This is a beautifully made short film about the plight of the polar bear in light of the rapidly melting polar ice caps. Click on the left hand side where it says "Short Film: Polar Bear Man" and it should start playing on the right.

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&soapboxSearchTerm=polarbearman

Not only is this one of my all-time favourite songs, but they play it in an elevator. No joke. You have to watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjxef8AfVQg

Sex and Race, because they are easy, visible differences, have been the primary ways of organising human beings into superior and inferior groups and into the cheap labour on which this system still depends. We are talking about a society in which there will be no roles other than those chosen, or those earned. We are really talking about Humanism ( Read more... )

If someone said something to you that you thought was in jest but that was horribly offensive and when you joked about it they quickly changed the subject would you be offended? How about if the next day you joked about it again and they, once more, changed the subject immediately ( Read more... )

For those of you in the greater Vancouver area, there is an absolutely talented, delightful, talented, awesome, and talented (again) band playing at the Backstage Lounge (Granville Island) on December 1st. The band's front man is a dear friend of mine from high school and I would love it if some of you came to support him ( Read more... )

Here's one of my major pet peeves ( Read more... )

It’s that feeling that washes over you like rain washes over my face as I stand out in the rain, arms outstretched as if to hug the entire world while screaming “This is everything ( Read more... )

“I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.”
-Pietro Aretino

I find this quotation horrifying in its truthfulness.

"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."

Fuel to the fire.

Have you ever asked someone a question and then completely regretted asking them?

I guess the saying "ignorance is bliss" can hold true...