Our heroes...

A Plug for someone else.

OK, so I've been studying Tai Chi lately and, like getting into Taoism wtih a little Zen Buddhism thrown in. (Eat me, "Josh") It's been really bitching and relaxing and such. Anyway, I came across this cat named Paul Read, AKA "The Teapot Monk."He's a Brit who lives in Spain. He wrote this book called "The Manual of Bean Curd Boxing and the Noble Art of Leaving Things Undone."

It is totally in-line with The Dude and the whole vibe we got going here at the Pie. Except when "Josh" checks in and harshes our Buzz.

Anyway, you can check out Teapot's other shizz at The Bean Curd Boxer blog.

Along those lines, Paul hipped me to a rendition of the Tao Te Ching (Absolute total Dude) by Ron Hogan called "Getting Right With The Tao" which is an incredibally awesome 21st century spin on Taoist thought. Some samples:

"The Master leads by clearing the crap out of people's heads and opening their hearts."

Or this gem:

"You can't see Tao, but it's there.
Damned if I know where it came from.
It's just always been around."

Man, you can't make up spiritual shit like that.
And speaking of the Dude and the Tao Te Ching, how about The Church of the Latter Day Dude's "The Dude De Ching" which interprets the Tao Te Ching with lines and concepts from The Big Lebowski.

Moonpie Abides, dude...........

Moonpie submits for your consideration, The Dude. I don't know about you, but I feel alittle better knowing guys like the Dude are out there...

....I have no idea why I posted this. I say good-day.

That's how Rick rolls...

Congratulations to Rick for taking the trophy while bowling in Albuquerque last night.

People just watched in amazement as he threw spare after spare.* Moonpie would like to honor Rick with a token of our gratitude. But after we looked around, we had nothing to give him...

* Moonpie has no idea how Rick won the trophy.

Team Moonpie wins!!

It was an honor and a farce.

The New LLUA Trophy

the new LLUA trophy!

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Here's one for you folks

A trio of White Russians.The bar ran out of half and half. Probably for the first time since the 1980s

Oh what a night...

I missed the "Big Lebowski" bowling night in Albuquerque. Rick was able to attend and for a brief moment I was so sad. I pictured the gang all milling around with white Russians and talking shit about how different everyone looks from what each person had in mind.

I'll be there next year.

Abide, dude....

Rick and I kind of dig the "Dude" and have made many references in the past about "The Big Lebowski". Just wanted to share this image with all. More can be read on Duke City Fix.

*see link on Moonpie page