Link Me Up, Scotty - Looking on the Brighter Side of Life Edition

Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Ten amazing photos from NASA of our world and beyond.
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Mark Manson asks 7 strange questions that help you find your life purpose. And, amazingly enough, all of the answers include getting off the couch.
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Shondra Rhimes and Zen Pencils take on the idea of dreaming big versus working hard. Hint: Fortune favors the prepared mind, also known as getting off the couch
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James Webb, former Secretary of the Navy and Senator from Virginia is considering running for President. I've admired Senator Webb since 1988, when he resigned from his Secretary post on a matter of principle. I don't think anyone has any illusions about his chances, but his potential candidacy falls into the "embarrassment of riches" category for me.
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The spread of Ebola in Africa continues, and I have to say, I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for those healthcare workers who continue to care for the sick and dying in spite of the very real threat to their own lives.
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Caleb Wilde throws up a good dose of "Grief-be-gone."
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The sights of Fall.
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An homage to the end of summer, In Focus takes a look at people, animals, and machines who are Up in the Air.
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Princesses Disney would really not make a movie about. I would TOTALLY go see those films, so I don't understand what the problem is.
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An essay by Rabbi Adam Cholom about how life's challenges make us the most human. The money quote:
People ask me how I handle painful situations like funerals. I don’t look forward to them, but they are moments of peak experience, moments when we are truly human in our rawest and most honest form. That gamut of human emotions is there at any moment of the human condition – somewhere in the world, people are suffering unjustly and celebrating new life and falling in love and mourning a loss right now, and our sympathies and excitement could connect with any of them, and with all of them.
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Video of the Week: A Capella artist Peter Hollens performs I See Fire from The Hobbit.


2 comments:

mom in northern said...

Good post
Peter Hollens "misty Mountains" if VERY cool...

aggirlj said...

Boy, Janice, you've turned me onto quite a few interesting blogs since I came here. That Rejected Princesses is a gem.
As to Webb, I remember when he made his decision to not run again and I really applauded his decision and understood it completely. Especially at the time that he made the announcement. The article isn't very encouraging, however. I'm thinking Vice President??? to Hilary. We know Warren isn't interested and I admire her for her reasoning in that regard.
Anyway, thanks for the broadening in my internet world.