Kristy's Blog

This guy has documented successful non-violent opposition to coup d’etats. There is another way. War is not the answer. From the Wall Street Journal today: In his writings, Mr. Sharp teased out common principles that make nonviolent resistance successful, creating a broad road map for activists looking to destabilize authoritarian regimes. Mr. Sharp’s magnum opus, […]

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Massive Arctic ice shelf breaks away OTTAWA (Reuters) – A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada’s northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a “massive and disturbing” rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday. They […]

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And that’s all I have to say about that.

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It’s well known that I have an aversion to being around people chewing gum. The sound of someone chewing their gum with their mouth open drives me so crazy that I can’t even think straight. Plus it looks decidedly uncouth! Recently, I had a long discussion with someone who maintained that chewing gum was good […]

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So I was just driving around and thinking the other day (driving is when I do most of my thinking) and was giving some thought to the whole God thing. I met someone the other day and we had an in depth discussion about God. His was “yes, I believe” and mine was the opposite. […]

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def. A paramoralism is a pseudo-moral statement. It is stated in moral-like terms but with precisely the opposite intent and effect: to get what the commenter wants and to bamboozle the other person into being unable to use their normal means of knowing right and wrong. I’ve heard a lot of those things recently!

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1. Exercise. A daily bout of exercise – walking, running, lifting weights, dancing, the elliptical, yoga – will help your brain both regulate and release your feel-good hormones. A bonded relationship causes your brain to release oxytocin, a powerful “commitment” peptide. When it goes away you can become depressed. So let those other helpful hormones […]

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I’ve stopped fighting my inner demons – because now we’re on the same side! 🙂

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“If there is something to desire, there will be something to regret. If there is something to regret, there will be something to recall. If there is something to recall, there was nothing to regret. If there was nothing to regret, there was nothing to desire.”

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