INTERVIEW: The Oracle works and it’s always a mystery.
For the first time in a half-century of consulting the I Ching, I had a professional interpret the hexagram I received.
My Book of Changes
This blog explores my 50-year fascination with the I Ching, the ancient Chinese "Book of Changes". My approach is not to act as a medium to the oracle or scholar of one of the oldest texts in the world. I come to the I Ching as a journalist. Thus, this blog intends to feature original reporting and research - including interviews with scholars and divination experts - into the esoteric world of the Taoist I Ching.
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INTERVIEW: The ineffable mystery of how the I Ching works
Cyrille Javary is the founding president of the Djohi Center in Paris, and author of the 1997 book "Understanding the I Ching".
Summoning Synchronicity
I participated in what turned out to be a controversial experiment ” using one of the world’s most ancient texts, the I Ching or “Book of Changes.”
Pittsburgh Bill and The Buccos
L’il Sister Dodging Balls on the Softball Field Now
A self-declared introvert, Pam Kamena has done bungee jumping, parachuting out of planes, hang gliding, rappelling, "and other things that are not really in my character. "
The elder statesman can’t run but walks superbly
Reports that Cyril Barnert was among the group of young men who invented the game of softball in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day 1887 using a boxing glove and stick are simply not true, he said.
The Defender is Never Late for the Game
Stu Glovin identifies with the downtrodden. Except when he's on the baseball field.
'Popeye' Sperling packs punch
In senior softball leagues, where dugout discussions of medical procedures and illnesses can sound like a TV hospital drama, Alan’s weird injury has to qualify as an Emmy-winning episode.
A Comeback For The Ages
Jim Devico always had power. Golf, he says, made him an elite hitter.
With cop leading the charge, Gold handcuffs Silver
Thom Hutchinson belted two homers on a 4-for-5 day and recorded an astounding nine RBIs from the leadoff spot in a breakout game for him.
Under their noted boxing trainer, White KOs Gold
Pitcher Bill Tarrant took a brutal hit to the midriff in the penultimate inning, sending him reeling around the infield doubled over in pain like a boxer going to the canvas, and providing a suitable image for the match.
In battle for 2nd place, Gold goes by the book
When Pat Erb 62, convinced her husband of 33 years to try softball for the first time around the age of 40, Brent Burley looked for a book.
Shortstop Steve Shertzer’s baseball journey began as a highly recruited pitcher
Steve Shertzer was a skinny pitcher with a blazing fastball playing on elite high school and travel teams.
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Walk in the park?
The top six for the Gold team went 25 for 35 (.700), including 9 extra-base hits, feasting on the opposing pitcher’s penchant for throwing “cookies” in an effort just to throw strikes. Which he succeeded in doing - he didn’t walk anybody.
“Mr. Fixit” engineers Junkies’ win over Grays in Playoffs
The Grays played their "best game" but the Junkies infield defense was stellar in the opening round of playoffs in LA senior softball league.
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Bottoms up! The ‘Horra for Gold comes at the end
“If the bottom of our order had been more ordinary, you might have won the game,” Ohdahorra manager Bill Katz told me afterward.
Gold comes up short from the start
It was, however, a beautiful Sunday morning for Opening Day of the senior softball league in Culver City.
No marathon for Junkies and Jim Paul, just efficient win
The game took just over an hour to complete in contrast to more marathon contests that have characterized the LA senior softball league this fall-winter season with playoffs beginning next week. The 2ndseeded Junkies get a rematch with the 15th seeded Grays in the first round.
Junkies get a shot of Hipster elixir in last-inning comeback
The improbable win left the Junkies one game away from a 2nd seed in the
upcoming playoffs with the final game of the regular season Thursday. The Archies have locked down the 1st seed.
upcoming playoffs with the final game of the regular season Thursday. The Archies have locked down the 1st seed.
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The Flinch That Stole Christmas
The last inning is the witching time in senior softball.
“Pizza Joe” adds the toppings in Junkies victory
Multifarious meltdowns, curious managerial decisions, a monstrous homerun or two. T'is the season for the follies in the LA Senior Softball League.
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The arbitrator helps Junkies settle case against Mudhens
Nearing the halfway mark of the season, the LA senior softball league saw walk-offs, slug fests, disconsolate ties and a bad ump call with a failed protest.
Archies remain unbeaten after edging the Dodgers
We couldn’t have been any closer to beating them,” said Dodgers Manager George Cliffords.
Must have been the Supermoon
Something in the air? (Musical accompaniment by Thunderclap Newman)The hits just kept on coming in senior softball action
The ‘one-pitch save’
More last inning drama, great catches and knuckled-headedness in last week's LA senior softball league.
Dodgers flip D script to squeak by Junkies
Bases loaded, two outs in the last inning was a featured scenario this week around the senior softball league.
UPDATED-Junkies walk all over ‘Crackers, then stagger to a win
UPDATES with other games. Opening day of the Fall 2024 season saw the Junkies in danger of nodding off before a dramatic finish.
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INTERVIEW: The Oracle works and it’s always a mystery.
For the first time in a half-century of consulting the I Ching, I had a professional interpret the hexagram I received.
R.I.P Tubby the Cat
An old bachelor and his old cat had their own peculiar love story.
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Korean players give new meaning to K-pop in Pittsburgh
It was the shot heard ‘round Korea.
Ji-wan Bae, a charismatic rookie infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit a stunning walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning against the World Series defending champions, the Houston Astros. (Click to open article)
Ji-wan Bae, a charismatic rookie infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, hit a stunning walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the 9th inning against the World Series defending champions, the Houston Astros. (Click to open article)
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My personal Deejay joins the bot family
I have my own personal deejay, courtesy of Spotify. His name is X. He sounds like Ice T!
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The Enduring Mystery of MH370
I was a news editor for Reuters in Singapore when the story about the disappearance of MH 370 broke nine years ago. And to say it consumed everyone's attention is like saying Godzilla consumed much of Tokyo on an empty stomach. Richard Quest was hyper-venting so robustly on CNN I thought he would spawn his own mini-me. Click on item for full story. (Photo shows the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur)
Tubby, the fat cat
I never considered myself a cat person until Tubby came into my life at the end of 2019. We always had dogs growing up. My family did have a Siamese for a short while in Pittsburgh in the 1960s. She was alien and antisocial, often perching atop the living room curtains, for the view, I guess. She was expelled from the house after leaping into my father's lap while he was sipping coffee. I used to sneer at all those annoying cat videos on social media, digital therapy for the feline fixated.
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Crazy, Rich and Asian
When the creators of “Crazy Rich Asians” were shopping the film around Hollywood, one prospective producer suggested they cast a white actor for the lead. That didn’t happen and the romantic comedy, based on the best-selling book by Singapore-American Kevin Kwan became the first all-Asian Hollywood studio movie since “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993, a uniquely Chinese-American tale that would have been impossible to cast otherwise. (Click here for the full post)