vegan, animal lover, student, skeptic, fighter for social justice, traveler (not a tourist)

Look. Pay attention. See the unnecessary death and suffering. We don’t have to contribute or help to keep it going. We can stop being a part of this. And so, that’s what we try to do.

"We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared before us, startled us, and then caused us to question beliefs that were strongly fixed in our consciousness-embedded there by years of family prejudices, orthodox schooling, imbibing of newspapers, radio, and television."
~Howard Zinn

"The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."
~Noam Chomsky

Strange is our situation here upon Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. However, there is one thing that we do know, that we are here for the sake of others. Above all, for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy., ~Albert Einstein,
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Pandora, epitonic.com including, Arab Strap, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Buffalo Tom, Jay Farrar, Luna, Papas Fritas, Spoon, The White Stripes, The Zephyrs, Virgil Shaw, Willard Grant Conspiracy

The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Darko

Chappelle's Show, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Adult Swim, The Simpsons

Sometimes a Great Notion, East of Eden, Infinite Jest