In which the causes of suffering (duhkha) are seen to be missing a shift in
the eight fold path to enlightenment...?
Tony, the unenlightened
----- Original Message -----
From: Vernon Head <vhead@fuelrtm.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Naming Corners
> Katie:
>
> You forgot the "Mindbender" turn (Boondoggle 1). It was lots of fun having
the announcers mentioning the turns by name: "Pete Mottaz catches a cone
going through Mindbender".
>
> I still have the course map from last year. Here are the names we never
dared mention:
>
> Gates of Enlightenment
> Oneness Slalom
> Transcendental Hesitation
> Detachment
> Realization Right
> Consciousness Corner
> Zen
> Om, Sweet Om
>
>
> -Vernon
>
> On Monday, June 5, 2000, Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com> wrote:
> >Actually, at the first Boondoggle, we Vernon and I named all the turns.
> >Actually, we did that at every Boondoggle. The first one had turns like
> >"Reitmeir's Revenge," and "McKenna's Mayhem," and the "Sias Sifter," and
> >stuff like that. Then we moved on to, last year, anyway, finding that
> >inner-peace, and we named them after Zen Buddhist concepts. I know we
spent
> >like an hour on the phone thinking of names. I think the sweeper itself
was
> >just plainly called, "Zen." Other names: Affirmation. Clarity. Nirvana.
So,
> >the announcer would have to say, "There he goes, he's reached Clarity,
now
> >he's headed for Nirvana." We soon realized no one would ever really go
along
> >with it, though, the party poopers. Then, this year, and then we totally
> >forgot, we were going to dedicate the course to Microsoft. I can only
> >remember one turn name: the Zip Drive. Vernon sent me this whole e-mail
with
> >all these turn names, and they were hilarious, and then we both totally
> >forgot what they were.
> >
> >Oh well.
> >
> >Katie K.
> >
> >Happiness is the best cosmetic.
> >
> >
>
>
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