Rise Industries

Over at Defective Yeti, Bush’s presidency as a text based aventure game.

Brings me back to the Commodore 64, and Zork. (If you are too young to remember that one, try looking around first)

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

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Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.

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The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

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Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

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Today, I hope you can take some time to read some of Martin Luther King Jr‘s speeches… many are here. Our country is so far off track from his visions of nonviolence and equality – starting an unprovoked war and letting down our own people affected by natural disaster. I hope we can find a way to live out his dreams.

Two shows this month, on both coasts:

West:

Closing reception
of Windermere’s Art and Charity Exhibition,
featuring the artwork of five of McLean Fine Art’s artists:

Dean Styers
Paul Pitsker
Jeremy Quinn
Mimi Drop
Ryan Villiers

Friday, January 13, 2006, 6p – 8p

9000 Sunset Boulevard, 3rd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069
street parking or lot parking available for $5 in the 9000 Sunset
building

A portion of all art sales will benefit five local charities as selected
by the artists. This is a great opportunity to buy some affordable
artworks – and support local Los Angeles charities and non-profits at
the same time. A portion of my sales will go to The HeArt project,
www.theheartproject.org

RSVPs encouraged – McLean Fine Art @ info@mcleanfineart.com

For more information on McLean Fine Art please visit
www.mcleanfineart.com

East:

The Studio Visit

Exit Art
475 Tenth Ave, NY NY
212.966.7745
www.exitart.org

Open now, it is up until Jan 28th.

A show which takes a look into artists studios, featuring over 160
participating artists. I created a short video which demonstrates what I
do over here at Rise Industries, and how I do it.

Hope you can make it to the most conveniently located show for your area!

Just about the only thing I didn’t get for Christmas that I wanted, is this two headed snake. Luckily, its on sale now, so you can buy it for me. Thanks in advance!

Just about the only thing I didn’t get for Christmas that I wanted, is this two headed snake. Luckily, its on sale now, so you can buy it for me. Thanks in advance!

Surprise surprise, WalMart is evil. The latest news seems to be that Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying for global rules in the WTO that could be used to challenge local communities’ land use laws on “big box” stores. Merry Christmas, your community is getting a new WalMart whether you like it or not.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III, a Republican appointed by President Bush, slams the hell out of Intelligent Design in an eloquent and rational pair of statements.

“..did not confine his opinion to the missteps of a local school board. Instead he explicitly sought to vanquish intelligent design, the argument that aspects of life are so complex as to require the hand, subtle or not, of a supernatural creator. This theory, he said, relies on the unprovable existence of a Christian God and therefore is not science.”

Merry Christmas everybody!

I have always liked this song by The Farm, about the Christmas cease fire of 1914 during WWI.. TMN has a link to the amazing story. A brief moment of sanity in the middle of a bloody war.

Is this what it takes to get a Western Barbeque Burger around here? Jeez.

Big, Bad-ass, gas powered, monowheel bike. Just in time for Xmas.