I’m glad to say I’m pretty much over my scrabble addiction, and the community as a whole has found a healthy balance of scrabble. But at one point I envied the guy who got the highest scrabble score ever:

Highest feasible possible Scrabble words

Guy who actually got the highest score in a game

It’s a crazy idea to go against your government, but if your against the War, not fueling it with your tax dollars maybe isn’t such a crazy idea.

Total Outlays (Federal Funds): $2,387 billion
MILITARY: 51% and $1,228 billion
NON-MILITARY: 49% and $1,159 billion
Links:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/251575_wartax10.html
http://www.hanguponwar.org/
http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0414/p02s02-wmgn.html

Just thought I should mention that I’m on vacation.
I future posted all the posts this week, and most of them are just interesting links, not much of my writing. I am writing a bit this week, but just as I feel like it and I’m not blogging them at least currently. Reading a lot too.
And this also means I won’t be replying to comments either. I’ll get to it next week.
Hope all is well.
Ariah.

The De-Motorize Your Soul campaign is a spirited foray into the post-oil era.
For the past 100 years the average speed at which human beings and their souls travel has steadily increased. But what if we’re not meant to go that fast? What if it’s spiritually unnatural, and slowly messing us up inside? Can we live at an ever-escalating pace without it affecting our spiritual health?
In addition to a stressful and abnormal pace of life, this age of hyper-mobility also has us tangled up in climate chaos, global power games and …

Corporate Responsibility Mondays continue as we turn toward clothing
companies. It’s something you and many generations before and after you
need, whether you like it or not. Ever since the fall there’s been a
market for us to cover ourselves, and a beautiful opportunity for us to
do so in a responsible way. What you wear is not just about fashion and
style, there is so much more to it, there are real people behind the
label.

In cooperation with Josh, Corporate Responsibility Mondays are our chance to introduce you to both the troubling facts behind …

Go Jackson Pollock
Draw on my White Board
Line Rider

I’m not really sure what you folks think of Marilyn Manson and his music, but ever since I saw him on Bowling for Columbine, I’ve been interested in what he has to say.
I also don’t know what you think about Bill O’Reily, but I was really impressed with his peaceful and respectful attitude in this interview.
All in all, I think this is worth seven minutes of your time. Especially if you work with kids or anyone else that might listen to Marilyn Manson’s music.

So, in the richest, most powerful country in the world, Severe Poverty is at an all time high. Does anyone else find this terribly disturbing?
From Miami CBS:
The McClatchy Company – owners of the Miami Herald – a CBS4 news partner – went through an analysis of 2005 census figures, the latest available, and found that nearly 16 million Americans are living in deep or severe poverty.
A family of four, with two children and an annual income of less than $9,903 — half the federal poverty line — was considered severely …