I upgraded my google vistors map to include the last 100 visitors to my site. Yea!
Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you, amen! Crack two!
Hey, whomever it is in Hong Kong — e-mail me. I want a pen pal from Hong Kong.
Antartica, however, is sadly not represented.
Indiana Peace Rally
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2005 at noon
Time: All Day
Location: Monument Circle
In concert with the peace rally taking place in Washington D.C., join millions across the nation, from many walks of life, for many different reasons, on Sept. 24th to rally for peace…
www.indianapeacerally.org
what they are saying:
* End the war in Iraq.
* Bring the troops home now.
* Stop putting our citizens & soldiers at risk.
* stop military recruiting in our schools.
* stop promoting international terrorism.
* stop the lies & deception.
* stop violating international & US law.
Via the Freakonomics website, an interesting article on Seth Roberts, a Berkeley psychologist, who experimented with various (healthy) alternatives to control personal weightloss, acne, sleeplessness and other problems in his life.
A bit on the tinfoil hat side, and from a guy who’s downright sensible and well-written otherwise, this is a list of emergency items that one would need to be self-sufficient for a year.
From tiffany’s: a sterling silver straw with a small monkey climbing up it. For $155.
How completely ridiculous and useless. But pretty.
Lori pointed out this strange and sorta creepy big thing: A giant pink bunny constructed by artists on a mountainside in northern Italy.
Worth1000.com put together a great photoshopping contest of old WWII propaganda posters.
Along the same lines, only with a political purpose, The Propaganda Remix Project has numerous reworked posters, including some for sale.
Seems like I’ve seen another link like this someplace, but I don’t seem to have it bookmarked.
UPDATE: I found the link; it was Another Poster for Peace. I wrote it before. I linked to the Miniature Gigantic site in that post as well – they have peace posters, too.
What my t-shirt storage looks like, post t-shirt challenge.
[edit needed: update photos]
This is an awesome list of stuff to do around the house before winter hits. I have a good portion of this stuff done already, with more lined up.
I have to ad winterizing the house (plastic over windows, adding insulation) to my list.
The Library of Congrss Photographs from the Records of the National Woman’s Party
The National Woman’s Party, representing the militant wing of the suffrage movement, utilized open public demonstrations to gain popular attention for the right of women to vote in the United States. Their picketing, pageants, parades, and demonstrations–as well as their subsequent arrests, imprisonment, and hunger strikes–were successful in spurring public discussion and winning publicity for the suffrage cause.