Dallas Peace Center is the oldest and largest peace and justice org in North Texas. Their mission is to educate the community in a positive, non-violent and grassroots approach. They have partnered with other peace groups worldwide to promote public awareness about international relations, including Big Three Oil Boycott to End the War, and North […]

Sigur Ros’ new album releases next Monday. I’m going to their concert in Kansas City this Thursday. I think I’m more excited about the concert. You can listen to the full album on their website: http://www.sigurros.com/main/streaming.asp It’s perfect. They also have some pretty kick-ass pictures on their website which will be released with their new […]

http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2006/11/how_to_be_inter.html My favorite: “1. Take at least one picture everyday. Post it to flickr. The act of carrying a camera, and always keeping an eye out for a picture to take changes the way you look at the world. It makes you notice more things. It keeps you tuned in.”

“Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn’t want to imply that college is bad or anything. He’s just saying is all. There’s other ways to fill your head.” For some reason this always stuck with […]

I’m currently reading Slaughterhouse-Five. This is the second Kurt Vonnegut book I’ve read. The first one, “Breakfast of Champions” was brilliant writing, and if you haven’t read it, you must. Towards the end I couldn’t stop smiling and saying out loud “oh, shit” as he creatively places himself in the bar as the “creator” of […]

Marijuana helps to restore appetite with THC, which once introduced to the body, inhibits the production of leptin in the hypothalamus, thereby increasing caloric intake and decreasing weight loss in the short term. In the long term, this effect is more noticeable. The body’s reaction to leptin is much different to the effect of THC; […]

Last night Rachel and I went to see Young@Heart. Our goal was to get as far away from sappy love movie’s, and I think we succeeded. Here’s the plot summary from IMDB: Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA, whose average age is […]

I am currently reading “Choke” by Chuck Palahniuk. Really an awesome book so far. Here’s the synopsis from Amazon: “Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist. Victor Mancini is a med-school dropout who’s taken a job playing an Irish indentured servant in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother. […]