“Consider the Lobster”
Just a quick interlude to tell the story behind the video above. My wife is half Bahamian and often speaks romantically about her childhood on the island and the roots of her love for seafood. I don’t share the intensity of that love. When she talks about conch fritters I have no connection to them [...]
Make that Vegan Pizza ‘By Any Greens Necessary!’
Just finished reading “By Any Greens Necessary” by Tracey McQuirter. Very good book and I highly recommend this quick read to anyone considering becoming a vegan or someone in the early stages like I am. I got the Kindle version of the book and read it on my iPad Kindle app. I’ve been reading lots [...]
Dept of Defense Asks Me to Test Plague Vaccine
…and I’m saying no on this one. Remember last year when everyone was debating and wondering if the H1N1 was some sort of sneaky way for the government to track its citizens with biological tags? I took the shot for it’s stated purpose and chose not to think about the other side of it. Well, [...]
Erykah Badu-Window Seat- “GroupThink” Is Not The Road Less Traveled
Badu has been breaking down the social context for years with her incredible lyrics and empowered imagery. Some would say that the literal strip down in the video “Window Seat” is gratuitous and invasive of the minds of the children present on the street she walks down. I see it as artistically important. Literally and [...]
Haitian “Disaster Capitalism” At Work
One phrase often referred to after the Haiti Earthquake is that of Haiti’s “fragile infrastructure.” A country’s infrastructure refers to, among other things, the stability of schools, water, public safety, waste management, and transportation. Post-quake, all of these were damaged almost beyond repair, but they were all indeed fragile many years before this tragedy. Take [...]
Adam Lambert Discusses His “WTH?” Moment
Watch CBS News Videos Online I admit I was amazed by what I saw on the AMA’s when Lambert did his controversial performance of “For Your Entertainment.” I have to say though, I respect him for sticking to his guns as a performer and offering no apologies in the name of artistic freedom. He does [...]
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