Kinder Words by Justin August

Justin August is a 28 year old aspiring educator. He also dabbles in web wizardry and music journalism at Punknews. Also a proponent of gardens (urban and rural), bikes and the disenfranchised. He's been known to build a house or two. He's from West Virginia, and lives in Philadelphia after stints in Oakland, San Francisco and those months of winter on the Jersey Shore.

He has the cutest two cats in the world.

Nothing in Common →

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SOUTH DAKOTA shares no letters with its capital, PIERRE. It’s the only such state.

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So Predictable →

So Predictable

The Bay Bridge (as seen from Treasure Island) this past Saturday morning at 4:55am.

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Permanent traffic jam →

A traffic jam in China’s Heibei Province has been going on for nine days now and may last a month.

The traffic jam has sparked some entrepreneurial spirit for local residents, which has added to…

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Ohhhhhhhh snap! →

Michael Ian Black, responding to a heckler at a show in Ohio who compared Obama to Hitler.


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Putting His Brompton Where His Mouth Is →

Many of you out there in the world outside the blogosphere have heard of a bicycle store in Portland, Oregon by the name of Clever Cycles. CC was started by Todd Fahrner who has become something of…

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"I couldn’t help but nod in agreement with everything the director said. As a teacher, he..." →

“I couldn’t help but nod in agreement with everything the director said. As a teacher, he shares the same exact reasons for dressing well with me. Except instead of being in charge of 20-30 million…

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Bike Philly is just around the corner! Help us get 5,000 riders at the event! →

10 ways you can help grow Bike Philly:

1. Share this blog with your friends, family and colleagues (cut and paste it in an email!).

2. Become a fan of our Bike Philly page on Facebook.

3….

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New Tricks: Homesteading With an iPad →

People assume things about others and their lifestyles all the time. One common assumption might be that those who have barns, live off the land and raise animals tend to shun technology….

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Meal Deal: Mondays at the Fair Food Farmstand →

I learned something new this week: On Mondays, the Fair Food Farmstand offers 10 percent off produce and 30 percent off dairy. It’s an efficient way for them to clear their shelves for the…

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Jarhead: Marisa McClellan in the LA Times →

From foodinjars.comMarisa McClellan, Grid contributor and food blogger extraordinaire, scored a starring roll in a recent Los Angeles Times story on the canning renaissance:

Canning…

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L.A. teacher ratings: L.A. Times analysis rates teachers' effectiveness - latimes.com →

This is a great article - it really blows up the traditional myths about teaching and teacher evaluations. Bring on the accountability!

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School's In →

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I hope I can have this cool of a family someday. Free of pretension, full of awesomeness.
If you go to public school in San Francisco, then today is the first day of…

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‘Hallowed Ground’ →

Daryl Lang:

Look at the photos. This neighborhood is not hallowed. The people who live and work here are not obsessed with 9/11. The blocks around Ground Zero are like every other hard-working…

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