Resist Nothing

If you could make a 30 second speech to the entire world, what would you say?

Be happy and healthy. Be kind but never underestimate the weakness of others. People are inherently primitive so it takes a village to foster the growth of a good person and it takes nothing for a person to be evil. Be prepared for those that are weak and evil. Lastly, HACK THE PLANET!

Election Day

Obama just projected the winner four minutes ago. I feel like I will always remember where I was when this happened. To note, in the lounge of the men's locker room at my gym. Very interesting to have seen men of business and money comment as we watch CNN coverage. Surprising to see supporters of both sides here, though one younger...I'll say anti-Democrat...guy the only one that was a bit too ungentlemanly. As people celebrated across the country, it seems a bit subdued here. I am indifferent at the moment.

Return

I haven't written on this blog in a long, long time. I'm also using "written" loosely. I mostly reached a point where I had nothing to say so simply shared samples or items important to me (pre-Twitter). I'm writing now, weeks behind schedule, mostly out of boredom. Why start a new blog when I can just pick the old one back up? Exactly.

I'm sitting now in a lounge with the television on, but I ignore it easily since I threw my headphones (they saved my life!) on and tuned into "Play" by Moby. Shuffled through email, shuffled through Twitter. I look at Facebook but I hate that site! So here I am. Trying to think, to write. Why do I struggle at this when I have so much to talk about?! Where I am, where I've come from, what I'm doing and what I've been up to. People seem genuinely interested when I mention details IRL so why not OTI (on the Internet)?

Maybe I'm thinking too hard. That's my problem. I overanalyze. Luckily I write this knowing no one will read it. That's either my saving grace or Achilles' heel. Maybe it leaves me comfortable to think that this is just for me but not motivated enough to say something. Either/or, I'll figure something out. I want to, better yet need to, turn a corner and whether that be to write more or to give this sort of path up, only time will tell.

I have a lot on my mind at least. Leaving the east coast, driving crosscountry to move to Los Angeles, finding my new habits for this town. I've been quite busy and I like it. Far better than doing nothing like I did in the last town. It was mostly my fault, but how can I disregard my own feeling that I was in the wrong town at the wrong time of my life? That's what I'm doing in LA. Getting back to living.

2011 Stanley Cup Champs: the Boston Bruins

Protect our air from hazardous pollutants

We could save over 5,000 lives just by cleaning up acid gases, mercury and dioxins from dirty old boilers scattered across the country, yet over one hundred polluter allies in the House of Representatives signed a letter pressuring the EPA to put industry profits over our health. I just sent a public comment supporting EPA efforts to save lives with new standards, and you could too! Check it out: action.sierraclub.org/mact

Calamity on the Kalamazoo

Anne Woiwode and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune coauthored an op-ed piece in the L.A. Times about how last month's oil spill upstream of Lake Michigan spotlights what's wrong with the nation's energy direction.

Read here: http://tinyurl.com/23gg75l

What happens to your smartphone data -- and is it safe?

(CNN) -- This week, news out of the Middle East saw BlackBerry, the handheld communication device of choice in the corporate world, assailed on multiple fronts over a security problem.

Story highlights include:

• The BlackBerry controversy has highlighted how smartphone privacy works
• Many plans encrypt data, meaning it can't be deciphered if it's intercepted
• BlackBerry data is stored on a private server; others stored by mobile service providers

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Protect Communities from Toxic Coal Ash

The Benefits of Wall Street Reform

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AT&T dropping more calls than ever

Three times as many as Verizon, according to a consumer survey released Tuesday.

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End of Nutritious Rice for the World project

"World Community Grid is pleased to announce, that as a result of the generous contribution of computing power from our members, the Nutritious Rice for the World project finished on April 6, 2010."

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