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The Line That Cares

There is no 'I', only Iamness

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"I am not so arrogant as to presume that only my intellectual superiors can teach me. If such were the case then the teacher would learn nothing from her disciples, the parents nothing from their children, and I nothing from the animals, from whom I've learned so much"
~Duke, circa 07

"You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it." - Bill Cosby:
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Many of us have conflicting opinions about whether or not testing pharmeceuticals on animals poses an ethical dilemma, but I have yet to hear a good argument for the justification of testing products such as Windex and air freshner on animals. Please cut and paste the below links into your browser, print the information provided, and be a part of the changes you want to see:
http://www.caringconsumer.com/pdfs/companiesDontTest.pdf
http://www.caringconsumer.com/pdfs/companiesDoTest.pdf
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi
KFC EXPOSED
My decision to transition to a vegetarian diet has evoked cynicism from some of you. I find it disturbing that while many defend their right to eat meat, a right to which I too believe we are entitled, few are educated about the torture and inhumanity that are practiced on a large scale in order for us to obtain that meat. I have little respect for arguments rooted in ignorance. If after watching this footage you maintain your position that we, as a carnivorous species, are entitled to meat - even if it is obtained via the practices shown - then we can have a discussion. If you feel that the below footage is too disturbing to watch, and yet you continue to support the industry responsible for this footage, then I have no choice but to consider your position hypocritical. We owe it to the animals who sacrifice not only their lives, but the peace to which all living beings are entitled, to watch this:
KFC EXPOSED ..

FUR IS DEAD!
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PETA Teams Up With Project Runway, MTV Designers to Educate Fashion Students About Fur
Just as design guru Tim Gunn is widely praised for bringing fashion to the mainstream through the hit TV show Project Runway, he's also getting kudos from PETA for bringing awareness about animal issues to students at Parsons The New School for Design, where he is the dean of the fashion school.
In a groundbreaking program that's now going into its third year, PETA is reaching more up-and-coming designers than ever before with our humane message by giving Parsons students the facts about fur, leather, and wool production.
This fall, PETA will give a presentation to the entire fashion school, which will include video footage showing how minks and foxes are trapped, drowned, or electrocuted for their fur and how cows and sheep live and die in factory farms for the leather and wool trades.
Gunn told fashion industry newspaper Women's Wear Daily, "I felt it was important to give students both sides of the story and let them be aware of both sides of ,the issue."
Tommy Hillfiger Sheds Fur
Following months of discussions with PETA, Tommy Hilfiger joins Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, and others in banning fur from his collections. "Starting immediately, the company will cease development of any product containing fur, and any fur garment already in production will be phased out of sales channels by the delivery of the spring 2008 collection," Tommy Hilfiger Corp. announced in a statement. Fred Gehring, CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Corp., told fashion trade publication Women's Wear Daily that to "guarantee our products live up to the integrity we promise our customers, we have decided to switch to a faux fur policy entirely."
Prada: I'm Bored with Fur
Not even 24 hours after a PETA Europe member disrupted the Prada fashion show at Milan Fashion Week, and less than a month since PETA reps showed this video to Prada execs in Milan, the mood has swung 180 degrees and founder Miuccia Prada received a bouquet of roses from PETA Europe this morning. The sudden about-face happened because, for the first time in decades—yes, I mean literally decades—there wasn’t a single fur item in Prada’s fall/winter collection. And check this: Miuccia Prada herself said that she is “bored” with real fur. It seems that Prada has finally realized what we’ve been saying for years, that designing with fur is unimaginative as hell, not to mention cruel.Prada’s new line is called “Fake Classic”—I love it.

My Interests


I am the most gregariously antisocial friend you have. I like a good cigarette after a long run, not before. I like to go to bed early so that I can sleep in late. I write poetry in the margins of my statistics book. I enjoy the company of those I avoid. I hate predictability and, as such, I will not follow up that last statement with a paradox, rather I will argue that I fight predictability by consistently seeking an unattainable level of homeostasis in my life. That last one was not a paradox; it’s what you’re doing right now – decreasing the amount of dopamine your body releases in an attempt to balance the activity of your hypothalamus, an unattainable feat, for whatever equilibrium you attain will be interrupted before it is realized; your body will thus try again. It’s Higgins’s self-discrepancy theory. It’s samsara. It’s why you get up in the morning and why you can’t sleep at night. I lied, it is another paradox. It’s my greatest inconsistency in that it is the most consistent thing I do and, despite all of my routines and schedules, I am a fairly inconsistent person. I am the most gregariously antisocial friend you have.
Please do check out the below clips from Wilber, for inspiration, motivation, and that little bit of purpose that often seems lost when myspaceing -

I amness - a thorny subject in meditative practice -
I Am Big Mind

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I'd like to meet:

Peace activists ....if you know what I mean...

Music:


Movies:


Television:

Namaste Yoga makes me so happy - Kate Potter is an absolute genius!

Books:

Currently Reading:

"Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice"
"Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness"
"Bhagavad Gita"
"The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali"
"The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga"
"Yoga Teachers'Toolbox"
"Pranayama - Beyond the Fundamentals"
"Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting"
"An Insightful Guide for Yoga Teachers and Students"
"The Quantum Lotus"
"Bhagavad Gita"
Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"

Heroes:

Stewie and Brian Griffen; Dr. Samual Beckett and Ziggy too; cruelty-free fashionistas; Prius drivers; George-Michael Bluth; tree-huggers; male feminists and animal rights activists; all of the bee-bop kids who spend their Friday nights at Spoken Word adding something to the nothing we otherwise might be -
and this guy, how about this guy...

My Blog

Come Against Our Will

This piece considers the quiet, often unspoken experiences through which women's identities are constructed.  By exploring something as common as feeling uncomfortably hot while outside, we see a...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:39:00 PST

Best and Worse Dressed of 06

Who's the Worst Dressed of 2006? No doubt you've seen them on the pages of fashion mags and gossip rags, covered in someone else's skin, without even a hint of remorse. Now, their cruel fashion faux p...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:15:00 PST

Everything you need to know about pet food, and trust me, you need to know!

" Dead Cats & Dogs Used To Make Pet Food"We see pictures of whole grains, prime cuts of meat and human grade vegetables on the bag, and we assume there's some chef in a pet food kitchen cooking up...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:58:00 PST

Warning - This Blog Contains Offensive Material

Allow me to preface this blog by apologizing for the graphic comment left for many of you containing the below footage.  Although it hurts me to hurt each of you with this, it healed me tremendou...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:32:00 PST

Something for Adam Prizio

Long Time Passing   Cannon balls of cotton, an infantry of fuzz and harmless ways of being   In a field unhealed by seasons, frost maintained despite the spring, sets of swings stand strong...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:14:00 PST

Pay attention to this!

Hello friends!  Just wanted to pass on some news about an issue I know we're all aware of, but often resist thinking about.  The issue is child sex trafficking, and the victims are, well, ki...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:29:00 PST

"Now the story of a weatlhy family..."

             While I would like to take credit for identifying the blatant post-modern approach to art that dictates the style and writing of "Arr...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:38:00 PST

Looking for a good read?

Hey all you English majors, New England partial writers, and fiction-fancying party people, I have a must read for you.  The author is Cristina Henriquez and she is fabulous fresh talent who need...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Thu, 04 May 2006 10:24:00 PST

READ THIS RIGHT NOW! And read the whole thing, it'll make you think, I promise:)

Below is a MUST READ forwarded article about the all-too-common problem of violence against women.  Very well written, it underscores the fact that this is not just a women's issue. As a reminder...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:53:00 PST

War and Peace

Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "How victory may be produced for them out of the enemy's own tactics - that is what multitude cannot comprehend." In war, like in peace, victory is a function of the mind.&nb...
Posted by The Line That Cares on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:33:00 PST