• [12/13/07] America is the villain in climate talks in Bali thanks to the regressive policies of the Bush Administration.
• [10/12/07] A little visual perspective on the 87 billion being spent on Iraq
• [10/9/07] The Not-So-Small Price of Iraq by Dante Zappala, Philadelphia Daily News
• [10/4/07] Telling article about US government spending priorities (Truthout)
• [9/10/07] See this article about increasing levels of government secrecy (truthout)at a time when we should be moving towards greater transparency in government.
• [9/9/07]Interesting set of facts about George W. Bush. Also see this picture of a child at a protest.
• [9/8/07]A very inspiring parable about life and what is important.
• [8/27/07] Op-ed article on the true current condition on the ground in Iraq (written by returning US Army soldiers)
• [8/24/07] Compelling editorial by Michael Hirsch about the problems in Iraq and why President Bush's comparisons to the pullout from Vietnam are not an accurate assessment.
• [8/3/07] America's infrastructure needs considerable investment to bring it up to a safe grade - this should be a higher priority for our government to address.
• [8/3/07] Compelling Time magazine op-ed piece on why Bush won't fire Alberto Gonzales
• [8/3/07] Great list of design freeware. Includes Picasa, Irfanview, Gimp and many more.
• [8/2/07] Neat list of the 20 most popular websites for bargain hunters (I still like and use #15: fatwallet)
• [7/29/07] Bill Moyer's interview with Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, former Associate Deputy Attorney General under Reagan. Fein advocates impeachment of George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney.
• [7/28/07] Our oceans are turning into plastic and entering the food chain, with terrible health risks.
• Outrageous! E-mails detail Republican National Committee voter suppression in five states in the 2004 presidential election (truthout)
• Do you know where your food comes from? (an article in the New York Times 6/27 about massive problems with China food production)
• Great opinion editorial article about how the Daily Show is more relevant than the broadcast news that fails to report important stories these days.
• New Yorker article about General Antonio Taguba's report on Abu Graib and how he was forced into retirement for telling the truth.
• The Rise of Corporations - Global Issues
• Interesting blog by Iraq war veteran Adam Charles Kokesh
• Learn more about the dangers presented by global warming (StopGlobalWarming.org)
• NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming (ABC News)
• Moving Washington Post article from a father whose son was killed in Iraq
• Insightful article about what is wrong with NASA and how to fix it (Wired)
• Good review of the Gnome F-Spot (open source) photo management package that looks like it surpasses Windows-based packages like Picasa2 and Adobe Photo Organizer in features
• [2/25/07] Alarming article about a very significant and unexpected world-wide die-off of bees, impacting about 1/3 of all crops.
• [2/21/07] Joes Goals is an Ajax online application for helping folks keep track of their progress on longer term goals (like exercising, writing, etc).
• [1/28/07] Vote on the proposed Naperville smoking ban
• [1/25/07] Cool article on alistapart about using paper to prototype websites.
• [1/23/07] Kristiana is interviewed by a Naperville Sun reporter in conjunction with Smoke Free Naperville
• [1/16/07] Disturbing Washington Post article about cutbacks to climate studies
• [1/15/07] Neat: Victoria Harbour - Hong Kong at different hours of day and night
• [1/14/07] Cool sand sculptures (wish I could do something like this)
• [1/7/07] Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
• [1/3/07] This GTD on MindMap article: part 1 and part 2 shows how to use freemind (the freeware mindmapping software) to implement GTD = Getting Things Done, a straight-forward self-organizational method.
• [12/29/06] 2006 Review of the year: Global warming
• [12/22/06] NaNoWriMo 2006 ended November 30, 2006. This was my second year as Municipal Liaison for the Illinois::Naperville region. I've taken the Pledge To Publish and will try to get one of my books ready for submission to a publisher.
• [9/5/06] Alarming science report confirms global warming through unprecedented rates of carbon dioxide accumulations (30 ppm over 17 years vs. previous rates of 30 ppm over 1000 years)
• [12/09/04] New version of sdesk!, a freeware and open source virtual desktop manager for Windows.
• [11/30/04] The 2004 National Novel Writing Month contest is completing today--and I've completed 50k of my sequel novel Return to Twilight.
• See a new resource sheet about Colo-Rectal Cancer
• Kristiana appears in the NCUSD 203 Shareholders' Report 2003
• My Auntie Dora has a show that was just reviewed in the American Repertory Theatre
• Accomplishment: I've successfully completed the 2003 National Novel Writing Month contest with Twilight; 50,490 words written in one month, with self-satisfaction as a prize.
• teiru.net (with writing.teiru.net) is my outlet for my writing, web design/programming and creative thinking
• Cool: creativecommons.org makes it easy to license your works. The intent is to make it easy and safe to share your works while preserving your intellectual property rights. Related to this effort is copyright.com, a company to help authors and publishers manage their copyrights.
• Help support Mill Street Elementary School (school #102773) by purchasing some fine gift wrap

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