bg/ish: "Yeah, but I had a shorter name for it."

So I've been a little behind in getting some of the content I've had prepared posted to the blog. In the last few weeks I've had my laptop stolen, and jury duty, and have been scrambling to get back on my digital feet.

So let's start with this most recent weekend. Family and friends in town. Good times...

bg/ish: Monday Morning

bg/ish: Live From Jury Duty...

This introduction video is hilarious...

The interviews with "Former Juror"(s) are particularly riveting. One woman "brought a book, so it was OK".

We're all in this together...

...unless you're heavily biased... then you're gone son!

It's explaining how a Jury Trial works... N! I've seen enough Law & Order to know this works!

"The decision of the jury has been made. Justice has been served."

Or has it?

bg/ish: Testing... Testing... Is This Thing On?

Attempting to blog via my BlackBerry from the pit of despair that is the jury selection room I find myself stuck in...

I bet we're all thinking of excuses right now... I'd like to use my roommates infamous last resort call in sick to work excuse... I'll save that and an explanation for another time...

Meh.

agIsh: Bits and Pieces ~ [hope]

Hope is overrated and never gets the job done. In rare times it's all we have; most times we're just not doing enough.

nv@ag

bg/ish: The Photography of Walter Iooss Jr.

Sports Illustrated has a nice little gallery featuring the work of Walter Iooss Jr.

"The Newseum -- a 250,000-square-foot museum in Washington, D.C. -- has raised the curtain on an October exhibit featuring highlights from the career of legendary Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr. Here are some of the photos in that exhibit. Many of the shots in ''Athlete: The Sports Illustrated Photography of Walter Iooss'' were published in Iooss's 2008 book, "Athlete."

bg/ish: The Photography of Ed Kashi

The Wolfman left the following comment on my previous post regarding Project Censored:

"You should look into the Shell and Africa dilemma. I saw a crazy documentary on Shell's exploits."

And he's right. And he has impeccable timing.

I went last night to the 50 Crows gallery to see an opening and book signing for photographer Ed Kashi. His work is really impressive, and one of his photo essays is regarding Oil in the Niger Delta. So, Wolfman, check it out, because I'm sure it goes hand in hand with the documentary you commented about.

Up close and in person, this was one of my favorite shots. (Click for a larger size)


If you're unfamiliar with 50 Crows, they are a foundation that "eschews media politics and prioritizes social awareness by using arrestingly real, timely photographic images as a catalyst for education, cultural understanding and social action." They feature some amazing work.

Check out 50 Crows...

and check out Ed Kashi.

bg/ish: Project Censored... or, Wake The Fuck Up!

Did you know that schools in the US are more segregated today than they were in the 1950's? Did you know that Somalians only resorted to piracy after years of toxic waste being dumped in their waters and unregulated fishing ravaged their coastline? Did you know the European Union has blocked over 250 toxic chemicals produced here in the US and used in everyday manufacturing? Were you aware that Ecuador performed a thorough, independent audit of it's national debt and found so many fallacies and discrepancies it declared it's debts to first world nations void, setting what may be an example for other impoverished third world nations to start rebuilding their own economies?

Chances are you were not aware of any of these major world developments, and that's what Project Censored aims to change.

"Project Censored was founded by Carl Jensen in 1976, and is a media research program working in cooperation with numerous independent media groups in the US... Project Censored conducts research on important national news stories that are under reported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored by the US corporate media. Each year, Project Censored publishes a ranking of the top 25 most censored nationally important news stories in the yearbook, Censored: Media Democracy in Action, which is released in September."

I encourage everyone who is reading this post to look at the list of this last year's Top 25 ignored news stories, and read each corresponding article. At the very least, find one that interests you and read it further. It's incredibly informative and eye opening.

The "censorship" they refer to is "the intentional non-inclusion of a news story – or piece of a news story – based on anything other than a desire to tell the truth. Such manipulation can take the form of political pressure (from government officials and powerful individuals), economic pressure (from advertisers and funders), and legal pressure (the threat of lawsuits from deep-pocket individuals, corporations, and institutions)."

With corporate money monopolizing the major mainstream media outlets, now is as important a time as ever to look for trustworthy, alternative news sources that deliver the whole story, and not just what has been manipulated for the mass public.

Or you could just continue to let CNN slap you around. Oh what? You like that?!? Huh? You like that?!?

bg/ish: Remodeling, Please Excuse Our Dust

Sup.

As you can tell, the 'Pub is undergoing a few cosmetic changes. We're moving to our Fall/Winter motif. Actually, I just got bored with the old template. Lots of change these days, as I'll detail in a future post.

In the meantime, I'm still working on a new header to replace the mostly crappy temporary one that is gracing the page now, but it was easier to go ahead and make the template switch before working out the header details.

Still fine tuning things a bit, but getting closer to the final look. Please feel free to leave any suggestions or impressions in the comments.

As usual, thanks for reading.

bg/ish: Honda Love - The EV-N Concept




See more of the Honda EV-N Concept here...

So sick! And a nice tribute to the Honda's of old...


I was born during the wrong time.