November 2008
2 posts
August 2008
3 posts
unsng hstry: Pachucos and the Zoot Suit Riots
Pachucos are Mexican American youths who developed their own subculture during the 1930s and 1940s in the Southwestern United States. They wore distinctive clothes (such as Zoot Suits) and spoke their own dialect (Caló). Due to their double-marginalization stemming from their youth and ethnicity, there has always been a close association and cultural cross-pollination between the Pachuco...
July 2008
5 posts
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become...”
– Unknown
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
– Chinese Proverb
October 2007
5 posts
Overcoming Shyness | PickTheBrain →
“Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.”
– Maori proverb
September 2007
6 posts
Howard Thurman, leader of the modern Civil Rights...
In an earlier post I incorrectly attributed a quote to Harold Whitman. The real person behind the following quote is Harold Thurman: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Thurman is one of the most important figures in African-American history. He had many...
Magic Spell for Wealth (random google search)
This spell will bring you wealth and the finer things in life.
You Will Need: A Gold Candle
A Royal Blue Candle
A Handful Of Mistletoe
The Spell: Begin this spell at a quarter to twelve on the night of a full moon. While in your silver pentacle circle of protection, imagine yourself showered with wealth and good fortune. Place the gold candle on the right of your altar, and the royal blue...
Bert & Ernie are De Niro and Pesci →
Summer's over - now I can get fat.
Born on September 5, I chowed on 5 of NYC’s best birthday cakes. Two Little Red Hens’ red velvet cake trumped all, but Billy’s banana cake made a close second.
Coney Island High
favorite artwork from Coney Island
August 2007
25 posts
Today I’m in a reflective mood. It’s a quiet morning. Life is standing still, waiting patiently for me to catch up. I found a quote from philosopher and ethnobotanist, Terence McKenna: “Apparently there is a great discovery or insight which our culture is deliberately designed to supress, distort and ignore. That is that Nature is some kind of minded entity. That Nature is not...
Out-of-body experience recreated →
Experts have found a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in volunteers.
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, Ask yourself what makes you come...”
– Harold Whitman
Green Roof Gallery →
The perfect blend of style and substance, green roofs are pleasing to look at, plus they provide numerous economic and environmental advantages, like reducing the overheating impact of urban areas.
Fiending 4 thee HOTNESS!!
I have a split personality when it comes to materialism. On one hand I want to be a little princess in my castle, where everything I own is made of gold, feathers, ivory, precious gems, silk, tulle, and chantilly lace. On the other hand I sometimes want to vomit every unnecessary item out of my life and live like a Benedictine monk in the Arizona desert. But right now, at this very moment, I...
One in Four Read No Books Last Year →
Yet Perez Hilton gets a million readers a day (including me!). What books have you read/not read?
Is it fall yet?
The cooler temps these past two days had me fiending for some fall fashions.
10 Things you Can’t do with the Law of Attraction →
via Today Is That Day
STUFF I LUFF: Personal hygiene products
It’s August in New York. It’s humid, hot, smelly, and—in light of recent events—prone to tornados and hurricanes. To those of us not jetset enough to be elsewhere during the dog days of summer, only the shower offers respite from the heat. Unless we’re tipsy on a Sunday afternoon, in which case, it’s the waters of Coney Island. The following are my very own...
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they...”
– Anais Nin
“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age. ”
– Georg C. Lichtenberg
Unsung MP3: "Dounia" by Vieux Farka Toure →
This is my favorite song on Vieux Farka Toure’s debut album. It’s got some really SICK guitar styling and it sounded absolutely beautiful live.
July 2007
21 posts
6 Bulgarian nurses accused of injecting 400 Libyan... →
“If the nurses had been Italian or British or American, diplomats say, the case would have provoked a major international protest, with posters and yellow ribbons demanding their release. But here in Sofia, a lazy city of trendy cafés and decaying Communist monuments, there is only muted outrage.”
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the...”
– Andre Gide (found on Craigslist)
