Today the second Zeitgeist movie was released, Zeitgest: Addendum, and I am confident that it will answer most if not all of the lingering questions that remain in everyone’s minds concerning the way Butterfinger and I choose to live our lives. Are you wondering why we let our house foreclose?  Want to know why Butterfinger simply stopped paying his high interest rate credit cards?  Curious as to why we think it is so important to be able to work for ourselves without relying on a giant corporation?  Still pondering why a lot of my posts equate money and capitalism to slavery?  Are you finally ready to find out why living with less ’stuff’ and the banishment of materialism are so important to our society?   I encourage everyone to set aside 123 minutes this weekend to watch the film, and pass it along to anyone you think it will help.

Consider the non-fiction account below before you view this film.

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October 4th, 2008 | Videos, Realpolitik, The Startup | No comments

My latest secret shopping excursion landed me at the airport. Most people would have been greatly perturbed at the notion of leaving a BBQ on a Friday night to ride around in an airport shuttle and submit a report, but I was energized. Instead of taking the airport for what it is at face value - a falsely-secured medium through which travel is procured with the occasional gastric or media distraction - I choose to look at the bigger picture. The airport is a human source of energy, thought, and inspiration in one of its simplest forms. All of the people making their way through the airport have a purpose, whether it be to close a multi-million dollar sale for a pharmaceutical company or personally deliver a happy birthday message to a loved one. (more…)

May 31st, 2008 | The Office, Friendly Encounters, Planes Trains & Automobiles, The Startup | No comments