Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Met Joel Salatin tonight at Book Passage in SF! Long day...
Edit. Chelsea Green is offer a 35% discount on any purchase - Mr. Salatin has self-published some books through the company and is planning to do so for his next book (which may be out next summer). The company also has books by Shannon Hayes.
Edit. Chelsea Green is offer a 35% discount on any purchase - Mr. Salatin has self-published some books through the company and is planning to do so for his next book (which may be out next summer). The company also has books by Shannon Hayes.
The domain for the website of the Monastery of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple has not been renewed yet. Was there ever a FB page for the monastery?
News from earlier this year: Bishop Thomas, Local Priests Visit Holy Monastery of the Entrance of the Theotokos
For some reason I was sent a copy of the monastery's first newsletter - for fundraising, of course, but I'm not sure how my address obtained. Perhaps through a certain Orthodox online store.
The feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was just last week.
News from earlier this year: Bishop Thomas, Local Priests Visit Holy Monastery of the Entrance of the Theotokos
For some reason I was sent a copy of the monastery's first newsletter - for fundraising, of course, but I'm not sure how my address obtained. Perhaps through a certain Orthodox online store.
The feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was just last week.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Peter Victor on the Extraenvironmentalist
A New Meme
Welmer is the second to state it, the first being L. Auster, who recently has been repeating "It's their country now."
Welmer, Yet More from our Brave Women in Uniform - "It’s time men finally recognized that this isn’t our country any longer. Let the girls play their games, take all the money, call themselves soldiers and so forth. The sooner it falls apart the better for us."
Welmer, Yet More from our Brave Women in Uniform - "It’s time men finally recognized that this isn’t our country any longer. Let the girls play their games, take all the money, call themselves soldiers and so forth. The sooner it falls apart the better for us."
Reflections by Srdja Trifkovic on the Theme of the 2012 John Randolph Club Meeting
Democracy: Reflections on the 2012 JRC Meeting
More a critique of secularism than of democracy? I don't think that the deviant regime of democracy has a necessary connection with secularism, in theory, though in practice, those who rule for their own benefit rather than the benefit of the whole are sinning against God at least materially. But their justification may be grounded in something other than a rejection of divine faith.
More a critique of secularism than of democracy? I don't think that the deviant regime of democracy has a necessary connection with secularism, in theory, though in practice, those who rule for their own benefit rather than the benefit of the whole are sinning against God at least materially. But their justification may be grounded in something other than a rejection of divine faith.
Precious Cross to visit Holy Virgin Cathedral, December 1 and 2
Holy Virgin Cathedral/FB:
Precious Cross to visit Holy Virgin Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 1 and Sunday, Dec. 2.
Fr. Ioannis will be at the Cathedral from 9am on Saturday, December 1, and will remain in the Cathedral through the Vigil that evening. The following day, Sunday, December 2, he will be present during both Liturgies.
Here is more information:
Father Ioannis Maridakis from Greece is a priest at the parish of the Birth of the Theotokos in the town of Galata on the island of Crete. He has a metal cross with a piece of the Precious Cross of Christ with a drop of His Blood. The cross was given to Fr. Ioannis in September of 2003 by Maria Panou, the mother of the current representative of the Holy Sepulcher in Athens, who in turn received this cross from Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem. A month later after receiving the cross, Fr. Ioannis blessed with this cross a sick person at a hospital in Athens and the patient got well the next day. Since then Fr. Ioannis has blessed thousands of people with this cross in many countries. In the last several years, hundreds of people were healed from various illnesses, including cancer and infertility. Miraculous healings from various illnesses have been documented. The cross gives off a sweet scent and at times streams myrrh.
Joel Salatin in SF Tomorrow
At Book Passage at the Ferry Building, 6 P.M. (If you're interested in going, you'll need to reserve a spot through eventbrite.)
CUESA.
CUESA.
"Physical Fitness"
According to Erwan Le Corre, The first MovNat podcast will be available soon. Something he posted today on Facebook:
In today's fitness industry - because yes...it is an "industry" just like there is a car industry, food industry, etc,. - too many basic, universal, natural movements are completely overlooked. Completely. Movement as a whole is overlooked. Movement has become a tool for muscles..., while biologically muscles are mere tools for movement.
Back in the days...yes back, far back, a hundred, two hundreds, several hundreds of years ago, you know long long before Jane Fonda's "aerobic" and Arnold Schwarzenegger's body-building? "Fitness" did not exist. At least, our modern concept of fitness. But physical education did exist, and physical education was entirely based on preparing people's bodies and minds to demands of the real world. Practical physical competence and adaptability was at the core of their physical practice.
So you think they cared much about how "tone" their butts were? Or concerned about "core stabilization"? Or obsessed by the size and shape of their muscles? That's right, they didn't give a damn about those things. They did care about their ability to be strong in practical manners, i.e. physically competent in real world situations, where they could also be physically helpful and useful to themselves and others, to their community.
The finality of it all, this whole modern fitness industry, has switched from the truly practical to the clearly superficial. What a mistake and what a loss! Most fitness "experts" think inside of the box, as indeed their approach is boxed, severely boxed within the limitations of conventional thinking. They can't help but compartmentalize all the time....compartmentalize body parts, muscles, joints, physiological adaptations. They compartmentalize....you. You are not a whole being, no. You are upper body vs lower body. You are "core strength" vs "cardio". Though such an approach may work quite well for specific applications, it is not what the overwhelming majority of people need. You people need move naturally. You people need move humanly, to move the way humans do, beyond social and cultural or even historical differences. To revert back to your universal origins, to the deepest, most ancient forms of movement. The same way the eagle moves like eagles do, the bear moves like bears do, the dolphin moves like dolphins do, humans need move like humans, universally or at least originally, do.
I am not afraid to say that, except a few rare exceptions, a lot of what I see in today's fitness industry looks like a farce to me. What has this industry created in the last few decades that is so brilliant and so effective? Thousands of different exercise machines? Yeah!!! Tons of fitness plastic props and gadgets? Yeah!!! Thousands of gimmicky "conditioning" drills mostly based on muscle or joint isolation, that are terribly boring to do, and that for the most part do not relate to evolutionary, biological movement needs or function nor translate - or very minimally - to real world needs? Yeah!!! Have you ever heard that "less is more"? Because it is. What has this modern fitness industry invented that is so clever, so useful, so indispensable or so enticing? "Fitness", from a contemporary standpoint, has become 3 things. First, a temporary chore, an ineffective quick-fix for being out of shape. Secondly it is the delusional expectation of getting the physical appearance of those Photoshopped models and celebs you see in every magazine. Last, it is an industry that thrives on people's ignorance, vanity or despair. An industry that makes money on somatoform disorders, on body dysmorphic syndrome.
But moving naturally, humanly is not a chore, it is a biological duty. Furthermore, there is more to building a body than building muscle, and there is much more to building a human being than building their body. Ultimately, what we do should liberate and empower us. Now go step in a modern gym and tell me if you think you will liberate and empower yourself in such an environment?
I'm telling you, exercising the body is a stupid idea. What!?!? Yes, a stupid idea. I never exercise my body. I exercise my whole person through movement. I "exercise" my freedom; and the primary form of freedom is the freedom of movement.
In movement I am strong. In movement I am beautiful. In movement I am happy and free. In movement I am a physical expression of my spirit and a spiritual expression of my body. And I wish you the same, because you can experience the same, you can be the same, in your whole entire way. It belongs to all of us. It is our universal birthright. It is one of the most precious gifts of life.
Exercise your freedom. Get moving!
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Zero Dark Thirty FB page: "Catch Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal tonight on Nightline."
If the video becomes available I'll post it.
If the video becomes available I'll post it.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Ethnic Ecclesial Communities
It has been noted that a number of Ibero-Americans have left the Catholic Church and joined Protestant communities, like the Pentecostals, in Ibero-America. Does the same trend exist here in the United States? Are those ecclesial communities even more "ethnic" than the ethnic Catholic parishes, reinforcing a separate or distinct group identity? Or are they more likely to promote some measure of assimilation because they better perceive its necessity for greater economic success and entry into the middle class?
Aw, Shoot!
The Tuttles with AJ Lee at the F&S on January 3.
The same night Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will be performing over in Livermore. Decisions, decisions. (If I return to CA in time.)
Just checked their schedule, and they will be performing at Don Quioxte's on January 6. Good deal!
The same night Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will be performing over in Livermore. Decisions, decisions. (If I return to CA in time.)
Just checked their schedule, and they will be performing at Don Quioxte's on January 6. Good deal!
Wendy Burch Steel at Freight and Salvage
January 10, 2013 - a CD release party.
Her website. (FB)
According to her schedule, Annie Staninec will be playing as well.
Her website. (FB)
According to her schedule, Annie Staninec will be playing as well.
Lew Rockwell on Secession
325. We Don’t Have To Put Up With This - Gary Franchi of WHDT World News interviews Lew Rockwell about seceding. (mp3)
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