Three Weeks and Change: 24 Days to Departure

With just over three weeks 'til I make my way South I'm still prepping, but overall, I'm ready to roll. 

24 days and counting, 22 days of walking.  

My mind has been set on taking this journey for nearly a year. October 1st 2011 at 12:30AM I walked among the tents at Dewey Square. I saw folks huddled under tarps on the soaking ground in the pouring rain.  Maybe it's the rain, on a night just like tonight just under a year ago, my world abruptly shifted, and expanded. 

Sponsors! Saucy Entertainment and Gym Flow 100

A huge "THANK YOU!" to Saucy Entertainment and Gym Flow 100 for signing on as my first sponsor for the walk to DC!  

I honored that the folks at Saucy Entertainment and Gym Flow 100 have chosen to sponsor me on this journey.  With the support of the fine folks at the aforementioned establishments I will be able to purchase crazy awesome boots that will prevent my knees from blowing out halfway to North Stonington, CT. 

Donating my hair to Children With Hairloss...

Donate Your Hair!

I'm walking from Boston to Washington DC, this entire process has been about shedding. Preconceptions, possessions, and now my hair. 

I recently moved out of my apartment, gave away or threw out most of my possessions, and am couch surfing until I roll out on this fantastic journey.

During your long reign as Mayor...

AN OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO

Dear Mayor Menino,
In an article in the Boston Herald dated July 20, 2012, you are quoted as saying, “You can’t have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population.  We’re an open city, we’re a city that’s in the forefront of inclusion”.

We agree that any kind of discrimination should  be unwelcome in the City of Boston We, the undersigned, would like to commend you for the strong statements that you made regarding “Chick-Fil-A” because you felt that its practices were discriminatory.  Although we applaud the ideals you espouse, the facts don’t comply with the rhetoric.  If you feel so strongly that discrimination is wrong, you should look to all of the discriminatory practices that you have allowed to exist in the City during your reign.

20 Activists Arrested during RAMPS Protest of Mountain Top Removal

RAMPS Activists Arrested During Protest of Mountain Top Removal Mining Project

From RAMPS (the organizers):
"More than 50 protesters affiliated with the R.A.M.P.S. Campaign have walked onto Patriot Coal’s Hobet mine and shut it down.  Ten people locked to a rock truck, boarded it and dropped banners: ”Coal Leaves, Cancer Stays.”  At least three have been arrested, with another in a tree being threatened by miners with a chain saw.  Earlier in the day, two people were arrested at Kanawha State Forest before a group of protesters headed to the state capitol.

With All Due Respect: Go Fuck Yourself Menino

See!! My shit's official! All Hail King Menino!
Supporter of Homophobes Hater of Chicken!

Fuck Censorship And Other Such Type Things

Great, I'm glad Mayor Menino has a fucking opinion. Even if I agree with his opinion, it has no business on official City of Boston stationary.  Mayor Menino is not the "voice" of the City of Boston, unless there was a vote that I missed, and his opinion is no more valid because of said office.  In my humble fucking opinion, using his office as a weapon of intimidation in a democratic free market is criminal.

The Route: Walking from Boston to Washington, DC

Departure Date: Wednesday 8.29.2012 8:00AM gather at the Parkman Bandstand, 9:00AM departure.

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Two Hotheads: Where Activism Happens

Saturday was a hell of a day for radio...

...although more-so for me. The fine folks at Two Hotheads: Where Activism Happens were kind enough to have me on air to "talk the walk" for a bit on Saturday 7/21.