Day: February 8, 2005

I like the “hospital hopscotch” section
Web link of note: Dark Passage
(At http://www.darkpassage.com/)

Yma Sumac is a Peruvian singer from the 1940s and 1950s. How’s that for obscure.

Would “Yma” count as a Scrabble word?
Web link of note: Yma Sumac
(At http://www.sunvirgin.com/)

By Mark Schumacher– I first found this looking for information on kappa ( 河童 ), but I like the “BUDDHISM Deity Classification” he’s written.

KAPPA — River Imp or Sprite (Shinto)
Kappa also called Kawatarou 河太郎
Kawako 河伯 or Kawaranbe 河ランベ
Gatarou がたろう or Enkou 猿猴
One of many Japanese Suijin

Web link of note: Shinto & Japanese Buddhist Art Reference
(At http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/buddhism.shtml)