Life After Death: DAMIEN ECHOLS in conversation with HENRY ROLLINS

From the Live from The New York Public Library website:

"In 1993, then 18-year-old Damien Echols was arrested along with fellow teenagers Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and charged with the murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. As the supposed “ringleader” of the group, Echols was sentenced to death, while Baldwin and Misskelley were given life sentences. The convicted men, known as the West Memphis Three, ultimately became part of one of the most notorious cases of wrongful conviction in recent history.
Damien Echols, the central figure of the West Memphis Three, presents a gripping, eloquently written account of his early life, his arrest and trial, his eighteen years on death row, his new life after prison, and his ongoing quest for full exoneration in his definitive memoir, Life After Death. In conversation with Henry Rollins, a longtime supporter of the effort to free the West Memphis Three, Echols will discuss the story of his life before and after his trial, including his spiritual and intellectual journey in prison as well as his wife, Lorri Davis, whom he met and married while on death row. As inspiring as it is terrifying, Life After Death reveals Echols to be not only a survivor, but also an extraordinary writer."

Life After Death: DAMIEN ECHOLS in conversation with HENRY ROLLINS - November 7, 2012

I Post it Every Year

Can't help it. Happy Turkey Day 2012.


Eddie Izzard - The First Thanksgiving

Toss the Hare

It's true slow and steady wins the race -- but I'm not interested in winning anything.

There's No Such Thing As An Anarchy Cupcake

I'm pretty sure an anarchy cupcake wouldn't be a cupcake.

shot courtesy veganLazySmurf in Austin, Texas via cupcakes take the cake

Philosopher Dan Dennet Calls for All Religion to be Taught in Schools and Embraces Evolution

http://www.ted.com Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.


Dan Dennett - TED Talks

The Power of Ballet: Misty Copeland at TEDx Georgetown

At the age of 13, Misty Copeland was considered a prodigy in the world of classical ballet. I know of her as she was a San Pedro, CA local and Pedro will always have a piece of me.

I'm thrilled to see her speak at TED Talks.

Copeland speaks about the historical stories of ballet that often exclude people of color: She also tells us that ballet is not dead.


The Power of Ballet: Misty Copeland at TEDx Georgetown

Neon Rainbow Cake

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