Just in case it seems like a good idea…. cd NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. Not while on a plane. An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities…
For 1,000 or More Homeless in Hawaii, Beaches Are the Best Option – New York Times
We were surprised to see a real local story (for us) featured in the NYT today. I sometimes work in Waianae, and many of my clients there live in the beach parks. In some ways it might seem idyllic – these are some of the most gorgeous beaches in the world – but rampant methamphetimine…
US plans permanent base on Moon
OK, you know what the problem with this is? (I sound like Andy Rooney….) But, there is a problem! It perpetuates the illusion that we can just go and settle somewhere else when we finish trashing the planet we are on. I believe that people are numb to warnings about environmental destruction not because they…
Take Your Kid To Work Day is not the same everywhere.
I think it’s important to understand how other cultures respect and value some jobs differently than we do here in the states. For instance, doctors in Russia used to rate way below engineers, which is not the case here in the US. This link will take you to where you can watch a video (nothing…
Pyongyang Chronicles
More from the country that knows how to PARTY. They have no use for Dick Clark though.Check it out their top 20 for the love of the beloved leader! B.E. Pyongyang20Chronicles
Experts: Fragments an ancient computer
Another example of what we thought we knew…being wrong… cd Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later. A Roman shipmaster inadvertently did something just like it 2,000 years ago off southern Greece, experts said late Thursday.They claim to…
Startling Discovery: The First Human Ritual
And once again the world has changed…it’s funny, in the classes I take now, i hear the theories I was taught in high school back in the 80’s debunked…everything I thought I learned was flawed in one way or another…now much of what I have been learning recently is going to be trashed and rethought….the…
To spend or to save….tough call….
Got this from the Rev this morning…he thinks its pretty important…I think it is pretty exciting…Get your parachutes ready….. cd Another Brick in the Wall: Why the U.S. would declare “bankruptcy”… Dylan Jovine PAUL VOLKER SOUNDED very upset. Apparently, a group of economists, using the same techniques as those used on the set of “Jurassic…
Another reason I love college……
You never know what kind of power point presentations you will find on a library computer…check out this one about sorority girl do’s and don’ts for parties…. http://www.chrisdamitio.com/valley_girl_pp.pps
You should have been listening to the slackers all along!
I’d like to offer a few other time honored words of advice that might help make your life better “Don’t worry about it” “Go With the Flow” “Everything Happens for a Reason” “Chill” and finally “if you hate your job, quit” cd The longstanding advice to “sit up straight” has been turned on its head…