Rock-A-By, Baby...

Via Bitte Ein Kuss

How badly did you want to live on a deserted island a la Swiss Family Robinson when you were a kid? No, just me? ...well, and maybe the person (ahem. genius) who made this little slice of heaven? Yeah. That guy, too.

Oh Really...?

65 trillion dollars? Is that even a real monetary figure - or is it just imaginary numbers and a bunch of computers transferring worthless decimal points when you get to that stage?

Head's up on the demand for reparations on a war that ended 60 years ago courtesy Harper's Magazine (weekly review). Full article found the AP Newswire.

It will be interesting to examine this in terms of the broader implications, however. As the real problems aren't monetary in nature, neither can the solution be to simply toss money around. It will be nice to see an end to blame finding and "my way is better than yours" and simply step up to the plate and do the right thing.

...but what do I know.

In the Mood...

(bonnie tsang)

...for a little color. I don't know why, but I'm feeling so happy today! Okay... so maybe I know a little.

My Nana sent me birthday present and it came in the mail yesterday! I'm planning a vacation (finally!) and things are really starting to shape up. I don't want to jinx it - I really need this vacation (no... really) but once things are sorted and official, I'll spill the deets.

I hope the happy is contagious. Cheers!

Of Capital Importance...

Artist: Nazy Mondschein

When Nazy served with me here in Haifa, she and I used to go for walks and dream about all of the cool and (to our minds, at least) revolutionary things we could do with the world wide web....

Now that she's living in DC with her husband, she's got a bit of a headstart on me with her new blog (that I highly recommend)
i see dc.

Weekend Whimsy...

Courtesy my 'go to' awesome picture source.

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, "you owe me."

Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.

- Hafiz

Learning to Take Turns...

Ginormous, scary as (insert word of your choice) jellyfish

Courtesy Bitte...

Scary monster of a jellyfish (that are not fish) living in an unknown ocean [please don't say the Mediterranean!!!] aside, it is jellyfish season here in Israel. So even though it's perfect beach weather, I'm going to take a pass....

There's only one antidote I know of for jellyfish stings/poison - and I don't know anyone like that.

Summer Music Series...

...or a shout out to the optimists in the world.


Her name is Lissie - and I'm obsessed.... She's so fresh and rock-and-roll. I also love this song - but it's not for sensitive viewers. At your leisure... enjoy!