Wendy Clements's Blog, page 13
July 24, 2013
The Landfill Harmonic
I joined this site to follow, The Upworthiest, and they have some of the coolest things. I don’t watch TV and generally tend to miss some of the more interesting things on the news (well, truthfully, some of the more interesting things tend to not make the news).
This is one of their most recent stories, a project started on Kickstarter to make a documentary in Paraguay:
http://www.landfillharmonicmovie.com/
The Recycled Orchestra
The Recycled Orchestra–Violin Detail
The Recycled Orchestra–Sax Det...
July 21, 2013
Unsettlements at the Saturday Market
While at the Saturday Market yesterday, I saw something I’ve never seen before, and it disturbed me. Eugene is a liberal city, for the most part, two hours from Portland. We get all sorts of things here, and most go completely unremarked on because everyone just says, “It’s Eugene,” as if that explains everything. In most cases, strangely, it often does.
On a popular corner, a family stood looking as if they’d been dropped straight out of the Depression. Better dressed, but of the era. They ha...
July 19, 2013
Addedum to the Jungle, via IGN
IGN, a ‘gaming site aimed at 18-34 year old men, attracts over 40 million unique visitors monthly to their site worldwide’, according to the “About Us” section of their website. 40 million unique visitors. That’s a lot.
They have recently instituted some changes to their forums, which I thought was timely considering my last post. If they can attempt this at a site of their magnitude, there’s no reason it can’t be attempted at Goodreads, or even Amazon, given they have the people to do it, and...
July 18, 2013
Welcome to the Jungle (gym)
I’ve been posting some about bullying at the elementary through high school levels. There’s another kind of bullying going on, right now, probably as I write this, that I have to admit I haven’t delved into with the depth and resourcefulness I normally would. Mostly because the topic makes me shake my head in disbelief that people could be so petty, so immature, and so completely amoral. And I’m not talking about children, I’m talking about adults, the people who are supposed to be examples t...
July 16, 2013
Kiss That Frog–I Dare You. No, I Double-Dare You! Review: Oil & Water by Goesta Struve-Dencher
Oil & Water
by Goesta Struve-Dencher
ebook, 74 pages, FREE
Published June 18th 2013 by M/M Romance Group @ goodreads
url: http://www.mmromancegroup.com/?p=10966
series: Love Has No Boundaries, Don’t Read in the Closet Events
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This is the tale of a nerdy young man, Enzo, and a man who would make the Gods proud, Jericho. Enzo lusts after Jericho, who is a straight and mermaid conquering man as any other…straight and mermaid conquering man. They both have special powers which make the...
July 14, 2013
Words on Bullying Not From Me
Reblogged Below
Bullies Are Stupid & I Love The Way You Walk
Reblogged from Mother Flippin:
When I enter a conversation about bullying and I am asked if I think children should be left alone to work through it themselves, I always say the same thing.
If children were meant to fend for themselves, we would leave them on the beach like sea turtles.
Our natures, our instincts tell us something different. As mothers, we relate more to the lioness.
July 12, 2013
A Few Odds and Ends
I have posted a new link on the side for the “It Gets Better” project. They have a good blog on tumblr and on the web. I’m reblogging this from their web site (June 10th, 2013):
They support, as their pledge says:Everyone deserves to be respected for who they are. I pledge to spread this message to my friends, family and neighbors. I’ll speak up against hate and intolerance whenever I see it, at school and at work. I’ll provide hope for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other bullied tee...
July 5, 2013
Taking Steps Ahead, or Moving Away from the Past
This is somewhat of a follow-up post to some of the posts starting withWhen Groups go Wrong. I have been having issues with that whole event, one of them being letting go.
Letting go of things is difficult, for many reasons. It can be something we’re used to and we don’t like change. Check. It can hurt. Check. (But it already hurts, so then, what difference does moving away make?) The voice of reason–not mine–interjects–disengage. See, luckily I have some voices of reason, because I haven’t be...
June 27, 2013
Stonewall Riots
The early hours of June 28th, 2013, mark the 44th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which occurred outside the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Central Greenwich Village, New York City. David Carter calls these “the riots that sparked the gay revolution.” I knew nothing about them until recently. They occurred the year I was born, which makes me very happy that some other good things came out of 1969 and that it can be remembered for other things than Nixon being sworn in as President...
