Joel Nakamura

a really cool artist, I was first noticed his work when I volunteered at the 5th Annual Japanese Cultural Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A. this spring, he designed this year’s poster, & now he is the artist behind the poster for the annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, going on this weekend here in the same city, really neat stuff, to see examples of his work go to his website: http://joelnakamura.com/?q=home or do a Google Image Search with his name

Berlin Wall

this month has been a time of celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, a “peaceful revolution”, & “These events triggered drastic changes around the world, marking the end of the Cold War and of the division of Europe.”, more info here

Camel Rock

a landmark in northern New Mexico, U.S.A.

International Balloon Fiesta

held annually in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A., find more info here

I was there this year for one of the Mass Ascensions in the early morning

yourmusic

yourmusic.com has absorbed BMG Music Service & personally, I found that shifting my account over really didn’t take much, yourmusic seems convenient, & easy to use so far, most CDs on their website sell for $6.99, and standard shipping is free (faster service still has a price though) I’ve been quite satisfied with it so far & just today picked out & placed an order for a free CD I’d scored

SFCC: Fall Semester 2009

Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

this is where I am enrolled as a student these days

http://www.sfccnm.edu  

taking FILM 140-01 & FILM 255-01, otherwise known as Film Crew Training 1,
& International Cinema

Petroglyph National Monument

in New Mexico, U.S.A., I was there exploring some of the Boca Negra part of it this spring, the photo was shot along the Mesa Point Trail
more info about the place can be found here: http://www.nps.gov/petr/

Cloudcroft Hostel

tucked away in the mountains in New Mexico, U.S.A.,

I stayed there a night last summer, it’s a really nice place,

http://www.cloudcrofthostel.com/

The Daily Bleed

a really neat, interesting, cool calendar of events which I’ve refered to now & then – for sometime now – to find tidbits of significance about any particular day, a peoples’ history: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/calmast.htm

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

 an area I’ve hiked in twice this spring, in New Mexico, U.S.A., this place has been a National Monument for about 8 and a half years, tiny little Apache Tears are scattered along the trail, the Slot Canyon really reminds me of what a little pebble I am in this world, this world of wonder..

more info here

blurb

a book publisher, online, which I’ve recently used myself, set up a free member account, download their software, called BookSmart, which includes templates & options for the book, put together and design the thing, submit to blurb to be uploaded on the account, and have as many or as few published as wanted, a person can even use her/his blurb account as an online shop to sell the book for her/him to potential customers, blurb will ship it right to the buyers, a person can set her/his own price, & get a cut of the profits for herself/himself for the work s/he put it into it as well

the Blurbarati, the BlurbNation, find it all here: http://www.blurb.com/

FFRF

the Freedom From Religion Foundation, as quoted on their website, http://www.ffrf.org/ , “… with more than 13,000 members, is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) in the United States [of America].”

I really like the newspaper they publish, Freethought Today, which I first subscribed to a few years ago, and have recently resubscribed to now.
The website offers “Freethought Of The Day” which usually notes the birthdays of wellknown atheists, agnostics, or freethinkers with short bios and quotes.

they also have a radio talk show, conventions, student essay competitions, etc. & help fund legal battles to uphold the separation of church & state, as well as put up billboards, & go on other advertising campaigns

Freethought Hall in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. holds the national offices for the organization, FFRF is a non-profit tax-exempt organization.

Dakota Buttes Museum

in Hettinger, North Dakota, U.S.A., with a wide assortment of objects from the homesteading days of the area (& a little beyond) to the near present, I did a few months volunteer work there a couple years ago, & have donated to the level of “sodbuster member” in the past
here one can find yesteryear cookware, dental instruments, hair dresser equipment, arrowheads, old fashioned children’s toys, a display about the Yellowstone Trail (Highway 12), Ford cars from the 1920s, portraits of many of the settlers of the area, political button pins from decades gone by, etc.