Dolenni Diddorol / Interesting Links: September 21, 2009

Pema Chödrön- Why I Became a Buddhist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4slnjvGjP4

“I became a Buddhist because I hated my husband,” Pema Chodron tells us with a laugh.

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/?p=1427

Nepal Hails ‘Goddess’ From ‘Absolutely Fabulous’

"On Sunday in Nepal, Joanna Lumley, the actress who starred in “Absolutely Fabulous,” was mobbed at the airport in Katmandu, not by fans of the sitcom but by Gurkhas, the Nepalese fighters whose cause she has championed in Britain. Gurkhas have served in the British Army for nearly two centuries, but they were not allowed to retire to Britain until Ms. Lumley helped shame the British government into changing its policy two months ago."

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/nepal-hails-absolutely-fabulous-star-as-a-goddess/

Cheeky Squirrel Photo Crasher

"Melissa Brandts and her husband were hiking in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada and decided to take a portrait of themselves with spectacular Lake Minnewanka in the background. Melissa set up the camera and went back to pose, and her husband held the remote shutter release.

Meanwhile, attracted by the sounds of the autofocus, an inquisitive Columbian ground squirrel, common in the park, popped up to investigate. Click! "Self-Portrait With Ground Squirrel" was born."

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/08/ground-squirrel-photo-crasher.html