"When it comes to the deficit, unemployment, or really anything important, Congress is deadlocked; but when the entertainment industry pays lobbyists $94 million to get bills like SOPA and PIPA passed, Democrats and Republicans line up to co-sponsor it."

Alexis Ohanian: Jan. 18, 2012 — The Net Decides We Won’t Live With Infamy | Epicenter | Wired.com

waxandmilk:

hydeordie:

Ice Cube* celebrates the Eames

*Yes, that Ice Cube.

IS THIS A TV SHOW? CAN THIS BE A TV SHOW?

"Picture a 50 foot deep retail space, now vacant. In the back (which need not be walled off), what used to be for inventory storage can be converted to office use. In the front, the lobbies of these new ventures, space can be sublet to cultural businesses."

A New Paradigm for Downtown Berkeley’s Retail Spaces?. Category: Comments from The Berkeley Daily Planet

"Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony reminds people of the significance of “emptiness”. Nothingness is not what we are pursuing, but the “having” then “emptiness”. Just like pure light which is formed by all the colors of the rainbow."

Wu-Wo tea ceremony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia