Hemp Clothing in Alamosa, Colorado

Green Matter LLC opens a clothing storefront in Alamosa, Colorado - a small start of what could be a major new industry in the San Luis Valley: hemp.

Multimedia Assignments: Not Just for Film Majors Anymore

My first publication in the Chronicle for Higher Education: I wrote this article to encourage professors of any discipline to consider integrating multimedia production assignments in their classroom - give it a try!

NSA's Heartbleed will go on

The U.S. National Security Agency knew about the Heartbleed security bug for at least two years but chose to exploit it in order to hack as many as two thirds of all websites rather than alert the American people that the security risk exists (source).  One wonders if the NSA is working for the American people or against them...

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High Altitude Face Off 6

High Altitude Face Off 6 - live cage fights in Alamosa, CO! Presented by Nemesis Promotions. Videography by Emberwilde Productions.

GM Recall Explained

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Super Danny 64

Being the adventures of a young man whose principle interests are Galapagos Islands, Super Mario 64, and capes made out of towels.

Amaya eat her lettuce

A good way for any parrotlet to start her day, complete with napkin tidying and kisses.  Music courtesy of KRZA.

Be an April Fool

My meta-analysis of April Fools' Day Facebook posts reveal the secluded and hidden desires we harbor.  April Fools functions as a "safe" way to made outlandish claims, unlikely realizations, and contrary observations.  I've had single friends claim to be getting married, Republicans claiming to love Obamacare, and vegetarians deciding to eat meat again.

Try it.  Give yourself permission to BE an April Fool, rather than the usual effort to fool others (what has become known as "trolling" on the Internet).  Try something foolish, walk on the wild side, do something different today.  Just make sure that you will be able to wake up tomorrow and go back to your old self - or don't!

For example, rather than being fooled into a "Rick Roll," at some point I realized that I really LIKE Rick Astley's hit single "Never Gonna Give You Up" and would never give him up. Try it!