Encourage - Tuesday Post

Hi,
What a day. Lots of running around. It started with a trip to the bank. We forgot that it would be crowded since the bank was closed yesterday. That's because it was a holiday. Constitution Day, in a place that's been running without one since the coup. There's a big national election on the 23rd of this month that could change all that, or not. Anyway, in the bank, all banks, you take a number and have a seat until you're called. That's right, no standing in line. It's so nice. When a window is open, a soft voice asks number 140 to go to window four. Also, they use counting machines that you can watch. The teller puts the bills in the machine and it displays the count. Then they turn the bills around and do it again. Very efficient.
After the bank, it was off to the land for more payments. The dirt was really built up today. I forgot to take pictures, but the level is coming up. By the time we get back from Chiang Mai, it should be about done. It was the first time Lisa had seen the place with the dirt.
The afternoon found us downtown shopping for essentials. Later a long meeting with Dee, back at the house. He's been meeting with an engineer and an architect. They both like the land and want to submit ideas, based on our work with Dee. This thing is happening. The hard part will be allowing it to flow, without taking on a life of it's own and running away with itself. (I know some of you got that)
We may have found an answer to the overseas TV dilemma. Our friend Bill, up at Apple suggested a program called Timbuktu. It's been around for years, but who knew. Basically, it allows you to control one computer from another. So, I could watch a movie on NetFlix on a 'legal' North American based computer from my laptop. Since the networks (except NBC) allow viewing of shows after airing, we could see 'our shows'. It still might be a little funky because of bandwidth, but we're working on that too. So many things to think about.
Speaking of thinking, I know a few of you have been thinking about the song. Some of you wrote, with the right group, but you missed on the title. Come on people, you gotta sing past the first phrase. This opening line should help:
"Sugarpie honeybunch, you know that I love you __ __ __ __, I love you and nobody else..." Clue: Ha, you get no more clues.
You've probably gotten used to my going (Ha) when I'm making a joke or a tongue-in-cheek comment. It evolved from some writing Ming did when he was young. He'd throw in things like Blam! Kapow!, you know, comic book stuff. Couldn't help myself. Anyway, here in Thailand, the number five is 'ha'. Some text savvy writers now use 555 in place of LOL or something similar. Pretty cool if you ask me. So, don't be surprised if you see the number five pop up in the writing from time to time. (5)
It's time for Happy Tuesday.

Peace,
Danny

PS I will make every effort to write to you tomorrow. If you don't get an email, go to the blogspot site.

A student asked Soen Nakagawa during a meditation retreat,
"I am very discouraged. What should I do?"
Soen replied, "Encourage others."
~Excerpted from Essential Zen

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