May 2011
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Today is World No Tobacco Day. And to celebrate, I look back on my blog entry nine months ago, written when I decided to quit smoking. I used to love smoking so much I never thought I’d have enough courage and resolve to give it up. For good.
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Take 1: My Quitting date 8 August 2010
I’m currently smoking my last stick of Marlboro before my take 1 quitting day...
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Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power,...
– ~H.F. Hedge
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To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you...
– Kofi Annan (Diplomat, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2001 Nobel Peace Prize)
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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold...
– Kenko Yoshida
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Maltese say yes to divorce. Philippines is now the... →
deadheroessociety:
By Matthew Xuereb (AFP)
VALLETTA — Voters in the overwhelmingly Catholic Mediterranean state of Malta have voted in favour of legalising divorce, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi announced on Sunday after a weekend referendum.
Gonzi, who campaigned against the introduction of divorce in the last European country where it is illegal, said it was now up the Mediterranean...
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10 FAVORITE POEMS: The Invitation (Oriah Mountain...
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dreams for the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon… I want to know if you...
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will be posting some archived photos, a break from reblogs
– me, taking a little tumblr-break before i have to start writing again
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The story of Manal al-Sharif :the woman who dared...
Manal al-Sharif was arrested on the morning of May 22, 2011, after she defied Saudi Arabia’s de facto ban on driving by women. She remains in prison ‘til now. Human Rights Watch has this to say:
Arresting a woman who drove her family around in a car and then showed it online opens Saudi Arabia to condemnation - and, in fact, to mockery - around the world. The longer she stays in...
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