So last night the night before last (still hazy), the BAM crew (myself, The Wolf, Al “2 Cool 2 Trend a Topic” Bundy, OG Juan (a/k/a Uncle Lou), Feev, and a person to be named at a later time) celebrated Lord Shiva’s favorite passtime by taking a trip to the home of the Washington Natinals in the lavish luxury of a double-decker MegaBus. (Yup, we’re too groovy to go downtown on that Chinatown Express.) The event? The homie Thi’s grand opening of the D.C. leg of his soon-to-be worldwide art gallery Exhibition, Addiction.
Sometimes, you get more than what you bargain for. After a four-hour trip, which included weapons lessons from an arms dealer who turned a month-long birthright trip into a 9-month training camp of using Palestinians as target practice (who also happened to miss his trust fund-provided private plane trip to Zurich in favor of a $14 Megabus to DC…bummer), and a bunch of sorta/kinda-attractive-in-that-girl-next-door-to-the-girl-next-door kinda way girls (who, to their credit, were some acceptable-ass DJ’s), we finally arrived in the land of opportunity — a bar.
After getting some samples (one-half Pinesol, other half Dawn), we acquired this thing. Who knows what it is, or who invented it, but as the picture clearly shows, this item in question was noteworthy. Damn.
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“The true master is consciousness, and I mean true consciousness — not simply being awake — I’m talking about the consciousness that never sleeps. The part of you that is aware of your consciousness. There’s a part of you that’s always there, always consistent, that represents your true self — the part connected to God. That’s who you gotta get in touch with.”
RZA – The Tao of Wu
We’ve all got our Maxims, Credo’s, and Mantra’s. We throw it up on Twitter, post it on Facebook — fuck this is sounding sappy already. But you get the point. All these sayings, quotes, and otherwise inspirational pieces of trivial trivia are everywhere. And, honestly…
I don’t give a fuck what Ralph Waldo Emerson says.
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“Power – the control of company money and information backed by the force of law – is shifting out from under those with legal or formal position and toward those with natural authority based on knowledge and certain psychological and political skills.”
- Alvin Toffler, author of Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century
Whether in the boardroom (“Greed is good!”) or the concrete jungle (Money, Power, Respect), you’ll come across books that encourage you to increase your power base. The 48 Laws of Power, How to Win Friends & Influence People, The Art of Persuading an Airline Hostess to Give you a Double Before Take-off, the list is endless. And I’ve read ‘em all, once loved ‘em all, and, eventually, came to hate them all. Until I came across Powershift.
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Some movies are great, and everyone knows it. Some movies are great, and they disappear from the face of the earth. Or become Cult Classics. Here’s some that fall into the latter two categories:
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Reefer Madness, by Eric Schlosser, deals with the Underground economy in the United States. Namely, Marijuana, Porn, and (Illegal) Immigrant Workers. If you’re unfamiliar with any of these topics, it’s a great way to catch up…and if you are familiar, there’s nothing new here, but a great brush-up.
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