has anyone ever had one? they burn the throat and clense the soul. most tasty.

They are 3 for 2 in the co-op at the moment.

Some quotes to renew your faith in Americans…

My favourite is:

“When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data.” (actually it was the only one which wasn’t inherently racist or sick…)

slightly would like this one:

“George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States, he was appointed by God.”

“When you are completely clear, there is no subjective distortion; when you are completely pure, there is true perception. But even if you are thus through and through, this is still now the transcendental key. When the wind and waves have died out, the ocean of mind is as is; when you get to the bottom of the ocean of mind, for the first time you see the black pearl.”

-Tzu-te
From “Teachings of Zen,” edited by Thomas Cleary

How many?!?!?

From some random page on the net…
“This `gnani’, Devi explains, is a sage, one who is fully conscious through personal experience “of the eternal truths that express the Essence of the Universe.”

Hindi word, but not one, I suspect many Hindu’s are familiar with…

It’s an anagram of Nagin, an individual member of the Nagi. The Nagi are shamen, masquerading as a species of crow. One of their kind visited us yesterday, on the pretext of raiding a nesting pigeon. I sent him – or her – packing with the sound of one hand clapping.

Why yes, the Gnani… I know them well, or rather I’ve never heard of them!