Resources
Box Free Thinking additional RESOURCES includes organizations and entertainment that are fun, thought provoking, intelligent, and of a higher quality.
Our Favorite Outside-the-box Organizations
- BFT Continuing Thoughts - Box Free Thinking's Policy Blog
- The LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
- FUTURE FORUM at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
- MAKARIOS focuses on educational development in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
- Center for Ethical Leadership
- American Red Cross - After the great work post 9/11 and Katrina, absolutely.
- U.S. Census Bureau - Not all that "Out of the Box," but one heck of a resource.
Thinking Creatively Can be Fun
Jason and Tracey Louis Travelblog - Reevaluate your life and put everything on hold to travel the globe. Wow, wouldn't that be nice? The Louis' take time to really inform and reflect on what they are doing and where they are going. OPUS - Created by Berkeley Breathed - The Sunday Comics became so much better when Mr. Breathed brought back his characters from Bloom County. However in 2008 he once again ended Opus' run through the dandelion fields... will he come back again? Prairie Home Companion - This weekly radio show never stops amazing. It is filled with laughter, song, commentary, and sarcasm. It is by far the most outside the box program you will enjoy ACL Festival - "Austin City Limits" is a PBS tradition. And now the people at Austin City Limits have created a 3-day festival of music featuring acts you know and will someday know.
BOOKS for the Creative Thinker
- "There Are No Children Here" - Alex Kotlowitz
- "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Tennessee Williams
- "Glorious Cause" - Jeffrey Shaara
- "To Kill a Mockingbird" - Harper Lee
- "Dawn's Early Light" - Walter Lord
- "Jailbird" - Kurt Vonnegut
- "A Bridge Too Far" - Cornelius Ryan
- "The Red Badge of Courage" - Stephen Crane
- "The Best Way To Rob A Bank Is To Own One" - Bill Black
- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Girl Who Played with Fire" - Stieg Larsson (note only 2 of 3 books listed)
Movies a Creative Thinker Can Enjoy
- "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (the original version)
- "Twelve O'clock High"
- "Remember the Titans"
- "Napoleon Dynamite"
- "Fog of War"
- "The Sting"
- "Apollo 13"
- "CRASH"
- "Scott Pilgram vs the World"
- "The Hurt Locker"
- "The Queen" and "The King's Speech"
BFT's list of "Out of the Ordinary Eateries"
- Cenzo's Pizza - Havertown, PA 19083
- Churrascaria Plataforma - New York, NY 10019
- Z-Tejas (6th Street Location) - Austin, TX 78703
- Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que - Llano, TX 78643
- Czech Stop - West, TX 76691
- Rudy's (rte 360 location) - Austin, TX 78746 (a gas station for Bar-B-Q? YES!)
BFT's List of "Out of the Ordinary Blogs" (any suggestions?)
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