When Matt @integralhack did a message board drive by the other evening I got in his grill and told him to step off (how men make friends in my twisted male world).

Glad you enjoyed "Hunting with Dick Cheney" and thank you for the comment (Waylon sure does like comments); fortunately, I love mixing it up here; once a boy, always a boy at heart (even with defibrillator).

Bill

Don't ever stop barking up the wrong tree my friend. Big fan of the big dog; appreciate the critique of my effort at writing.

Bill

-Matt

The copy is edited by a professional, my wife who is a managing editor for a legacy publisher so I can't speak in regards to what happens between the piece leaving our hands and appearing in Elephant journal. Think you are barking up the wrong tree on that critique. The meandering style is simply how I write. It's a process of finding out what interests an audience who doesn't give a rat's ass about their parent's Tibetan Buddhism frankly and I can't blame the dharma brats. But Waylon asked me for a little something for his magazine. His mother was a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, so it's in blood for an old-school type such as myself. I'm not a writer and I'm figuring it out as I go week to week. Waylon grades on a curve, comparing how I write stands against other contributors. I hold myself to a higher standard than being more eyeball catching than someone else. Baby steps, so I appreciate the feedback. Glad we're both feeling each other on this. I love a good heated discussion. Some of my favorite relationships with people on the internet have begun as drive by shootings over some manner of disrespect. It almost seems pro forma these days, you win some yo lose some, but it's all Samsara regardless of who is on the top of a heap of suffering.

Bill

May be a shadow of myself physically but I still love to mix it up on the internet; it's such a hoot. And laughing all the way. How can you take tweeting serious? Yet we do, and when we realize our foolishness, then we are talking about the dharma. None of this McBuddhism shit either. Pardon my French.

Haven't forgotten piece for blog on impermanence from Tibetan Buddhist perspective. Trying to find a nice way to stir the pot without make it seem like I'm taking a leak on the dharma as a palliative (make Samsara suck less for you as a motivation to practice the dharma. I'm just working on it. Still trying to get a feel for Waylon's audience.

I don't know if they are feeling me or not, but time will tell. I'm here to telling it like it is and not worrying about the rest and enjoying myself working on my bucket list for my final act. I love the Zennist nihilist trolls but I keep on scaring them off I'm afraid. Thank you for the comment, may the force be with you, or however you Zennist acknowledge each other on the internet as fellow travelers (other than writing like you are yoda). Keep those comments coming or I'm afraid Waylon will make me do yoga or eat something healthy for the first time in my life.

Bill .

"Bottom line: If you aren’t laughing while you tweet you’re doing it wrong in my experience. Just enjoy the view on the way up the mountain and constantly remind yourself that both sides are of the same mountain."

I love it! I don't laugh harder then when I am tweeting. It is at times the highlight of some stressful days…and I learn something from it to boot!

Is it just me or is Bill getting sexier and sexier after every post?

Cheers,
John
http://www.zendirtzendust.com

"Bottom line: If you aren’t laughing while you tweet you’re doing it wrong in my experience. Just enjoy the view on the way up the mountain and constantly remind yourself that both sides are of the same mountain."

I love it! I don't laugh harder then when I am tweeting. It is at times the highlight of some stressful days…and I learn something from it to boot!

Is it just me or is Bill getting sexier and sexier after every post?

Cheers,
John
http://www.zendirtzendust.com