Cash, credit or Canadian Tire money?

A man saved for 15 years to buy a riding lawnmower from Canadian Tire paying for it all with Canadian Tire money. All told it cost him just under $1000. That's some serious dedication. Let's put this in perspective. If you buy something for $30 you would get about 10¢ in Canadian Tire money. Start saving your Canadian Tire money kids...

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Project Row Houses

Project Row Houses (PRH) is a neighborhood-based nonprofit art and cultural organization in Houston’s Northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African-American communities. PRH began in 1993 as a result of discussions among African-American artists who wanted to establish a positive, creative presence in their own community. Artist and community activist Rick Lowe spearheaded the pursuit of this vision when he discovered the abandoned 1 1/2 block site of twenty-two shotgun-style houses in Houston’s Third Ward. The shotgun houses became the perfect opportunity to pursue the creation of a new form of art. They had two key elements: 1) a beautiful form recognized by the renowned Houston artist Dr. John Biggers to be filled with architectural, spiritual, and social significance, and 2) a need for social action among the community to bring the project to life.

PRH is founded on the principle that art-and the community it creates-can be the foundation for revitalizing depressed inner-city neighborhoods. This principle was is in part based on the philosophy of German artist Joseph Beuys (1921 – 1986) who coined the phrase “social sculpture,” which transformed the idea of sculpture as an art form into a social activity. Thus, the mission of Project Row Houses is to create community through the celebration of art, African American history and culture.

You can read a New York Times Article about the project and it's founder here.

Photo credit: Michael Stravato for The New York Times

The Good Slaughter

A Proud Meat Cutter Shares His Processing Floor. If you eat meat you need to be ok with this. Afterall, where do you think your steak comes from?