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Unobtanium? Hallelujah Mountains? Tsayhalu?

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen Avatar, see it before you read this. Expect to hate it so you can see it with low expectations. I did. Thank goodness.

We watched Avatar last night, at home on our 36" TV, sans 3D, HD or the IMAX® experience. I expected to yawn through it. Worse, I was pretty sure I'd actually dislike it. Intensely.

For starters, I don't like James Cameron. I can't think of a reason why other than that he appears to . . . → Read More About Unobtanium? Hallelujah Mountains? Tsayhalu?

14 March 2010
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Playing For Change

Not a huge fan of Bono’s. I am a huge fan of using music to change the world. Love seeing musicians around the world doin’ their thing – wow! If you get LINK TV in your land, you can see wonderful music videos from around the world plus some excellent documentaries. Waaaay better than regular TV! Except for Boston Legal. Peace.

P.S. Don’t miss . . . → Read More About Playing For Change

1 May 2009
2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Peace, War

Death To A Nation

This article was written by the daughter of a local family we’ve met here in Costa Rica. Ayn is 14 and is unschooled. I must admit to harboring suspicions of unschooling’s effectiveness in somehow producing schooled children. Those are smashed.

2 February 2007
2 comments - (Comments are closed)   Bush, Death & Taxes, Political Blah-Blah, War

A Foothold on the Slope of Hope

Last March I wrote a post about Nazanin, an Iranian teenager who had been sentenced to death for killing a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. Yeah. When I first read something like this, I fervently hope it is just a really tasteless joke. Tragically, this was not.

I followed the links to the online petition and signed. Today I followed up on Nazanin. Because of the tireless efforts of another teenager named Nazanin, worldwide attention was brought to bear and Nazanin was re-tried yesterday. Things look pretty good, although in . . . → Read More About A Foothold on the Slope of Hope

11 January 2007
Comments are closed   Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War

Emily Perez, 23 years old

I turned 51 today. Emily never will. She was killed in Iraq on my cousin Celia’s 51st birthday two weeks ago, September 12. Like reading the names on the Key West AIDS memorial, like reading about those killed 9/11, painful as it may be, we must read about Emily and the men and women who died before and after. They have made the ultimate sacrifice. They deserve to be remembered. God bless them, each and every one.

28 September 2006
Comments are closed   AIDS, Bush, Political Blah-Blah, September 11, 2001, War

Rethinking my position on bombing Iran.

This from Dave Kopel at The Volokh Conspiracy that I stumbled across roaming the blogosphere:

Iranian teenager to be executed for self-defense against a rapist. Amnesty International reports this case from Iran: 

On 3 January [2006], 18-year-old Nazanin was sentenced to death for murder by a criminal court, after she reportedly admitted stabbing to death . . . → Read More About Rethinking my position on bombing Iran.

30 March 2006
Comments are closed   Bush, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Teenagers, War