Dustin interviewed about the Karen people and the genocide in Burma.

Staying Sane

amongst all the tumult. Some energy channeled into observations on life.

Sex God

by Rob Bell is about a lot more than sex. Which is to say that sex is about a lot more than it sometimes seems.

A jacuzzi on Mont Blanc. Clever.

Repetition compulsion

is a psychological phenomenon in which a person repeats a traumatic event or its circumstances over and over again… For example, one may choose to stay with a ‘normal’ pattern of pain and chaos instead of risking the perceived trauma of new experiences.

Proclaim eternal victory
Come on and change the course of history
And pull us through
And pull us through
And this is the end
This is the end of the world

Muse - Apocalypse Please

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Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure… In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided… The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains. Cicero

Wine Library TV

A very entertaining and informative video blog from which I’ve learned a lot about wine. This is a fantastic example of how to use technology and online community building to spread a message (in this case, selling wine).