Archive for February, 2009

Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy

“All the world owes me a living.” ~Walt Disney
Louis C.K.
on Why?

on Awesome Possum

Shameless

on Rich People Dreaming of Being Poor

on Bill Gates and Pet Stores

on Gay Marriage

on Everything’s Amazing, Nobody’s Happy
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Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Straw Bale)

“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  ~William Morris
Straw Bale
Natural Instincts

Houses of Straw

Straw Bale Construction Techniques

Benefits of Straw Bale Construction

Straw Bale Houses

Straw Bale House [...]

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The Domino Effect

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it [...]

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Earth Architecture: Building With Nature (Adobe)

“It looks like you dug up a chunk of the earth…and reformed it.” ~Paraphrased quote from the video documentary, Natural Instincts
Adobe
Earth Turns To Gold

Adobe Brick Making

Adobe – Old and New

Building an Adobe House

CalEarth – SuperAdobe

Building [...]

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More Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.” ~Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks
on Evolution

on Marketing
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Even More Great Thinkers of Modern Times

“Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth, more than ruin, more even than death… Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light [...]

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Great Thinkers Who Have Made Us Laugh

“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.” ~Anais Nin
George Carlin
The Seven Words

A complete transcript of “The Seven Words” as prepared by the Federal Communications Commission for a Supreme Court case is located here.
We Like War

Religion
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