Monday, February 22, 2010

So mysterious

Dawn pointed me to this marvelous demonstration of... something. Some guy at the BBC ponders this very difficult question: why isn't Rudyard Kipling more popular in India?

Friday, February 19, 2010

Where I spend most of my time nowadays

On the SOUL site, where I am now more or less the head blogger, and on the Southside Solidarity Network site, where I've been responsible for about half of the (sporadic) posts.

Oh, and on Facebook, naturally.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Sell all your possessions and give to the poor

Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable
"It was the biggest shock in my life, when I realised how horrible, soulless and without feeling the five star lifestyle is...."

He had similar feelings of guilt while on gliding trips in South America and Africa. "I increasingly got the sensation that there is a connection between our wealth and their poverty," he said.