Free documentaries!

Watch, download free, full-length, political documentaries here. You're welcome! http://freedocumentaries.org

Dalai Lama’s 18 rules for living

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs:
   • Respect for self
   • Respect for others
   • Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

It's gotta be the food!

Zillions of good recipes in here, from vegetarian dishes to grilling, from meats to desserts to drinks. It sucks I'll never be able to create every dish on this site. But I can always lick the screen! http://www.tastespotting.com

A little history of TV presentation and graphic design

This is a make-up of old TV show intros, trailers and animations. Mainly shows from the UK, but all the while, still pretty cool. Check the technique!  http://www.tv-ark.org.uk

Developing memorable characters

How much about your characters do you really know? Small details might seem superfluous even irrelevant to the story you intend to write, but the smallest detail informs the bigger picture. The more you know about your characters, the better you’ll create believable characters who live and breathe on the page and in their own fictional world.

1. What do you know about this character now that s/he doesn’t yet know?
2. What is this character’s greatest flaw?
3. What do you know about this character that s/he would never admit?
4. What is this character’s greatest asset?
5. If this character could choose a different identity, who would s/he be?
6. What music does this character sing to when no one else is around?
7. In what or whom does this character have the greatest faith?
8. What is this character’s favorite movie?
9. Does this character have a favorite article of clothing? Favorite shoes?
10. Does this character have a vice? Name it.
11. Name this character’s favorite person (living or dead).
12. What is this character’s secret wish?
13. What is this character’s proudest achievement?
14. Describe this character’s most embarrassing moment.
15. What is this character’s deepest regret?
16. What is this character’s greatest fear?
17. Describe this character’s most devastating moment.
18. What is this character’s greatest achievement?
19. What is this character’s greatest hope?
20. Does this character have an obsession? Name it.
21. What is this character’s greatest disappointment?
22. What is this character’s worst nightmare?
23. Whom does this character most wish to please? Why?
24. Describe this character’s mother.
25. Describe this character’s father.
26. If s/he had to choose, with whom would this character prefer to live?
27. Where does this character fall in birth order? What effect does this have?
28. Describe this character’s siblings or other close relatives.
29. Describe this character’s bedroom. Include three cherished items.
30. What is this character’s birth date? How does this character manifest traits of his/her astrological sign?
31. If this character had to live in seclusion for six months, what six items would s/he bring?
32. Why is this character angry?
33. What calms this character?
34. Describe a recurring dream or nightmare this character might have.
35. List the choices (not circumstances) that led this character to his/her current predicament.
36. List the circumstances over which this character has no control.
37. What wakes this character in the middle of the night?
38. How would a stranger describe this character?
39. What does this character resolve to do differently every morning?
40. Who depends on this character? Why?
41. If this character knew s/he had exactly one month to live, what would s/he do?
42. How would a dear friend or relative describe this character?
43. What is this character’s most noticeable physical attribute?
44. What is this character hiding from him/herself?
45. Write one additional thing about your character.

Academic Earth...mind your video.

If only college was like this when I was there..  http://academicearth.org

When something is done so right, words are useless.

 I stumbled across Nick Brandt's work by accident. On sight, it looks like simple wildlife photography. But look closer, closer. Can you get closer - Do you even want to? Didn't think so. Enjoy.

http://www.younggalleryphoto.com/photography/brandt/brandt.html

Seems crime is easy in some places...

When you think of how different most cultures are, it's easy to perceive some as over confident or more passive than others. It's even easier to imagine some having amazing cuisine and others, well, not so amazing cuisine. But in regards to criminal behavior and ways to fight it, this shit right here is just wrong.

Handcrafted genius

https://www.miniot.com/webshop/#

Feeling the burn...

With all the skate vids out there...it actually took Coca Cola to break new ground.

Minty with a Red Dress mix

This is a downtempo mix, enjoy.

Minty with a Red Dress by rickyandres

An anthem.

enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47Y1lCRHlM

You Gotta Keep Up Bro!

http://www.lastnightsparty.com
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It's Like I Told You Yesterday

"If I see you there your dead, understand me...dead. And you owe me a beer before you die."

site: http://www.parttimepunks.com
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cmO1HaTiNk

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Have You Watched Your Doc Today?

Anyone who's ever conversed with me about film, mainly documentary film knows how I feel about the indirect abuse of power by cable television and their mash-ups of fact and popular news. Not to mention the view askew teachings of documentarians like Michael Moore and every other pseudo-celebrity that vomits into the ocean of do it yourself video. I'm not a hater, just making a point as some do when there is clearly a divide amongst boys and men. Unbiased as I am, here are the men. The boys you can find on your own. Enjoy, enlighten and dive into docs. 

htt://www.filmakers.com/new.htm