Intro:

• Datsusara graduates from an affiliate sponsorship to a full on sponsorship. Please show them some love at http://www.dsgear.com All hemp made! Use the promo code "daniele" (all lower cases) for a discount. If not for the fact that they make some of the coolest computer bags&backpacks on the planet, then check them out because of their upcoming blog about ronin/create-your-own-path philosophy. Or because if there were a UFC of fabrics, hemp would kick cotton's ass any day. Or because microscopic hemp warriors come with each bag ready to kill any damn microbes trying to mess with your stuff. 
  
• Speaking of people who deserve much love, thanks to an assist by the one and only god Duncan Trussell, Bennett from suredesigntshirts.com came to the rescue and hooked us up with the t-shirts for our podcast. Please, take a peak at http://suredesigntshirts.com for some of the most awesome t-shirts and hoodies on earth and use the code "Warrior" for 10% off. 
  
• The full vocal version of the Drunken Taoist theme is available here http://daisyhouse.bandcamp.com
  
• Please check out our affiliate's audio books at http://www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist
  
• Chocolate contest: email us why you should be getting free chocolate by 2/24 and you'll be entered into a contest to receive a free box of chocolate. Or you can just get skip the contest and pay for the goodies by going to http://www.CoracaoConfections.com Enter the word "Daniele" at checkout to get a 10% discount. 
  
• Last but not least, let's all make fun of Daniele 'cause he can't pronounce the word "sovereignty" 

The "I Have a Dream" Corner:

• Fighting against seals (the animals, not the special forces unit)
  
• Killing monsters, drinking their blood, gaining their strength
  

The "Rant of the Day": 

• If you are looking for fairness, you are in the wrong universe
  
• If you are planning to whine, get a stopwatch
  
• Be happy you don’t live in time and place where the neighboring tribe from the next valley is likely to come any minute to conquer your lands, chop your head off, use your skull as a drinking vessel at their victory party, rape your women, and piss on the altars of your gods.
  
• Miniature waterfalls and sweat lodges on four wheels, words from Bruce Lee & Muhammad Ali', monsters under your bed (speaking of which, check out http://www.danielebolelli.com/2012/12/13/in-the-beginning-was-fear) 

The "Ask Bolelli" Corner:

• Ask Bolelli is on steroids: answering questions about our favorite podcasts, the meaning of "bodhi" in my email address, the popular unhealthy fascination for the Apocalypse, trying to change the world while being weighed down by assholes, techniques for self-motivation, and the CSI approach to organized religion.
  

The "Storytelling Moment":

• Michelangelo Merisi aka Caravaggio: his biblical paintings are what a movie about the Bible directed by Quentin Tarantino would look like. Why Pisa and Livorno hate each other. Want to raise the Pope's blood pressure? Then when you are asked to paint the Virgin Mary get a hooker as a model. Artist and escape artist. Stabbing pimps and bludgeoning cops. Italy's Most Wanted.