"Bo yo" is my new hero.

Muu

What??

Returning to the "real world".

I've just come back from a week-long vacation to an international (read: non-US) destination...



Aruba!

I adore this island so much. Despite the fact that I'm very much aware that there is year-round, international tourism very prevalent there, I was amazed to find tons and tons of Boston-based memorabilia in the gift shops. See here:



This was outside of a restaurant close to the resort at which The Boyfriend and I stayed. "...unofficial official home of Red Sox Nation" in Aruba? Now, onto the items up for purchase:






How hilarious is that? I lived in Boston for 5 years while going to college, and I'd been to Aruba three times before, but I've never seen such unexpected and... well... out-of-place Beantown love! Maybe it was the fact we were there around St. Patrick's Day.

What do you readers think is the reason for the Aruban love of Boston?

Chew on life's big questions.

Actor Rainn Wilson has created a pretty damn revolutionary site called Soul Pancake. It's a... forum... a place... a resource... to debate, discuss, and share views on religion, spirituality, faith, and other "big" things of the sort. (See the What is Soul Pancake? blog post he's made to clarify what this place is for.)

The most prominent feature of the site is the Question Collective - the place where members post photos that correspond with a deep (or as Rainn says, "big") question. Members respond to the question and can also debate with each other about the questions and the answers people give.

Being pretty antitheistic, I find Rainn's website very relieving! I think it's great to have a safe space to be able to speak your mind about a topic that is seen as somewhat taboo nowadays.

Rainn Wilson... you're awesome.

Speaking of the economy...

This is what $300.00 could get you in the 1980s:



The worst action scene of all time.

Thanks, Ze, for showing this to me.

Understanding the Credit Crisis

My buddy Transiit has posted this in his blog, and I just feel the need to share it. I think it's pretty awesome.


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to financial stuff, and now I can actually grasp this messed up situation we're all in... yay?

DailyBooth

I recently got introduced to DailyBooth.com by some e-friends of mine after reading their tweets about it. I think its message is a really great one, as explained in their tour of the site. Here's the video about it:


Take the DailyBooth Tour. from jon on Vimeo.

Just a little promo of the site; nothing else really substantial to this post, sorry.