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The Hazards and Sacrifices of Chewbacca Cos-Play
Interview with a Comic-Con Chewbacca on His Sacrifices for Star Wars, Dating a Sith, and Almost Getting Run Over by Harrison Ford Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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Flow of Water ~ Flow of Life
Originally posted on Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy: Years ago, my Dad and I were sitting in a duck blind in Eastern Oregon before dawn, and I mentioned how much I wanted to live near the Oregon Coast. The gist of my reasoning was that the Oregon Coast is beautiful,…
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▶ Louis C.K. Hates Cell Phones | YouTube
Louis C.K. is fast becoming the go-to philosophic comic. Why? Well, it’s a melancholy tale filled with despair and hope and a Bruce Springsteen song.
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On the Inspiration of the Bible and other Books / Von der Interpretation der Bibel und anderer Bücher (unten)
A thoughtful address from a newly discovered brother in the Ether. While I consider myself an anarchocynic daoist, I keep a sincere interest in the Christian Church and have made many wonderful new companions who think of themselves as progressive Christians. This piece is one I would recommend to my…
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Was Plato on Drugs?
Originally posted on Becoming Integral: Notes on Planetary Coexistence: I posted a short piece a while ago about a few books on Plato, including one about Plato’s relationship to drugs (pharmaka). That piece gets a lot of views regularly, and it seems like people often find it by asking google,…
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Interview with Pope Francis I
I am not going to go back into the flock of the Catholic Church anytime soon. I know that. However, Pope Francis does continue to intrigue me. Who Is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary…
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Textimony 20130918
Be ever mindful good friends: dialog is not a choice between victory or defeat. Authentic communication has many outcomes; winner and loser are not among them.
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“Democracy”, Crisis, and Control
Ted Asregadoo speaks with U.C. Santa Barbara sociology professor, William I. Robinson, about the crisis of global capitalism and social democratic ways to address the financial, ecological, and social crises wrought by this system. Related articles Society of Control (keithwaynebrown.com) The Financial War Against the Economy at Large (keithwaynebrown.com) The End…
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Daodejing 71
#71* To know your ignorance is most upright. [1] Not knowing but pretending to know is illness. [2] Just consider shortcomings only as shortcomings: thus, no shortcomings. The Sage has no shortcomings because he considers shortcomings as shortcomings: hence, no shortcomings. *Translation by LU Wenlong & Keith Wayne Brown, ©2013. [1] The…
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Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in E flat op 127, I Maestoso Allegro, Gewandhaus Quartett – YouTube
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in E flat op 127, I. Maestoso Allegro, Gewandhaus Quartett Related articles Classical music: The Ancora String Quartet will perform a FREE concert of rarely heard quartets for winds and strings this Friday night. (welltempered.wordpress.com) Beethoven Festival to Feature Wilco Drummer Glenn Kotche (thecontrapuntist.com) Beethoven…
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Textimony 20130911
If we live without regard for harmony, then we shall expend our precious energy waging pointless struggles. And the benefit? Vicious exhaustion. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether.
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Clouds in My Coffee
Carly Simon: Live From Martha’s Vineyard Filmed in 1987 Who is You’re So Vain about? Find out here. And here is a REALLY cool video from a video contest back in 2010. Very creative.
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Chemex® Coffeemakers and Filters
Been perfecting the craft of the slow pour using this device, under the watchful tutelage of my dear friend, Angelo. Really enjoying both the zen of slow pouring as well as the result. If you have never had coffee using a Chemex® and you live in Denton, stop by Shift…
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Coffee and van Gogh
In honor of my new job as the Social Media barista at Denton’s own Shift Coffee, I am putting up here a gallery of images from the work of Vincent van Gogh. Enjoy with a cappuccino or an espresso!
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Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? | The Nation
You may have seen it on the Colbert Report. A proposed walled city of “patriots,” known as The Citadel, received the particular dose of sarcastic humor the show reserves for militiamen and gun nuts. Colbert’s reading of the requirement that all patriot residents must own one AR-15 and a thousand…
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Video Games Inspiration for the Dying Art Of Japanese Woodprinting
Whether Hyrule or the Mushroom Kingdom, we’re used to video game heroes saving their own respective pixel worlds. This is the story of how video game characters like Mario, Link, and Kirby helped save a “floating world” (literally translated): ukiyo-e, a genre in the ancient craft of Japanese woodprinting. After…
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