So, Belgium is effectively mopping the floor with me a bit. Every day I'm exhausted but I don't sleep well most nights. Yesterday I realized I have managed to sprain my ankle on a cobblestone or something, I'm grinding my teeth in my sleep, and oh yeah, I'm taking and trying to plough my way through a TEFL course now since it seems that it takes ( Read more... )

"The Future of Food"
About genetically modified food, biopatenting, North American laws concerning food and farming, etc.

http://globalovethinktank.blogspot.com/2009/03/future-of-food.html

I lived! :)

That on an evening such as this where I've eaten dinner (risotto, using white wine in the sauce) and had a glass of sake to accompany my meal...

...that I'd known before I took 1.5 tylenol 3's for my cramps that alcohol and codeine should not be combined.

That kind of stuff should go on medication labels, I think.

I set myself the goal a long time ago to try to always speak my mind honestly, and precisely ( Read more... )

Ever feel like you need an english to english translator ( Read more... )

"We have been taught to trust the evidence of our senses, to accept as real what we can see and hear, touch and smell. That is our scientific bias. But there is another kind of reality, more subtle and less evident on the surface of the world that has to do with the connection between things ( Read more... )

I just realized that I haven't taken pictures of half the crap I've made for Christmas. The sweet stuff, you know? The orange and almond cream tart I blinged up with special x'mas decor for my family to enjoy the other night is included in the 'whoops' column. Damn...it was cute too. I guess in the superlong pre-xmas shifts I just forgot about ( Read more... )

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/computer-ownership-chart-offers-surprising-breakdown.phpRead more... )

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal ( Read more... )