Glass houses

It's terrible but I bet the same thing would happen anywhere if faced with the same obstacles.

"http://blogs.forbes.com/yasidei/2011/03/21/near-fukushima-residents-struggle-amid-shortages-and-fear/"

Welcome to my PR machine

Here is a short article I've thought about this evening ... http://port-magazine.com/2011/03/everything-thats-popular-is-boring/ ... thank you for your attention.

A little less doomsday ... please.

An attempt to make sense of the nuclear situation in Japan is here ... http://www.plainenglishnuclear.net/2011/03/yet-another-japan-reactor-post/

100 Years of International Women's Days

Here is the link to a documentary film I watched this afternoon ... http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/fword/ ... don't be afraid of the "f-word; I'm not.

Something to think about

http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/

In the beginning ...

The first question: does a thinking thing think better if its capacity to think has been "enhanced" by taking certain pharmaceuticals? The authors of this article are claiming drug enhanced mental performance has the potential to allow us to live better and more productive lives. There are drawbacks, of course, as many of us can't be trusted to not use the drugs for recreational purposes but if we are otherwise healthy and psychologically stable then what's the problem? The line between the two positions blurs easily.

Have a read here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/456702a.pdf.