Cathartic Tumbleweed

"It's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds"

June 19, 2013 12:39 am
"We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken."

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment 

(via simply-quotes)

June 18, 2013 2:41 pm 12:34 am June 17, 2013 11:56 pm 4:07 pm

cultureofresistance:

awkwardsituationist:

people gather around a government tanker supplying water to residents of a colony in new delhi, india on may 23, 2013. many areas of the indian capital are facing acute water shortages, a repeated annual phenomenon during the summer when taps go dry as demand rises. photos: top kevin frayer; middle danish siddiqui; bellow manish swarup

meanwhile, @ Coca-Cola

#water #environmental crimes #coca-cola #drought #water shortages

This is also part of the same world we are living

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

June 16, 2013 11:21 pm

luxuryaccommodations:

La Posta Vecchia - Rome, Italy

Looking for a truly unique experience in Rome? The outstanding La Posta Vecchia is a historic 5-star luxury hotel located on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea, only 45 min from the bustling center of the Eternal City. It comprises a luxurious spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant overlooking the sea and 19 spacious, elegant rooms and suites exquisitely decorated with Renaissance furniture and unique works of art. Special features include a beautiful museum, a heliport and a tennis court. In a few words, the residence exudes old-world Roman grandeur without compromising today’s modern comforts and technology.

Are you freaking kidding me, Italy?

11:29 am

Google expands internet access with balloons

aljazeera:

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Google reveals plans to send hot air balloons to the edge of space to boost web access.

11:22 am 12:49 am

thepoliticalnotebook:

An amazingly directed and important video on Everyday Sexism, its creator and the online group that has brought women together to talk about the experience of daily sexualization and harassment and are typically kept from talking about. 

(Source: velvetlovepocket)

June 15, 2013 11:34 pm 7:23 pm
kickoffcoverage:

-Patriots Owner Robert Kraft: Vladimir Putin stole my Super Bowl ring-Well this is something you don’t hear everyday that a Russian president “stole” a Superbowl ring from an NFL owner. It happened in 2005 when Pats owner Robert Kraft was in Russia and he let Putin try on the $25,000 ring and this happened “I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,’” Kraft said, via the New York Post. “I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.”The White House even got involved with this matter and told Kraft “It would really be in the best interest of US-Soviet relations if you meant to give the ring as a present,” Kraft said he was told on the White House call. “I really didn’t [want to]. I had an emotional tie to the ring, it has my name on it. I don’t want to see it on eBay. There was a pause on the other end of the line, and the voice repeated, ‘It would really be in the best interest if you meant to give the ring as a present.’”For eight years he always told people he gave the ring as gift to the Russian President.The Super Bowl ring is reportedly being kept at Kremlin Library in Russia, according to the New York Post.(Photo:CBSSports.com)

Not very often do these two parts of my life co-mingle, but when they do, it makes for wonderful stories like this :)

kickoffcoverage:

-Patriots Owner Robert Kraft: Vladimir Putin stole my Super Bowl ring-

Well this is something you don’t hear everyday that a Russian president “stole” a Superbowl ring from an NFL owner. It happened in 2005 when Pats owner Robert Kraft was in Russia and he let Putin try on the $25,000 ring and this happened “I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,’” Kraft said, via the New York Post. “I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.”

The White House even got involved with this matter and told Kraft “It would really be in the best interest of US-Soviet relations if you meant to give the ring as a present,” Kraft said he was told on the White House call. “I really didn’t [want to]. I had an emotional tie to the ring, it has my name on it. I don’t want to see it on eBay. There was a pause on the other end of the line, and the voice repeated, ‘It would really be in the best interest if you meant to give the ring as a present.’”

For eight years he always told people he gave the ring as gift to the Russian President.

The Super Bowl ring is reportedly being kept at Kremlin Library in Russia, according to the New York Post.(Photo:CBSSports.com)

Not very often do these two parts of my life co-mingle, but when they do, it makes for wonderful stories like this :)

3:18 pm

One of the things that can always make me oh so happy is a wonderful proposal story or video

I may be cynic, but I’m still a hopeless romantic. Yeah, if that’s hard for you to assimilate, imagine how messed up it is inside my head :)

3:12 pm 3:08 pm

whitehouse:

Some of our favorite photos of President Obama being a dad.

3:06 pm

I need to be back in the hospital

I miss seeing patients, I miss the day-to-day of the hospital routine, I hate being holed up in my room with never ending studying. I want to wake up at 4 am, complain about how it’s still dark outside and drive 2 hours in traffic if I get to talk to patients, help them. I want to do. I miss it.