Over the past two weeks, Everita Silina has been (intensively) teaching me about genocide. Everita Silina, a visiting professor from the New School, is one of the coolest people I’ve ever met. Over the next few days I will be processing everything I have learned. The facts are disturbing, but before I jump into exploring…
New York
Plane down in the Hudson River
Today in my Genocide class, I open a new Internet window to the drudge report. Because the drudge report relays current news as it gets it, today capital red letters spell out something like, “Plane crash in New York City.” I immediately hit refresh but nothing comes up. Over the next few minutes I switch…
Google and Public Health
On November 11th, Google announced its new web tool “Google Flu Trends.” The concept is simple; Google assumes that people who are sick will search their symptoms on the Web. Using a list of keywords relating to the flu like thermometer, muscle aches, and fever, Google tracks the queries and charts them by regions and…
Creative Bombs
Taken while drawing with kids in South Africa (2005). I am working so hard on putting together a professional looking book. So far I have taught myself Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. Two incredible programs. Right now, I am editing my writing and very slowly organizing the pictures with the text. It’s a long process!!…
Love them anyway…
ANYWAY People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway! If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway! If you are successful, you will win false friends and enemies. Succeed anyway! The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway! Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable….
Protected: The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
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Protected: Will the love continue when the walk becomes a crawl?
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Protected: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
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Protected: Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes.
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Leaving for College
I leave for college tomorrow. How strange is that? I’m still getting used to the idea, but I don’t think it will hit me until I’m there and moved in. I will be a student at Gallatin, NYU’s small school of individualized study. Formerly known as the University Without Walls. Gallatin enrolls less than 1200…