In our culture, the young and the elderly experience perhaps the worst amount of prejudice and abuse. Living with abusive parents, families and forced into schooling where the system coerces us to do what it tells us than dumped in nursing homes and forgotten. Oppression among the young and old happens so often and looks so normal to us, most people don’t even see it as oppression. Of course, children and old people don’t get a voice in this culture. As you age you see a positive progression up the hierarchy; as an adult you forget the oppression as you accept the benefits that come with growing older. Once you reach a certain age, you once again receive oppression as a senior citizen.

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You can’t see my power-point slides in this shot, but you can see me talking jive. You can’t tell in the video but 300 people came to IgnitePortland where I did this talk!

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So I thought that buying and living in a motorhome (moho) would work better than paying rent somewhere, providing me more time and energy for rewilding. I will now go through the list of why I thought having a motorhome would work, and what I have found so far…

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Road Warrior
Sunday October 28th, 7pm, $7
WHITSELL AUDITORIUM
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

This Sunday (October 28th) I have the pleasure of introducing Road Warrior (the sequel to Mad Max) at the Eco-Sicko film series. Get in your most wicked post-apocalyptic attire and come on down to watch this classic, prophetic film on the big screen!

IgnitePortland
Thursday October 25th, 6-9pm
@ Wieden & Kennedy
224 NW 13th Ave
Portland, OR 97209
FREE

IgnitePortland, an evening of interesting, 5-minute-long power-point presentations happens this Thursday, and yours truly will give a 5-minute presentation on “The Art of Rewilding.” Urban Scout goes to Wieden & Kennedy… Holy shit!

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A shaft, no, not the character of the critically acclaimed television series of the same name, but the auto part that connects the front axle to the rear. I bought a motor home for $2500 dollars on Wednesday night and drove it to Molalla on Thursday, only to have the drive shaft tear itself loose and fall out from under the vehicle bouncing, clanging, scraping and finally flying away from the motorhome and off the road into a ditch, leaving my new house and wheels motionless. The open road, once again closed.

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If you haven’t noticed, I’ve posted a lot less lately. I know it sounds trite to write about ones writers block, but here I go…

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