Funny Thought: Humor can help you get lazy

Sometimes, you can get away with being lazy just by being funny. Example 1: Boss came into my office looking all flustered.  He looked at me with a face full of tension and said, “Meng, I need you to give me a hand”.  I said, “Sure”.  Then I...

The Daddy Lama

I’ve been invited to become a senior adviser to a tech company.  They also invited me to choose a title for myself.  I like funny titles (unfortunately, “Jolly Good Fellow” is already taken by one very good-looking guy in Google).  I also like the...

Random Thoughts

Couple of random thoughts that came up over the past few weeks. Quiet Mind In giving up, I find. In letting go, I gain. In just being, I become. In my silence, hear me roar. In this void, is Dharma. The Lazy Bodhisattva With great compassion, aspire daily to save the...

Funny Thought: Buffet with the Dalai Lama

Last Sunday (16 May 2010), I may have had one of the coolest tweets in the world.  My tweet was: Stood right behind Dalai Lama at buffet line! Background story:  We were having a buffet lunch at the house of Biddy Martin, Chancellor of the University of...

Funny Thought: Product ideas of the day

Product idea 1: A program you can install on your computer that locks up the computer every now and then, and the only way to unlock it is to smile at the webcam.  That way, you’ll smile at least a few times a day. Product idea 2: Competitive smiling.  Your...