chuck kottke

Pears, And peace. :angel::sunny:

A collective organism, like a beehive?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: > Dylan Thomas

U1 u2 U3

Don't hate the sciences, chemistry gave us batteries to start our engines, and biology gave us a better understanding of.. drosophila! :laugh3: Now we can heal injured fruit-flies! Oof, yea, those pressures to help out your family in need, I know that well.. hm.. to find a place where you fit in well, and that doesn't lead to a highly imbalanced life - well, the science writing might be one good option, or I know one fellow graduate who now works in designing illustrations for sciences text books and magazines. Plowing ahead in the PhD - MD field will probably be a very all-engrossing thing, but would likely lead to a very good paying profession, solving one problem but not providing balance. The problems we face with financial matters & a lack of safety nets I believe have a lot to do with a poorly structured economic system that has done a lot of damage to the working class families (I know that equally well), something we do need to correct, hence all the movements coalescing to occupy the centers of power and demand reform and justice. We must succeed in changing things, it's essential for making our lives better, for human progress to happen. With a slow economy, I don't know what the job prospects are like at the moment, but that's something to consider as well. Quite a bit of medical research to be done, jobs in the companies that make medical equipment from a design and testing perspective, supplies and the production of medicines, sales and marketing of chemicals/equipment/pharmaceuticals (for as much as that needs reform, it is where one source of jobs are), and writing descriptions of things for medical journals and labels. And if that doesn't suit you well, there's always science fiction writing! Screen plays to paperbacks, what suits your interests?

Karachi

Yes, everyone on the video was so warm and genuine, fun-loving, and sincere! (& I'm sure Coldplay will enjoy every minute of it.) A special thanks is owed to all who put that amazing video together! Good Work! You deserve Muchas Gracias! :) Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas to All

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, & A Joyous Kwanzaa Fellow Coldplayers!! Thanks for the art and the thread Thalia, a thread good enough to sew into a stocking to hang on the mantle! :elf::socks::elf:

It's a slippery slope down to the great pond of molten butter, if you let smugglers sneak some in!:P Time to boil water for those government lobsters. Hence the need to remove the influence of special interests in government. I understand the urge to support one's own farmers, but perhaps we need a better comprehensive global trade agreement that actually works for the farmers & consumers everywhere, which will require this global reform movement / revolution to succeed. Because a stick of butter should be made by more than just contented cows - it ought to be fair for everyone involved in the process, from teat to treat. :laugh3:

:laugh3: yea, there's something strange about holiday drivers - Christmas as a competitive driving contest? I don't get it either. Today I learned that taking the road less traveled in life require a brush clippers! :fingersx:

The more the tease, the more the want! :laugh3: They know their stuff, that's for sure. ;) Car Kids could be about baby goats jumping on car hoods, who knows?!:P (that came to mind hearing about the neighbor's goat who is due very soon..) Stream of thought, the collective conscious of the bee hive......

Sometimes when it all seems too much, that is when we make a transition in life; for in moments which are the hardest we realize what matters the most, and create in our minds the changes to be made, a personal plan for a better tomorrow. You have a good soul, just plow through the rough seas for now, and never forget that deep down you're a caring, loving human being. Love is the answer. You count. We all count.

I am astonished and very appreciative for U2's homage to Vaclav Havel, a tribute to a great man and great thinker for our modern times:

:rolleyes::laugh3: I didn't know there was any other color variant! I prefer the nice loose fluffy kind with the big multiple-flakes, that always hangs so beautifully on the tree branches the next day, when the sky is deep blue and the sun is shining brightly. Q: Which type of ornaments are your favorites?

The great white north, koo lookookoo coo lookookoo! Translates as Canada for a concert. What's your favorite kind of snow?

Mary was out taking signatures, and I signed the petition to recall Walker today, YAY!!! :thumbsup:

YAY, it's snowing!!! :):):) White Christmas finally has arrived. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ9mghDuLm0&feature=related]1981 Miller High Life Holiday Commercial - YouTube[/ame]

Hey, Ann Arbor, that's just a piece of the mitten. Now Beloit, there's a real city!:laugh3:

Cookies?:cooky::cooky::cooky: Did someone mention cookies? > For us Czechs though, it's Kolachy! To honor the great Vaclav Havel, leader of the velvet revolution, inspired by the Velvet Underground, the treat of the moment must be Czech;). May his ideas and action take root in the revolutions underway, and bloom anew with a flourish of spirit and life!:angel::biker:

Rwanda

Stratos City

Palau

..and a price tag in precious gold I'm sure too! :laugh3: My, you're up early, busy preparing Santa's Sleigh? :santa3:

Robyn Rihanna Fenty on the LP version, I admire her for coming from obscurity to success (and for her singing naturally!).

I was chatting with Violet when Chris and Guy were down in the gold mine. :P Time is the same in a relative way, so don't worry, be happy!:jester:

:sunny:How about an all-electric Christmas Car? christmas_car.jpg (JPEG Image, 500x399 pixels) :elf::santa3::santa2::)