Friday, May 5, 2017
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Earth Day
Abstract from The Sacred Balance, by David Suzuki
Humans gather together and learn the meaning of the universe, our cosmology. Now, we gather together and watch TV ads. Every ad is a cosmological sermon– the universe is a collection of objects to be fashioned into items for our consumption, and the role of humans is to work and buy objects.
Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more, of ever increasing wealth, has become the center of our identity and our security, and we are caught up by it as the addict by his drugs.
–Paul Wachtel
Just a few generations ago, it was the norm for children to head out to play in the morning or after school, coming home only when hungry or hurt.
Increasing urbanization has diverted streams into culverts, paved over swamps and plunked housing developments where forests once grew. Increasingly, nature is imagined to be "out there," perhaps in parks and usually entails getting into a car to get there. The current generation of children are some of the most disconnected from nature ever in our history. They know how to use a computer mouse but might never have seen a wild one.
As we distance ourselves further from the natural world, we are increasingly surrounded by and dependent on our inventions. We become enslaved by the constant demands of technology created to serve us. Consider our response to the insistence of a ringing telephone or our behavioral conformity to the commands of computers.
A human being is part of the whole, called by us the universe. A part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desire and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures.
–Albert Einstein
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
The Armed - Paradise Day
Punk Rock/ Hardcore from Detroit, MI. The band has made all their music free to download, i.e. very punk rock ->
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Holy Fever - Find Your Fame
Punk Rock from Los Angeles, CA. Featuring members of The Hope Conspiracy/ The Suicide File, American Nightmare and The Explosion. ->
Monday, January 11, 2016
Worst Coast
After completing a cross country road trip from Los Angeles, CA to Charlotte, NC, it has come to my attention that drivers from California are in fact the worst drivers on the road.
Once behind the wheel, west coast drivers seem to lose all focus and become an infantile, road raging shell of their former self.
The failure to observe the left lane rule is perhaps the most clear cut example of the short comings of California drivers. In California, the law states "It is the duty of slower traffic to keep right." In other words, if that's you in the rust colored 1988 Toyota TownAce minivan... keep right. Keep right off the highway.
However, California motorists will consistently make their way to the left lane, driving well beneath the posted speed limit, browsing Facebook on their cellphone, paying no mind to the road, or the line of cars they're holding up.
In almost every other State in a straight line between California and North Carolina, drivers rarely ever remain in the left lane, using it only for passing. And if you do happen to come up behind a vehicle traveling in the left lane, it's normally not more than a few seconds before they gladly change lanes to the right to let you pass.
There also seems to be a sense of entitlement driving every California driver. When it comes to "Stop" signs or "Yield" signs, it almost seems like a race to see who can roll through them the quickest without making eye contact or even looking to see if there is through traffic.
Outside the Golden State, drivers seem to follow the right of way. And no one seems to be in such a frantic hurry that mowing down a few pedestrians along the way seems like an acceptable loss to make it to the Starbucks drive-through a few moments quicker.
The severe drought in California has only worsened the extreme and exaggerated response drivers have to any less than ideal weather. Even if it's just a light drizzle, motorists drive as if it's the end times. Cars are either recklessly whizzing by you, veering from lane to lane or crawling in all lanes.
The reaction to harsh weather in all other States is considerably more mild. Most motorists keep to the posted speed limits, give an ample amount of room between cars and try to avoid needlessly changing lanes. With the exception of ice and snow or a severe storm, there isn't a need to change much while driving. Keep alert and focused with any and all distractions, such as cell phones, put away (which is the way it should be at all times).
Final note- if Trump introduces a policy where drivers are met with an electric shock and their phone's memory is permanently deleted upon touching it while behind the wheel, I'll vote for him.
Once behind the wheel, west coast drivers seem to lose all focus and become an infantile, road raging shell of their former self.
The failure to observe the left lane rule is perhaps the most clear cut example of the short comings of California drivers. In California, the law states "It is the duty of slower traffic to keep right." In other words, if that's you in the rust colored 1988 Toyota TownAce minivan... keep right. Keep right off the highway.
However, California motorists will consistently make their way to the left lane, driving well beneath the posted speed limit, browsing Facebook on their cellphone, paying no mind to the road, or the line of cars they're holding up.
In almost every other State in a straight line between California and North Carolina, drivers rarely ever remain in the left lane, using it only for passing. And if you do happen to come up behind a vehicle traveling in the left lane, it's normally not more than a few seconds before they gladly change lanes to the right to let you pass.
There also seems to be a sense of entitlement driving every California driver. When it comes to "Stop" signs or "Yield" signs, it almost seems like a race to see who can roll through them the quickest without making eye contact or even looking to see if there is through traffic.
Outside the Golden State, drivers seem to follow the right of way. And no one seems to be in such a frantic hurry that mowing down a few pedestrians along the way seems like an acceptable loss to make it to the Starbucks drive-through a few moments quicker.
The severe drought in California has only worsened the extreme and exaggerated response drivers have to any less than ideal weather. Even if it's just a light drizzle, motorists drive as if it's the end times. Cars are either recklessly whizzing by you, veering from lane to lane or crawling in all lanes.
The reaction to harsh weather in all other States is considerably more mild. Most motorists keep to the posted speed limits, give an ample amount of room between cars and try to avoid needlessly changing lanes. With the exception of ice and snow or a severe storm, there isn't a need to change much while driving. Keep alert and focused with any and all distractions, such as cell phones, put away (which is the way it should be at all times).
Final note- if Trump introduces a policy where drivers are met with an electric shock and their phone's memory is permanently deleted upon touching it while behind the wheel, I'll vote for him.
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