Is there any real distinction between what is psychic phenomenon and what is human intuition?

I think it's largely a matter of degree. Both involve the interpretation of meaning, but there's more information attributed to psi than intuition. For example, I might have the intuition that something has happened to a loved one, but a "psi experience" might occur prior to the actual event and entail the impression that a loved one had died in a certain way, a certain place, associated smells, etc. There's a qualitative difference of the type of information attributed to intuition and psi, but I do think they're very strongly correlated.

I've not read Blink, but have come across it several times. Were there any other elements of it that stood out?

Yes, I find the research with RNGs rather compelling as well... I'll add that to the list, and will touch on it in an upcoming installment of the "Fortean Diversions" series. ;)

I find them all over the net. Some from Google's image search, others from Flikr or Creative Commons. :)

What a thoughtful response. Cheers for sharing it! :)

Here's a write-up by History.com: MacArthur orders end of Shinto as Japanese state religion.

And here's another, more broad write-up at the BBC: Shinto and nationalism.

Hope that helps fill in some blanks. :)

What a very thoughtful response. Thank you for sharing it. :)

That seems like an odd thing to say. Would you like to elaborate on your evaluation?

Agreed, and well-put! :)

Some say a comet will fall from the sky
Followed by meteor
showers and tidal waves
Followed by faultlines
that cannot sit still
Followed by billions of
dumbfounded dipshits

Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid shit [...]

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way
I wanna watch it all go down
Mom please flush it all away
I wanna see it go right in and down
I wanna watch it go right in
Watch you flush it all away

Time to bring it down again
Don't just call me pessimist
Try and read between the lines

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend (Mp3 Lyrics)

Agreed. Castaneda should be taken with a heaping spoonfull of salt. He was a shuckster and a charlatan, and warrants critical reading.