September 2011
15 posts
Independent, Kick-Ass Journalism—Now More than... →
I am not one to solicit donations, though I do donate to causes I support.I felt it necessary to post this.We need to support investigative reporting…
“We need to raise $75,000 to pay for investigative reporters in our DC bureau who will expose these corrupt politicians and their anonymous corporate backers. Will you help us out?”
Biden has always been someone who speaks his mind,... →
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ^
BIDEN: GOP BOOING OF GAY SOLDIER IS ‘REPREHENSIBLE’ | During an appearance on The View today, Vice President Joe Biden expressed his disappointment in the crowd at a recent Republican debate in Florida for booing a gay servicemember. “Look, this kid risked his life, this kid was there for a year — and I quite frankly, I thought it was reprehensible,” he said. Biden, whose...
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Challenging... →
Worth taking the time to watch…
“Celebrated anti-racism activist Tim Wise, author of Between Barack and a Hard Place: Challenging Racism, Privilege and Denial in the Age of Obama, will appear at Villanova University March 29 to share his insights and wit, and to issue challenging calls to action.”
Danish Cinema and the Films of Lars von Trier...... →
“A film should be like a pebble in your shoe.”
“I swear to submit to the following set of rules drawn up and confirmed by DOGME 95”
Shooting must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in (if a particular prop is necessary for the story, a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found)
The sound must never be produced apart from the images...
Jasper and the Prodigal Sons : “Give me...
streaming thoughts dialogue/quote of the day
“Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it.” -Nikola Tesla
I prefer Tesla to Edison so I had to post one of his quotes as well :)
streaming thoughts dialogue/quote of the day
“Vision without execution is hallucination”—Thomas Edison
"How Stars Die...what makes a supernova so super?" →
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/09/going_nuclear_how_stars_die.php
I found Bill Nye the Science Guy on an obscure channel talking about the stars *sigh. So after satisfying my geek crush…I hit the science blog.
Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power) _ trailer →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdqwkzRNguw&feature=player_embedded#!
How does one integrate lessons learned from nature in daily life? This feature documentary is an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism. In Shugendô (The Way of Acquiring Power), practitioners perform ritual actions from shamanism, Shintô, Daoism, and Tantric Buddhism. They seek...
“Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it...”
– Oscar Wilde
(via hopeandforce)
In Grid: "tu es foutu" →
i love the scheduling post queue feature on tumblr!
here is another pre-qeued post.
because i am hiding in a darkroom sucking up fixative fumes…
i can’t wait to breathe fresh air and feel the sunlight again ;)
make the girl dance:"baby,baby,baby"_radio edit →
yet another pre-queued tumblr post.
i will have this song turned up all the way. i will bounce around in the dark, while inhaling is fixer fumes, as the bass bounces off the cinder brick walls of my darkroom.
i am cranking out silver gelatin prints…baby,baby,baby…
"France Enforces Marital Love-Making" //... →
“… in southern France’s highest court—in Aix-en-Provence—recently demanded a man pay his ex-wife 10,000 Euro in damages for not putting out in their marriage.
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That’s right, a 51 year-old was fined under article 215 of France’s civil code, which specifies that married couples have agreed to share a ‘communal life’. “
