Putin called demands for Snowden’s extradition “shaving a piglet: lots of squealing and not much wool!” I would suggest there are piglets all over – even a psychic one!
First let us consider that despite the current political atmosphere humans are indeed evolving as we are taught in school. … Read the rest
“Oh no, not that again!” This was my first reaction to hearing about “Aps” on smartphones and pads. Hadn’t we already been down that ugly-ass road?
Mini-programs, or applications, aps gave additional functionality to your palm pilot. (Ah those were the days!)… Read the rest
An office prank does a sex change on the poster in the boss’ office. What does he say when Rosie becomes Brozie? Read this amazing true story to find out.… Read the rest
Planet-wide protests against Monsanto ran into a snag in Mexico where the “criminalization of protest” has rendered the traditional march obsolete. So why not have a party instead? Thus, the Carnival of Corn was born!
“The carnival in Mexico is subversive,” said Carlos Ventura Callejas in reporter Alex Mensing’s story on this event.… Read the rest
… Read the rest“Everyone carries around his own monsters.”
— Richard Pryor
My two act play Ganymede opened last night at The Studio at 620 to a nearly sold out crowd. Party with the Gods of Olympus this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” — Vincent Van Gogh… Read the rest
The Rijksmuseum in Holland decided to take the art to the people! See how 1642 comes to life as Rembrandt’s Guards of the Night invade a busy mall.
Normally, one sees the scene in a museum all traditional and sort of not moving … like this:
But where’s the fun in that? … Read the rest
It’s opening night for TampaWorks featuring my new play Gasparilla Queen at Stageworks Theatre in the Channel District. From June 6th – June 9th come enjoy 8 short plays celebrating the Tampa Bay area.
FMI http://www.stageworkstheatre.org/shows-and-events/tampaworks/… Read the rest
Free Speech and Minority Rights are still huge struggles worldwide, according to the 2013 Report from Human Rights Watch.
In addition to the Keynote summaries of flash-points and progress, there is a photo essay component focused “on the experiences of what appear to be three very different groups of people—migrants and asylum seekers in Greece, people with disabilities in Russia, and adults and children living in, and working around, gold mines in Nigeria’s Zamfara State.… Read the rest
You have to kill animals to eat them! insists the boy in the high chair. I want to leave them alone!… Read the rest
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King… Read the rest
Do you feel overwhelmed by the troubles in this world? Read this Call to Apocalypse by Robert Jensen, who says that like “Bidder 70” Tim DeChristopher, we must turn frustration into creative solutions. But first we must face the truth.
… Read the restSome stories we have told ourselves—claims by white people, men, or U.S.