Intro:

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• A lecture series about Taoism is in the works
• If you are interested in kiva.org, please contact Rich: [email protected]
• Roberto Banchini and family: the sword in the stone and the arms-eating wolf.
• The joys of sleep, lightning storms and swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Iz at the book presentation (see this episode pic)
• A big thank you to Cecelia Big Crow!
• Emails from Malawi?!? Really?!?

Forum: we launched the Drunken Taoist forum. Check it here, start conversations and be nice to each other! thedrunkentaoist.com/forum

The "Rant of the Day":

• Public speaking in Italy, English is great for ruling an empire, Italian is for seducing women. To get stuff done, use English. To have fun, use Italian.
• We think the Pope smokes weed
• Daniele listens to himself speaking English in "I Am Bruce Lee" dubbed into Italian by some other guy
• Gladiators for World Peace: the solution to violence against civilians and overpopulation in one package
• Daniele had breakfast in Milan yards away from where 2,000 years ago lions used to have Christians for breakfast
• I have a message for the Church on behalf of the spirit of Mr. Giordano Bruno (this will be used in one of the future episode pics). Plus the best Sangria in Rome
• Daniele breaks five commandments within five hundred yards of the Vatican
• The evils of Scientism and blind-faith Atheism. Socrates and the Oracle of Delphi: the wisdom of knowing you don't know
• Daniele's problems with New Atheists: lack of creativity, the limits of critical intelligence, why Thomas Paine kicks all of their asses, and why Create Your Own Religion is a difficult book to market

The "I Have A Dream" Corner:

• The return of the gnome!

The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

• The miracle of Holy Water is that you don't fall dead when you touch it
• Goddesses of Mercy: a piece of advice that is illegal in 49 1/2 states
• Discipline: very unsexy but very useful word. The Samurai approach
• "A journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step"

The "Storytelling Moment":

• Thanks to Tony Loquasto for inspiration. The 47 Ronin story: one of the greatest revenge tales ever

The "Iz Moment":

• Iz's new favorite song "I Fought the Law" by the Clash
• We need to write Katy Perry and let her know she may get in trouble at school if she says the word "bitch"
• "Your love gets me so high"
• "I'm so happy to play with you" "And I'm so happy you didn't die yet"