I need a nap…

Some days, I think that I need to give this a try…
(HT: Merlin Mann @ 43folders.com)

NT Wright on dropping African debt

Interesting piece by NT Wright (as usual), defending his opinion that the massive debts that many African countires owe to Western countries and banks should be canceled.  Here’s a few quotes to whet your appetite:
In the 1970s, for example, Western financial institutions loaned the best part of a billion dollars to Idi Amin of Uganda [...]

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of Insight

Found this video over at Doug Pagitt’s blog. It’s a TED Talk by a “Neuroanatomist” named Jill Bolte Taylor, in which she recounts her experience of a having a stroke, from the standpoint of a brain scientist. She was able to remember the entire process, and in the end, discovered that there is [...]

“Caffeine Nap”

I need to give this a try sometime: “Reboot your brain with a Caffeine Nap“.

“52 Nights Unplugged”

It might be completely ridiculous that I’m blogging about a topic like this… but on the other hand, it makes it very clear that I need something like this. Maybe you do too?
“Writer and self-described internet addict Ariel Meadow Stallings wants to be “more present in the present,” and for her that means [...]

Plastic and its toll on the environment

Not much that I can say about this article except “wow” and “God save us”…
Plastic Ocean: Our oceans are turning into plastic…are we?
NOTE: This is a pretty long one, but I thought it was well worth the read if you’ve got some time. Here are a few choice quotes to whet your appetite.
Thanks to [...]