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Inspiring video about the importance of educating girls

I think this video is getting attention online because of how effective it is at communicating its message, but what's really inspiring is the message itself. It sounds like it's in tune with a fundamental Baha'i teaching - that if a family can only afford to education some of their ... Read more »

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I don’t know how these things become online sensations

June 6th, 2008 | Social | Comment »

But I'm happy that they do. It's weird. I'm not sure what's universally appealing about this. What, specifically, is it that captivates us in this video? It's not just the shirt. And it's not just the dance. There's just something unquantifiable, I guess, that makes us all cheer in mockery. ...so...go Gino? [youtube ... Read more »

Boycott Dunkin’ Donuts

May 30th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an ad from the web after people complained that the scarf the model was wearing supported terrorism. ...seriously? OK, sure, maybe there are people stupid enough to think people would believe this nonsense, but the fact that Dunkin' Donuts heard the criticism and agreed with it is what ... Read more »

That sound? 2 billion brown people simultaneously groaning.

May 28th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | 1 Comment »

Sanjaya Malakar (yes, that Sanjaya) is going to appear in a national ad campaign for Nationwide Insurance. From the press release: Nationwide announced today that the next star of the Life Comes at You Fast advertising campaign is Sanjaya Malakar, former contestant on “American Idol.” Sanjaya will follow in the footsteps ... Read more »

Your SUV is drowning seals. Is that what you want? To drown seals?

May 27th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

The gist, from a story at discovery.com: global warming warmed polar ice and caused an iceberg the size of Rhode Island to detach near Antarctica. This iceberg plowed into land nearby and made it impossible for seals to come up for air as they normally did. From the article: Filming both above ... Read more »

I can’t wait to get old.

May 27th, 2008 | Social | Comment »

The Globe and Mail has a pretty depressing article about the 90210 atmosphere in retirement homes. I can't wait. Rather than the dull, anaesthetized places many assume them to be, retirement homes are fraught with the same jealousies and bad behaviour as any close social environment. And cliques abound. There are geographic ... Read more »

Attack of the crazy raspberry ants

May 15th, 2008 | Social | 5 Comments »

Some excerpts from WRAL.com's article: In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers. The scary part: Worse, they, like some other species of ... Read more »

I wish my speech was taped.

May 10th, 2008 | Social | Comment »

But I'm glad other things weren't. Some douche named Brandon Rosario tried to become his school's valedictorian by way of this juvenile, but sometimes funny, speech: It created a stir, I think, but it really shouldn't have. This is typical high school humour.Related posts: Unfair advantage Michael Jordan – 2009 Hall of Fame induction ... Read more »

…this is what my friend sends me.

May 9th, 2008 | Social | Comment »

(excitedly, no less) A link to a BBC article.Related posts: From a friend: This is when it starts… From a friend: An argument in favour of the hijab: it’s great for pranks From my brother’s friend: Being Val Kilmer Read more »

State government “pouring” money into researching mass honeybee deaths

May 7th, 2008 | Social, Social Welfare | Comment »

CNN has a scary article reporting the loss of 36.1% of the American honeybee population in the last year, after last year's loss of 32%, a clearly unsustainable trend that could ravage the economy and the nation's food supplies even further (as we learned from Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie). Not ... Read more »

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