Lilian Nattel's Blog, page 70
January 30, 2011
Charles Dickens on celebrity
I can do nothing that I want to do, go nowhere where I want to go, and see nothing that I want to see. If I turn into the street, I am followed by a multitude. If I stay at home, the house becomes, with callers, like a fair. If I visit a public institution with only one friend, the directors come down incontinently, waylay me in the yard, and address me in a long speech. I go to a party in the evening and am so enclosed and hemmed about by people, stand where I will, that I am exhausted for want of air.
via laphamsquarterly.org
Filed under: Miscellany
January 29, 2011
What if there's time
for everything? Because really there is just this moment, now. Worry falls away. Now I'm skating; it's enough. #aros
Filed under: Miscellany Tagged: a river of stones
Egypt is shaking
RT @aldaily:All eyes are on the Muslim Brotherhood. Who are these people? What do they want? http://tiny.cc/mhg0m
Filed under: Miscellany
farmers beat back climate change and drought with trees in Africa
[D]espite his illiteracy, Yacouba Sawadogo is a pioneer of the tree-based approach to farming that has transformed the western Sahel over the last twenty years.
via scientificamerican.com
It started by chance and innovation when Sawadogo used manure on his field in the dry season, and seeds sprouted trees among his crops. The trees shielded the seeds and nourished the land. Leaves acted as mulch and provided fodder for animals. Water tables are recharging. The trees also provide wood for fire and furniture, another source of income and of natural medicines. Read the rest of the article for Sawadogo's own wise words on the subject.
Filed under: Interesting, Uplifting Tagged: good news on the environment, Sahel tree planting
sunrise on water and snow in Norway, a photo
via photography.nationalgeographic.com
This is Norway at -12 C. Gorgeous photo, temp not bad. It's -9 C (about 15F) here in Toronto right now.
Filed under: Miscellany
before Moses crossed the Red Sea, the Africans did it
A period of climate change about 130,000 years ago would have made water travel easier by lowering sea levels and creating navigable lakes and rivers in the Arabian Peninsula, the study says.
Such a shift would have offered early modern humans—which arose in Africa about 200,000 years ago—a new route through the formerly parched northern deserts into the Middle East.
via news.nationalgeographic.com
And why did they go there? Curiosity.
Filed under: Miscellany
January 28, 2011
Journal of Universal Rejection
The founding principle of the Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR) is rejection. Universal rejection. That is to say, all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected. Despite that apparent drawback, here are a number of reasons you may choose to submit to the JofUR:
via math.pacificu.edu
I'm convinced! Click on the link above; it made me smile.
And thanks to Bouphonia for bringing this to my attention.
Filed under: Fun Tagged: humour in academia
ultimate subversion: Egyptian protester kisses police
great photo @TheAtlantic, the kiss http://bit.ly/erkQ1L
Filed under: Fun, Interesting Tagged: riots in Egypt
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