An “Artificial Intelligence” found that my blog is about sustainable living and reducing your carbon footprint. Probably because I mentioned once or twice that I’m a vegetarian. Who isn’t at least a vegetarian indeed shouldn’t mention sustainable living or carbon footprints at all. Religion and health are more reasons for a vegetarian diet. But there […]

Since the late 19th century exist machines, which automatize entertainment. Most popular are machines for gambling. But other types also exist. The second-most popular are fortune teller machines. Among them even is a sub-type, which casts horoscopes, although they meanwhile are very seldom. They probably had never been able to deliver great results. The above […]

An article from the Aikido Journal informed me about martial arts, especially aikidō (合気道), being in a crisis. Yet it isn’t a really serious problem because the main concern of that article is that instructors in the USA perhaps in future can’t make a living from only teaching aikidō (合気道). Already its founder, Ueshiba Morihei […]

Many of my articles are treating magick, including the magic in anime. But what is magick good for? Textbook and manuals describe rituals. Other books describe the history or mythological background of those rituals. Some sources want to tell you that magick means to bend reality according to your will. Yet already my attempts to […]

I don’t know why Ueshiba Morihei (植芝 盛平) didn’t like Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎). Since the latter in 1882 opened his dōjō (道場), the Kōdōkan (講道館), where for the first time in history a modern and public budō (武道) was taught, martial artists of traditional styles badmouthed him. Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎) stealing secret techniques, […]

Do you know the anime series Re:Zero — Starting Life in Another World? I can’t recommend it! The violence in this anime series is too excessive and some jurisdictions certainly find obscure reasons or vindications to censor or prohibit it. But I still like Re:Zero — Starting Life in Another World because it has an elaborated […]

I recently watched a documentary because it promised to tell something about crimes committed with knives in England. The documentary was overall quite disappointing because it focused much on therapies given to former prisoners. The documentary nevertheless showed something, which I found astounding. Members of a certain Church in London tried to prevent crimes by […]

Iva is asteroid #497 and also known as 1902 KJ. Iva is of the type M. Iva’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.85 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.30, a period of revolution of 1 760 days, and an inclination of 4.8 degrees. Iva was discovered by the American astronomer Raymond Smith […]

The Aikido Journal, which I didn’t know so far, put many of its articles online, so that I, too, get the possibility to read them. I did see so far that articles from already 2017 complain that aikidō (合気道) is in a crisis because of a big decline of the number of people, who seriously […]

The presentation of the last set of pictures, which I took at the Chē-Gōng-Miào (traditional: 車公廟 / simplified: 车公庙) in Hong-Kong, is an opportunity to tell something about the tenets of the Confucian religion. Confucius refused to speak about an afterlife. Like the ancient Jews did, so he, too, wanted people to stay focused on […]