It may take bit to work out just what you are seeing, but when you do, it’s kind of magical:
Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo.
Via IO9
It really is all about perspective isn’t it? The world, our lives, our understanding of each other and ourselves. We spend so much time taking for granted that up is up and down is down when we might discover a whole new world by simply looking at things from a different direction.
testing the if this then that service
This past semester has been a rather slow blogging one for me, but, more troubling, I’ve also done relatively little writing of any kind. As I considered some of my desires and goals for the coming year, I realized that this blog deserves a bit more attention, but I also needed some kind of focus …
Nothing to say, just listen.
“I see you, there’s lots of people right there with you, I’ve been there and you’re not alone.”
Words of wisdom from Jay Smooth:
Senator Robert Casey Jr. writes: Dear Mr. Wood: Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding S. 968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act of 2011 and H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act. I appreciate hearing from you about this issue. S. …
This is not a joke.
From the ACLU:
The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.
Read the full story here then please make sure you take action and contact the Senate and let them know that they are not allowed to destroy our Constitution. The bill is S 1867 and I would argue that Sens. McCain and Levin are clearly breaking their oath of office to uphold the Constitution and pose a far, far greater threat to the very meaning of American than anything any terrorists has ever done.
For those interested in actual coverage of what’s happening in NYC with the Occupy movement and the events associated with it, particularly today’s N17 marches: