Perhaps for the first time in Pakistan’s recorded history, a cricket match was played between a transgendered team and professional cricketers – the transgendered team won! Full article.
Category: misc/personal
Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene
hilarious!
Finger Lakes area is ranked first
The Finger Lakes region has been named the top lakeside retreat in the world by the editors of Shermans Travel. Full article.
canandaigua lake sunset – july 2009
We Are All Africans
Racial discrimination is perhaps the most superficial of all prejudices. And this is borne out not simply by an examination of the causes, but also by the scientific data surrounding our common ancestry. Full article.
a week at our lake house in canandaigua
Women: Know Your Limits! | BBC comedy
on the subject of men and women…
dinner and conversation
ice bowl with garden flowers created by my friend shahin to serve pistachio ice cream. dinner at our house. 12 people. musicians, artists, bloggers, activists, academics and yes, even a doctor and a lawyer.
compassion fatigue…
“Compassion fatigue” happens whenever there is a long-running news story that shows no signs of resolution. Listeners can become bored by even the most compelling story, if it seems never to change. Journalists are challenged to report the story in ways that must keep the interest of the audience without ratcheting up the drama to the point of distortion.” Jeffrey A. Dvorkin
remember michael flatley?
Saints and Sinners: The Science of Good and Evil
People who are emotionally secure, who view life’s problems as manageable and who feel safe and protected tend to show the greatest empathy for strangers and to act altruistically and compassionately. In contrast, people who are anxious about their own worth and competence, who avoid close relationships or are clingy in those they have tend to be less altruistic and less generous. Such people are less likely to care for the elderly, for instance, or to donate blood. Full article here.
spring 2009
our front yard, about a week ago (pittsford, ny)
our lake house is open!
canandaigua lake is beautiful right now. our lake house is open. we spent sunday there. still too cold to swim…
“no rain” by blind melon
love this song – “no rain” by blind melon. 1993, lovely hot summer in west harford, connecticut. new country, new house, new school, new life.
“Le Pélican” de Robert Desnos
Le capitaine Jonathan,
Etant âgé de dix huit ans,
Capture un jour un pélican
Dans une île d’extrème orient.
Le pélican de Jonathan,
Au matin, pond un oeuf tout blanc
Et il en sort un pélican
Lui ressemblant étonnament.
Et ce deuxième pélican
Pond, à son tour, un oeuf tout blanc
D’où il sort, inévitablement
Un autre qui en fait autant.
Cela peut durer pendant très longtemps
Si l’on ne fait pas d’omelette avant.