http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog Island Voices Online Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:07:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a hard thing, but I've decided to let go of this forum. It's coming up to two years since I left Hornby and it's finally sunk in that I don't live here anymore, though I continue to visit and love the place. I have family here; I can't go ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2009/02/08/letting-go/% The next installment of Dance Friday, our Hornby community family dance is Friday evening at the Community Hall, doors at 7:30 for a half hour warmup period, then an 8pm start. We spin largely world music tunes from every corner of the globe, including some good down-home funk. The cost ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/12/02/world-music-family-dance-dance-friday-dec-5th-8pm/% Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer primarily caused by asbestos exposure. There is a higher incidence of mesothelioma among U.S. Navy personnel, shipyard workers, etc. due to asbestos exposure on Navy ships.  In addition, family members and others closely associated to those exposed to asbestos may also be at ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/12/01/mesothelioma-asbestos-cancer/% This is an email from Darlene in Uganda; if anybody feels moved to help, please reply directly to her. This is obviously a worthy cause and I hope some of y'all will step up to the plate, but as she points out, there is no obligation whatsoever. - phee Hi folks, We're ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/17/devanshus-project-needs-some-support/% This is amazing. Keith Olbermann comments on California's Proposition 8 with a heartfelt appeal to the hearts of those who voted 'yes'. http://www.youtube.com/watch http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/12/moving-and-inspiring-video/% Hello Friends, Devanshu and I just got back from a month of traveling around Uganda with my mother. What a journey I tell you. This country is really so stunningly beautiful and mysterious and full of crazy flowers and even crazier animals and birds. It’s also infuriating, with unbelievable roads, and ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/11/travels-with-my-mother/% I have given up on "strategic voting". I found myself walking away from the polling place with a bad taste in my mouth. It was not from licking the little pencil. We are now co-opting our system to where you are now encouraged to vote for someone you don't want, in ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/06/elections-and-other-unpalatable-things/% This piece (from The Onion, naturally) is pretty funny, the more so because it's true. - phee Nation Finally Shitty Enough To Make Social Progress WASHINGTON—After emerging victorious from one of the most pivotal elections in history, president-elect Barack Obama will assume the role of commander in chief on Jan. 20, shattering ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/06/some-humour-for-change/% Yes... we had our disappointing election, and they've had a nationwide epiphany, an orgy of joy and transformation and hope for change. It's inspiring and exciting and scary all at once. How big of a change will this really bring? How different can things get, considering that the system is ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/11/05/happy-and-a-little-envious/% I signed this blog on for Blog Action Day, which is today, in the hopes that the action of signing up would prove an inspiration to myself and the other WoMb contributors, who have all been pretty dormant lately (is anybody out there?). Not only that, but I signed my ... http://wordofmouth.earthmatrix.net/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-poverty/%