I’ve blogged a fair amount (too much, some might say) on the connections between global warming and animal agriculture - it’s the true inconvenient truth that many meat-eating environmentalists have no interest in hearing, and many mainstream media outlets have little interest in reporting. (Gee, I assume that has no connection with whom the major [...]

I’ve been watching Ted talks lately on my morning commute.
This one is definitely inspiring - Dave Eggers talking about Once Upon a School (which, unfortuntely, seems to be down at the moment). It’s the story of 826 Valencia, a publishing house / writing center / pirate supply store / tutoring community in San Francisco, and [...]

Although our seats weren’t as good this time as they were for Eels, Gibson and (especially) Meloy put on one heck of a show.

Finally got a chance to see Eels live at the Somerville Theatre back on March 31st (slideshow below).
Sorry for the quality of the pics - managed to forget my actual camera and had to fall back on the phone camera instead.
Opener was a film instead of a band - the BBC documentary Parallel Lives, Parallel [...]