Guys... can we talk about words?

I've seen folks claiming that these folks actin' a fool on the capital are being sent by "Antifa. "

Word means things, and I think maybe we need to talk:

"Antifa" means Anti-Fascist-- as in, against Fascism.

Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

To be Anti Fascist means to be agains totalitarian, ultranationalist government. There are many organizations that are "Anti-Fascist" but there isn't a singular "Antifa" organization.

This is comparable to "Feminist" organizations. There isn't a single Feminist Organzation. Feminism is an ideology.

To be Feminist means that you believe woman are equal to men. To be an "Feminist organization" means that you are an organization in support of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.

So, to circle this wagon: there are feminist organizations and anti-fascist organizations-- and, like those ideals, there is no central organization.

Here's what I don't get: How have we twisted the idea of being "Anti Fascist" into being a bad thing? Since when is being against a totalitarian government a bad thing?

Could it be that if you are a fascist, you want to convince people that being "anti fascist" is a bad thing?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-antifa/2020/09/11/527071ac-f37b-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-antifa/2020/09/11/527071ac-f37b-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html

Over threw last few years, I've managed to miss "Resolution Season," since I'd have been on my yearly practice and reflection sabbatical. As a teacher returning home from sabbatical in March, I would often be filled to the brim with inspiration to share-- and in front of a new audience! The reporte required -- including the desire to find a common nomenclature-- were the building blocks of a working relationship in March... but I think they work in January, too!

Check out some of my tips and tools for understanding Why Yoga Works, and how to help those seeking a resolute resolutions find value in your offergings!

https://functionalashtanga.com/drishti-weekly/the-weekly-drishti-1-3-2021-1-9-2021/

In September, I’ll be launching a 10-month integrative online Functional Ashtanga Training. We dive *deep* into functional anatomy, contextualized yoga humanities, and a collection of the most potent pranayama and meditation practices I have discovered in my 20 years of dedicated practice. I’ve spent two years developing this program, which includes 4 functional joint assessment for each participant (so you can measure your progress), 150+ 20 minute learning videos (I’m still recording!), curated readings, and measured learning objectives (homework + quizzes). Of course, I’ll have office hours. It’s capped very, very small for this first cohort, and costs 3,000— but I’m gonna take 500 off if you sign up early. With a $500 deposit, I’ll offer a monthly payment plan for 10 months (with no upcharge— gross).

Visit our page:

https://mailchi.mp/3f805efe99bd/functional-ashtanga-training-program

Y’all rememberin’ who’s bankrolling this man, right?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/equinox-backed-trump-fundraiser-prompted-rival-gyms-to-offer-deals-to-new-members-2019-08-09

First, a thank you to Teaism. We love you.

Second, an admonishment to Brasserie Beck— The tone deafness of BB makes me wonder about the employment demographics of upper management at RW’s restaurant group. How white? How male? If you feel like you have to a apologize to your guests for being exposed to the outcry of a community who had just seen a member murdered, and not to the community for their pain.... your priorities look very clear.

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/article/21135695/teaism-other-downtown-dc-restaurants-damaged-in-saturday-night-protests

March 3, 1991: A video camera captures four Los Angeles Police Department officers beating Rodney King in one of the first viral police brutality videos.
April 21, 1992: A jury acquits the four officers who beat Rodney King. Riots ensue.
Feb. 23, 1999: Four NYPD officers shoot and kill 23-year-old Amadou Diallo. The officers were acquitted on all charges.
Nov. 26, 2006: Seven undercover NYPD officers fire more than 50 rounds of ammunition at unarmed Sean Bell at a bachelor party. The officers were acquitted on all charges.
February 26, 2012: 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is stalked, chased and shot by George Zimmerman after 911 operators tell Zimmerman to leave the teenager alone. Six weeks after the shooting, Zimmerman was arrested and subsequently acquitted of murder.
March 21, 2012: Chicago police officer Dante Servin shoots unarmed Rekia Boyd. He is acquitted on all charges.
July 17, 2014: NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo kills Eric Garner. Pantaleo has never been convicted of a crime.
Aug. 9, 2014: Ferguson, Mo. officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills 18-year-old Mike Brown Jr. Wilson was not charged with a crime.
Nov. 22, 2014: Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehman kills 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Loehmann is not charged with a crime.
April 4, 2015: A bystander captures North Charleston, SC police officer Michael Slager shooting unarmed Walter Scott as Scott runs away during a traffic stop. Scott plead guilty to federal deprivation of rights under the color of law and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
April 12, 2015: Baltimore resident Freddie Gray was arrested for carrying a knife and died from injuries while being transported to jail. No one involved was convicted of a crime.
July 19, 2015: University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing shot and killed Sam DuBose during a traffic stop. Tensing was not convicted of a crime.
July 13, 2015: Sandra Bland is found hanged in a jail cell after a dashcam captures her brutal arrest by State Trooper Brian Encina, who is never convicted of a crime.
July 2, 2016: St. Anthony, Minn. police officer Jeronimo Yanez shoots Philando Castile during a traffic stop in which Castile was not driving or committing a crime. Yanez was acquitted on all charges.
July 5, 2016: Baton Rouge, La. officers shoot 37-year-old Alton Sterling as he lays on the ground, restrained by officers. No one is charged with a crime.
Aug. 1, 2016: Moments after authorities coerce Facebook and Instagram to shut off the live feed for 23-year-old Korryn Gaines’ standoff with police, Baltimore County police officers burst into her home and shoot her dead as she holds her son in her arms. No one is convicted of a crime.
Sept. 16, 2016: Tulsa, Okla. police officer Betty Shelby shoots unarmed Terrance Crutcher as a news helicopter records the footage. She is acquitted of first-degree manslaughter.
March 18, 2018: Sacramento police officers open fire on 23-year-old Stephon Clark, striking him eight times, six of which were in his back. No one was ever charged with Clark’s death.
Sept. 6, 2018: Officer Amber Guyger enters the home of Botham Jean and shoots him dead. She is convicted of murder and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Oct. 12, 2019: Fort Worth, Tex. police officer Aaron Dean shoots through the window of 28-year-old Atiatana Jefferson, killing her. Dean is fired and charged with murder.
February 23, 2020: A vigilante mob in Brunswick, Ga. chases down and shoots 23-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, killing him. Travis and Gregory McMichael have been arrested for his death after more than 2 months of freedom. A third man, William “Roddie” Bryan, has also been charged after filming the crime.
March 13, 2020: Louisville, Ky. police officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove entered the apartment of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor to serve a “no-knock warrant” on her boyfriend and shot Taylor dead. No one has been charged with a crime.
May 25, 2020: Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds; 2 minutes and 53 seconds of which occurred after Floyd was unconscious. Floyd Dies. Chauvin is charged with third-degree murder after four days of freedom. Three officers who were present — Tou Thao, Thomas K. Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, have not been charged.
May 27, 2020: Minneapolis residents say: “Fuck this.”
May 29- present: America says: “Damn right, fuck this:”

https://www.theroot.com/a-timeline-of-events-that-led-to-the-2020-fed-up-rising-1843780800?fbclid=IwAR2V3bcgil5d_DTSGI8967x7rgHOdMZvCH0ztXl0BOAaKhgYlTLa3-U33wQ

Susan Sloane interviews strong woman in leadership --and beautifully captures the conversation. Her book, "A Seat at the Table," where you can find this wonderful collection, was just released.

This is the start of an excerpt series:

"Looking at this past year, I am fortunate that I embarked on a journey to write the stories of these women and share why gender-diversified leadership is imperative for our world. It is a happy birthday, indeed. And while there will be no party in this quarantine, I’ll cry if I want to. Happy tears—for the goodness in humanity shall prevail."

https://medium.com/@susansloan76/its-my-birthday-and-i-ll-cry-if-i-want-to-9993a90b12fd

A PSA to digital content consumers and new creators: Please consider paying/charging for online content

All out-bound yoga teachers in Washington, D.C. are out of work until at least April. There will be no compensation. Most of us pay at least our own health insurance, rent, and phone bill.

For most, these are recurring monthly expense in excess of $1500, required for survival— and not including food.

It’s been a tough go of things in my industry: this is the second time i am have been forcibly removed from the workforce (without reimbursement!) due to my status as a contract employee in 15 months. My job is to provide meditation and mindfulness training and classes as a wellness service to different federal agencies, non-profits, and endowments — there is no unemployment for the self employeed.

When I was out of work last year for the government furlough, there was no “back pay”— just a sharp decrease in my pay for the 35 days the government shut down. As I said, unemployment doesn’t cover contractors. With stocks plummeting and 401ks evaporating, many of us who “responsible saved” are watching our safety net shrink at exactly the time we shouldn’t be touching it.

YOU CAN HELP!

The pivot to online training for your favorite wellness provider is not a hobbiest pivot— it’s essential. Please consider reaching out to your favorite in-person provider and supporting them financially, digitally.

I’ve included my Patreon here:

https://www.patreon.com/yogawithmjh

To all of your who have already pledged— thank you! I’m looking forward to sharing content with each of you. For the cost of one boutique fitness class, you can have access to all of the content— and for $10, you can get access to once class. I’d sure love it if you wanted access to all of it 🙂

https://www.patreon.com/yogawithmjh

The District had its highest number of reported hate crimes last year: 204. That’s a year of gay men being beaten, black girls being threatened, transgender women being hurt, synagogues being harassed, Muslims being taunted and a Trump supporter smacked in a restaurant.

Liu, speaking at a forum at the Justice Department last month on combating anti-Semitism, said that sometimes, the odds of conviction are better when they don’t press a hate-crime charge.

But that ignores what hate crimes do to the people who experience them. And it doesn’t make vulnerable people feel like anyone’s got their backs.

Eleanor Holmes Norton: “As you may know, the number of reported hate crimes in the District of Columbia almost doubled between 2016 and 2018. Many of these crimes were targeted at the LGBTQ community, especially transgender individuals. At a recent well-attended community forum, I learned that this community feels it is under siege. I agree,” she wrote. “As you are well aware, it takes only a few prosecutions to create a deterrent effect.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-prosecutor-wont-do-her-job-so-bigots-are-getting-away-with-hate-crimes-in-dc/2019/08/22/9d6499c4-c508-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

Has he been to Maggie's house? Her pantry is labeled. I recently found a shoe in my fridge. Tell me which is Order and which is Chaos.
...
For example, he sees the world as fundamentally divided between the forces of “chaos” and the forces of “order,” and explains the difference:

...
[Chaos is] what extends, eternally and without limit, beyond the boundaries of all states, all ideas, and all disciplines… It’s the foreigner, the stranger, the member of another gang, the rustle in the bushes… the hidden anger of your mother… Chaos is symbolically associated with the feminine… Order, by contrast, is explored territory. That’s the hundreds-of-millions-of-years-old hierarchy of place, position, and authority. That’s the structure of society. It’s the structure provided by biology, too…It’s the flag of the nation… It’s the greatness of tradition, the rows of desks in the school classroom, the trains that leave on time… In the domain of order, things behave as God intended.
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It’s very easy to hear the echoes of authoritarianism, even fascism, in this: strong men create order, which is what God intends, and the social structure is preserved by deference to authority, tradition, hierarchy, flags. (Heck, he even talks about the trains running on time!) But the moment one tries to critique this, to talk about the dangers of adhering to flags and traditions for their own sake, Peterson will angrily insist that you have misunderstood his theory: order is symbiotic with chaos, not superior to it! (“Order is not enough.”)
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What’s important about this kind of writing is that it can easily appear to contain useful insight, because it says many things that either are true or “feel kind of true,” and does so in a way that makes the reader feel stupid for not really understanding. (Many of the book’s reviews on Amazon contain sentiments like: I am not sure I understood it, but it’s absolutely brilliant.) It’s not that it’s empty of content; in fact, it’s precisely because some of it does ring true that it is able to convince readers of its importance. It’s certainly right that some procedures work in one situation but not another. It’s right that good moral systems have to be able to think about the future in figuring out what to do in the present. But much of the rest is language so abstract that it cannot be proved or disproved. (The old expression “what’s new in it isn’t true, and what’s true isn’t new” applies here.)

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve

Rob Kearney had a good week: Winning the Australian Arnold -- according to the article, it's considered the second most prestigious strong man event-- and marrying his husband. Oh, and Arnold was there.

Gay boys out here doing. the. damn. thing.

http://www.towleroad.com/2019/03/arnold-schwarzenegger-rob-kearney/

All of this. 100%

https://chintamaniyoga.com/ashtanga-yoga/ashtanga-is-not-the-problem-how-its-taught-is-part-1/

Did you hear about my new teaching residence? I’m teaching led group classes at the Eaton — a place whose core values are aligned strongly with my own. Learn more about it here!

https://mic.com/articles/191869/washington-dc-now-has-an-anti-trump-hotel-meet-katherine-lo-the-woman-behind-it

We wouldn’t allow children to operate in this manner.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-attacks-jim-acosta-peter-alexander-at-news-conference-1364233283774?v=raila&cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma

I feel strongly aligned.

http://www.richardfreemanyoga.com/musings/2018/7/4/working-on-the-puzzle

Last year I appeared in federal court functioning as a symbol of potential for my asylum seeking then-boyfriend. In many countries, you can still be killed legally for being queer. He was a victim of the gang violence the article mentions-- as some of you may recall, when I was a victim of this kind of violence, we called it a hate crime. In Russia, there is no crime. I have never been more patriotic than in the moment his asylum was granted. I am gutted to hear that our attorney general is going to leave my marginalized brothers and sisters to die at the hands of their community or country.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/06/jeff-sessions-just-signed-death-warrant-lgbtq-asylum-seekers/

Assault and slurs a block from my house. Recognize this guy?

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2018/05/31/d-c-man-attacked-in-third-anti-gay-assault-since-april/

"By all accounts, most GOP Congress members recognize that Donald Trump is a pathological narcissist with early stage dementia and only peripheral contact with reality — and they have, nonetheless, decided to let him retain unilateral command of the largest nuclear arsenal on planet Earth because it would be politically and personally inconvenient to remove his finger from the button."

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/trump-is-mentally-unwell-and-everyone-around-him-knows-it.html

From the article: “👁 was called a [redacted] long before 👁 was called a ni**er.”

Me? Last called a [redacted]: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, 👁Told the guy to get his ass over here so 👁could stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and 👁said “you heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so 👁can fuck it. ” he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.

In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, 👁 am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.

Yogi’s, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?

https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920

https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920

From the article: “👁 was called a faggot long before 👁 was called a ni**er.”

Me? Last called a faggot: thanksgiving morning, out walking the dog. Responding promptly, 👁Told the guy to get his ass over here so 👁could stuff it like a turkey. He asked me to repeat myself, and 👁said “you heard me. Say what you said to me again, and get your ass over here so 👁can fuck it. ” he, a straight black man, wanted no part of this crazy.

In the constructed hierarchy we are all enslaved by, 👁 am not on the bottom. Who is? Well, just days before this transgression, a black trans woman became the 29th of the year to be murdered.

Yogi’s, what are you doing to ensure that all of us are equal? Are you speaking up at your relatives house? Are you actively deconstructing this hierarchy? Or are you buying in?

https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920

https://www.theroot.com/fear-of-the-state-fear-of-my-home-to-be-black-and-que-1821141920

"I look back and think about all the ways we’re told that those two
goals: being chosen and having kids, are what makes you
worthy. I mean: Nursery Rhymes. Fairytales. Books. Movies. Sixteen
Candles, every love song, and even Black-ish—all reiterating this
narrow story of “husband plus child equals woman”. And the
patriarchy—the patriarchy is not pleased with me right now. I’m
failing at my function. Let me tell you, Mike Pence is fucking
confused by me right now."

https://www.glamour.com/story/tracee-ellis-ross-glamour-women-of-the-year-speech-2017?mbid=social_facebook_fanpage

Merman 2017.

"Pondexter-Moore calls that whole line of argumentation ridiculous. "The only message my clothes are sending is, 'This is what I want to put on,'" she says. "If one man wears a football jersey and another man tackles the shit out of him, can he say, 'Well, your clothes say you're a football player?"

A Heated Confrontation In Southwest Sparks Anger And Debate About Street Harassment: DCist

http://dcist.com/2017/08/heated_confrontation_debate_street_harassment.php

Pre-Wonder Woman-- you know I love a grand hall.

Thinking of you!!

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/06/the_wu_tang_clan_sign_language_interpreter_how_holly_maniatty_learned_to.html

FREEMAN+TAYLOR. Fake news.

http://www.richardfreemanyoga.com/musings/2016/11/27/the-pause-button

Woman run this town.

This woman is spectacular.

Must be nice to not need an iPhone, what with that fancy office and computer you have...

at taxpayer's expense.

Please, tell me how much I don't need my smartphone (as a self-employed individual without an office.)

Don't worry, it's still a 5s. I'm waiting for the 8. Just like I'm waiting for universal health care/affordable care for all of our citizens.

Don't be shocked if I get the phone first.

http://vitals.lifehacker.com/here-s-how-many-iphones-you-ll-need-to-not-buy-to-affor-1793056384

A follow up/ companion piece to the article on gay loneliness. This rings true to this reader-- but I'm left with a curious quarrel-- does it all boil down to privledged folks using privledge to get ahead and feeling the sting of its effects?:

"In the community, we have a name for these people: “A-gays." They enforce the social rules of a certain kind of urban gay space, implicitly or sometimes explicitly excluding other types of gays (and almost all queer people) who don’t fit their strange standards. They are the donors and board members of the big gay nonprofits, the setters of the mainstream gay agenda.

Crucial to understanding the A-gays is seeing their cultural and economic complicity in the systems that both benefit them and, ironically, make them feel miserable. Please do not misunderstand: No one is responsible for suicide or mental illness—these are both complex phenomena that deserve to be addressed regardless of who’s experiencing them. But part of taking a problem seriously is understanding where it comes from. If I’m rolling my eyes at Hobbes’ piece, it’s not for lack of sympathy; it’s just the same way I might roll my eyes at an article about miserable hedge fund managers that didn't interrogate their exploitative profession and the way it might contribute both to their sadness and their privilege."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2017/03/06/gay_loneliness_is_real_but_toxic_gay_cultures_isn_t_the_problem.html

Sunday's at Hall Manor.

And so many will say "stop reading into everything! he was being so nice!"

http://huff.to/2l32LQ0

"Meanwhile, Trump has already sought to leverage the office of the presidency to pressure foreign governments to take actions that would improve his bottom line. Trump admitted that he asked a group of British politicians to kill a proposed wind farm he believed would mar the views at a golf course he owns in Scotland. He reportedly asked the president of Argentina to approve permits for a high-rise in Buenos Aires. (Trump denied the allegation, although his local partner announced the project was moving forward the next day.) Trump has also had his daughter Ivanka, who is supposedly managing his day-to-day business interests, sit in on meetings with heads of state.
Eisen views the current situation as dire. If Trump is permitted to be sworn in as president without selling his companies, he says, the country is facing a “wholesale oligarchic kleptocracy of a kind that we have never seen before in our history.”"

https://thinkprogress.org/electoral-college-trump-top-lawyers-8a8b6e0ca916#.si3nnwubn

To excuse it—over and over—is to tell him he’s right in thinking that women and girls are less than men. To vote for someone so unapologetic in his sexism, to make him the face of your nation, is to tell girls that they must take whatever a man dishes out. No ― it tells everyone this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/i-love-youbut-what-your-trump-vote-tells-my_us_581cd369e4b044f827a78c4f

Mike Pence: "Homosexuals are not as a group able-bodied. They are known to carry extremely high rates of disease brought on because of the nature of their sexual practices and the promiscuity which is a hallmark of their lifestyle.""

Has he even been to a gym? Look around, Powdertop! Up-in-the-gym-working-on-our-fitness.

I kid, but if you're voting for this ticket, you're voting for a man who has urged employers not to hire people like me. Speaking of a lack of fitness,executive-wise: just no.

http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2016/9/01/mike-pence-wrote-article-urging-employers-not-hire-gay-people

There are so many great photos from the shoot... But this is the winner.

laughter laughter laughter....on plastic straws:

“We consume 500 million straws each day. The equivalent of 127 school buses filled with straws. It’s disgusting. There should be children in those school buses, going to school, to learn, not straws.”

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/entourage-star-adrian-grenier-talks-burning-man.html

This was probably not my best idea, but man it was fun.

Menopause: Embracing Impermanence, by Sharmila Desai | Purple Valley Yoga Blog

http://www.yogagoa.com/blog/embracing-impermanence-by-sharmila-desai/

My favorite buddy at the zoo. He would wave, stand up on his hind legs, and occasionally roar. He lived 10 years longer than the average sloth bear in human care.

National Zoo euthanizes sloth bear - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/national-zoo-euthanizes-sloth-bear/2016/06/16/b1748cec-3408-11e6-ab9d-1da2b0f24f93_video.html

Managing Your Distress in the Aftermath of a Shooting

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/mass-shooting.aspx

A young woman was black-out drunk. A persistent freshman in college had sex with her behind a dumpster. The sex was messy, and she did not consent.

"Here's The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read To Her Attacker. "

I don't care about his minimal punishment: I care about the narrative. Each and every person reading these words knows someone who has been in a similar situation.

Teach your children not to rape.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.qljVd1jx5#.ahrv4xDNE

The first of many adventures for Charlie & Skipper on the SS Samasthithi!

I am so many of these douches. And yet-- none

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/05/field-guide-to-dc-douchebags/

Life affirming.

nsfw

new mantra

http://youtu.be/Ud2E6TSfJ0M

Mourning Prince and David Bowie, who showed there’s no one right way to be a man - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/04/21/mourning-prince-and-david-bowie-who-showed-theres-no-one-right-way-to-be-a-man/

"This genderqueer savanna cat will not hem in its gender presentation to conform to your suffocating boxes or your feel-good assimilationist gay love story. This male top is actually maybe vers, and just because his sex partner isn’t femme doesn’t mean he’s gay. Just because his partner was assigned female at birth doesn’t mean he’s straight, either. Botswana’s lion scene has achieved a level of queerness the modern LGBTQ movement should strive to reach."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/04/18/those_gay_lions_are_actually_queer_one_is_a_female_with_a_mane.html

Fuck yeah. Support for gay men & woman by Sanders from 1995. These receipts, y'all.

http://qklnk.co/Y8kreo

I mean, it's cool. Beach cows, man 😉

When did the party turn? When I got mouthy...

"If these are just small offenses, not meant to wound, why can’t I ever manage to shut them down effectively, ensure they aren’t wielded again and again against others? You don’t have to force strangers to see or acknowledge systemic racism and the lives it takes and brutalizes just to point out that hey, friend, all Asians are not interchangeable! "

http://the-toast.net/2016/01/05/what-goes-through-your-mind-casual-racism/

#todaysmandala #mandala

I miss my long hair sometimes.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/man-buns-are-over-its-now-time-for-man-braids

Progressive? Regressive? Egalitarian? #merman at #tabardinn #GiulinosSayIdo

I've spent time this month with @[689010579:2048:Emma O'Neill], who helped sharpen my teeth in Mysore on my first trip. A major teacher for her, like Christine Hoar here, is Nancy Gilgoff.

The first 20 is essential for woman and men who associate with them. The 35 minute mark on sums up my occasional radio silence. The last 8 is for everyone.

"We are meant to be joyful beings. "

So, listen to get perspective on me or listen to get perspective on you.

Big love to @[1076864780:2048:Jen René] and Peg Mulqueen for their efforts here, and to Christine for her candor.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ashtanga-dispatch-podcast/id944960439?mt=2&i=338439418

Sorry, Indiana. Other than study in India, I do my best to vote with my $$$. Boycotting.

http://m.ranker.com/list/companies-headquartered-in-indiana/the-working-man?page=2

Richard Freeman is my yoga super hero/ role model.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7FAJ2Yjl9I&list=PL99B63DE85D3D4BC0

Poor bats.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/08/21/batman-hates-call-me-maybe-comic/

A great interview.

http://www.discordia19.com/main/2012/4/9/neil-gaiman-interviews-stephen-king.html

Ordinary Batman (great, cute illustrations)

http://sarahj-art.tumblr.com/

With the 'This Am'cn Life' hubub, don't forget whats important

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?pagewanted=all

Thought of you, obv.

http://www.wildmind.org/mantras/figures/greentara

The gentleman rockin' the slackline at the Super Bowl's Half Time Show has an awesome demo reel. It makes me anxious just watching it. Pretty powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdHqmnB-NNc

My wonderful teacher answers my (I'm sure devastatingly lame) questions, manhandles me, and guides me to my edge. She simultaneously does this for a roomful of people. I CAN NOT RECOMMEND THIS MORE HIGHLY.

http://vimeo.com/33172397

Great excerpts.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/12/06/383003/sec-clinton-to-un-gay-rights-are-human-rights-and-human-rights-are-gay-rights/

"If we want to improve the image of urban bicyclists, we need to start with ourselves. If we’re successful, the concept of the elitist bicyclist will one day seem as silly as, well, driving in Manhattan" -- interesting article (I want to know more about the demographic breakdown) -- What say you, @[602938196:2048:Shelby Thompson]?

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/04/are_urban_bicyclists_just_elite_snobs/

Dude. Richard Freeman (and this is yooooung Richard Freeman) = f'ing awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwfUkWhQElI

A notable (if disheartening) article. Being kind and well-mannered is not the same as being subordinate nor subordinated, y'all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/us/southern-manners-on-decline-some-say.html

Eating in this manner has changed my attitude, my body, and my overall well-being. I started out Paleo, and have allowed Dairy back in (moderatly), and now am mostly "primal".

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

A Ukranian commercial about a man with squirrels for hands.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2UxxMUZ4E

Thanks, Ben! I hadn't seen this video (but man, I sure have loved the song!).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFMrkgWSTw

Why I Love Mr Rogers. Scott Jordan Harris discusses discovering Fred Rogers's show as an adult.

A friend said: "I was into Mister Rogers before he was cool. We all were, of course, because Mr. Rogers was never cool. He had no time for "cool" when he could be genuine, patient, kind, and compassionate. What a wonderful man he was. I'm glad to see that people are still discovering him today."

Me, too.



http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/night-and-day/6921853/why-i-love-mr-rogers.thtml

To quote @[617270401:2048:Erica Martinson] (with a nod to my burgeoning, torrid friendmance with @[506243441:2048:Kaelan Hollon] ): ""I spend a lot of time thinking, "How can I better stalk @[771905126:2048:Michael Joel Hall]?" The answer is this: $20 for a month unlimited gym/classes at Balance, where he can be my yoga guru, or $59 for a month unlimited CrossFit, where I know he loiters (lifting things over his head

https://livingsocial.com/deals/35393?ref=conf-jp&rpi=10666172

The human condition and its conditions. For those of you who have challenged your bodies to a level that is taboo-- oh, poo.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5651802

So many things of interest in this article. West African Newport smugglers?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/nyregion/05loosie.html

Join @[824486826:2048:Kevin Waldorf-Cruz] , Keith Moore (@[100089878602895:2048:Ashtanga Yoga Center, Washington DC] , crossfitter, my teacher) and Christina Lagdameo this Saturday at lululemon athletica Georgetown from 1:30-3:30pm for a mala of surya namaskar. This is a donation based class to benefit the Onadi Siva Trust, which benefits the victims of human trafficking (see video).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1koLraFl1_w

Returning to the subject of running, due to popular demands. Also: 'cause I love it.

http://midcityyoga.com/?p=450

This video is good stuff. Oh man.

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

Doctors who carried out a stem cell transplant on an HIV-infected man with leukaemia in 2007 say they now believe the man to have been cured of HIV infection as a result of the treatment, which introduced stem cells which happened to be resistant to HIV infection.


http://www.aidsmap.com/page/1577949/

Oh, yes. So much to be grateful for this year, and with any luck and some practice, many more years of abundance. See you on the mat.

http://inspiredcanoe.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/the-92-year-old-yogi/

@[43702062:2048:Quint Fischer] knows his shit. A man from whom I'd learn snatch technique has to be preeeeeetty baller.

http://becomethebull.blogspot.com/2010/10/mobility-abounds.html

La Cheateu de Ghetto is officially renamed the MikeCave a/k/a stately Hall Manor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/fashion/10caveman.html

My cousin @[5005835:2048:Mara Iocolano], who knows me quite well, sent this with a note saying "If you had a lawn, this is how you'd mow it." She's right... Oh man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmYUjuuUJo&feature=related

I wrote a guest blog response to the New York Times article "A Yoga Manifesto" for WelcomeOmDC.com -- Check it out!

http://www.welcomeomdc.com/2010/04/30/michael-hall-what-is-sanskrit-for-broke/

I've been doing a lot of educational reading.

Yoga, yoga, yoga.

The topic of Batman managed to leach a few hours from me. Here is a round up/summary of whats been happening in the bat books over the past year.

I'm hoping Dick Grayson ends up as Bats, but thats just me.

http://comics.ign.com/articles/956/956858p1.html

Delightful.

So, for now the plan is:

a) Meet Man
b) Fall in Love
c) Drive to VT, IA, or MA and get hitched
d) Come back to DC

I gotta get to work.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040702200.html

I've had my eye on Clocky since '04-ish. Mark and I loved her. I'm thinking about the Sonic Boom.

http://www.esquire.com/features/the-digital-man/alarm-clocks-0408

A fly on the wall while I'm home alone would find me madder than a hatter.

That said, the service industry lends itself to a few unique perspectives in regards to human behavior. That is, bullshit better left at home.

Leave your gum in your mouth. Wrap it nicely when you're done. Throw it in the proper recipetical. Do *NOT* stick it under a chair/table, as this makes you an ass.

Just like rearranging the sugar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMUcq4htakE&feature=player_embedded

Where Da Gold At?!

Geoffrey and I went down to the Dubliner, DC's oldest Irish bar/ restaurant, for some St. Patrick's Day themed food. I was craving corned beef & cabbage, and Geoff has his mind set on Shepherd's pie.

Rocks weren't the only things shammed on this trip. After a $10 cover charge just to get in ("come back tomorrow, it'll be free," says the bouncer) to the dining room, we were seated upstairs with super drunk woman in green pantsuits (and terrible makeup), as well as their stodgey 'til crunk white male counterparts.

The people watching was the best part: my meal came out tepid at best. I sent it back to get reheated. Geoff's shepherd's pie looked great, but apparently was only good.

I knew I could do better. Shepherd's pie is made with lamb or mutton, of which I found none-- today I instead made "Cottage Pie." I cut the meat down to a pound and threw in some yummy extra yellow onion and lots o' garlic.

G'luck, and Happy St. Fattrick's Day!

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000216easy_shepherds_pie.php

14th Street's getting a new coffee house, just above the not-quite-recently relocated Miss Pixies @ 1626 14th.

For those that don't know, I spent a good chunk of my early DC life as a barista/cocktail server at the Dupont South Cosi. We were the "other side of the tracks" Cosi, serving up scandal with our Double Oh! Arctic Mochas.

After becoming firmly disenchanted with my coffee options here in mid city, Daddy went out and got himself a french press and coffee grinder. Now I only grind freshly roasted beans every morning.

When I want a little treat, ACKC does a good job of filling my caffinated sweet tooth, but what about when I need to get off the couch and do some work? Where do I go?

Certainly not cruise-a-bou at 14th and Rhode Island. I'm excited!

http://amandamc.blogspot.com/2009/03/mid-city-cafe-coming-to-14th-street.html

Local GWU Freshman was kicked out of NROTC for kissing a guy at a party. Two of his fellow NROTC fucks saw him at said party and tattled.

The Hatchet reports.

What can we do in protest?

http://www.gwhatchet.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=c079e894-f2e6-48b3-a80b-3826adaa9736

Amanda found this. I find it amazing.

http://totallylookslike.com/2009/01/08/posh-spice-totally-looks-like-sleestak/