http://www.peakjohnson.com The Official Website of Peak Johnson Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:55:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Take something vital away from a community or city and others will rally with you to oppose the wrong doing, whatever it might be, if its important you should have no problem in finding people who will fight along side you. Those who were being effected by the librairy cuts ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/good-job-philadelphia In case anyone didn't know, yesterday Malia and Sasha Obama started their first day of school at the Sidwell Friends School, I should have know this since a lot of schools returned from holiday break yesterday and I'm sure this was all over the news. The school costs $30,000 a ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/presidential-schooling Over the past few months I have noticed violent behaviour towards dogs around my neighborhood, begining first with a young dog  starved so that he could be ready to fight. Sadly, the dog lost the fight and the next day was found tied up in a trash bag left by ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/mans-best-friend The city of Philadelphia seems so...unhappy, I know there are a bunch of things to be unhappy about particularly in our city, but does anyone have the holiday spirit anymore or did it just go away with the many budget cuts that our mayor made last month? Despite the woes ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/pcow When attending the Vanguard awards ceremony on Friday December 19th, one of the members of the student organizations that were there typed up a nice little history of the delicious treat. I thought it would be nice to share that with you since most people don't know the history and ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/the-story-of-the-candy-cane Yes its true, for you see last week the studio that we record Gen.Is.Us at was unexpectantly shut down, so for now our dear old teen show is homeless. It is important that as many people I and you may know here about this tragic event so that empire known ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/genisus-on-hiatus           Sorry Twilighters, Harry Potter still rocks. Boy am I looking forward to Half-Blood Prince. http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/andthewinneris What a historical election, this one will surely go down in the history books. For the first time we have an African-American as President of the United States. This achievement is awe inspiring, heartfelt, joyous, and should truly makes everyone proud. Yes there are issues that need to be fixed rather ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/my-president-your-president Mr. Wade and I first met when I was writer/editor for the North Philly Metropolis teen newspaper. Mr. Wade had come to my office in the summer of 2006 wanting his views and concerns about the city of Philadelphia heard. I agreed to interview Mr. Wade for what soon became ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/words-of-change-from-mr-wade-jackson I like this story, though I am sure much more can go into it and when read it will probaby be a little confusing. It is loosely based on the Sweeney Todd barber and is generally my interpretation of what some individuals will do to themselves because of their hatred for ... http://www.peakjohnson.com/http:/www.peakjohnson.com/the-barber