Shanghai Express

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Kathryn O'Hehir

Kathryn O'Hehir
Location
Shanghai, China
Birthday
December 31
Title
Professor of Common Sense
Company
University of Common Sense (UCS)
Bio
Older, wiser, well-traveled. Teach a little, write a little, talk a lot.

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MAY 20, 2013 9:44PM

Packing my Buddhas

 
Getting down to the wire, time to pack up the girls 

Wutaishan Buddha2
 
 Manjusri Bodhisattva (of Compassion) purchased at Wutaishan, 2012
 
 
 
Whita Tara Baiti Si
 
White Tara from Baiti Si, 2010
 
 
 
Lhasa Green Tara statue
 
Very old Green Tara, from Lhasa, Tibet 200… Read full post »

 Question from Hell

 

I wanna kill my kid.

At least I did about an hour ago.  An hour ago I was certain I wanted to kill his ungrateful ass.  I texted a good friend with a child (sic) about five years younger than mine.  Then purged it all out in an email… Read full post »

MAY 15, 2013 8:30PM

Be still, my beating heart


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Yang Yang (Little Lamb) 10 months 
 
When it comes to pets, I’m a sucker. Look at that face…who could say no?  To me they are orphans, and that’s all I need to know.

 

I’ve taken on some ugly-ass dogs in myRead full post »

MAY 12, 2013 3:36PM

Happy Earth Mother's Day

Universal Mother 
 
Beverly Gary
Beverly Grey
 
 
My mom, at her favorite lunch joint, with her favorite zinfandale wine and son... (she always liked the boys best)
 
mom and mike 
 
Happy Mother's Day, Mom

 
 
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MAY 7, 2013 11:18AM

Paris and Love

Strange days have found us....

 paris-jackson-300 BLUE WASP/SPLASH NEWS ONLINE

Paris Jackson and her biological mother Debbie Rowe, May 5, 2013

 

A girl needs her mom.

 

Especially when your uber famous father's family is suing his promoters over his last "This is It" concert, and no doubt… Read full post »

*Update, Sunday afternoon late.  Discussions held with brother about going to the mental health clinic this week.  He doesn't think he needs it, but my compassionate sister-in-law made the calls after I originally called them.
 
It's hard to turn your life over to the mental health car… Read full post »
MAY 1, 2013 8:51PM

Reopening the Wounded Knee

 

sittingbull 

It's being reported by AP that the tribe of the Lakota Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota are being asked to pay $4.9 million for the site of the 1890 massacre where federal soldiers fired on a group of Hunkpapa Sioux, machine gunning down this group of men, women… Read full post »

APRIL 28, 2013 11:58AM

There is nothing inside here

OS won't upload videos this morning

 

pppffffffffffffffttttttttttttttttt

 

That settle's it.  Today is a painting day.  Read full post »

 
"Go some place you have never been every year."
 ~ H.H. Dalai Lama  ~
 
The Potola Palace, Lhasa, Tibet , 1920

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 Heidi Heitkamp, Freshman Senator, D-ND
 
 If you are not from North Dakota, and there is a 99.999999% chance that you are not, you probably won’t care about freshman Senator Heidi Heitkamp and her voting against the background check legislation.

 

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 I have absolutely no explanation for this star chart, I provide purely as an illustration of how fact, fancy and fate intertwine.
 
All I know is there is a lot of rock and roll going on in the cosmos this month, and as I am fond ofRead full post »

Do something else besides surfing for summer air fare this weekend.  Lot's a bikini's begging you to click on by, but the price fixers are watching your every move, and nearly everyone spends time on the weekend when booking a flight.  In a word, don't.  Just like the grocery store, th

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 Embrace the Rapture!  Pray for it, right now!
Dare to imagine a world without them. 
 
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 (ASU campus Hayden Library, 4/5/13) 2:30 p.m.
 
 
This man (from California) is a participant in the nation-wide campus crusade organized by the radical right,… Read full post »
Dear Jake and OS Administrators:
 
I've been an educator for 25 years.  Use some common sense.  Start by watching this video.
 
 
 
And for the musical portion of the class:> website statistics
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MARCH 25, 2013 7:25PM

Old life, Now life, New Life


Old life: Beijing
 
Haha
 
DongFangYaYuan
 
Now life, Phoenix: 
 
painting and roses 
 
seascape
 
Painted for my son over break....bored, bored, bored 
 
Not for long! 
 
New life, coming May, 2013: Pudong, Shanghai
 
Pudong Shanghai