February 2012
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Did anyone see The Vow, The Artist, or Big...
If you did, what one did you see and did you enjoy it?
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“It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space,...”
– Stephen Hawking (via crownedrose)
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I’m currently reading Flinch, and love it. Highly recommended.
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Dalai Lama audio and video | The Office of His... →
finnaidraumi:
This makes me BEYOND happy. Especially when you get to the good stuff… They are so giggly and happy, you just want to soak it all in. I would love to be in that audience.
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I honestly love my college.
It’s difficult work, and I complain about stress (I’m still sick!) - but the faculty is amazing and I appreciate everything they do.
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“Do you think that highly processed “food” is produced with your health in mind...”
– Food for Thought: The Reluctant Raw Foodist (via thereluctantrawfoodist)
I have a rule. If I can’t pronounce it, if I don’t know what it is, then I’m not eating it. (Reading the labels of everything!)
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“One Planned Parenthood clinic does more in a day to prevent abortions than the...”
– Helen Philpot (via feminishblog)
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“I was writing with my heart, not my keyboard. I was writing what I felt should...”
– On today’s Fresh Air, Internet activist Wael Ghonim talks about how his Facebook page helped start Egypt’s revolution. (via nprfreshair)
Please listen to this! It’s beautiful and inspirational!
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“You can not measure an African success with a European ruler”
– Owen ’ Alik Shahadah (via stilleducatingmyself)
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Chinese Labor Practices Sour Apple Consumers →
Apple’s profit margins have widened in recent years to over 30 percent, while Foxconn’s have narrowed to around 1.5 percent.
To make any real change, Apple will eventually have to take a hit to its profitability. Rotating tasks among workers might help prevent repetitive motion injuries, for example, but it will rake up costs in training and logistics.
But Needleman says many...
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I told my professor about Mike Daisey speaking about Foxconn, Apple, and the laborers involved in producing Apple products and he featured the interview in class today.
It’s exciting to know that professors care about the same things I do. It’s even more exciting that professors actually listen to what I have to say.
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In my night class, I met someone who likes sad books as much as I do.
Here, I thought liking sad books was a rarity.
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I ordered gifts for my boyfriend, and the total came to 38 cents!
I had a $25 gift card and free shipping & handling, but still - it only cost me .38!!!
This excites me!
life-after-survival:
”A man once told the Buddha, ‘I want happiness’. The Buddha said remove the ‘I’ that’s ego, now remove the ‘want’ that’s desire, now all you are left with is, Happiness.”
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Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death... →
dynamicafrica:
A Ugandan MP has revived a controversial anti-gay bill but dropped the provision for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
A BBC correspondent says MPs laughed, clapped and cried out: “Our bill, our bill,” when its architect David Bahati reintroduced the draft legislation on Tuesday.
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill was shelved in 2011 after an international outcry.
It still...
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