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NaBloPoMo May 2010 theme: “Look Up”

Kiran — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:45:52 +0000

I’ve decided I’m going to participate in the National Blog Posting Month exercise. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on my blog, and I have missed it. I’ve been dealing with a very hectic schedule in my real life, between taking a full load of courses at the university, and working, and home [...]

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Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji — Moral Courage Conversations

Kiran — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:48:44 +0000

A long but highly insightful conversation between acclaimed authors Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji on the nature of belief, Islamism, the history of Islam and Quran, and what to do in a world full of crazies on both the Islamist side and the racist westerner side. Rational, thinking people of all varieties will enjoy this [...]

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Thank You Sarah Palin

Kiran — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:32:27 +0000

There’s been so much negativity surrounding Sarah Palin’s VP candidacy, I thought I’d try and find something to thank her for…. ————————————– Thank you, Sarah Palin for taking women – and men - back a few notches so fast we all got whiplash. Thank you Sarah Palin for proving feminism right; For showing that men [...]

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How To Stay Miserable Your Whole Life

Kiran — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:52:32 +0000

1. Live for the past. 2. Live for the future. 3. Think everything is always about you. 4. Think that you just don’t matter at all. 5. Believe that pills will solve all your problems. 6. Believe that pills are stupid and useless. 7. Do not let yourself change. 8. Believe that it is all [...]

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Evolve or Die

Kiran — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:34:54 +0000

Journalist Mark Glaser has an article up on the pbs.org MediaShift blog about the changing face of media in the 21st century. He talks about how both traditional media and new media must learn from each other, and merge the best practices. I like the point he makes about the techno-genie… once it’s out of [...]

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Six Word Stories

Kiran — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:39:02 +0000

I stumbled across this little brain candy in Wired.com’s archives. One of my favourites: TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there … – Harry Harrison Six Word Stories is a post from: *kiran muses

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Kidnapped!

Kiran — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:19:27 +0000

from kcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe Kidnapped! is a post from: *kiran muses

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Why Writers Are Striking

Kiran — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:42:54 +0000

Found this off this blog: Why Writers Are Striking is a post from: *kiran muses

Why Writers Are Striking is a post from: *kiran muses

Story Corps

Kiran — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:25:49 +0000

StoryCorps: StoryCorps is a national project to instruct and inspire people to record each others’ stories in sound. Listen to audio interviews in a collection of personal stories. Some real interesting stuff… Story Corps is a post from: *kiran muses

Story Corps is a post from: *kiran muses

Quotes for changes: Making them and living through them

Kiran — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:42:33 +0000

“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.” –Emerson “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” –Dale Carnegie “Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.” –Arthur Schopenhauer “Different is not necessarily better [...]

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Quotes for a birthday

Kiran — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:17:43 +0000

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” –Ingrid Bergman “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art.” –Garson Kanin “Lead me not into temptation; I can find it myself.” –Unknown “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” –Groucho Marx “Age is an issue of mind over [...]

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