[img_assist|nid=74|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=149|height=150]In honor of the return of Spring, I’m discovering a new lease on life — newfound energy, newfound inspiration, and newfound hope that I’ll be able to apply that energy effectively in pursuit of that inspiration. Right now, the big move at the Co-op is changing a lot for me… it’s changing a lot for so many people, really. But once the dust around that has settled a bit, there will be a whole lot going on in other areas of my life too. More to share on that soon… but first, I’m off to bed.

[img_assist|nid=73|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=113|height=150]I just saw a movie called "V for Vendetta" last weekend. Let me start by saying… WOW!

My own approach to revolution is very non-violent in nature. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of an underground, militant, masked, superhero-ish revolutionary. And the themes that it explored are very relevant to current events, and very, VERY interesting…

Due to the slow but steady stream of spam in our forums, I’ve decided to start banning certain IP addresses. To make a long story short, an IP address is basically a number assigned to every computer connected to the Internet. By looking at the IP address of spammers, I can block them from using

I think that this is the first blog entry I’ve written in direct response to a discussion going on in the Forums section of this site. 🙂 I almost wrote it out as a reply to the individual posters, but then decided that it needed to be shared in Song of the Trees.

So, what theme is so important that I felt inspired to turn it into a blog entry? Well, it’s hard to put a finger on what inspires me to write one of these entries, or "Songs" as I call them. But it’s always something that I’m passionate about, and something that I feel may have relevance for other people as well. In this case, it has to do with the contrast between my empowering vision for a better society and some of the more mournful and disempowering moments of my blog and my life in general.