The Culture Surrounding Glassblown Art

Recently I read an article in High Times magazine about a new book that's been published called smoked that is all about highly artistic pipes, bongs, and bubblers. This book is for people who have a higher level of respect for these pieces than the average smoker. People immersed in this culture must care about more than only getting high, for them the fun is in using and showing off their fine smoking items. i really enjoyed looking at some of the selected photos taken from the book that were featured in the magazine and i think it would be really interesting to meet one of the people who creates them.

Obama vowes to stop raids on medical marijuana facilities

I read an article about Obama's promises to stop raids preformed by the DEA on medical marijuana facilities. In states where medical marijuana has been lagalized the DEA can still raid them and confiscate all they're medicine and things because the federal law says that marijuana in any form is illegal. I think that it is stupid they are still making these raids and confiscating medicine because the feds shouldn't interfere with state laws that have been set up and followed they way they should be. President Obama needs to take up on his promises and stop these raids because things are getting crazy.

Hightimes

Michael Phelps has hopes for not being charged on marijuana related crimes

I recently read an article in Hightimes magazine that told me Michael Phelps will probably not be charged for the use of marijuana. Because all the police department in South Carolina has is a picture of Michael smoking a bong and him saying that he regrets things he did at the party, they do not have substantial evidence to prove he was smoking pot. I think this is fantastic because really Phelps didn't do anything that bad and it would be really dumb if the police charged him because of a picture. Michael Phelps just needs to keep on being a great swimmer and make sure nobody takes any pictures of him smoking pot.

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Rastafarianism

Today i read an article about a new rasta exhibit at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. This exhibit is the first of its kind and sounds very interesting. This article was very interesting and was very informative about Rastafarianism. The belief is about loving the earth and the unification of peoples all over the world. Despite the common stereotype that rasta is all about smoking ganja, it really isn't at all. The only reason i used this picture of Bob Marley is because i have the poster in my room and i bought it from a rasta man in Jamaica. Rastafarianism is a very good belief system and i'd like to learn more about it.

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Gender Stereotypes

I recently read an article explaining human's stereotypes of genders. All human naturally stereotype genders based on some mumbo jumbo about natural brain functions. I didn't really think the article made much sense because all the studys it talked about seemed like they were put on by monkeys. The stuff that they studied was all common knowlege put into scientific studies. I didn't like this article.


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Rednecks

I have just read an article on the internet about redneck culture. Rednecks are very simple people, they enjoy NASCAR, shooting things, getting good deals such as BP's hotdogs 3 for a dollar, and just hanging out with other rednecks. I think that rednecks are fascinating and that everybody should be one. Because then everybody would be alot happier. I can not tell you how many times i see people get upset over money related problems. That is why rednecks don't care so much about money and they live a much happier more fulfilling life.

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Drinking: A Love Affair

I read on article about a woman who wrote a book called drinking: a love affair. She died of alcohol related causes because she was an alcoholic. That's the problem with the disease it kills way too many people. I wish that there was no alcohol in the world because it takes many people to their deathbed. Its a horrible drug and shouldn't be used. The article was very insightful and informative about alcoholism and i would suggest it to anyone interested on the subject.

http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/22/local/me-knapp22

Grandma's First Blizzard

I just read a story on the internet about a person who drives to pick up his wife's grandma during a blizzard in Colorado. Once the grandma's flight gets in the blizzard has gotten pretty bad and on their drive home the freeway closes down so they almost have to spend the night in a grocery store but end up in a Red Cross shelter instead. I thought that this was a very interesting article because it sounded like a really fun adventure. It reminds me of the last time i was in Colorado and got stuck driving through a snow storm between Denver and Vail. It wasn't as bad as this storm but we had to stop and buy snow chains for my grandpa's car and it took almost 5 hours when it should have been much much shorter. The good part in the article is that the grandma got to have a nice adventure during her first trip to America. And the good part of my snowstorm is that i got to ski over 2 feet of powder on the first day of my trip.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Colorado-Blizzard---A-True-Story&id=444557