IFAW, WSPA, and other groups band together to help animals in Haiti

«15 January 2010

(Yarmouth Port, Mass) - The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have formally agreed to head up a coalition of groups to address the needs of animals in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated the country. (...)»

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IFAW, WSPA, and other groups band together to help animals in Haiti | IFAW Web Site

A life without books...

full article here:
Motivate Me - The daily dose ezine - A life without books is no food for thought

an excerpt:
« (...) can you imagine a life without books?

no?

Then ask a person who can't be bothered to read

When you consider that the worlds greatest thinkers have put their thoughts, opinions and ideas into a format that we can access - isn't it a shame that most people don't bother to read, to explore the contents and to see how those thoughts, opinions and ideas can change their lives. Well I think it is.

We have a chance to have a few hours of intimate discourse with people we would never have met otherwise. How lucky are we?

You could argue that you don't have the time to read all there is to read - and you know what you are absolutely right - There are e-books, free books, printed books, articles and websites - which is why you have to be discriminating about what you read - because there is a lot of "rubbish" out there. Which is why you should also try to safeguard every precious moment you have that you could consider "spare" and put it to better / other uses.

1. Of all the books you have read - which would you consider to have made the biggest impact on your life?

2. What was the last book you read - why did you choose it?

3. What is the next book on your list of MUST read books? Why that book and not one of the others?

4. What book would you recommend to someone who is struggling - financially, emotionally, spiritually?

5. Do you give books as gifts?

You don't have to answer these questions of course, but perhaps you should take the time to do so, if you want to be a serious student of life and living. (...) »

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something for you (and me!) to think about ;-)

first post for 2010

in the last day of 2009...

... it rained a lot, all day long.

the rain drops became so thick, along with the

freezing temperature outside,

that it kinda snowed...

the sky was full of big gray clouds...

... always threatening to rain and thunderstorms.

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this weeks nights have been windy, almost tornado-like. up here on a fifth-floor apartment it can get a bit scary.

i have so much to say, to write. but i just can't seem to get anything done.

some problems are almost solved, while other new problems arise... let's call them "challenges" instead, to make it sound less heavy...

the rains is also back again this week. last week was the freezing cold, now it's the wet annoyance. oh bummer...

Happy 2010!!!

happy new year, all visitors!

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there's just so much to say about this New Year's eve, entering 2010, my "celebration" and all that...


new year's resolutions, what's that? hahaha
i stopped doing such thing about 4 or 5 years ago.

i also stopped "celebrating" the New Year about a couple of years ago, as the plans i made for such nights always turned out a bit different (usually for worst) and i'd end up feeling sad and empty and frustrated. and it made me feel like it was a sign of bad luck for the coming year.

so this year i spent the turn of the decade at home, in my pajamas plus a couple of sweaters and wool jacket and about 3 pairs of socks, because it's been a hard Winter around here. very very cold and very windy, with a some thunderstorms and all that fuss. not even the heat of our "fireplace" can keep me from getting cold feet, and that sucks.
drank about two glasses of champagne, dad bought a different brand this time, but i gotta be honest and say it was a pretty good brand. i didn't drink enough to get me dunk (LoL), just a bit dizzy and brain-lagged.
still, it kinda ruined my "plans" for watching a movie on my laptop later this night. i just got "distracted" reading blogs, chatting on msn with an old friend, playing quizzes on Facebook (damm you FB!), and i even went as far as doing some online shopping...

yeah, i went against my own advices to not spend money on extras before finding a new (paying) job. i just couldn't resist, when i found Corinne Mucha's comics blog & store. she's a really cool artist, i got some of her comics/zines from Microcosm and i just love her drawing style and her witty writings. so i bought two more of her comics, to complete my collection of her works.
after that, somehow, i ended up on Cindy Crab's Riot Grrrrrr Distro and bought some more unknown zines that looked interesting...
I guess these two purchases can made it as my late Christmas gifts to myself, maybe? hehehhe
But i know a couple of people who are not going to be very happy when they see the packages in the mailbox... shit, i should get a P.O. box.. if i wasn't unemployed! darn...

........................ and that get us here, at almost 6am, on new year's day. i should have gone to bed for like 3 hours ago! but i'm still chatting with a friend... why? what for? very little "productive" things will come out of it anyway, as i'm already feeling that familiar sense of emptiness mixed with angst. or maybe i'm just tired and in real need of sleep.