July 2009
37 posts
“Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile...”
– Alice Mackenzie Swaim (via chopa) …so the towering oak would be “strength” or “perseverance”; but one should not mistake courage and insanity, the flower blooming even if there is still snow is one thing, but no sun dependent flower would bloom in the middle of winter...
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...”
– Steve Jobs (here’s the text of his speech) (via kareem) (via superamit)
“It is your mind that creates this world.”
– Siddhartha Buddha (via justbesplendid) (via out-of-my-dreams)
Marijuana wisdom (small error, standard hemp is...
lickystickypickyme:
All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974. It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981. REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from...
Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32... →
constellation:cankerbloxxom:
BEIJING — A bias in favor of male offspring has left China with 32 million more boys under the age of 20 than girls, creating “an imminent generation of excess men,” a study released Friday said.
One could say - a country where women suffer greatly will always have a bad political situation, instable life for everybody and no real human rights
