Many of my friends back in the "old country" are dealing with what is being called "Snowpocalypse-2011"- a massive blizzard / winter storm spreading across the nation with up to an inch of ice and one to two feet of snow.

Here in Australia, a cyclone of truly awe-inspiring purportions will be hitting the Queensland coast in just a few hours.  While ( Read more... )

It can be difficult to break a silence.

It seems a long while since I've written much here, and the more time goes by the more difficult it feels to make that next entry.  So much has happened, so many different things I want to share or comment about.  I had intentions of writing a summary post, just the highlights of events, but even as I turned ( Read more... )

Dear America,

IF you (collectively) are:
- stupid enough to fall for the ridiculous right-wing propaganda,
- insecure enough to get hooked in by the insane fear-mongering,
- forgetful enough to not remember who created the messes you are now struggling out of,
- self-centered enough to turn your back on compassion for your fellow countryman,
- ( Read more... )

The knuckle-dragging troll who stomped on the head of an already-subdued young woman is now wanting an apology from her?!?!

You gotta love conservative thinking...  [seethes]

I really MUST see this movie!  (many thanks to lupabitch for cluing me in about it)

News mention with image:

David Cronenberg is directing a film about Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, starring Viggo Mortensen as Freud and Michael Fassbender as Jung. The film is based on "The Talking Cure" by Christopher Hampton.

Further with more images:

The first official look at ( Read more... )

I just learned of the recent death of Dr. Benoît Mandelbrot, the visionary mathematician who "discovered" fractals, developed the Mandelbrot Set,  and was one of the fathers of Chaos Theory.  He was an absolutely brilliant man and his work had impact on a wide range of fields and disciplines from art to medicine to finance.  He was also one of ( Read more... )

[Via wldrose , an Op Ed from todays Times]

Anger is sweeping America. True, this white-hot rage is a minority phenomenon, not something that characterizes most of our fellow citizens. But the angry minority is angry indeed, consisting of people who feel that things to which they are entitled are being taken away. And they’re out for revenge.

No, I’m not ( Read more... )

"One regret, dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough." -Hafiz

Via siderea  Via physorg_psych. http://www.physorg.com/news199553604.html A total of 104 male undergraduates, aged 21 years on average, from a large university in the Midwest US took part in the study survey. [Dr. Scott Keiller from Kent State University at Tuscarawas in the US] looked at measures of narcissism, sexist attitudes toward women and traditional ( Read more... )

Hearing teabaggers whinge and moan about being labeled racist is hilarious.

I guess you and your fellow teabaggers just shouldn't have said and done all those horribly racist things!