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Even with such poetry, Owen does manage to maintain the frame of a practical how-to. His goals for the book extend far beyond the pleasures of entertainment. A fan of zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (which he read in college), Owen wants to "demystify technology" for all home owners. "There is a powerful feeling of tranquility that comes from knowing how one's house is put together," Owen writes. "My childhood would have been somewhat less anxiety-ridden had I realized...there was no way for pirates to crawl... from the laundry chute...
Paradise Rock Club-at 967 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston. Call 254-2054. Thursday: Savoy Truffle, The Zen and Tricksters. 18 and over. Friday at 8 p.m.: The Mighty Mighty Bostones and Murphy's Law. 18 and over. Saturday at 3 p.m.: The Mighty Mighty Bostones and Murphy's Law. Tuesday: Judy Mowatt and very special guests Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Wednesday: The Innocence Mission and Toad the Wet Sprocket. 18 and over...
...believe it. I think the most contented job I ever had in my entire life was pumping gas at Chevron station at the west bound exit off the highway 401. I wore overalls that said Ed. Sometimes people would ask me, "So Ed...?" It was great, like zen...
...this Madama Butterfly for the '90s. Still, renunciation has its own rewards. By the time of their parting, Sachiko has assumed a Western assertiveness, and neither she nor her marriage will ever be the same. As for Iyer, the detached observer has finally succumbed to love -- in typically Zen manner: "By now it was so much a part of my life that I had not even seen it until it was gone...
Jerry, if you're out there--as you certainly are--take some free advice. Forget about the whole White House thing. One, it doesn't become you, and two, you don't have a chance. Go back and learn some more about Zen Buddhism...