I am done soon. Let Jesus be thanked. In the meantime I have one last request: Nag Champa incense. It’s cheap (14 bucks for 250 sticks online. Google: Nag Champa) and you can mail it directly to me, which means I will get it about a week after you send it. Is this awesome? Yes… One of [...]

“No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields” - Henry David Thoreau  from Walden Just as [...]

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From http://agonist.org/scotjen61/20090212/the_lost_decade “A tremendous surplus was squandered and lost into ever deepening deficits, tax cuts were given to the rich who lost it all in hedge funds that did nothing but move paper around. Innovation was actively shut down. The telephony advances were destroyed for ATT to hold their hegemony, internet 2 was stopped by the [...]

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18 months down, five (give or take a few days) to go. Time has flown. If it keeps flying, that will be OK with me. New volunteers come in March, we have our Close of Service ceremony in June, and all things being equal, I will be out of here before August. I doubt [...]

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Turn your attention to matthewcolvin.tumblr.com, where I do all non-peace corps related blogging now. No password required. Awesome, right?

I went to Rebel Salute 2009 this weekend. Rebel Salute is an annual socially conscious roots reggae festival thrown by artist Tony Rebel. Because it celebrates rastafarianism, alcohol and meat are not allowed to be sold at the event. That, I think, is sort of awesome.  Musical highlights for the night (with links to samples of [...]

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This is an updated list of books I have read while in Peace Corps Jamaica. Note that ratings reflect my enjoyment of the book, and not my perceived quality of it. Phil Lesh - Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Daniel Quinn - Ishmael: An Adventure of [...]

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I am not trying to sway anyone’s opinions on my blog. More than anything, my website is a  digital scrap book that I can look back on after the P/C and see where I was at during the two years. Heaveily weighted opinions about politics or my experiences are not meant to persuade anyone to [...]