You'll Look Like A Photograph Of Yourself, Taken From Far Far Away

Word. "In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends."  (NYTimes)

The Beatles, "If I Fell."  Classic.

Another great Bitch Mix Tape! This time, the Wishful Springing Edition. 

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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin

More on the "immersion" approach to bilingual educaiton.

AlterNet: Why Love Is Our Most Powerful, Lasting Form of Activism: "Who you love and how you love them is as much a statement about your social conscience as the letters you write to Congress or the votes you cast. It's harder to be good to someone else."

NPR: Supreme Court To Hear School Strip-Search Case: "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on whether school administrators may strip-search a student based on mere suspicion that the student may possess drugs. The case involves the 2003 strip search of a 13-year-old student in Safford, Ariz."

“And the crazy part of it was that even if you were clever, even if you spent your adolescence reading John Donne and Shaw, even if you studied history or zoology or physics and hoped to spend your life pursuing some difficult and challenging career - you still had a mind full of all the soupy longings that every high-school girl was awash in.” - Erica Jong