As a daughter of a mixed race family and Grandmother to mixed race grandbabies, I certainly empathized with your position and appreciate your balanced and thoughtful response, Sabrina. There are...

<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/24821365?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe>Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business from BurzynskiMovie on Vimeo.

Hello,
I don't want to sound dogmatic, but was anyone else bothered by the amount of drug use and pot smoking (slightly separate in my opinion) at Harmony Festival? I'm thinking out loud here, but...

from delancyplace.com:


In today's excerpt - the individuals with the most prodigious memories, those that
win the United States and World Memory Championships, use a technique called the...

Dear Jennifer (and anyone else effected on Saturday night at Aubergine),

I want to apologize for my actions and behavior Saturday night. I have no excuse for how I acted and know my behavior was...

>>> teams of clown cops wielding squirt guns and misters shaped like rubber truncheons and rubber chickens, who are tasked to put out the coal on or in any joint, cigarette, pipe, blunt or stogy? Red...

.. ah! a chance to plug one of my favorite video classics... Mr. Deity!

This is hilarious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7chup0dZ1s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7chup0dZ1s

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I write this letter with a very heavy heart and hope that my good intentions will come...

The difficulty with drawing lines.... If you agree that there shouldn't be un-permitted protests and demonstrations inside national landmarks (which I think, on balance, is a good call), then where...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry-LwxR746s&feature=player_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry-LwxR746s&feature=player_embedded


Anybody else have an interesting/amusing story about...

This is my first video production and my first YouTube upload! I put it here in the General Community section because it doesn't seem to fit squarely in any other section. Thanks to Patrick Brinton...

I posted this video on facebook and it disappeared about 10 hours later.

An important Ted Talk for all of us to be aware of.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ofWFx525s&feature=youtu.be

https://youtu.be/B8ofWFx525s

Marty

This is really great.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5_zqJvNhQw&feature=share

Don’t wait for people to smile. Show them how.

Let your guard down. Talk to someone you don’t know straight from your heart. Compliment them. Don’t anticipate awkwardness. Just be you in that...

>>>It seems a salvage operation to remind people of that. Of what they were before the World bit them?

The world bit me at about the age of three, not with its incisors but with its molars, so...

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Puts it all in perspective:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwdRE8MKQg&feature=player_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwdRE8MKQg&feature=player_embedded

Local Marin performer Dr. Cory does 6 hilarious minutes on being a conscious (yet kinda raunchy) single:
(Strong language alert for those who are averse.)

...

https://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2011/02/10/enviro-bulbs-loaded-with-lead-arsenic/121268/

Excerpt:

The LED bulbs sold as safe and eco-friendly can contain high levels of lead, arsenic and...

The intimacy we crave in relationships, is, at the same time, our biggest fear. It is not surprising that many of us have created strategies to avoid it.

When an apprentice called me to tell me...

Greetings,

Many weeks ago, I sent a request for assistance to this list regarding this friend's need for help with injured dogs after an auto accident. I'm sorry I did not get to responding to one...

https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif
Particle Hunt Nets Almost Nothing; the Hunters Are Almost Thrilled
Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
...

https://enenews.com/strawberries-mushrooms-with-cesium-137-found-in-northern-california-5-out-of-6-items-in-food-chain-sampling-test-have-radioactive-particles

Speaking as a former conservative Christian, this is one of the cleverest comments on religion I've ever seen!

"Kissing Hank's Ass"

by J. Huger
https://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.php


This...

Blessings to Chris and Dian, and their family, and thanks for the years of love. The Crystal People has always been a Beacon of Light in Sebastopol. I've gotten many wonderful gifts there I could...

This is something I'm gonna use:


ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK---CAREFULLY!

With all the...

I want to alert everyone to a practice that Palm Drive Hospital has decided to implement that could affect you financially without your knowledge. As of 1/1/2011, office visits to PPO doctors at Palm...

https://ebiz.netopia.com/crystalstore/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw100_tinyAngel.gifPlease help with your beautiful prayers and loving intentions for Dian, Chris, and their family of the Crystal People....

[Finally, it looks like an alternative to Interferon is coming. I took it back in 2003 and it worked without severe side effects. Others I know had hellacious experiences. YMMV]

Science 8 April...

https://www.nature.com/news/2011/110328/full/news.2011.191.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110329

Published online 28 March 2011 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2011.191
News

Marine microbes digest plastic...

In case you haven't seen this yet...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR3GlpQQJA&hd=1

I thought you guys might appreciate this :wink:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmuqL51bek0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXvJ8UquYoo

Home Made Radiation Tester


With all the fear of radiation fallout from Japan, I thought it might be useful to tell you about a cheap, effective, homemade radiation tester you can easily use...

Ban the pesticide that’s wiping out honey bees.

The bee population is on the verge of collapse. https://act.credoaction.com/images/campaigns/save-the-bees200.jpg

Clicking here will...

"Full of Ego"? Hmmm, my post doesn't seem egotistic to me, but I could be wrong. Could you specify what I said that seems "full of ego"? Perhaps you're just projecting your own egotism onto me? After...

Yes, rent takes a big chunk out of people's income. It's also a fact that fulfilling the "middle class" American (US) dream of having a 1000-plus sq. ft. home with a separate bedroom for each kid is...

LOL!
So funny, Dixon, this is just the kind of response I was afraid of, Cold, Dry and full of Ego. Oh well.
And BTW, Dixon, who said I was "poor", I would not qualify myself as such.



Um......

https://badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

I have read a number of his obituaries, however this one is by far the best. It gives a far more accurate and complete picture not only of Bear, but the time and era in which we lived.

I met him...

https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif

Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/us/15stanley.html
By MARGALIT FOX

...

https://farmtoconsumer.org/open-letter-to-fdas-dairy-head-john-sheehan-bemis.htm

The Case of Bradley Manning: What Are We Called To Do?:
March 15, 2011
by Alice Walker

As an elder of color born and raised in the United States, I have dreamed of a day when young white...

[This is from an old friend, Scott West; his group was attempting to monitor the dolphin slaughter when the earthquake hit]

https://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-110312-2.html

Sea...

https://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html

[The entire article is available at the Journal of Cosmology website. Numerous fascinating photographs. This appears to be the real thing.]

Dr....

https://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww62/hedgewitch13/Yoga-8-1.jpg


I'm currently reading a book that is having a powerful impact on me. "Yoga for Depression - A Compassionate Guide to Relieve...

Lately there was a post about a dog 'seeking a mate'.
Nothing personal to the 'owner' of that dog,
but here is an important reminder why all companion animals should be spayed/neutered:

"His...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/ 110106144252.htm

Border Collie Comprehends Over 1,000 Object Names as Verbal Referents

ScienceDaily (Jan. 6, 2011) — Researchers at Wofford...