Mu.

(a followup on the Blogagauntlet)

Taylor seems fit to ridicule me and my two lovely hats (and yes, for your information, I did pick the scally cap today. Though, you may recall, yesterday I wore no hat. How exactly does that align you with Barack’s history of telling the truth, again?), and compare himself to a Shaolin Warrior-Monk.

May I retort with a Buddhist Koan. Permit me to state two facts.

- The Chinese character “Wu” and the Japanese character “Mu” are used as a total negator – a sort of “no way” or “none of the above.”

- Taylor, by all accounts, is a dog. I don’t feel as though I need to explain myself here.

May I remind you now of the Koan known as “Joshu’s Dog”

A monk asked Joshu, a Zen master: `Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?’

Joshu answered: `Mu.’

Now how, I ask you, can Taylor ever be a self-proclaimed Buddhist Monk, when he, as a dog, at once can and cannot have Buddha-nature? It makes as much sense as saying it is guaranteed Schrodinger’s got a living cat in the box. The essence of being a Monk is attaining an enlightenment that transcends this identification you seem fit to place upon yourself. You are not a monk, so much as the man scrubbing the lavatories drunk on plum wine at the the dojo, calling yourself a Monk while so drunk on sake you can’t hear the shakuhachi blasting in your ear.

The Hagakure may let you be a self-proclaimed Samurai, though you will not know for sure until death. But you had to be the Monk, and that just cost you the argument.

Now that I have laid Taylor to waste, let’s see what the topic is for the final round. Oh, Ryan?

ROUND 5 (THE FINAL ROUND)

The Debate:

Who is the best video game character of all time, and why?

The Hunt:

Embed a piece of media that has the best interpretation of the original Mario Bros. theme song.

And so, as a blog-war only should, it comes down to video games. Taylor, prepare for your own Babality.

Edit: T-bett, I can’t believe you didn’t post this video as further illustration of your Obama post. Found care of Colin.