Hey everybody … .
The above image - which you may have seen being passed around on Facebook and elsewhere- features Obama stepping on the Constitution and all these former Presidents around him. I was all like whaaaat? How’d dey do dat?? Well - I think I figured it out: It is totally not real. Don’t fall for it. It was photoshopped I think.
Here’s a great clip of Sam Davidson, author and founder of Cool People Care, speaking at GO! last summer. I love this dude for his kindness, creativity and his weird, brilliant brain. He’s always challenging and inspiring me over at his blog. Check it out: http://samdavidson.net
So … a few months ago I declared the month of October, SOCKTOBER. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The support and love and donations were overwhelming. Thank you for embracing that weird little endeavor.
The video above is from a few weeks ago. Kristi and I got to make the delivery of donations. It was an awesome day that I won’t soon forget.
Watch to meet Aaron and Curtis, two guys who are out searching for people who are forgotten, hurt, confused, lonely and tired. They are spreading love and I swear there’s some sort of magic quality to that van because it has a life all it’s own. The joy that thing provides people -you can’t help but laugh when you see it. Covered in signatures and filled with goodness it represents hope.
They are about to launch a van in Atlanta, are working on one in Memphis and they’re looking to have more soon. Follow them on twitter: @itsthevan
This is a glimpse of the world as it should be.
Madison Hill, a teenager from Cookeville, TN, organized a beauty pageant for girls with special needs. This is beauty. Everything about this makes me happy.
Celebrate real beauty.
POGO’s Fresh-Prince remix has a license plate that says “fresh” and a dice in the mirror.
I love this little letter from Pixar animator Austin Madison. Posted a bit more about it here: http://www.loveinstereo.com/persist/
This is how Owen Pallett rang in the new year. I love what a genius/total nerd he is.
This is awesome. At the end of 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote this little list he called his “New Year’s Rulin’s”. Click the above image to see a larger version. It includes:
1. WORK MORE AND BETTER 2. WORK BY A SCHEDULE 3. WASH TEETH IF ANY 4. SHAVE 5. TAKE BATH 6. EAT GOOD – FRUIT – VEGETABLES – MILK 7. DRINK VERY SCANT IF ANY 8. WRITE A SONG A DAY 9. WEAR CLEAN CLOTHES – LOOK GOOD 10. SHINE SHOES 11. CHANGE SOCKS 12. CHANGE BED CLOTHES OFTEN 13. READ LOTS GOOD BOOKS 14. LISTEN TO RADIO A LOT 15. LEARN PEOPLE BETTER 16. KEEP RANCHO CLEAN 17. DON’T GET LONESOME 18. STAY GLAD 19. KEEP HOPING MACHINE RUNNING 20. DREAM GOOD 21. BANK ALL EXTRA MONEY 22. SAVE DOUGH 23. HAVE COMPANY BUT DON’T WASTE TIME 24. SEND MARY AND KIDS MONEY 25. PLAY AND SING GOOD 26. DANCE BETTER 27. HELP WIN WAR – BEAT FASCISM 28. LOVE MAMA 29. LOVE PAPA 30. LOVE PETE 31. LOVE EVERYBODY 32. MAKE UP YOUR MIND 33. WAKE UP AND FIGHT
I like the last one best.
Think you’ve got it bad? Well, here is poor Eileen. She’s getting some pretty mixed feedback about her new haircut.
This new year you should commit to learning to do new things. Get started today. Here is how to do the Roger Rabbit dance.
