest as widespread. A woman recently widowed sat watching as her young son's body was letting go, his spirit passing from him, Passing from her, passing from life.. .She remembered without thought, She remembered with her eyes how her...

your to late, you already punched yourself in the nose, that's the way Rose goes.":O}

You know I really can't think of a better way to gain a quick but accurate understand the "Times" in which the authors of the I-Ching lived. "They were the best of times, they were the worst of times" Dickenson

you will need the following. 1. A note book suitable for keeping a record of questions asked. This is where you will put the result of each coin toss line by line and build a hexagram. Write your question down. The more Precise the question, the clearer the answer will be to you. Theres a...

A young Zen monk approached his Master one day to unburden himself. He informed his teacher that he had fallen in love with the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Grace lived in her every movement. She was adored by his family and people were naturally drawn to her for her kindness and...

This comes under the heading of "So now we know!" Many thanks Gizmo!

I in my magnificence have restored your Vision poor man! I can rent at Amazon! ":O}