Canada’s Highway to Hell The world’s last (and dirtiest) oil boom is under way in the boreal forests of Alberta. It’s destroying a wilderness the size of Florida. OnEarth Magazine Fall 2007 To capture just one barrel of oil from this geologic pudding requires brute force. Great machines mow down trees (and all their supporting… [Read more…]
Asking yourself some key questions can lead you to some amazing discoveries, and possibly motivate you to do what it takes to create the life you envision for yourself.
There isn’t a person on earth today that doesn’t want to be happy. But when we examine what happiness means to any individual, we discover that most of what people claim makes them feel happy falls into the category of “instant gratification” derived from “outer events”. Some people are true believers that the quickest path… [Read more…]
If you haven’t read Desiderata for bloggers yet then please do. “Said to have been discovered in a Baltimore church cellar in 1692, actually penned in 1927 and cranked out decades later on fake parchment to adorn the bedroom walls of millions of kids like me who came of age in the seventies, Desiderata is… [Read more…]
Dragonflies Dragonflies from prehistoric mists, flying around long before the ice ages, above shallow water in the shade of gigantic trees – their clear blue wings fluttering, growing deeper, slower, rays still shining on them - such fragile wings, a thousand years old, vibrating, like rainbow drops, in the primeval wind – there were no… [Read more…]
Forty years ago, when birth control pills first hit the market, the recommended cycle was three weeks of active contraceptive pills followed by one week of placebos or no pills. But now, many gynecologists believe that the week without contraception – during which a woman experiences a “withdrawal bleed” that mimics the normal menstrual cycle… [Read more…]
Cervical cancer kills more than one quarter of a million women worldwide each year. Yesterday Canadian researchers saidthat a test that looks for the virus found in 99 percent of cervical tumors is far more effective than a Pap smear for detecting the early stages of cervical cancer. Will HPV testing supplant Pap tests? Are… [Read more…]
Avonia the Wiccan Pimp is making plans to go to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Not to watch the games though. She found out that the sex workers there are banding together to form “a cooperative brothel.“ Click the image to read the story. I honestly don’t know which I find more amusing —… [Read more…]
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October 29, 2007 by timethief
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