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Robert's new book just came out and really I'm having a hard time putting it down. I was expecting some dry list of diet and workout routine... hell no! This book is so inspirational and gripping, a page turner and reference tool. What a totally unexpected combo I mean I'm a healthy fit guy but you'd never see me in the gym. I ride my bike and skateboard and that's how I stay fit I find the gym just way too boring so I thought the book would be too- sorry Robert but like you I strive for transparency. (In the book)

Wow the personal areas of the book are evocative and seductive really pulls me in. I thought it would be short too but no way man what is it about 400 500 pages?! And a grip of photos too- I especially like the one with the HVB front door in it!

Robert talks about some real personal things in the book and in life in general and some people get uncomfortable with his ability to be transparent like I was at first but when you play it right back it can be a life changing experience. I never thought I'd be friends with a bodybuilder- me the skinny pale Goth all in black with gunmetal grey fingernails chillin' with the Hulk... yeah right! Well now when I hear Robert's name the first thing I think about is when I was in the hospital and I thought I was going to die and he sat there at the foot of my bed all day and into the night talking to me and whoever came into the room keeping all our heads up. He is just an incredible store of inspiration that I am immeasurably grateful for. Here we are when I first got the book:

Come on down to HELD Real Vegan Belts and get a limited signed first edition of his first published work- more books on the way! Really this book is meant for everyone. Inspiring more than any book I've read in the last ten years or so. I'm no bodybuilder and this book has me jumping out of the chair getting to work. Bye.

Now available at HVB World Headquarters
3033 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211
The Heart of Portland's Vegan District

Belts Finally Real Belts

If you didn't know it you do now: I love these fucking Belts! There I said it and it's out there in the webiverse so I absolutely cannot take it back even though I have some of that invisible spray stuff. I didn't know that I loved belts I hardly even thought about them- wait I didn't think about them. One thing always bothered me though... I could never find a good one. When I became a friend of critters at the tender age of fifteen I started to notice how gross leather was then slowly but surely I noticed how alternatives to leather always fell apart right after buying them. Then I became a vegan after becoming just a little informed on the topic and at the same time mistakenly discovered this material.

On my bike rides out on the Columbia Slough is a factory hidden in the woods that makes conveyor belts. They throw away this material and being the avid dumpster diver that I am I had to check it out. Holy fuck this stuff is the best belt material in the world ever! I'm not a belt maker, I'm a college teacher, er, so I thought. More and more people ask for these belts. The Let Live Conference was entirely devoted to "Finding your activist voice, what do you do..." for the whole year. I felt a responsibility to present these to the world as best I can without stooping to slave labour or nasty environmental practice- sustainability, strong ethics, and damn lets get the "V" word out there more! People are terrified of the "V" word. I don't know why "Vegan" is so scary for some people but they often react violently to it if you give them half a chance.

I wasn't able to write in here for a long time cause I had to go in the hospital to have a fist sized tumor taken from my head. Oh "by the way" yeah that has been no fun. I was scheduled to open the store October 15th but they had to do the 12 hour surgeries September 15th. Actually my friends went ahead and opened the store for "us" (I was also voiceless for a long time). The two teams of surgeons did a fabulous job reconstructing my face and leg but now we find out they have to redo my upper jaw so I won't be close to standard till next fall.

Ass Flaps! Incredible and Amazing!

First just let me say the opening party was a huge success. I don't write nearly as much as I should, I have a very cute and snuggly rabbit friend who constantly demands my attention. right now I'm rubbing her head with my right hand and typing with my left. I'm right handed so typing this is very slow-going. Tell you what how about I link to a previous writing on the party from the HVB FB page http://facebook.com/HELDVeganBelts

The Ass-Flaps were a great idea that will allow me to get to know my new sewing machine and see how some of the materials work while making a great thing that every body needs. With the Ass-Flap you can travel in style and sit anywhere you like. With our moisture proof technology that we discovered in a very clean dumpster pants stay super dry. The really neat thing about this is that I can start making purses real soon cause I'm getting a great feel for these materials and I think I'm getting better at this sewing thing too!

Ass-Flaps now available in sizes ranging from 8 to 14 inches square.

Also we made a bunch of super amazing hair wrap band things that are supreme recycling and beauty technology combined for awesomeness you can't find anywhere else, ever!

Deadline for the first zine contributions will be November 29th and the theme for some odd reason is "Fan Clubs" two words and plural how exciting! You need to know the dimensions are a folded sheet of 8.5 X 11 inches regular paper but don't forget the little quarter inch around the edges for the printer and binding.

Happy Fun Time

Tonight is last Thursday and Alberta street Has a big huge party every last Thursday of the month except when it gets too cold and nasty. To keep with the good fun we'll be hosting a vegan potluck every Last Thursday! Tonight is a little different because we'll also be hosting an artist reception for Jeremy Scott Kemp. And on Nov. 6th from 6-9 we have a big Opening Party with lots of neat stuff including the art of Katie Simpson and live performance by Mortal Clay that will have you stomping your feet to no end, and performances by the Radical Cheerleaders for Animal Rights.

Our Store is located at 3033 NE Alberta Portland, OR 97211 right next to Vita the Vegan vegetarian restaurant and now big news: Dovetail Vegan Bakery will be right next door!!!