I Thought I Was A Liberal…

I sat at my computer, eating a bowl of granola and raisins and yogurt this morning, listening to NPR.  My friend ambled past me, shaking his head and tisking the word “liberal”.  It was a joke, but really, I thought I was a liberal. Until I was reading through this article today (courtesy of NPR [...]

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Thoughts on ‘Relevance’ by Tim Manners

The optimistic US attitude of ‘anyone can do it’ leads to increased creation of products, often products we don’t really need.  But the ‘grow bigger’/glimmer of hope for all attitude causes companies to continue marketing irrelevant products, eventually surpassing their worth because of the idea of mere possibility, and eventually they go under.  Cue 2008 [...]

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Hope In Haiti – A Personal Story

I’ve decided to start posting some of the really cool internet news bits I find (or generally, I’m showed) on my blog.  Generally, I re-post these on Facebook, or wherever I find them, but am now starting to think folks on those sites are already overloaded by newsmedia ‘shares’.  (Punctuation, mom!)  This is my way [...]

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Mass Backwards Courtesy of John Stewart & The Daily Show

For those of you who don’t watch John Stewart.  (I don’t.  But I might start.) http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-18-2010/mass-backwards

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New Category Tag – Could I Be More Knowledgeable Than We All Previously Thought?

I did a couple of notable things today, not the least of which was spending the entire day in my pajamas and on the internet. Aside from that stroke of motivation, I also got my ankle MRIed.  I have a follow-up tomorrow with my physical therapist (who has then referred me to other physical therapists [...]

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