TJ Dawe
TJ is a Vancouver based writer, performer and director of new theatre pieces. He's participated in ninety or so theatre and comedy festivals in Canada, the US, Australia and the UK. He has six published plays and a humour book. He's also interested in movies, literature, television, comic books, history, science, spirituality, tai chi, technology, food and the Enneagram. He generally juggles a dozen projects at a time. He thinks more people should read the books of Barbara Ehrenreich, Gabor Mate, David Mitchell, Dan Savage, Mark Kurlansky, Miriam Toews and Brian Michael Bendis.
Website URL: http://www.tjdawe.ca
Tuesday, 17 April 2012 18:48
Totem Figures Interview with Dr. Gabor Mate
Gabor Mate is a doctor and best-selling author. His totems are Gautama Buddha, Yeshua (aka Jesus), Karl Marx, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Beethoven's in there too.
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Monday, 16 April 2012 16:14
Why Tom Waits Quit Drinking
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Famous for booze-soaked ballads in the 70s and creative musical weirdness ever since, the legend is now sober.Â
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Sunday, 15 April 2012 22:32
The Enneagram and Developmental Psychology - How the Levels Cross
A black diamond examination of the intersection of these two systems.
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Monday, 09 April 2012 15:55
The Brain Science of Mushroom Trips
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Certain parts of your brain become less active, with interesting results.
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Saturday, 07 April 2012 17:43
A Heaping Smorgasbord of Enneagram Seven Music
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At their best, musical Sevens infect their audiences with a joy so full and pure that it touches on the divine.
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Monday, 02 April 2012 16:15
Why Spammers Leave Comments on Blogs
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Do you have a blog you've been neglecting? It's probably happening to you.
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Monday, 26 March 2012 15:36
Disillusioned with Kony 2012? Help Everyday Ugandans with Bead for Life
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This charity pays fair trade prices to Ugandan women for bead jewelry.
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Saturday, 24 March 2012 03:48
The Top Five Hits of 1947
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What were people listening to then? Will you recognize the songs or the artists?
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Monday, 19 March 2012 00:22
How Wikipedia Changed Everything
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There's a great deal of significance to this thing we use as a quick, easy reference.
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Sunday, 18 March 2012 23:30
Sacred Sundays: Where Do Our Personalities Come From?
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What function do they serve? Sandra Maitri offers answers in her book The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram.
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Sunday, 18 March 2012 02:27
Saturday Night Jukebox: By Request
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Songs from artists various Beams readers listed as being underrated.
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:09
Are You Controlled by Your Inner Pigdog? - the Neurobiology of Choice
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What exactly is going on in our heads when we give in to a craving?
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Monday, 12 March 2012 16:33
Collective Intelligence: the Fake Orgasm Scene in When Harry Met Sally
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It wasn't just one mind that birthed that classic movie scene.
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Tuesday, 06 March 2012 23:38
Can You Think?
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What does it mean to actually "think"? How often do we do it?
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Monday, 05 March 2012 14:58
A Beams and Struts TED talk
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About Beams and Struts, collective intelligence, and why this is the most exciting time to be alive in human history.
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Monday, 27 February 2012 17:13
What I Do Comics: the Birth, Life and Death of a Meme
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This meme exploded (in the good sense) and then exploded (in the bad sense) in about a month. Here's what happened.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012 01:27
Enneagram Type Six Music - Indigo Girls and Bruce Springsteen
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Sixes question authority, look for guidance, play in established musical styles and defend the underdog.
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Saturday, 25 February 2012 23:45
A Beams & Struts Sampler
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Are you new to Beams and Struts? If so, welcome! And here are links to a variety of our best loved and most read articles.
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Monday, 20 February 2012 04:26
Monsanto says "Bend Over," Whole Foods says "Here's the Vaseline..."
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A short summary of something this big bad corp is trying to splooge into our bodies.
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Monday, 13 February 2012 16:57
Lord of the Tar Sands
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In Alberta, the hobbits are creating Mordor instead of destroying it.
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