Jungle Bloggers

David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
Sarah Jawaid
Blogging from Washington, D.C.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.

Plus past staff and guest writers, including J Day, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.

New home, old home.

This is our new home. For past video, audio, and blogs, you can still visit:
the previous incarnation of the Avocado Jungle.
March 8, 2010, at 4:16 pm — Blogs | Writers' Debate | debate / /

AVJ WRITERS’ DEBATE: Profiting off the sick and poor.

Welcome to the first AVJ Writers’ Debate! We’ll post an assertion to be argued for or against, and ask all of our writers to come to the table for a good honest debate. Comments are now open to all readers. ASSERTION: The government should help to ensure that no business profits excessively off the sick, disabled, or poor.

March 6, 2010, at 11:24 pm — Blogs

Welcome Tharuna Devchand and Dan Rickabus

I want to welcome a few new talents to our family of awesome people. Tharuna Devchand is a young lady from South Africa with quite a talent for writing and entertaining. Dan Rickabus is a musician from Michigan who we just featured on the site. We asked him to be our music blogger and he luckily said “yes.” Tharuna and Dan both love to hear opinions and share ideas, so don’t be shy.

January 21, 2010, at 4:10 pm — PSA

Help the people of Haiti! Donate to The Red Cross.

July 2, 2009, at 5:46 pm — Arts and Culture | Film | Videos | Web Series | and Boris

AND BORIS: Season Two, Episodes 1 to 11

Watch the second season of “and Boris” The Webseries. The sidekick becomes the hero.

May 22, 2009, at 10:04 pm — Arts and Culture | Film | Videos | Web Series | and Boris

AND BORIS: season two trailer

Don’t miss season two of David P. Kronmiller’s exciting action adventure webseries, and Boris!

May 4, 2009, at 3:13 pm — Blogs / / /

From Scott Adams’ blog: The Power of Ridiculous Reasons

An Avocado Jungle blogshare: In his blog, Scott Adams tells us that we’re predisposed to accept ridiculous reasons. Then he suggests this could be useful in ending global conflict…

May 4, 2009, at 1:48 pm — Blogs / / /

From “Parenting On The Edge”: All Work And No Play

An Avocado Jungle blogshare: In her blog, “Parenting On The Edge,” Madeleine Brand tells us we should go easy on the homework and let the little kiddies play.

June 1, 2008, at 12:00 pm — Current Events

Current events coverage and analysis coming soon to the AVJ.

In the coming months we’ll be building a team of people to present the events of the world in a way we think is different from how most people are doing it. We hope to:

Prioritize stories that are deeply significant and not just sensational;
Focus on root causes and possible solutions, not just symptoms and a [...]

June 1, 2008, at 12:00 am — site-utility

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Past artists on the Avocado Jungle…
Uke-driven rock by our own music blogger, Dan Rickabus:
Something Static
Indie pop-alt from Nathan Schafer:
Miles.
Mellow indie from Lightning Inside You:
Leave the Wine, Down the Ribbons.
Acrylic on wood from painter Joe Vaux, entitled “Flood.”
Stay tuned for more performances, more interviews, and more episodes of and Boris! Also coming soon… iTunes podcasts of [...]

June 1, 2008, at 12:00 am — site-utility

Current Event Section Footer

In the coming months we’ll be building a team of people to present the events of the world in a way we think is different from how most people are doing it. We hope to:

Prioritize stories that are deeply significant and not just sensational;
Focus on root causes and possible solutions, not just symptoms and a [...]