"Ni hao" from first-century China! I just whacked my head with a fighting staff, and now I have --a lump on my head the size of the Great Wall of China.more respect for people who have mastered the fighting staff.a nagging suspicion I should never touch a fighting staff again. I learned about Chan Buddhism, and decided to write my own koans. My favorite one is --"If Fred burps when no one else is around, did it make a sound?""What is the sound of one hand playing a video game?""How did Mad Jack's parents know he'd be mad when they named him?" The Shaolin Temple was totally awesome! Unfortuntely, some of the monks didn't seem to appreciate it when I --referred to their temple as the "Shirley Temple."threw down some dope rap, rhyming "monk" with "funk."told them their incense reminded me of my grandmother's perfume. The good news is, we managed to get Sam out of The Book, where he had been stuck. The bad news is, he was in there a while, so --he now makes a rustling sound when he walks.if he turns sideways, you can't see him.he's even more bookish than he was before. Zaijian! (Bye!)