If you are a woman, a Muslim, an immigrant, a homosexual a person of color, a senior... I love you, and even though we might have cultural differences that we may not agree upon. I respect your human rights and appreciate the diversity that you contribute to my life. I have been here before and I know how bad it hurts when society shows that they ( Read more... )

I'm super excited how well the novel is doing.  The Wrong Side of the Sun is getting really good reviews and while I'll still be having to fall back on plan B to make a living, it's really awesome to hear from all the people reading it ( Read more... )

The environmental impacts of the production of a cell phone even before it is manufactured is actually very significant.
[A bit more info.]
Raw materials such as gold, copper, palladium, crude oil and silicone must be mined and processed which is destructive to the surrounding ecosystem.  According to cellphones.org it's estimated that over 220 pounds of mine waste ( Read more... )

It seems that it’s human nature to dream of a better life, a place to live where no one is discriminated against; everyone does what they love, has enough to eat, and life in general is rainbows and unicorns.  In fact many believe that if one is a good girl or boy and follows the right rules, says the right prayers before bed at night and backs the ( Read more... )

The stupa, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is defined as, “a usually dome-shaped structure (as a mound) serving as a Buddhist shrine” [1].  This painfully sterile definition gives a tangible example of what a stupa is and what it’s used for, but lacks explaining a deeper understanding of the spiritual use of structure designed for ( Read more... )

Women’s  Womyn’s Rights
Throughout history women have been thought of as subordinate to men; the weaker sex.  With the exception of some very ancient societies, most cultures of yesteryear and those of today are undeniably patriarchal.  Christianity is the foundation of the cultural morals of our society and the bible is the blueprint from which ( Read more... )

[A Rainbow of Perspectives]
          Any subject worth arguing has many perspectives and even more facets within those perspectives; the subject of same-sex marriage is no different.  Gay marriage is an equal rights issue that effects and touches people’s lives in a number of ways.  Sometimes it’s difficult for people to see how a controversial issue affects the life of ( Read more... )

Took a weekend trip to Steamboat, we couldn't have picked a colder weekend to go, but I couldn't have had more fun.

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I went to work for a few hours on Friday while Snow packed up her giant blue truck, which I have deemed “The Kraken”.  The drive up was really good considering a huge blizzard hit just as we were leaving and somehow we just managed ( Read more... )

For the first time in years I saw some shit that wasn’t really there.  I was a passenger in my girlfriend’s car the other night when saw this dude from the other side of the street start to j-walk.  I watched him step off the curb and in front of a car in the opposite and oncoming lane next to us.  It was close but he made it to the median without ( Read more... )

Note to Usher:

In many cases subtlety and the topic of sex can be intriguing and exciting.  In the case of the lyric in the song “Scream”  “Imagine me whisperin in your ear, that I wanna take off your clothes and put sometnin on ya.”, it is not the case.

Naturally people want to fill in the blank; give themselves a visual of what it is you are ( Read more... )