Huge, HUGE thanks to Horse reader SeanO, who sends this note and link:

NBC.com has a fair to middlin' introduction to Zen, for fans of the show "Life," starring Damien Lewis.

http://www.nbc.com/Life/exclusives/zen_guide/

In the show, Lewis plays Charlie Crews, who found Zen in prison.

Namaste. -- SeanO

Namaste back, Sean!

Thanks to reader Ben Hutchison who sent on this pic. He writes:

I found this Buddha statue in the discount section of Target for $2.50 and thought it'd be appropriate.

Yeah it is, Ben.

Yeah. It is.

...Ben also sent another little note, not Target-related, but in a similar spirit:

I thought I'd pass along this little tidbit about my last job.  I worked for a company called Karma, Inc.  I wasn't even aware that the company was called Karma when I applied, but it turns out that my boss was screwed over by his partner at his last company which resulted in him losing everything. So in a split-second decision he decided to name his company Karma because of the "bad karma" he'd received thus far. He wasn't really interested in any form of buddhism or hinduism or anything like that.

I think he may have regrets about naming the company that now because no one understands the significance. 

It was oddly auspicious for me, though!

Thanks for the tidbit, Ben. Stay in touch as the wheel rolls on.

Yes, it's true: On "I Love New York 2," Ezra -- nicknamed Buddha -- was summarily dismissed for headbutting another suitor of the show's titular queen.

Said New York in explaining her decision to kick Ezra to the curb:

"Buddha had to leave, because he got violent and very physical."

He will be missed.

(OK. He won't actually be missed. But the show's weird, quotable comments about "Buddha" sure will be.)

Horse reader Shannon sends this, from an online shop called Dharmagrrl. She writes:


Thanks, Shannon!

Gotta say: I like 'em! (And strangely, so do most of the men I know who've seem 'em.)

The new season of VH1's "reality" series, "I Love New York 2" is under way.

As before, "New York," the wanna-be socialite skank and star of the show -- and I don't mean to be just totally insulting; I actually think she would consider that description accurate! -- gives each of her suitors a nickname. One asked to be nicknamed "Buddha."

To this New York replied something like, "Why would you want to be named after a little bald fat guy?"

But then she conceded that this dude was so hot that he'd get to be called whatever he wanted.

So, "Buddha" it is.

(Sigh.)

As you can imagine, the fact that this guy is called Buddha makes for lots of good soundbites. For example:

"Buddha's a good guy," said New York. "I can see us takin' it to the next level... way too soon."

And, later:

"I'm sooo into Buddha. There's nothing bad I can say about him."

Frequent contributor Jaime McLeod recently sent this eBay find. As Jaime wrote:

I had to do a double take on this one, but it is real.

Thanks as always, Jaime.

(There are of course zillions of dubious dharma-products on eBay. Click here to see our favorite.)