I'm writing this post from snowy Vail, CO. It snowed about six inches overnight. I'll upload some pictures when I return to wildfire ravaged Oklahoma. Blogging by Blackberry is a pain in the bollocks... Remind me to get a Treo when I get back.

Mike convinced me to take the quiz over at beliefnet to see where I stand spiritually. Well, here are the results:

1. Mahayana Buddhism (100%)
2. Neo-Pagan (90%)
3. Theravada Buddhism (90%)
4. Liberal Quakers (89%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (87%)
6. New Age (86%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (82%)

The way of the Mahayana, in contrast to the more conservative and austere Theravada school of Buddhism, can be characterized by:

Universalism, Everyone will become a Buddha.

Enlightened wisdom, as the main focus of realization.

Compassion through the transferal of merit.

Salvation, supported by a rich cosmography, including celestial realms and powers, with a spectrum of Bodhisattvas, both human and seemingly godlike, who can assist followers.

“Philosophical Mahayana” tends to focus on the first three characteristics (Universality, enlightened wisdom, compassion) without showing much interest for supernatural constructions, while “Devotional Mahayana” mainly focuses on salvation towards other-worldly realms.

The New York Times has an interesting article about a former executive of Electronic Arts who is now acquiring interests in game developers to check the power of the publishing behemoths. John Riccitiello and his venture capital firm Elevation Partners have bought controlling stakes in Bioware and Pandemic Studios. Their goal is to create a video game company whose creative divisions operate individually but also share some business operations and use their combined strength to gain leverage against the publishers.

Diamonds may be forever, but not all relationships are meant to be. Some lucky individual with an unlocked car in Boston discovered a $15,000 diamond engagement ring in his car. The anonymous gifter left a note that read, "Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands of someone you love, for my love is gone now. Merry Christmas to you."

I think I've seen most everything the Internet has to offer, but the ability for bloggers to carve a large niche in the blogosphere still intrigues me. Many of you may have visited the most rotten site on the Interweb, and if you haven't I'll leave it to you to discover it. However, here is the exact opposite... the cutest site on the web. Cute Overload!