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Dharma-Burger! The "Zen Bear" shirt

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:28:56 -0800

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 no...

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NBC goes Zen; Prison Dharma goes Prime-Time

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:55:39 -0700

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 pla...

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Dharma-Burger: Crunchy Zen! High fiber! Low fat!

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:20:01 -0700

Thanks to excellent designer Gina Phelan for sending this snap of a sort of Dharma-Burger Classic, "Optimum Zen" cereal: Back when I attended 2005's Speaking for the Buddha: Buddhism and the Media conference, this seemed to be considered the ver...

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"The Zen of Zombie"

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:30:48 -0700

Check this Gawker posting about the recent stunt done in support of the new book "The Zen of Zombie."

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The RADAR 100: "Help Yourself"

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:58:43 -0700

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 gra...

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"Let us get drunk and meditate."

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:48:15 -0700

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 med...

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Dharma-Burger! The "100% Zen" hotel

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:58:05 -0700

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...

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Dharma-Burger! Creative Labs takes more creative license.

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:19:05 -0700

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 sugges...

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Dharma-Burger? Yoga-Burger? Either way, it IS "very zen."*

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:52:17 -0700

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 gu...

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"Control your environment, Zen lovers"

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:03:29 -0700

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?

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