If anyone is still reading this regularly, you can probably tell that I haven’t been updating this thing too much.
I’ve come to a point where I really want my writing and thoughts to focus on making sense of what the hell is going on economically and politically in these crazy times that we find ourselves in. Thus, I’ve re-focused my other website, The Cheddar Path, to try and look at what’s going on in the world from a progressive economic perspective, and will pretty much be putting all of my “blog energy” into that. I am also really trying to get my own personal finances in order, and want the Path to try and provide personal finance tips for progressives and explore ways to build wealth without sacrificing progressive values.
Here’s some recent posts that give you an idea of the direction I’m trying to go in:
Much love and appreciation to anyone who’s come through here and enjoyed the random brain farts I’ve been spewing out over the last couple of years. I still might post up a youtube video on here every now and again, but hopefully I can get ya’ll to head on over to The Cheddar Path and see where it goes from there. Peace folks!
Sorry for the hiatus, been taking some time out to settle back into the Bay Area. Don’t even know if anyone’s reading this anymore, but we’re gonna keep things rolling either way. Peace.
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but The Box has moved out of the ATL and has temporarily relocated to Central America. I’m studying Spanish for the next several weeks at an amazing school in Guatemala called the Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco de Espanol (PLQE). It’s definitely a blessing to be able to travel in the midst of a global economic recession, and I’m only able to do this with some savings that I´ve put away over the last year and a half. My Chinese side says: ”Save your money, kids, even if it´s only $50-$100 a month.” Who knows, that could be the deciding factor when you decide to leave your job and do something spontaneously ridiculous.
More to come soon, but in the mean time, check out PLQE’s website. I’ve only been here two days but am really impressed with the school and the folks who run it.
A friend recently sent me this link, which proceeded to make me laugh my ass off. You see, apparently President Obama read the audiotape version of his book, Dreams From My Father. And apparently, a subplot of the book involves one of the President’s high school friends who…uh…swears like a motherfucker. Select clips are compiled on the link above, with the Prez impersonating his friend’s “colorful” language.
I never believed I would one day get to hear the President of the United States say: “There are white folks, and then there are ignorant motherfuckers like you!” Change is here, America!
Chris Rock reflecting on the meaning of Thanksgiving via “Everybody Hates Chris,” the really underrated tv show based on his childhood.
Happy Thankstaking/Thingstaken, y’all. It’s that time of year again where we thank the European pilgrims for colonizing this land through the rape, pillaging and genocidal spread of smallpox to the indigenous people of what we now call good ‘ol America.
Terrible histories of genocide and colonialism aside, it is nice to take some time out to be with loved ones, eat good food and appreciate all we have to be thankful for. Whenever I get into a negative state of mind, I always try to tell myself, “It could be worse, think about how hard it would be if I didn’t have arms and legs” (and if by chance anyone is reading this who really doesn’t have arms and legs, you could say how hard it would be without a brain or something, you get the point). Cheesy, I know, but it is The Cheddar Box after all.
Happy 16 month birthday to The Cheddar Box! Yes, as of this day, the Box has been in effect for over a year now. Although it is a box, The Cheddar Box also strives to break out of boxes, hence celebrating a random number of months as its birthday. Happy Box day everyone.
First off, I just want to say thank you to everyone who reads The Cheddar Box, anyone who comments on posts that catch their attention, and all of the people who have given great feedback. Since starting the blog almost a year ago, it has totally exceeded any modest expectations I had for it, specifically, a way to share information, a way to spark dialog, and a way to put some of my own thoughts out there for my own sanity and self-therapy.
The Cheddar Box isn’t going anywhere, this is just a way of organizing my crazy brain into a personal blog (the Box) that gives me the freedom to talk about whatever (“So today I woke up and thought to myself…”) and another way more specific and topically focused blog (the Path). I know what you’re probably all thinking. Two blogs? What the hell is this guy thinking? Way too much time on his hands, wasting way too much time on the internet. That may very well be, but we’ll see what happens. Check it out and let me know what you think!
