I was reading some sites that I have neglected over the past few months and I re-visited a prisoner support website for [Rod Coronado](http://supportrod.org).

I was moved after reading a [post from Rod's life partner](http://supportrod.org/?p=64) (wife) and wanted to encourage everyone to send Rod letters to help him get through this rough time.

Here is an old ‘documentary’ of a moment in Rod’s life.

I know the video says he was released from prison in 1999 but on May 12th 2008, Rod reported to a Federal Prison in Oklahoma to serve more time.

The Plague Dogs is one of the all time best animated films in the history of the world. Richard Adams based the film on the 1977 novel of the same name. The Plague Dogs was directed and produced by Martin Rosen, who also directed Watership Down, another great animated film.

I absolutely love this film and I pulled it from the dusty shelves as it sit in VHS form. Now I can share it with you. Let me know what you think.

Enjoy!

Spring-cleaning hit me a little late this year – so I
started with my movie collection.  I just
spent the past several hours going through all the my movies (and Mylie T’s
movies) getting rid of the ones that are collecting dust. 

I have been in a major movie-watching mode lately and am
thinking of creating a special movie viewing section on Zombie Popcorn.
Recently, I have been just posting movies as a blog post, but I want something
more. I want to have a place where I can offer you a large selection of films -
new and rare films – so you can just click and watch and yes for FREE.

While I think of how I am going to make this functional,
check out the list I created of all my movies that I decided to keep during my
spring cleaning.  The movie list.

If you have any comments, suggestions on the Zombie Popcorn
Online Movie Theater (working title) or just want to share movies – let me
know.

This weekend was amazing thanks to Mylie T. She cooked great food and we went camping. I just got home so I will post photos and more on all things this weekend. Until then please take a moment to watch the film that started it all – the original Night of the Living Dead!

I also have a new t-shirt added the the Zombie Popcorn Swag Store.

Yes, It is my birthday today and that only means one thing – I am getting very old!

I like birthdays – I just wish they were more like Aprils Fools or Halloween.

Anyway, two things happen today (on my Birthday) a new 3D movie starts ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D‘ and this write up about Jessica Simpson and me on the FOX NEWS website.

(click the image to see a the full story)

Since it is my birthday, you should give me a gift – or at least a comment wishing me a Happy Birthday!

YAY!

ps – one of the things in this post may not have really happened

That is right! Zombie Popcorn now has merchandise.

I will be adding more styles and designs soon so keep checking back, or you can sign up for the Zombie Popcorn Newsletter to be the first on your block to know when a zombie outbreak happens or just to get updates

**Update – New Design Added**

I wrote before about the government cover up of Zombies. Now President Bush goes public.

To learn more about this cover up visit Lost Zombies

Watch Wanderlust 3D here
The above video requires anaglyph 3D glasses – you know, the red and blue kind. (to play the video just click on the video screen and hit your ‘enter’ or ‘return’ button on your keyboard.)

I was in NYC when Bjork had a premier screening of this video at Deitch Studios in Long Island City. Sadly, I was not able to attend the screening. (Sometimes, you just have to work)

So, I am happy to say that I can share Bjork’s Wanderlust 3d video with you. Enjoy!

Also, if you want to buy the CD that has the 3d video you can grab it here.

This super rare deluxe packaging includes two twelve inch vinyl singles, one CD single and a NTSC/Region 0 DVD featuring the 3D ‘Wanderlust’ video.

I received a comment on my MySpace page that referred to my opening statement on that page, the first paragraph reads, ‘If we are ever going to take the fight for a nonviolent world seriously, it must start first on our plates. You cannot fully stand behind a cause for nonviolence if what you put on your plate is a product of violence. Once you start paying attention to what you eat, you will become more aware of how such a small act can make a huge difference and that same attitude will naturally apply to your other activities and to anyone you meet.’

This frame of thought is what got me more involved in the world around me. I strongly believe that it is the small actions and the motives behind those actions that shape who we are, as individuals and as a world community. There are only two choices we have with every choice we make, no matter what that choice is, we can choose to make a violent action or choose to make a non-violent action. You may be saying to yourself, how can every choice be committed to these two actions, I choose to get dressed in the morning -where is the choice between violence and non-violence with picking out my clothing? (Your question could be some other variation of this).

One thing I have noticed while traveling is that a large percentage of people in America say that the people they look up to the most, in terms of ideologies, are Martin Luther King Jr, Gandhi and Jesus Christ. The funny thing is when you talk about really living a life of non-violence they look at you as if you are crazy and really have no faith in pursuing a life of non-violence. Sure, its easy to say I am for peace, I am against war, genocide, rape, etc but why is it so hard for people to include the ‘habits’ of living a non-violence life.

Non-violence is not about being a shoe-less hippy, living up in a tree with no modern day comforts. (It is if that is the life you choose for yourself. – but most Americans do not want that type of lifestyle.) I feel the reason most people have a hard time grasping the idea of non-violence is because we are never taught about it, for whatever reason. Schools do not teach us about it, families do not teach us about it, churches do not teach us about it.

So what is non-violence?

It is hard to describe because it is such a simple idea that has been made complex but in a nutshell, nonviolence is held as a moral philosophy that rejects the use of physical violence in efforts to attain social, economic or political change. It is not something that a book can teach you, but it can give you the ground work to understanding nonviolence. It is something that you must work on within yourself, everyday. There will never be a time where you wake up in the morning and say, ‘Wow, I have achieved nonviolence’

So, going back to the (self-imposed) question, “I choose to get dressed in the morning -where is the choice between violence and non-violence with picking out my clothing?” It depends on what your clothing is made of, for example, if the sweater you picked out is a made of wool, an animal suffered to produce that ‘fabric’ and depending on the company that made the sweater a child or a third world family may have suffered in extreme work conditions to create the sweater. In short, we must be very conscience of the choices we make because can harm other lives in a very negative way. As I said in the opening paragraph of this blog, when we start to take notice of the things we do to reduce suffering our daily lives- that awareness carries over and makes a big impact in the things we do to reduce suffering in the world.

You maybe asking now, ok, I understand how small choices help reduce the suffering of animals but how do these choices help people and bigger conflicts in the world, like war?

In short, we can just look at Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr actions and how they have changed cultures, people’s lives and they way we look at individuals.

I do not want to turn this blog post into a lecture so I would like to recommend some reading materials that address non-violence and its effects on war, culture and other conflicts. If you want the books, you can click on the links below – there are also online materials that you can read.

Please fee free to leave questions/comments on this post and I will be happy to extend the conversation.