This past week educator Randy Pausch passed away. Randy is an incredible inspiration to me. If somehow you haven’t watched his last lecture, make the time:
His Time Management lecture is also brilliant. If you want to check out one of his many gifts to us check out Alice.
I’m looking forward to reading his book. My [...]
Rannie Turingan created this beautiful video slide show of 20 couples on twenty couches. He is an incredible Canadian photographer, who I previously heard about through mutual friends across the border in San Francisco.
20 x 2 : What’s The Difference? from photojunkie on Vimeo.
It’s no longer about people, it’s about greed.
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Brilliant slam poetry by Taylor Mali about how much teachers really make.
I don’t make nearly as much as that. Do you?
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“Singling Israel out, among all the nations of the world, for a boycott is obviously anti-Semitic in effect, if not necessarily in motivation.”
I would not have described myself as Anti-Israel, and definitely not anti-semitic, but reflecting on it, I have been quite negative in my thinking towards Israel. Why have the people of Israel’s crimes [...]
Anyone, that has gone to the University of Victoria in the last 30 years knows Peter Verin, maybe not by name, but by his presence. Last week the university banned him from campus.
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My teammate Donncha wrote “today is Daffodil Day here in Ireland and in honour of the day I’m offering a daffodil header image to any blogger who’d like it.”
The 780×200 image, a photograph I assume he took, is gorgeous:
I love working with caring, passionate, dedicated people!
My friends causes are my own, so even with my [...]
“We”, “people”, “others” are all terms that can be used to skirt accountability.
Take responsibility by representing yourself. Be a person first, not part of an organization or company first.
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British airline tycoon Richard Branson announced a $25-million prize for the first person or group to find a way to remove billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Reports CBC.ca .
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You can survive for three weeks without food
You can survive for three days without water
You can survive for three hours without shelter
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