
Month: January 2016


Utilizing the Longview: Humans Must Never Be Grist for the Mill
Here in San Francisco, Super Bowl celebrations, parties, and festivities are planned over the next few weeks. I started reading this article, and these startling statistics remind me how important it is to teach and cultivate caring over competition.
I mentioned a line from a Carl Sandburg poem today to a CCSF professor and longtime activist: Continue reading Utilizing the Longview: Humans Must Never Be Grist for the Mill

Building Respect…. “Half (an Hour)” – On International Relations and Gender Equality
Alaska, New Mexico and Maine are numbers 1, 2, & 3 in American domestic violence cases. Number 4 is a state I have visited: Vermont. For number 5 and the rest of the bottom 11, click here. January 20 2016 II – Half (an Hour) Continue reading Building Respect…. “Half (an Hour)” – On International Relations and Gender Equality

“Rainbow Over Mission Street, San Francisco 1 and 2.”
“Rainbow Over Mission Street, San Francisco 1”. “Rainbow Over Mission Street, San Francisco 2.” Sunshower at 16th and Mission Street, 10:02 am Saturnday. 0123 2016. Filmed January 23, 2016 by Alberto Rivera (@UZsmalls) d/b/a Parts of How and Allthentic Records. A diagram of human body systems. “HumanMixingBoardBodhi” . Photographed January 23, 2016 by Alberto Rivera (@UZsmalls) for Parts of How and Allthentic Records. Continue reading “Rainbow Over Mission Street, San Francisco 1 and 2.”

Forming Something True and Real
We are as people – within each of our cells, even – , as places and nation-states, incredibly light particles, entities with positives and minuses, at incredible distances forming something true and real. Our concerns draw us apart – and together. [Editor’s note: Bold text added April 8th 2016] Continue reading Forming Something True and Real

Continuing to Build and Remaining Open To a Better Way

Having “A Good Sound and Solid Blueprint”
“Now each of you is in the process of building the structure of your lives, and the question is whether you have a proper, a solid, and a sound blueprint….
… And I wanna suggest some of the things that should be in your blueprint.” Continue reading Having “A Good Sound and Solid Blueprint”

A Better Way of Serving Customers
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Reading Good…
…and even “Great!!!” Books- pretty sure the Holy Bible is on that list- if it ain’t, that’s what I be talking about. The Holy Q’uran, it would follow logically, will also be on that list when I check it now? “[…]evil[…]: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners[. …] When they have children there is nothing to inherit https://t.co/Orw3ybCC9i — Alberto Rivera (@h2Onotflammable) January 18, … Continue reading Reading Good…

Locating & Neutralizing our Inner Dumb Jock
Image: “Laverne Liberty”.January 12, 2016. Screenshot , LaverneCox.com The phenomenon, trend and experience of transsexuality is connected to every facet of our lives. Unfortunately, even the quality and cleanliness of food we eat may have a role. Fortunately, even mainstream media seems to be presenting a more encompassing tele-vision of America (healthier, too) on our airwaves and fibers. We all need to see different kinds of … Continue reading Locating & Neutralizing our Inner Dumb Jock