In other news, I'm trying out a new browser today. I downloaded Flock last night, an open-source browser much like Firefox (in fact it can convert Firefox extensions into Flock extensions). I easily down-loaded a whole mess of extensions to increase functionality, including a technorati tag generator. The best part is that Blogger blogs load correctly in Flock -- they don't in Firefox. It's a little slow, but not awful.
Enough smalltalk, down to business.
~ Lin Jensen at the Tricycle blog has a nice post on trying to manage other people's impressions of us. It's a losing effort for us as individuals and an obsession that creates wars when cultures or nations engage id such ego-driven begavior.
~ Integrative Spirituality has reposted their manifesto -- it's well thought out and worth taking a few moments to look at. This originally was posted a month or two ago.
~ Tyson Williams points us to a CBC News article about Toronto's decision to join the Clinton Climate Initiative to stop or slow global warming through "increasing energy efficiency in everything from street lights to building materials and promoting clean-burning fuels and energy conservation." So far, 22 cities have signed on.
~ Nagarjuna has a quick but important thought on how we treat each other. He's right.
~ Image of the day comes from Jean at the Human Bean (may not be work-safe):
~ Jay at The Zero Boss has his own version of speedlinking called the Sugar Rush. Check it out and add it to your feeds.
~ Vishen at MindHacks has an article on how to use affirmations. I have to admit that I'm not someone who takes this route, but I've seen it work well for others by creating a kind of intention focus.
~ Digital Buddha Vacana has a nice entry this morning of the Three Jewels:
The Buddha is like a steadfast man who gives protection from fear. The Dhamma is like the protection from fear, and the Sangha is like those who have found protection from fear. The Buddha is like a good consoler, the Dhamma is like consolation, and the Sangha is like those who have been consoled. The Buddha is like a true friend, the Dhamma is like helpful advice, and the Sangha is like those who have achieved their wishes by following that helpful advice.~ John Nichols at The Nation thinks that Chuck Hagel is the most outspoken -- and clearly spoken -- critic of the Bush foreign policy agenda.
~ And in the most important news of the day, Freedom Toast and Freedom Fries are now, once again, known as French Toast and French Fries in the cafeteria at the US House of Representatives.
That'll do it for this morning.
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