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Re-blogged from Science is Beauty

Nelson Mandela on Love and Hate

I was on a site where I’ve chosen other sites to follow, admiring a picture of two sloths (I relate quite well to sloths, I share some of their well known attributes), and these two were up for International Sloth Day. Who knew? If I keep it up, maybe someday there will be a day for me. I’ll see how many more animal attributes I can assimilate, because I think I’d have to be pretty unique, and I don’t plan on any surgery to add horns or fangs that spit poison–that’s taking it a bit too far. T...

The Drugs Don’t Work

Pfizer. Merck. GlaxcoSmithKline. Bayer. Bristol Myers Squibb. Roche. Eli Lillly. To Name just a few.

These names are more familiar to some of us than others. They are certainly familiar to politicians. These multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical corporations are some of the most powerful corporations in the world, especially influential in the the United States. They wield an enormous amount of power, only some of which I can even touch on–is it a clever and convoluted industry.

I thought about...

Did You Declare War?

In 1983 a movie was released called WarGames. It starred Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, and a host of other good actors. I thought it was a great film, and seeing it years later, I still like it. In the early days of hacking, home computers, and what computers were capable of, it was an excellent film for preying on the fears of those unsure of what this new technology would bring.

All the young man played by Matthew Broderick wants to do is find new games to play, and he enjoys the challenge...

Censorship in our Brave New World

There appear to be some issues with self published eBooks being taken down from some online stores amid accusations of “indecent and immoral content.” Instead of being taken as a case-by-case basis, some proprietors have determined it best to remove all self-published material, regardless of subject. The original complaint was against allegedly distasteful erotica. So now fantasy, historical fiction/romance, science fiction, etc. all have to take the brunt of these accusations. Every self-pub...

From There to Here; Maps for the Inner Child

This post is a project of a sort. A path through the first five years of my life. If someone had asked me if I would ever post pictures of myself as an infant on the internet, my answer would have been a quite vehement no. I’m not even sure why it occurred to me to do this–maybe thinking about my inner child started the process, I don’t know. Because really, who else would your inner child look like other than how you did when you were young? I don’t think it morphs into another person. It’s...

Baby Sign

I noticed the user name of the poster of the first video below, and was curious, so I checked it out. I have a long standing interest in Baby Sign–I found out about it from my ASL professor at University of Oregon (one of the best professors I’ve ever had in all of my many, ‘ohmygodshe’sgoingtobeacareerstudent’ years. I used sign often when I worked with individuals with disabilities, and as one of my main interests in working with people with disabilities is communication, and the knowledge...

A Little Cheer

This three and a half year old boy is having a very engaging conversation–with himself. His mom says, on the YouTube page, thank you to all the people concerned about his diet. That was not a normal day for him and he’s fine. None of us have ever, ever, overindulged, or had similar thoughts….

Little Boy in Bathroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLfecOL7VMI

No explanation necessary. Just enjoy.

Red Panda with Pumpkin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jWYUtQZhK0

I’m Still Me Under All This (Part 2)

I never have felt like I fit in. People often don’t get my sense of humor, I do think in strange tangents, I’m odd. I’ve always looked, then, for that place I felt I belonged. I found one once online, which turned out to be completely artificial and ended quite disastrously. Many people were hurt emotionally. I wasn’t used to groups on the internet, or the way people took on personas and played ‘games,’ so I was just myself, because I can’t be anyone else, I’ve tried, with results that were j...

I’m Still Me Under All This (Part 1)

What do you do when the fuzzy mess that has been your memory breaks open and things you thought you had put behind you years ago come rushing back to hit you in a tangled mass, bringing with them emotional chaos and feelings that suddenly your medications can’t deal with adequately? When you feel like you’ve been reincarnated but you haven’t died, and you have to live through the mistakes, circumstances, events from your childhood all over again in your adult life in an attempt to find some c...