Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

On a snowy winter afternoon, if you were to look out the back door of a particular house in Pennyslvania you would see an ample, snow-covered back yard; farther on you would also see a dormant garden with a forgotten tomato stand or corn stalk peeking out of the white drifts. You would also see [...]

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I always find it amusing when companies put a name on a product that is so far at odds with the product so as to be ridiculous. I recently purchased Apple’s new mouse, which they’ve called the Mighty Mouse. Unfortunately, the mouse doesn’t live up to it’s name. When I think of something “mighty” I’m [...]

I’m reading a book my mom gave me called Balsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation, by Joe Queenan. It’s pretty damn funny, making me laugh out loud on the train on occasion, which gets me some looks. The book is basically making fun of the Baby Boomers, pointing out [...]

You know that the world is too cynical for true activism when tree-sitting becomes yuppified. We’ve all heard about some malodorous, nappy haired, co-op grocery bagger climbing up some giant-ass tree and camping out for a few months trying to save the tree. Eventually they run out of water/food/pot and come crawling down for a [...]

Governot Pataki has finally decided to take a little nip at the hand that feeds him (no doubt as part of his 2008 presidential bid). Pataki has gone up against the Bush, protesting the administrations decision to approve the sale of our ports and public safety to company owned by a historically dangerous country. Gov. [...]

Part One: Picture this: A mother embraces her child at the bus stop. The child is sobbing, the mother beginning to tear up herself. The mom settles the backpack on her child’s back and gives her a push toward the bus. As she climbs the steps, mom is snapping photos and waving. Aw, so sweet. [...]

My futon’s time definitely arrived. Over the last few years I’d limped along with it, cannibalizing armrest bars, nailing them on for support. One of the primary beams had broken. Yep, it was time to go. Last Thursday, I put it out of it’s misery with a hammer and brute force. I had to get [...]