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Can anyone believe its been an entire year already?! Its the one year anniversary of last year’s inauguration!  Celebrate by checking out the documentary I’m part of called Out of Many.  Make sure you sign up for email updates, as the official worldwide online screening will be coming up soon. Here’s the low-down: MANHATTAN EDIT [...]

Today marks the one year anniversary of that fateful Tuesday last December when I took off on my bicycle from Los Angeles en route 3000 miles to see President Obama’s inauguration in Washington DC.  I must say this entire month has been filled with emotions, some happy, others quite sad, as I reflect on what [...]

So I’ve been off the radar for a couple months, a quick recap- I moved to Long Island New York and have been working in an after school program.  Anyways, a few weekends back I left my fixed gear bike locked up at a train station only to come back a couple days later and [...]

I know its been a while world.. but in the last two months I’ve been a little m.i.a. due to a short term mission trip to Kigali, Rwanda with a sports outreach called Play for Hope . So amidst the extremely slow speed internet connection (technological infrastructure is steadily speeding up, but is still seriously [...]

the Iranian elections this week have brought about an enormous amount of civil unrest, these are words telling how the situation is in Tehran, and how freedom of speech is being restricted.

Here’s a video that everyone should see.  Its clear that the international media has a bent towards the US and Europe, and the recent explosion of the dastardly Somali pirates in the news is no break from the norm. Check out this video interview of K’naan, a Somalian hip hop artist (his album the dusty [...]

summary of march back in Portland, Oregon

It been a busy last couple of weeks, so I do apologize for the lack of updates… I guess I’m a product of what is fast becoming the Twit-generation,  as short messages are all that keep me in contact with not only my friends on Facebook, but the many others who follow this site. Anyways, [...]

This is a quick shout out to anyone in the LA area.  The Bike Summit takes place Saturday March 7th 2009 from 9am to 4pm, and there are some additional events including rides, parties and more. As seen on the website www.LAbikesummit.org… “In Southern California, the growth and interest in bike riding and bike advocacy [...]

So millions have now seen David Bergman’s composite inauguration shot.  If you havent, its amazing! Check out my sweet photoshop skills, or go to the Gigapan Website and zoom around for yourself.  Talk about capturing the moment, this photo has now immortalized everyone there!  Sure makes me glad I got the orange ticket from Rep. [...]