I’m excited about today’s HugNation! THEME= “Do The Right Thing!”
I hope you can join us live, or check the archive!

::::: http://hugnation.spotman.net/lounge/

ALSO, New in The ‘Nation:

The HugNation.com has been overhauled.
Now you can see the latest Video and news at

::::: http://www.hugnation.com/blog/

AND, there is now a FLICKR group you can join and add your own HUG photos!

::::: http://flickr.com/groups/522414@N24/

AND a TRIBE.net tribe

::::: http://tribes.tribe.net/hugnation

And an RSS feed:

feed://http//www.hugnation.com/blog/?feed=rss2

LOVE YOU!

((HUG))

I broke out the iron and tried to work out the wrinkles in my previous green screen attempts…

what a difference a few years make…

In the late 90’s, until 2002, Yahoo had a print magazine called “Yahoo Internet Life.”
They once did an article called “Sites We Hate.”
I was number three on their list.

Q: What do you get when exhibitionism collides with HTML?
A: John Halcyon Styn’s vainglorious Web shrine. The site took top honors at the 2000 Webby Awards for Best Personal Site, but we’d like to nominate it for Best Example of Unbridled Narcissism Online. When Styn isn’t busy modeling another gender-bending outfit, he’s either naked or, in a sort of vanity reductio ad absurdum, wearing a T-shirt with his own URL emblazoned on it. Not since Zsa Zsa Gabor has someone tried so hard to be famous for the sake of being famous. In a universe teeming with vanity sites, this is the one to beat. [cockybastard.com]

**Five years later**
In 2007, Yahoo started a video journalism series, “People of the Web,’” looking at the people doing good on the internet. Grandpa and I were profiled as their launch episode as love warriors.

This year I haven’t been feelin’ the halloween vibe much. I think it is combination of being unsettled from travel and the local fires. I just feel like staying at home. (But I did let my mustache grow out in case I wanted to dress as a cop.)

Here are a few fun Vids from last halloween:

Dressing up as ‘Commander Happypants’

Pumpkin Carving

Dressing up with grandpa

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Made some changes to HugNation.com

I changed the nav, moved the videos to a separate blog page (with RSS), created a FLICKR group and Tribe.net tribe

I even made a Canadian version of the Hug Flag (as requested!)

I’m back home!
At around 6, the sunset and moonrise were both apocalptic red.
There were a couple reverse 911 calls on the answering machine saying “prepare to evacuate.”
The fish are fine.
The air tastes bad, but is survivable.
The hugmobile did not get a parking ticket.
Netflix has suspended delivery to my area.

All things considered, all is well.

I’m still in Venice Beach. My home is supposed to be safe, but it is downwind of some gnarly fires and smoke. Plus the I-5 between LA and SD continues to look sketchy.

It’s all so odd.

Im uncomfortable and want to go home. But my home is uncomfortable, too.

I also keep thinking there should be something that HugNation and the Hugmobile could do.
Maybe visit evac centers? But the news keeps telling people they are over-staffed and to stay away.
I have extra DVDs of “Love on Demand” but that seems like a cruel gift if your DVD player may be destroyed.

It’s all surreal and hard to believe.

In fact the last month has been otherwordly. From pink tours, to deaths of friends, to my hometown burning.

I guess this unsettled feeling I have isn’t too suprising.

I should probably plan on listening to a Jacob lecture or 2 tomorrow. I need to anchor.
But above it all, I am still feeling full of gratitude. My family is all safe and unharmed. And I have been overwhelmed by offers of help and shelter.

Love is fireproof.

We broadcast from Venice today since we were evacuated from Solana Beach. A little scatter brained, but the love vibe prevailed.

HugNation live today at 1pm: http://hugnation.spotman.net/lounge/

I’m not in the best space, so we’ll probably keep it short and sweet and send out some love to everyone who is dealing with loss from the fires.

The fires are really bad. The air here is terrible. I have been on “prepare to evacuate” standby all day.

But I am planning on heading to Venice soon to get some clean air. I have been away form home so much, I REALLY wanted to hunker down and be productive…but priorities change.

I’ve packed my hard drives, about a hundred mini DV tapes, toiletries, and some clothes.

Just dropped a 3-day fish feeder in the tank. Good luck, San Diego.

a pink feather has become a significant symbol from me. Part Richard Bach’s “Illusions.” Part Grandpa Caleb Wings. Part Hugmobile Hope. (pic from SD Decom)