I annually re-post this as reminder to fix my eyes on the prize:
Ten Things To Do Before I Die:
1. End genocide.
2. Stabilize the Middle East.
3. Master a foreign language.
4. Eradicate one disease, pathogen or virus.
5. Alleviate unnecessary human suffering.
6. Write one well-written and scholarly book.
7. Promote racial unity, diversity and reconciliation
8. Experiment with micro-loans
9. Provide clean water for those who don’t have it.
10. Finish school dang it.
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Maybe last night’s sermon @ NCC that Christmas is “jihad” went too far. Read more…
The recent trampling of a Long Island, NY Wal Mart worker on the morning of Black Friday has elicited a lot of commentary about our economic mess, consumerism, and why we ought to Buy Nothing (Day). While I’m deeply saddened, probably the only fresh perspective I can offer would be as a former Long Islander looking in and my misgivings about the whole “Buy Nothing Day” idea. Read more…
This holiday season there’s been a lot of buzz about nothing.
Specifically, buying nothing. Can’t help but wonder if somewhere subconciously it’s easier for us to advocate this concept now that the economy is stalling and we’re celebrating buy nothing day everyday anyway, but that’s a question I have for u economics types. Isn’t a “buy nothing” day a bad thing for the economy? Or is a buy nothing day exactly what we need since it was the over-consumerism that got us into trouble in the first place?
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