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did you know that the rate of rainforest loss throughout the globe is approximately equal to two football fields per second?

October 20, 2005 by James | No comments

Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn’t buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure?

Source Unknown

October 10, 2005 by James | No comments

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein

October 5, 2005 by James | No comments

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Haile Selassie I: Jah, Ras Tafari

October 2, 2005 by James | No comments

Some kinds of waste really are disgusting. SUVs, for example, would arguably be gross even if they ran on a fuel which would never run out and generated no pollution. SUVs are gross because they’re the solution to a gross problem. (How to make minivans look more masculine.)

Paul Graham

October 1, 2005 by James | No comments