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It looks like that shih tzu is pissing on my brick.

The Mentee, meandering (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

“The treatment of opposites in Lao-tzu,” Bulletin of the Society for Oriental and African Studies, 21: 344 “ 60.

Taoism Hansen, Chad 2007

Another prominent fifth century thinker was the philosopher Lao-tzu who wrote, If you tell me, I will listen.

Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

This delightful chapbook proffers a puckish twofer: a whimsically learned defense of indolence and flaneurship — waged by scouring the philosophical/literary quiver and loosing darts of Schopenhauer, Byron, Bataille, Waugh, Lao-tzu, and others at that ageless bromide of the strong work ethic — and an engagingly etymological lexicon of loafing, past and present.

Cover to Cover 2009

When schools became organized (around the tenth century), the methods of Socrates and Lao-tzu were laid to rest in exchange for a method that maintained that students are "empty vessels" and that the teacher can "pour" knowledge into them.

Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

Her hair was pulled into one of those weird shih tzu puffs on top of her head.

The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

Ironically, I adapted these values from a confluence of Eastern philosophy -- particularly Lao-tzu's "Tao Te Ching" and Buddhist teachings -- and Western science, which provides ample evidence that success follows happiness and not the other way around.

Christine Carter, PhD: Chinese Mothers Controversy: Why Amy Chua Is Wrong About Parenting PhD Christine Carter 2011

But, once again, the standard of whether the pain and suffering produced by waterboarding (or the emotional distress produced by your husband shaving your shih-tzu) are “severe” is only defined by the jury or judge making a judgement call about whether the pain and suffering (or emotional distress, or unwanted sexual behavior) meet the dictionary definition of severe.

Matthew Yglesias » Marc Thiessen: Obama is Too Good at Killing Terrorists 2010

Penny came running over then, leading a dog on a leash—I had no idea where it came from, but it looked like a shih tzu.

Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011

Along the way, Mr. Modesitt has weathered eight children, a fondness for three-piece suits [which has deteriorated into a love of vests], a brown Labrador, a white cockapoo, an energetic Shih-tzu, two scheming dachshunds, a capricious spaniel, a crazy Saluki-Aussie, and various assorted pet rodents.

MIND MELD: Does The Used Book Market Help or Hurt the Publishing Industry? 2009