Posts by sarcozona
lithops
My living stones are so adorable! Though these green ones are doing something strange… They are supposed to be very short.
Democracy and religious fundamentalism in India
We should be paying attention to this: While Americans have focused on President Bush’s “war on terror,” Iraq, and the Middle East, democracy has been under siege in another part of the world. India — the most populous of all democracies, and a country whose Constitution protects human rights even more comprehensively than our own […]
Hand it to the Catholics
While the price of birth control pills on college campuses in US has skyrocketed this year due to Bush’s Deficit Reduction Act, Brazil is looking to prevent unwanted pregnancy by subsidizing the pill. If our politicians really were interested in reducing abortions, they wouldn’t make it so difficult to prevent pregnancy.
happy feet
As Manolo says, this shoe is “designed solely to make you feel happy.”
Embarrassing incident of the day
So I’m sitting in a coffee shop, reading some papers, trying to figure out some data when a woman who I have a huge crush on, who has no idea I exist, sits at the table next to me. I realize as she’s leaving an hour or so later that I’ve probably been talking to […]
basil
I think I should lay off on the recipes that require basil. My poor plant looks a bit naked.
the fall semester
Classes: Calculus III, Botany, Topics in Environmental Biology Work: 10 hrs a week at a local non-profit, 10-20 hrs a week tech support, 10-20 hrs a week in the lab Fun: Occasional naps