30 days of birthday - day 5: venus in transit

for nearly 7 hours starting at 6:09pm est today, venus passes directly between the earth and the sun. this transit will reoccur on december 11, 2117. no one alive on the planet will ever see this again, so i consider this to be a very special birthday moment.

if you don't have the right protective goggles to see it for yourself (a welder's helmet, maybe!), you can follow the live stream below for updates.

time to think about love and relationships.


Live stream videos at Ustream

occupy wall street #2: the live feed!

according to gil-scott heron, the revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised - but that doesn't mean it won't be on the internet. now you can be in the thick of it all, whether you're all the way across the country or all the way across town.

i hope the whole world is watching when the cops clear everyone out of the park tomorrow morning, so it can be cleaned. i suppose it doesn't matter that everyone is cleaning it now. it's surprisingly organized down there.

Watch live streaming video from occupywallstnyc at livestream.com

too bad i missed tom morello's performance in liberty park as his acoustic guitar-slingin' alter ego the nightwatchman but i had an audition that wouldn't wait.

i leave you with a few powerful remarks from gil-scott heron -- because there's just way too many intelligent, educated and supposedly well-informed people in this country who don't know who he is.