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A Short Course in Human RelationsThe six most important words ( Read more... ) -
Advice collected by a badminton coach
I was recently clearing out some old school stuff from the mid 1990s and ran across my badminton course book. The instructor included a bunch of inspirational passages along with the drills and rules.
Thinking (no credit given ( Read more... ) -
On a not so slow boat to China
Last night's LotR show was great! Apparently Charles Ross the actor lives in my neighbourhood. O_o ( Read more... ) -
LotR!
I'm going to Charles Ross's one man Lord of the Rings show tonight. Woohoo! He's off to Britain next so if you are over there you should definitely go. -
WWOOF!
I've been wasting far too much time lately drooling over all the stuff I want to do in bike trip later this year.
Been looking today at WWOOF Japan and WWOOF Korea. Too little time!
I'll need to be super cheap to make the full 10-12 month dream come true. Even staying in youth hostels all the time (that I'm not WWOOFing) would cost too much so I' ( Read more... ) -
First post in a while: Japan later this year
I don't come on LJ much anymore. I finally got into using FB as a daily thing but I do like the journalling style of LJ better ( Read more... ) -
Global climate action this weekend
~100,000 people protesting in the streets of Copenhagen! Fantastic!
Keep the pressure up by finding an event near you. Thousands of candlelight vigils planned around the world tonight. Grab a flashlight and head on down. -
Blog Action Day
There are only 9 days left before the Global Day of Climate Action. Climate change is the single biggest threat to humanity ever. Tens of thousands of dead soldiers in the WWI trenches? A drop in the bucket. Millions dead of the Spanish flu? Maybe a ladleful. One third of Europe dead of the plague? Still only a ladleful ( Read more... ) -
President Nasheed tells it like it is
Heartfelt and to the point.
Here is a program from 4 months ago that should be required viewing (ignore the first few seconds):
It starts with doom and gloom (quite possible though) and then gets into some really hopeful stuff about how we can prevent the worst case scenarios.
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