14 posts tagged “zen”
In his recent one-man show titled (ever appropriately) "This Filthy World," filmmaker John Waters talked at length about the gay-culture phenomenon of "bears." If you don't know what a bear is, Waters might not be surprised (that is, if you're not gay). His (facetious) contention is that it's something that no straight person knows about.
Bears are, generally, hairy men who might be a bit heavyset. Like, say, the one meditating in the graphic of the "Zen Bear" t-shirt (left). It's a whole subculture of the gay world.
No real judgment to pass here; all I have to say is that this has got to be one of the most oddly specific Dharma-Burgers yet!
Bears are, generally, hairy men who might be a bit heavyset. Like, say, the one meditating in the graphic of the "Zen Bear" t-shirt (left). It's a whole subculture of the gay world.
No real judgment to pass here; all I have to say is that this has got to be one of the most oddly specific Dharma-Burgers yet!
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!
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 excellent designer Gina Phelan for sending this snap of a sort of Dharma-Burger Classic, "Optimum Zen" cereal:
Til now. Thanks, Gina!
[Update: after posting this, Gina sent this comment:]
...After I sent the photo to you, I felt a little guilty because I haven't, in fact, tried this cereal. I mean, who knows? Maybe I've been wasting my time in six- and eight-week meditation retreats--I'm not realized yet, am I--and maybe I'm just an arrogant Buddhist who refuses to admit that there might be a faster, more delicious way--a more nutritious, crunchier path, one you can practice with soy milk or Rice Dream! So, I don't know, perhaps I need to experiment before I go off making fun of these poor cereal merchants. I'll keep you posted....
Thanks for this, Gina. We include it here because it so perfectly captures the spirit of inquiry (and fun) that being a Worst Horse truly entails!
Check this Gawker posting about the recent stunt done in support of the new book "The Zen of Zombie."
On the back page of each issue of RADAR, you'll find a humorous list called The Radar 100."
The new issue's 100 is called "Help Yourself: 100 self-help books you can do without." Zen and the Art of Faking a Personal Injury was picked for the graphic (left), but others with Dharma-related titles included:
39: Zen and the Art of the Segway Personal Transporter Maintenance
and:
95: The Dalai Lama Wants You to Have a Jet Ski
These are keeping company with some 98 other self-helpy titles. Among them:
Bill O'Reilly: Who's Lookin' Out for Your Loofah Zone?
The Lonely Planet Guide to Second Life
and, Flavor Flav's Illustrated Kama Sutra
There are of course more, and many made me laugh, but I won't type them up, since so many of them are in poor taste and I just have to assume that you're classier and more sophisticated than I'll ever be.
You can always buy the magazine, of course. Or, subscribe!
(And no, this isn't some kind of paid ad for RADAR. I'm just a fan.)
More RADAR hijinks directly below.
The new issue's 100 is called "Help Yourself: 100 self-help books you can do without." Zen and the Art of Faking a Personal Injury was picked for the graphic (left), but others with Dharma-related titles included:
39: Zen and the Art of the Segway Personal Transporter Maintenance
and:
95: The Dalai Lama Wants You to Have a Jet Ski
These are keeping company with some 98 other self-helpy titles. Among them:
Bill O'Reilly: Who's Lookin' Out for Your Loofah Zone?
The Lonely Planet Guide to Second Life
and, Flavor Flav's Illustrated Kama Sutra
There are of course more, and many made me laugh, but I won't type them up, since so many of them are in poor taste and I just have to assume that you're classier and more sophisticated than I'll ever be.
You can always buy the magazine, of course. Or, subscribe!
(And no, this isn't some kind of paid ad for RADAR. I'm just a fan.)
More RADAR hijinks directly below.
A while back we shared with you the news of the new "Zen" green tea liqueur. (A new web-ad for it appears to the left.)
Those who love Dharma-Burgers may dig seeing this new SFGate.com piece from columnist Mark Morford, "Let us get drunk and meditate: Here is you Zen green-tea liqueur and your Enlightenment Visa card. Go forth and levitate."
(And yes, we covered the Enlightenment card, too. Scroll down to "Finally, a credit card for people like me," here.)
Those who love Dharma-Burgers may dig seeing this new SFGate.com piece from columnist Mark Morford, "Let us get drunk and meditate: Here is you Zen green-tea liqueur and your Enlightenment Visa card. Go forth and levitate."
(And yes, we covered the Enlightenment card, too. Scroll down to "Finally, a credit card for people like me," here.)
Thanks to reader Frank Dries, who sent this little gem. He writes:
100% Zen, in a Polish hotel -- thanx to Zen, a pair of clean pyjamas and little time. It's so easy, check the little fellow's lotus.His legs!
(Found this in on the bed of my hotel room in Poznan, Poland. I Like what your doing. So here's a small contribution.)
It's true -- the little fellow on this hotel brochure is in fact doing the "lotus position" incorrectly -- he has the soles of his feet together.
BUT, this particular Dharma-Burger is somewhat remarkable, if only because it actually encourages the reader to try to do a little meditation (see second image). They also suggest two stretches for toning and relaxing.
Perhaps they've discovered that those customers who take a little time for their bodies and minds are easier to deal with.
Thanks for sending it, Frank!
100% Zen, in a Polish hotel -- thanx to Zen, a pair of clean pyjamas and little time. It's so easy, check the little fellow's lotus.His legs!
(Found this in on the bed of my hotel room in Poznan, Poland. I Like what your doing. So here's a small contribution.)
It's true -- the little fellow on this hotel brochure is in fact doing the "lotus position" incorrectly -- he has the soles of his feet together.
BUT, this particular Dharma-Burger is somewhat remarkable, if only because it actually encourages the reader to try to do a little meditation (see second image). They also suggest two stretches for toning and relaxing.
Perhaps they've discovered that those customers who take a little time for their bodies and minds are easier to deal with.
Thanks for sending it, Frank!
A while back, the Horse covered Creative Labs' mp3 player called -- ahem -- "Zen." (See "Find your Zen," here.)
In covering it, we originally wrote that "the Worst Horse can't tell you whether or not these are good products. But we might suggest you instead 'find your Zen' on a meditation cushion."
Full disclosure time: I've since bought a Creative "Zen" player. I'm a music nut and wanted an MP3 player, and it was clearly the best, silly name or no.
But one Creative Labs product I won't be buying is their new "Aurvana" headphones, pictured here.
That's "Aur" as in "aural" / "vana" "as in "nirvana." Get it? Get it?!?
It's not just the name that's keeping my wallet closed this time. These things are like 80 bucks!
In covering it, we originally wrote that "the Worst Horse can't tell you whether or not these are good products. But we might suggest you instead 'find your Zen' on a meditation cushion."
Full disclosure time: I've since bought a Creative "Zen" player. I'm a music nut and wanted an MP3 player, and it was clearly the best, silly name or no.
But one Creative Labs product I won't be buying is their new "Aurvana" headphones, pictured here.
That's "Aur" as in "aural" / "vana" "as in "nirvana." Get it? Get it?!?
It's not just the name that's keeping my wallet closed this time. These things are like 80 bucks!
Thanks to reader Elizabeth H, who sent on a scan of a new mailing from mega-retailer Target. (Or, as you know you call it, Tarjay.)
She writes:
Target included this in a recent mailing. If shopping from home is what it's all about, I don't guess I'm ready for enlightenment yet. I love reading the Horse.
Bows, or _/|\_
Thanks, Elizabeth, and _/|\_ to you, too.
...Funny thing about this one: when it first came thru via email, the image was so big that we didn't see the little "very zen"* headline -- we just saw the big yoga practitioner. Which led us to ask: Is this a Dharma-Burger? Or is it maybe a Yoga-Burger?
I've wondered for a while whether or not the Horse wanted to get into the business of documenting Yoga-Burgers. Dharma-Burgers may be popping up in the most surprising places, but Yoga-Burgers? They're EVERYWHERE. ...I'd never be able to leave the house!
So I'm not sure if we'll be including them. I want to stay on point, as it were. But if you guys send stuff that's on the line, it'll likely make the cut, just as this one did.
In the meantime, thanks to you all... and don't forget to keep your mind, body, and budget balanced.
(Ecccch.)
* As if the word "Zen" hadn't been co-opted beyond belief already -- notice how it appears in lower-case in this ad? The Horse predicts that we'll all be seeing a lot more of that kind of thing...
She writes:
Target included this in a recent mailing. If shopping from home is what it's all about, I don't guess I'm ready for enlightenment yet. I love reading the Horse.
Bows, or _/|\_
Thanks, Elizabeth, and _/|\_ to you, too.
...Funny thing about this one: when it first came thru via email, the image was so big that we didn't see the little "very zen"* headline -- we just saw the big yoga practitioner. Which led us to ask: Is this a Dharma-Burger? Or is it maybe a Yoga-Burger?
I've wondered for a while whether or not the Horse wanted to get into the business of documenting Yoga-Burgers. Dharma-Burgers may be popping up in the most surprising places, but Yoga-Burgers? They're EVERYWHERE. ...I'd never be able to leave the house!
So I'm not sure if we'll be including them. I want to stay on point, as it were. But if you guys send stuff that's on the line, it'll likely make the cut, just as this one did.
In the meantime, thanks to you all... and don't forget to keep your mind, body, and budget balanced.
(Ecccch.)
* As if the word "Zen" hadn't been co-opted beyond belief already -- notice how it appears in lower-case in this ad? The Horse predicts that we'll all be seeing a lot more of that kind of thing...
Thanks to Kin for sending on this shot of a flyer for apartments for rent.
See? "Zen" is good for selling just about everything. Including real estate.
Could Trump-brand Zafus be far behind?
See? "Zen" is good for selling just about everything. Including real estate.
Could Trump-brand Zafus be far behind?
