Category: Alternative Ideas

Russell Brand BBC Interview

I’ve always viewed Russell Brand as the outrageous, over-the-top comic actor who starred in movies I’ve never watched.  Yet, increasingly, the Real Russell has managed to appear on my radar.  Contrary to the characters he portrays in his films, the Real Russell is very adept at holding his own in interviews simply by stating his truth and his unvarnished assessment of the world around him.  This is his latest interview and I find it astonishing that interviewers don’t review previous interviews that he has done.  In this instance, Paxman’s dismissive behavior towards Brand results in the interview being OWNED by Brand.  Interviewers seem to underestimate Brand’s intellect.  And that is where the fun starts.

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Tales from the (Dutch) Bikeside

I ride my bike everyday just about and almost everywhere.  I wish that I could say that I am independently eco-conscious and green enough to have thought of doing this on my own.  However, the honest truth is – I’m not.  I took a predominant part of Dutch (Amsterdam especially) culture and transplanted it into my own life here in the United States.  I’m just one person but hopefully the inspiration I abundantly found while in Amsterdam can inspire at least one person to substitute a short-distance car trip with a bicycle trip instead.  And then expand the bicycling from that point on.

Below is a clip about cycling in Amsterdam.  These clips probably come a dime a dozen.  If I had a dime for each video about bicycling in Amsterdam I’ve seen, I could afford to move there once and for all.  However, this one is different because it showed me something I never saw or even knew.  There used to be a lot of cars and traffic jams in Amsterdam!!  As much time as I’ve spent there, I never knew that there used to be a car/traffic problem.  I was flabbergasted.  However, this piece of news inspires me to know that car culture can be changed.  With enough political will and policy updates, change can happen fairly quickly.