Posted on May 2, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Do You Really Know What You’re Eatting? Do You Care?

Food, Inc. is a documentary coming to theaters June 12th. A summery of the movie reads,
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s [...]

Posted on April 30, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Facebook Haikus – Swine Flu

Over at Facebook I asked friends to drop me a haiku.  The topic: ‘Swine Flu’. Here’s what these witty wordsmiths came up with.
Kimchi Killed bird flu /
Swine flu is no match either /
Korea is safe
~ Josie
I like that Josie.  Brought Korea into the mix.
NATO is free trade /
but we did not mean swine flu /
goodbye [...]

Posted on April 30, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Visualized Nightmares

For ‘a Thousand Words on Thursday’ here is an album set from Joshuah Offine I found over at the Kontraband. The album is of Childhood Fears Visualized. The pictures seemed a little creepy at first, but then it’s like, “Okay…pretty cool.”
My question is, how did they get this kids to look so [...]

Posted on April 30, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Are Copyrights the Right way?

The latest episode of EpicFU really brings home the issues of current copyright laws. With the whole fiasco created by the guilty verdict in the Pirate Bay trial, and a recent incident that happened to Leo over at Zen Habits (a writer wanted him to pay royalties for saying “Feel the Fear and Do [...]

Posted on April 29, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com.

Ken Robinson makes many well put points about our education system and cultivating creativity.  Enjoy.
This got edited out of a poem that was inspired by this presentation:
We are all born creative
but through conventional education
the burn of imagination is stifled and it dies.
So I say to everyone,
pick [...]

Posted on April 28, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Eye of the Tiger Kids

Eye of the Tiger Kids – CollegeHumor Video.

Creativity should be taught from an early age.  I commend this teacher for exposing these youngsters to the ‘joy of music’ in their formative years.
Look how ‘into it’ they are (except for the chubby kid at 0:31).
They have more songs over at YouTube.

Posted on April 27, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Who Loves a Good Joke?

I know I do.

If you’re in the mood to laugh, head to http://www.oldjewstellingjokes.com/.
It’s like “Grumpy Old Men” with less ‘grumpy’ and more ‘funny’.

Posted on April 24, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Really, What Do You Know ‘Bout Me?

FIRST! Thank you for coming to the site.
Currently, I’m building my about section, and I’m doing it in a Q and A format. Already I answered questions about me, poetry, the site and so on, BUT…there is always that one question that is always missed.
That’s where I need your help.
What questions do you want answered? [...]

Posted on April 15, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

Construction is Soon Coming to an End.

A friend told me, “Now you better keep this one on point Marcus”. I said, “I kind of have to, it’s my name! Well, this is a post to let you know things are still cooking in the back and soon we’ll bring out the savory poetry. Hold on tight, and you [...]

Posted on April 9, 2009 - by ~ Aureli

In a Little While We’re Going Home

U-Turn sings an arrangement of ‘In a Little While We’re Going Home’. From left to right: Peter Deklerk, Brian Brunson, Zola Zuzani, Emmanuel Kwanini, Derick Carrasquillo, KatlehoMasilo, and Joshua Suarez.