Saturday, February 23, 2008
BooBah, creative childrens TV show, or subliminal Biscuits Army Recruitment?
I was watching an episode, and before I knew it, I had eaten 4 pressies! GREATEST SHOW EVER!!!
for all these reasons spontaneous sex in space could be a little overwhelming
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is disputing a French science writer's claim that American astronauts conducted sex experiments while orbiting the earth in the space shuttle in 1996.
...but, um, they had to explore the potential for sweat and other bodily fluids to, um, get in the way. Right guys?
Relation Follow Up
Reality Sandwich
Scientific American
There are neural pathways associated with 'otherness' and with 'oneness.' Let's strengthen the neural net of love, or the ventral mPFC...
Namaste
Scientific American
There are neural pathways associated with 'otherness' and with 'oneness.' Let's strengthen the neural net of love, or the ventral mPFC...
Namaste
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Rockin the minivan
So I reserved a minivan today for the kids on the 7am flight to ft lauderdale...its gonna end up costing about the same as the shuttle ($60 bucks). total is like $4 hundy because of underage insurance...anyhow lets get ready to shred
Drugi Obieg
drugi obieg were passed among friends. The techniques to reproduce the forbidden literature and periodicals varied from making several copies of the content using carbon paper, either by hand or on a typewriter, to printing the books on semi-professional printing presses in larger quantities.
Lets start our own Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) of 1971
Stealing Is Wrong....
Abbie Hoffman's counterculture classic Steal This Book was a practical guide for the aspiring hippie of the late 20th century. And while much of its advice on hitchhiking, living in communes, growing marijuana, starting a pirate radio station, shoplifting and making pipe bombs is somewhat dated, it serves as an inspirational look into a way of life and a brand of philosophy that is still quite valid.
If you haven't had a chance to read it yet, now is a better time than any.
Revolutionizing Money
Bernard is a visiting Professor at Naropa University in Boulder, CO
I'd really like to meet with this guy; anyone wanna read up, then speak up and arrange something?
Glacier in the middle of a rain forest
hiking from a hot and humid rainforest right out onto a glacier is probably one of the most amaizing things I've ever seen or done in my life...
First President to Smile
All US presidents preceeding Nixon didn't smile in their portrait, and everyone after did
Selflessness in leadership?
I THINK NOT!!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
heady light show
new LED light bulbs are pricey but could last up to 35 years at four hours a day. They are totally recyclable and take up way less energy than traditionals or CFLs.
neato
Pangea Day
This is gonna be awesome...
A Product of the TED Talks, Pangea Day aims to unite the world through the power of film.
A Product of the TED Talks, Pangea Day aims to unite the world through the power of film.
Carbonated End of Time New Monsoon
Soundboards of some nice looking sauce from SF featuring some of your favorites
Set 1
Disc 1
1. Intro
2. Seven Rivers >
3. Slippery People >
4. Southern Dew (1)
5. Velvet Pouch (1)
6. Mountain Air (1)
7. The Other Side >
8. Song For Marie
9. I Am The Walrus *(1)
Set 2
Disc 2
1. Tuning
2. Hannbone Jam (1,2,3,4,5)
3. Dark Star **(1,2,3)
4. Daddy Long Legs (1)
5. Alaska (1)
6. Modus Operandi >
7. Don't Let It Bring You Down
Disc 3
1. Lotus Dream (1,4)
Encores:
2. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (6)
3. Bridge of the Gods (1)
1 with Tim Carbone (Railroad Earth), fiddle
2 with Jason Hann (EOTO), percussion
3 with Michael Travis (EOTO), percussion
4 with Rajiv Parikh, tablas
5 with Michael Kang, electric mandolin
6 with Mark Karan (RatDog), electric guitar
* first time played, Beatles cover
**first time played, Crosby, Stills, and Nash cover
Tudd Larry showed this to me
I know some of you guys have tons of music/are downloading constantly, but for the other kids who aren't a part of what.cd, etc. this is awesome! i got some sweet thievery and some railroad earth, too. check it out.
Where is the Water?
Tokyo's Summerland Wave Pool
Thats it, it's apparent, the most precious element on this earth
Thats it, it's apparent, the most precious element on this earth
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
brain controlled headset
BBC: game it up
"It allows the user to manipulate a game or virtual environment naturally and intuitively,"
"Gamers are able to move objects in the world just by thinking of the action."
wikileaks
main URL was shut down via california court order... censoring a site that was created because our news and info is censored... awesome!! (see below post about whistle blower site)
still access the site via IP address:
http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks
F' em
there is also a list of tons of public domains that hope to make it impossible to shut down the site
scroll a down few posts on this current article
still access the site via IP address:
http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks
F' em
there is also a list of tons of public domains that hope to make it impossible to shut down the site
scroll a down few posts on this current article
The Dominator Inheritance
"Our culture, self-toxified by the posionous by-products of technology and egocentric ideology, is the unhappy inheritor of the dominator attitude that alteration of consciousness by the use of plants or substances is somehow wrong, onanistic, and perversely antisocial. I will argue that suppression of shamanic gnosis, with its reliance and insistence on ecstatic dissolution of the ego, has robbed us of life's meaning and made us enemies of the planet, of ourselves, and our grandchildren. We are killing the planet in order to keep intact the wrongheaded assumptions of the ego-dominator cultural style. It is time for change."
tmk
OPEN THE FLOORS FOR DEBATE IF YOU FEEL
tmk
OPEN THE FLOORS FOR DEBATE IF YOU FEEL
A Meditation On Relation
As I sat in traffic recently, an undertaking that often engenders emotions of sadness, confusion and outrage, a bumper sticker in front of me begged for attention. It read, “Don’t let idiots ruin your day.” I was taken aback by the rhetoric of care for another’s day and my first reaction was to smile for having related to the attitude of a fellow human. I often times let situations and people that I see as idiotic transport me into a consciousness space of agitation which frequently leads to detachment and sadness. I realized, however, that I was relating to a sentiment of the segregation of beliefs and attitudes amongst people. In other words, I was relating to the fact that we can’t relate to each other. As I realized the weight associated with my personal resonance with such a statement my smiles were replaced with a feeling of emptiness.
What does it mean that I can’t understand how many of my fellow humans perceive their reality? Why do I get upset at the actions and attitudes of my peers? What does it mean that people view one another as idiots for their failure to undertake situations in similar ways? What does it mean that I passionately disagree with the way that some people choose to exist? I believe that all things are deeply interconnected in a way that pushes our current conceptualizing abilities--that all people are telepathically sharing their experiences on a deep subconscious level and through this relationship, are actively co-creating their realities together. With this belief where relation is so paramount, it is dumbfounding to me to be so out of agreement with what seems like the majority of people around me. Glimpses of Wal Mart and McDonalds and Marlboro only amplify this feeling of estrangement. The questions raised within me by the sight of the bumper sticker made me realize that I am far from being at peace with my relationship with other humans and this lack of harmony with my fellow beings is without a doubt influencing the creation of the reality we share together.
Through my spiritual journey and self-education I have come to view much of the current paradigm of human existence to be disgusting, evil and unhealthy for all things sentient and not. I have no desire to list events, laws, people or ideals that brought me to this conclusion but I know within myself, that in the big picture, humans have been and continue to write pages of history that are filled with hate, contempt, bigotry and ugliness. However, I am in no way interested in downplaying the presence of positivity in the world. Throughout my life, the inner drive to understand myself, other people and our shared condition called life has led me to amazing things, people and ideas. I am grateful beyond words for the beautiful things my consciousness has come into contact with and I am unsure how I would make it through some days without this base of enlightened knowledge that has been so graciously shared with me. Many thoughts both ancient and contemporary have deeply resonated with my soul, with the very essence of my existence. While many of these personal findings and spiritual seekings have stroked my being with warmth, love and understanding, my comprehension of them has further alienated me from the world in which I participate every day, a world that is stark in contrast to the things that resonate with me and make me feel at home in myself. I came to realize recently that this feeling of bittersweetness about my life in this world, the very same feeling I had when reading the bumper sticker in traffic weeks ago, is the root of my suffering on Earth. It seems the more positivity I invite into my existence the more I am severed from the majority.
Times when my optimism takes a hold of me are liberating and eye-opening. Being able to enjoy the beauty amongst all the evil is no doubt keeping me aligned and motivated to keep seeking but I can’t help but feel as though I am cheating myself by accepting or tolerating so much bad. I don’t want the glimpses of good to keep me appeased in the charade that is life on Earth in 2008. When I share time with other driven souls or when I am in my own space reading, writing and stumbling upon, I feel okay about my situation and secure in my journey to find my own truth. On the other hand, when I am out and about participating in the world I sometimes feel as though I am just another opiated body in the masses, accepting what is force-fed to me. I pay Xcel Energy, Comcast, Conoco and the like on a regular basis. I sit in traffic. While I try focus much of my attention on positive and enlightening subjects, as soon as I take one step into the world of capitalist consumption I am washed over by feelings of hopelessness. Sometimes I feel that my only hope is to detach from civilization, to get off the grid and live simply in harmony with nature. While this is an attractive daydream, I realize that it is only that. Living off the grid might bring me brief peace and happiness but it doesn’t bring me any closer to human beings that I am permanently bound to. Hence, it will not end my suffering.
While mindfully participating in the system and attempting to infuse some love into it can be painful and hard it doesn’t compare to the feeling of confusion I get when trying to relate to other people not as mindful in their participation. I can in no way understand the viewpoint of ‘things aren’t that bad.’ It is impossible for me to see eye-to-eye with people that have no problem with the countless unhealthy and counterproductive ruts civilization has found itself engrained in. Watching the placated multitudes as they trudge through life mindlessly searching for an impossible happiness defined by an oligarchy of evil gives rise to feelings beyond pain. And one of the reasons why it hurts me so much is because I can see a piece of myself locked into the charade. How can I not be attached to a way of life that I was subconsciously taught to believe in for my entire life? How can I, as a social ape innately interested in the opinion of others, not care about the way that my peers are choosing to live?
I feel that through my seeking and journeying thus far, I have effectively stripped some of the veils of illusion away from my eyes. This perception through the opaque lies of 23 years embedded in a force-fed reality definitely gives rise to feelings of alienation and confusion. What makes these feelings worse when they do arise is that when I look to those around me, I seldom see people enforcing and embodying what I know to be true. I see close friends and relatives, good people, either blinded by the charade or so apathetic that they effectively hand the very veil used to blind them to the very force doing the deceiving. Witnessing people’s ignorance and apathy towards things that get me so fired up and driven on a daily basis makes me feel lonely and uncertain of humanity’s ability to evolve out of the blinding paradigm that begs to define our lives. Why don’t people care enough to turn off the TV and turn on their cognition? Why don’t people have the drive to try to understand the mysteries of life on earth? Why don’t people put down their guns and pick up a guitar or a paintbrush? These are questions that mean the world to me.
My hope is that by living in a way that is true to my being I will be able to inspire others to infuse tenacity into their personal journey. I’m sick of the slow cycles of change and I will do my best to detach from those practices, businesses and ideals that I know are counterproductive to a harmonious life. I will honor the undercurrent of oneness that I know exists by acting selflessly and compassionately. I invite a new method of relating to my fellow humans into my life. Instead of echoing the sentiment of ‘don’t let idiots ruin your day’ I will try my best to ‘understand and relate to the idiot.’ I will share my ideas and beliefs in a deferential way and stay open to the ideas and beliefs of others. Coming together is the only way we will come to peace. As ONE.
Be The Fish
The mountain stream of life
Courses with opportunity
A drifting leaf skims the surface
While a river rock commands the depths
The mighty fish knows both the ripples and the stones
And in living
Turns opportunities into realities.
“An unexamined life is not worth living.” –Socrates
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?
I see something of God in each hour of the twenty-four, an
each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own
face in the glass;
I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every
one is signed by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that others
will punctually come forever and ever.
I too am not a bit tamed….I too am untranslatable
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
--From Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
What does it mean that I can’t understand how many of my fellow humans perceive their reality? Why do I get upset at the actions and attitudes of my peers? What does it mean that people view one another as idiots for their failure to undertake situations in similar ways? What does it mean that I passionately disagree with the way that some people choose to exist? I believe that all things are deeply interconnected in a way that pushes our current conceptualizing abilities--that all people are telepathically sharing their experiences on a deep subconscious level and through this relationship, are actively co-creating their realities together. With this belief where relation is so paramount, it is dumbfounding to me to be so out of agreement with what seems like the majority of people around me. Glimpses of Wal Mart and McDonalds and Marlboro only amplify this feeling of estrangement. The questions raised within me by the sight of the bumper sticker made me realize that I am far from being at peace with my relationship with other humans and this lack of harmony with my fellow beings is without a doubt influencing the creation of the reality we share together.
Through my spiritual journey and self-education I have come to view much of the current paradigm of human existence to be disgusting, evil and unhealthy for all things sentient and not. I have no desire to list events, laws, people or ideals that brought me to this conclusion but I know within myself, that in the big picture, humans have been and continue to write pages of history that are filled with hate, contempt, bigotry and ugliness. However, I am in no way interested in downplaying the presence of positivity in the world. Throughout my life, the inner drive to understand myself, other people and our shared condition called life has led me to amazing things, people and ideas. I am grateful beyond words for the beautiful things my consciousness has come into contact with and I am unsure how I would make it through some days without this base of enlightened knowledge that has been so graciously shared with me. Many thoughts both ancient and contemporary have deeply resonated with my soul, with the very essence of my existence. While many of these personal findings and spiritual seekings have stroked my being with warmth, love and understanding, my comprehension of them has further alienated me from the world in which I participate every day, a world that is stark in contrast to the things that resonate with me and make me feel at home in myself. I came to realize recently that this feeling of bittersweetness about my life in this world, the very same feeling I had when reading the bumper sticker in traffic weeks ago, is the root of my suffering on Earth. It seems the more positivity I invite into my existence the more I am severed from the majority.
Times when my optimism takes a hold of me are liberating and eye-opening. Being able to enjoy the beauty amongst all the evil is no doubt keeping me aligned and motivated to keep seeking but I can’t help but feel as though I am cheating myself by accepting or tolerating so much bad. I don’t want the glimpses of good to keep me appeased in the charade that is life on Earth in 2008. When I share time with other driven souls or when I am in my own space reading, writing and stumbling upon, I feel okay about my situation and secure in my journey to find my own truth. On the other hand, when I am out and about participating in the world I sometimes feel as though I am just another opiated body in the masses, accepting what is force-fed to me. I pay Xcel Energy, Comcast, Conoco and the like on a regular basis. I sit in traffic. While I try focus much of my attention on positive and enlightening subjects, as soon as I take one step into the world of capitalist consumption I am washed over by feelings of hopelessness. Sometimes I feel that my only hope is to detach from civilization, to get off the grid and live simply in harmony with nature. While this is an attractive daydream, I realize that it is only that. Living off the grid might bring me brief peace and happiness but it doesn’t bring me any closer to human beings that I am permanently bound to. Hence, it will not end my suffering.
While mindfully participating in the system and attempting to infuse some love into it can be painful and hard it doesn’t compare to the feeling of confusion I get when trying to relate to other people not as mindful in their participation. I can in no way understand the viewpoint of ‘things aren’t that bad.’ It is impossible for me to see eye-to-eye with people that have no problem with the countless unhealthy and counterproductive ruts civilization has found itself engrained in. Watching the placated multitudes as they trudge through life mindlessly searching for an impossible happiness defined by an oligarchy of evil gives rise to feelings beyond pain. And one of the reasons why it hurts me so much is because I can see a piece of myself locked into the charade. How can I not be attached to a way of life that I was subconsciously taught to believe in for my entire life? How can I, as a social ape innately interested in the opinion of others, not care about the way that my peers are choosing to live?
I feel that through my seeking and journeying thus far, I have effectively stripped some of the veils of illusion away from my eyes. This perception through the opaque lies of 23 years embedded in a force-fed reality definitely gives rise to feelings of alienation and confusion. What makes these feelings worse when they do arise is that when I look to those around me, I seldom see people enforcing and embodying what I know to be true. I see close friends and relatives, good people, either blinded by the charade or so apathetic that they effectively hand the very veil used to blind them to the very force doing the deceiving. Witnessing people’s ignorance and apathy towards things that get me so fired up and driven on a daily basis makes me feel lonely and uncertain of humanity’s ability to evolve out of the blinding paradigm that begs to define our lives. Why don’t people care enough to turn off the TV and turn on their cognition? Why don’t people have the drive to try to understand the mysteries of life on earth? Why don’t people put down their guns and pick up a guitar or a paintbrush? These are questions that mean the world to me.
My hope is that by living in a way that is true to my being I will be able to inspire others to infuse tenacity into their personal journey. I’m sick of the slow cycles of change and I will do my best to detach from those practices, businesses and ideals that I know are counterproductive to a harmonious life. I will honor the undercurrent of oneness that I know exists by acting selflessly and compassionately. I invite a new method of relating to my fellow humans into my life. Instead of echoing the sentiment of ‘don’t let idiots ruin your day’ I will try my best to ‘understand and relate to the idiot.’ I will share my ideas and beliefs in a deferential way and stay open to the ideas and beliefs of others. Coming together is the only way we will come to peace. As ONE.
Be The Fish
The mountain stream of life
Courses with opportunity
A drifting leaf skims the surface
While a river rock commands the depths
The mighty fish knows both the ripples and the stones
And in living
Turns opportunities into realities.
“An unexamined life is not worth living.” –Socrates
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?
I see something of God in each hour of the twenty-four, an
each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own
face in the glass;
I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every
one is signed by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that others
will punctually come forever and ever.
I too am not a bit tamed….I too am untranslatable
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
--From Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
Max...This One is For You
Giant Sea Spider Filmed
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/02/19/vo.aus.sea.spider.ap
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/02/19/vo.aus.sea.spider.ap
Disturbed by the Wind
DISTURBED BY WIND - Stephen Buhner
| A two-thousand-year-old tree in an ecosystem filled with a tumultuous, complex, riot of interacting plant species feels markedly different than a lone sapling surrounded by grass, stark in the front yard of a new housing development, or the Norfolk pine leaning drunkenly in the corner of the kitchen. The green, orderly lawns surrounding children's homes do not bear any relationship to the up-and-down, uneven landscapes filled with giant, craggy outcroppings of the immeasurably ancient stones of Earth that wild landscapes often possess. A calm pond lends us serenity, yet when its waters are disturbed by wind are we not also disturbed? our emotions unsettled? Where is it that our feelings really come from? |
Monday, February 18, 2008
Whistle-blower site taken offline
I think that a site like this can be a necessary thing to keep big businesses in check. If everything is being watched by everyone, people won't be able to get away with tax evasion and money laundering. unfortunately, our judges deem this site to be illegal. and what scares me is,
"As well as removing all records of the site form its servers, the hosting and domain name firm was ordered to produce "all prior or previous administrative and account records and data for the wikileaks.org domain name and account".
The order also demanded that details of the site's registrant, contacts, payment records and "IP addresses and associated data used by any person...who accessed the account for the domain name" to be handed over."
so does that mean that the gov can just create databases with the people who frequent sites like these? wikileaks, youtube can help bring morality back to the business world. who shot that video of the cow and put it on youtube? was it a "whistle-blower" or someone proud of their undeniable dominance over a living creature. either way, people know about what happened at that particular meat plant, and they damn well better be outraged...
same same...but different
Why is it okay for stores to sell beef that has been cloned without telling people? I don't know the adverse effects of eating something that didn't have a loving mother to raise it, but i'd still like to know what i'm eating. which is something i've lacked the initiative to do in the past, but there's still time to change the road you're on...smart man once said that
Sunday, February 17, 2008
You Are What You Eat
USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef
rBGH has been banned in Canada, EU, Australia and New Zealand. What about the US you ask....the profits gained by the torturous overproduction of meat and milk make it too good to pass up, even if there is direct evidence of adverse human health problems and immoral animal treatment. The cow shown at the end of the video can no longer stand up because rBGH makes the udder too heavy for the animal to support. If it makes dollars it makes sense.
From The Center For Food Safety:
"Because rBGH use results in more cases of mastitis, dairy farmers tend to use more antibiotics to combat the infections, the residues of which also may end up in milk and dairy products. These residues can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals and contribute to the growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria, further undermining the efficacy of some antibiotics in fighting human infections.
Furthermore, recent research has shown conclusively that the levels of a hormone called "insulin-like growth factor-1" (IFG-1) are elevated in dairy products produced from cows treated with rBGH. Canadian and European regulators have found that the FDA completely failed to consider a study that showed how the increased IGF-1 in rBGH milk could survive digestion and make its way into the intestines and blood stream of consumers. These findings are significant because numerous studies now demonstrate that IGF-1 is an important factor in the growth of cancers of the breast, prostate and colon."
rBGH has been banned in Canada, EU, Australia and New Zealand. What about the US you ask....the profits gained by the torturous overproduction of meat and milk make it too good to pass up, even if there is direct evidence of adverse human health problems and immoral animal treatment. The cow shown at the end of the video can no longer stand up because rBGH makes the udder too heavy for the animal to support. If it makes dollars it makes sense.
From The Center For Food Safety:
"Because rBGH use results in more cases of mastitis, dairy farmers tend to use more antibiotics to combat the infections, the residues of which also may end up in milk and dairy products. These residues can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals and contribute to the growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria, further undermining the efficacy of some antibiotics in fighting human infections.
Furthermore, recent research has shown conclusively that the levels of a hormone called "insulin-like growth factor-1" (IFG-1) are elevated in dairy products produced from cows treated with rBGH. Canadian and European regulators have found that the FDA completely failed to consider a study that showed how the increased IGF-1 in rBGH milk could survive digestion and make its way into the intestines and blood stream of consumers. These findings are significant because numerous studies now demonstrate that IGF-1 is an important factor in the growth of cancers of the breast, prostate and colon."
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