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Entries from December 2008

Resiliency

December 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Robert Paterson reflects on the John Boyd Conference 2008. It’s pretty grim reading about the state of the world, but he does have suggestions for what to do (on both macro and personal levels).
The search for efficiency and the urge to consume has set us all up like a row of dominoes – there is [...]

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RIP

December 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House,Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008)

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Season’s Greetings 2008

December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Illustration of mummers from Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, London, 1845

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

Preamble
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a [...]

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