Eric Marcus, a stellar animal rights activist, just shared an article he found in the Vancouver Sun: “Nothing Fishy about Personality Traits in Animals, Study Finds.” Scientists at the University of Guelph find that even “ordinary” Canadian brook trout demonstrate distinct personalities.
The idea of personalities is starting to spread across our views of the whole [...]
Wow. I have just finished watching the newest documentary by Michael Moore, Sicko. It was a fascinating overview of the American health care system in comparison to systems in Canada, Britain, and France. It was so thought provoking that I need some time to think about the implications of the film’s message and achieve [...]
I’ve been listening to a lot of great podcast episodes lately, wow! What with the return of the Vegan Freak Radio, as well as the continuing high quality work done by Animal Voices and Vegetarian Food for Thought, I am always keeping up with vegan news and well-researched information. I’ve also been regularly [...]
I have the day off today - it’s a nice break to give me a bit of a breather. Speaking of breathing, or in my case, really learning how to breathe - I got up early and trekked over to yoga - turns out it much harder to do with thick snow on the [...]
Maybe my art finds should be a weekly feature? At any rate, here’s a selection artworks I dig, that I’ve found in the past few weeks. Some are clickable for larger versions.
Splitting
Gordon Matta-Clark
1974
Black and white photo-collage
(Source)
Office Kiss
Kristof Wickman, Tyler Petersen, Shaun Owens
(Source: OODA GROUP)
(Complete with the synaesthesia element of [...]
This may seem a bit evil, but trust me, if you’re a web designer and have ever tried to get something to work nicely in Internet Explorer … you’ll understand the feeling of wanting to stab it. Repeatedly.
Yes, you’ll note that this site still doesn’t function properly in Internet Explorer - and my statistics show [...]
Well I’ve been working crazy amounts of overtime for my job as an Educational Technology Assistant. Specifically, we just started a new project with an instructor in which a class of around 100 students use a Wiki to format their final assignments. It’s been a whirlwind experiment, to say the least, and since [...]
Via Litemind (through a Stumble): Tackle Any Issue with a List of 100
The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in.
The technique is very simple in principle: state your issue or [...]
Okay, because I’m nice and wanted to share the awesome soup love, I emailed Ann Gentry, the author of the Real Food Daily cookbook, and asked for permission to post the amazing Curried yellow Split Pea Soup recipe on my blog, the one that I had made earlier for J’s family. Why? Because [...]
I’ve been much more social lately than normal, really enjoying getting to know amazing people through the vegan community. Sometimes I just want to stay at home, so it’s great that I’m being pushed to meet new people, which is always a worthwhile experience. Last night there was yet another potluck (so help [...]
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