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Christiania of the Carolinas

By On June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

For a few decades now people have been calling Carrboro, NC the “Paris of the Piedmont“. I won’t go into its origins here. Some folks are pretty fed up with the phrase. We never like being pigeonholed it seems.

Here I offer a new phrase to replace the old. One a bit more [...]

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Just Pay the Writers Fairly Dammit!

By On November 26, 2007 · 1 Comment

Have to say I was pretty confused about the details of the TV writers strike. But then I saw this video.

I was impressed that some actors and producers spoke out in solidarity. But now that the smart writers of The Daily Show have laid it out… I grok it. Viacom is [...]

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Is the Internet a Global Argument Clinic?

By On November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Sometimes the Internet seems like one giant argument clinic. Case in point…

The Argument Sketch (or Argument, Argument Clinic, or Six More Minutes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus when including the non-argument sections) is a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Palin: “An argument is a collective series of statements to establish a definite [...]

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Radiohead MP3s Tomorrow

By On October 9, 2007 · 1 Comment

I decided to pay £10 for the new Radiohead album IN RAINBOWS the other day. It was a pay what you want deal online. I just got an email saying that the files will be available for download tomorrow.

HERE IS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOWNLOAD:

THE ALBUM WILL COME AS A 48.4MB [...]

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Learn from The Pinky Show

By On August 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Pink and Bunny are Cats. They have a video camera and like to share what they know. This is their show’s trailer The Pinky Show, in a Nutshell. (this link is to a page with a QuickTime version of this vid) Man this stuff is brilliant.

Thanks for sharing Paul!

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Apologies aren’t enough

By On April 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Wonderful and inspiring article/interview with John Hope Franklin in this weeks Indy: John Hope Franklin: Apologies aren’t enough.

But one has to wonder how far apologies will go in righting past wrongs. Is it the scab that, left unbothered, will heal wounds, or is it merely a quick-fix Band-Aid, slapped on to make the [...]

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Goodbye Mr. Vonnegut

By On April 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Kurt Vonnegut is dead at 84. Goodbye and Thank You!

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead Documentary

By On March 13, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Tibetan Book of the Dead Part 1

The Tibetan Book of the Dead Part 2

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Learn about others traditions

By On November 22, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Chuck from Minnesota Stories has a wonderful video and blog post up called What Muslim Prayer Looks Like. Please go over to his site and watch it. Its a simple introduction to the religious culture of Muslims. We must learn about each other in this world if we expect peace to exist.

In [...]

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