Building a Better Philosophy

Another TED talk. This one featuring Dan Phillips showing off some of the houses he’s built from using recycled materials.

History of an Oppressed People – From Their Standpoint

What really happened at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation? Watch this riveting TED talk from Aaron Huey to find out.

When is a House Not a Home?

Answer: when your overwhelmed with repairs as I have been the last few weeks. From replacing the south side of my roof (all the insurance company would cover – amazing how hail can only hit one side of a roof) to getting the relay box on my furnace replaced only to have water pipes start blowing out flooding the inside of my house twice (ironically, one of pipes blew directly beneath my dryer). And this explains why I haven’t posted much. In fact, I still have a lot of work left to do. That said,  I will turn this house back into a home yet.

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Van Canto – Heavy Metal A Capella

Van Canto is a German a capella group that covers popular heavy metal songs as well as writing their own. All guitar, bass and keyboard sounds are made or recreated using the human voice in perfect pitch – even the wild and crazy guitar solos; the drums however are actual drums. They have three albums available aside from the official and fan made videos you can find on YouTube. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Here is some studio footage showing a bit how they do it, guest-starring Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian.

Hello Universe!

Just signed up for WordPress and have yet to figure everything out so this post is basically a test to see how things look and to get a feel for this platform. I’m not new to blogging but I am new to Word Press. So you might see a lot of experimenting for a couple weeks or so if you choose to follow this blog so early on. ; )

A brief description of what I intend this blog to entail will be posted in a sidebar as soon as I find a layout I’m comfortable with.

The Australian shepherd to the right is not me  (I hope that would be self-evident). However, it is the dog I grew up with. Her name was Shadow and she died a few years ago though it doesn’t seem that long.

At this point most of my posts will primarily be text based supplemented with appropriate images. I do plan to do the occasional vodcast but have yet to master the processes and technology behind doing so; though I’m quick to learn so the vodcast thing will certainly not be too far off.

And that is all for this introductory post. Thanks for reading.