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February 14, 2007
there are lots of things i dislike about people. i’ve been thinking about that a lot the last few days, and someone on livejournal managed to find an excellent example that embodies most of my fury.
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October 31, 2006
There’s a great piece about knitting and the work that goes into it that Hapto pointed me to, and the message is a great one: take some pride in the value of the hard work that you put into something.
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May 6, 2005
Coraline ~Neil Gaiman
This story is fantastic. I breezed through the book in a couple of hours, and i think it’s a great book for sassy and smart fifth and sixth graders. Heck, even a fourth grader so long as they don’t scare easily. I love Coraline’s attitude and faith in herself, her resourcefulness […]
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March 30, 2005
I think this is an excellent piece and discussion over at Body and Soul. Lots of food for thought there.
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January 27, 2005
The news is often filled with disturbing stories and sensational episodes that people would just as soon not think about. Fortunetely, there are people out there who still try to wake us up in the face of this common denial.
Nicholas Kristoff is a New York Times writer who has written an interesting series on […]
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October 17, 2004
In case you missed it, Jon Stewart was on Crossfire. If you missed it, you can check out the transcript. Better yet, you can watch it (35 Mb wmv via whole lotta nothing).
I have seen a few takes on this piece:
onfocus.com
joho the blog
a whole lotta nothing
I was really interested to see Stewart trying […]
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September 10, 2004
When I wrote about drugs in kids today I found myself wondering where in the world I would be able to find the proceedings of this ongoing hearing regarding the FDA.
While ranting at length, a friend pointed me to Congress’ publications online. (thanks Joe!)
To be more specific, what I am looking for will probably show […]
Filed under: good read, learning, news |
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August 22, 2004
Sometimes watching children at play can show us a lot about their personality and where that personality development is going. While pondering over some of the things I’ve learned interacting with children over the past year, a friend pointed out to me that self confidence is key all along, and in fact, rejection massively […]
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August 19, 2004
moving has made me less accessible online, but I do still read things, just not much new. Through a comment in the blog, I stumbled across FishBoX. I really like the openness of it, and the picture-essays are great. Some of it’s in English and some in Chinese, and it’s certainly worth […]
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July 4, 2004
Phantom Cell Phone Vibrations plague me at least once a day. You?
Filed under: good read, tech |
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