3 Dia de los Muertos Events in Ventura Area
Dia de los Muertos will be celebrated Wednesday, October 28th 2015 in Ventura College’s Guthrie Hall from 6-9 pm. Read more…
On Opening Your Heart and Mind
“You don’t have to be anything,” reminds Tsoknyi Rinpoche. “You don’t have to teach anything. You just have to be who you are: a bright flame shining in the darkness of despair, a shining example of a person able to cross bridges by opening your heart and soul.”
How can we do this? How can we be who we are, a shining example? And can that bring more social and environmental justice to the world?
In his essay on Medium, “7 Things I Did to reboot My Life,” Wil Wheaton describes Read more…
Happy #ChampagneDay! A Toast with Champagne Jacquart Brut Mosaique!
How will YOU celebrate Champagne Day?
Tomorrow is the sixth annual #ChampagneDay! The 2015 #ChampagneDay is set for Friday, October 23.
What makes Champagne Champagne and not just another bottle of bubbles you wonder?
- Champagne is from the Champagne region of France, which, on July 5th 2015 was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO.
- Champagne is from the Champagne region of France, making it the only sparkling wine that can be called Champagne.
- Champagne is from Champagne, France.
But beyond the fact that CHAMPAGNE only comes from the Champagne region of France and all other bubbles are just sparkling wine and NOT Champagne? This video offers a few clues:
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On Being Kind As We Name, Reflect, Act on Problems in the World
In chapter two of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire proposes teachers bring “problem posing” into the classroom. Freire argues that students have real questions for which they want answers, real problems they want to solve, real ideas they want to explore about their world. He encourages teachers to move from a transmission style of teaching to a transformative one, one that provides students with opportunities to transform their world. To do so, he suggests a process of naming, reflecting, and acting on the real world problems we face today. In Stop Stealing Dreams, Seth Godin also encourages students to get out and work on real world problems. Read more…
Film Review: “Steve Jobs”
Review of the new feature film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs titled “Steve Jobs” by guest blogger, music and film critic Ron Wells.
If one wants to learn about Steve Jobs it is probably best to read Walter Isaacson’s biography or see Alex Gibney’s documentary. That will give you a clearer picture of who the man actually was.
Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s film, Steve Jobs, does not pretend to be a definitive examination of the co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Apple, Inc. Rather, they have gone for something deeper and more profound.
In that sense, this film is almost Shakespearian in nature.
For example, you won’t learn everything about Julius Caesar or Richard III by seeing the plays about them, but you will learn something about the larger motivations, personalities, and flaws of those historical figures and those who surrounded them.
Shakespeare digs into the essence of famous men in order to give his audience a human connection to themselves. That is what this film also does, and Boyle, Sorkin and their brilliant ensemble cast have done this to near perfection. This impressionistic drama, seen here in essentially three acts, shows Jobs right before three product launches.
Michael Fassbinder is absolutely riveting capturing Jobs’ moods as his mind works like a machine on speed driving his workers endlessly to accomplish his utopian vision of the future. He is driven, ruthless, and obsessive in trying to get his computers to market, and thus change the world forever.
Take A Steampunk Holiday to Oxnard’s Heritage Square: By Bicycle!
Calling all ye lively lads & lasses, lovely ladies & jolly gents! Join us for a jaunt on our two wheeled steeds– no jeans, lycra, or modern garb, please!
Follow the Steamy Tweed Ride to the FREE Steampunk Fest at Oxnard’s Heritage Square this Saturday October 17. Read more…
53 Interesting Facts About the Number 53: 53cm is the average length of a human arm
The average human arm reaches 53 centimeters is this week’s interesting fact about the number 53.
According to Georg Petschnigg, that 53cm length of arm creates a sphere that encompasses head, heart, and hand, and in the midst, a blank canvas. (Artwork by Chris Ashworth from a different company, FIGURE 53.) Read more…
Celebrate Santa Barbara Wine Harvest This Weekend
It’s Celebration of Harvest Time in Santa Barbara Wine Country! I’ll be there Saturday at Mission Santa Ines near Buellton — will you?
Miss out on the recent Sunset Savor the Central Coast during the last weekend of California Wine Month? Then definitely don’t miss this weekend’s Santa Barbara Vintners Celebration of Harvest!
Before I get to posting about Sunset Savor (including notes from two sessions I attended “Three Styles of Sparkling Wine” and “Central Coast Wine and Cheese Pairing”), I want to make sure that you know about this weekend’s Celebration of Harvest Weekend October 9-12, 2015.
During the weekend you can:
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“Don’t worry if you feel you can only do one tiny good thing in one small corner of the cosmos, advises Thich Nhat Hanh. “Just be a Buddha body in that one place.”
Last night overwhelmed and exhausted by all the battles, Read more…
Cynthia Minet, “Predator: Falcon”, 2014, post-consumer plastic, fasteners, LEDs.
While some people think that contemporary art is garbage, the current show at USC is made of garbage–literally. Read more…
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