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QOTD
"You know, we are very tenuous," says local architect Ann Surchin. "No one knows when the next 9/11 will happen. And these houses represent safety - and the bigger the house, the bigger the fortress ( Read more... ) -
QOTD
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."
~William Tecumseh Sherman -
what I cannot teach you
"In theory, there should be no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is." Yogi Berra -
quote of the day
"Simple pleasures are the last refuge of the complex." -- Oscar Wilde
as quoted in Simple Living: One Couple's Search for a Better Life, Frank Levering & Wanda Urbanska -
BBC book list
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here. Bold those books you've read in their entirety. Italicize the ones you started but didn't finish or read only an excerpt.
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Chinooks to the rescue
Excerpt from Greg Mortenson's book Stones into Schools:
One of the few bright spots to which Sarfraz could point during his reconnaissance trips [into post-earthquake Pakistan] involved Operation Lifeline, an internationally organized effort to transport emergency supplies via helicopter into isolated villages and towns all across Azad Kashmir. ( Read more... ) -
don't blink, the war ended
Is anybody else starting to get extremely pissed off about all of this "last combat brigade leaving iraq" media ( Read more... ) -
QOTD
"It’s absolutely contrary to what our country and our military stands for that we would even ask the question, "Do you think discrimination is OK ( Read more... ) -
twitter posts
today on twitter
- 00:17 QOTD on fireworks: "Isn't it ironic that we celebrate the patriotic holidays by torturing anyone who's ever been in a combat zone?" #
- 00:40 Have fun at the #IVAWconvention, everyone. Hope to see some of you in the fall. #
- 21:25 Won't be at the #IVAWconvention so tried to vote online, but seem to be having technical ( Read more... )