How To Circumnavigate

Oh dear,
Now concentrate.
Turn here.

I fear
we will be late.
Oh...dear?

It says keep clear.
Don’t get irate!
Turn here

near
the gate.
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"It's time for everybody to look at this and say the buying and selling of human beings for whatever reason is not appropriate in the 21st century and should never be allowed again." - Emma Thompson

 ^{photo from npr}

Emma Thompson, in addition to her many creative talents,… Read full post »

From Rutilus Extraho's OS Blog

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 Health Care Sent My Wife To Iraq

"Virture makes us aim at the right end,… Read full post »

I am, at heart, a lazy person. Because of this, I am forever on the hunt for things that will make my life easier. One of the things I use is Firefox. I've seen here and there several OS members comment or wonder about how to do things to make their… Read full post »

The following letter can be found at

Dear Mr. President,

We strongly support your commitment to comprehensive health reform.

This is not a luxury. The continuing, sharp escalation of health care costs for families, businesses, and government is unsust… Read full post »

A government backed healthcare plan, one that takes the power from the employer and truly empowers the employee, will create a more democratic environment by which individual people will have more control over their lives. When we are beholden to our employer, we have less freedom, not more.  … Read full post »

Maisie Crow won the Ian Parry Scholarship this year for her photo-essay Love Me.

Maisie Crow states that Love Me (still in progress) captures the life of Autumn, a girl "coming of age in an environment that lacks the emotional and financial resources to facilitate her growth… Read full post »

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Air. I'm pretty sure I can't do without it not for even a little bit. Sure, I need water and sun and food, but not like I need air. Given a choice of air, I'd say my favorite kind of air is the one that tells you things about the future… Read full post »

Tom Tykwer’s films have a dreamlike state, which is brought about by constant movement. In the clip above you saw the camera move or record movement in three different ways. There is the slight drift of a camera in a room as it records a scene. There is… Read full post »

there's a slice of feudal Japan...

 ...firemen at work...

...a Giant Chicken in a yard...

 my town is soooo boring...

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 I once dreamt my foot turned into top ramen and that wasn't even the weird part

I have never had a flying dream, although once I dreamed I was swimming in the air

The dark wakes me up

A light can put me to sleep… Read full post »

This is what my office looks like when I am uber careful:

this is the left side - the fencing is 2' high and pinned against the wall by the bricks I used to jack up my table so I could stand and work.

This is… Read full post »