I believe what everyone should do is stop judging others—stop disapproving of them and saying there is something wrong with them. There are more important things than if you wear glasses; if you’re overweight, short, or gay; if you wear offbrand clothing; if you’re a virgin; if you have a lisp; or if you’re inexperienced at something. There is no standard for humanity, despite ignorant old people saying there is and that everyone who strays from it is a bad person. Bullying is only a symptom. Let’s treat the cause.

Update: I found a quote that I believe describes bullying’s cause well.

The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

— Carl Jung

* Some estimates put this figure at over 600,000. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is.

“The rich boys get their money back went the banks go belly up—but if you’re downtown when the levees break, well you’re shit out of luck.”

— Louisiana Land / OK Go

Stop letting money speak louder than democracy, and “security” override your freedom. Stop being sold the American dream they spend your money destroying behind your back. Tell them you’re finished with their status quo. It’s time for a change, one that neither Democrats nor Republicans will provide. We the People are taking our power back.

1. Join us at 1 Liberty Plaza in Manhattan;
2. Donate for food and other needs here;
3. Find your local occupation at occupytogether.org, or;
4. Spread the word in person and on the Internet.

For more information, visit occupywallst.org.

The first computer I ever owned and used as a child was a Macintosh. Though it was a hand-me-down, it began my love of computers. The Macintosh’s significance increased as I got older—and it began assisting me with practically everything. It was my connection to a world of knowledge and like-minded people. And it helped me discover myself.

I watched Steve’s commencement speech at Stanford about a year ago. It was that speech that led me to really appreciate him as a person and not just for his work. And it was because of his speech that he became one of my heroes, and always will be. For everything he’s done, I’m thankful. I know he is not dead. His spirit lives on in every product he’s made, and in every person he’s marked with his expression.

To his family, friends, and co-workers: I only wish I was as lucky as you to know him, and to call him a friend. I am so very sorry for his loss.

We’re all born naked and the rest is drag.

— RuPaul

To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the public interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first known self-described Anarchist.

It’s an interesting and intelligent read, and short at only a few pages long. Take a look here.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the weather while it’s nice! Autumn is right around the corner.

You may have guessed that’s not my real birthdate. So why do I put that date in? 8 June 1949 is the publishing date of Orwell’s novel 1984 ¹. Sites that ask for your date of birth are invading your privacy, and some services seek to control what you see, hear or read. For example, Hulu has content its arbitrary system considers ‘inappropriate’ blocked if you’re under the age of 18. So does YouTube, whose community has blocked things which are merely controversial, and absolutely safe, from being viewed by those under 18. Google blocks access to Google+ if you’re under 18, and Facebook doesn’t let you truly share posts publicly, either, even though many teenagers do know how to be safe on the Internet.

So just because some people think it’s wrong for minors to have access to the same media and knowledge, and some people think it’s OK to invade your privacy and gather your information to sell to advertisers, doesn’t mean you have to live with it.

Join my little movement; from now on you’re 62! Just please don’t take back the money you put into social security until you’re actually entitled to.