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skyanchor

About Me


Important Messages:

Edwin Starr lyrics

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Stretch your mind

Rethink the corporation

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There Goes the Neighborhood, Reprise

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"To help save lives, the best-selling book Suicide the Forever Decision, For those Thinking about Suicide and for Those who Know, Love and Counsel Them, by Paul Quinnett, Ph.D. is herewith made available in a free electronic format to anyone in the world who wishes to read it or share it with others. Electronic copying, translation and distribution is strongly encouraged." Free eBook available at http://www.qprinstitute.com/Forever.htm
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My Interests

music; computers; electronics; reclaiming my lost liberal arts education; ...

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The America I Believe In doesn't torture people or use cruel, inhumane treatment. . . doesn't hold people without charge, without fair trials, without hope, and without end. . .doesn't kidnap people off the street and ship them to nations known for their brutality. . .doesn't condone prisoner abuse and excuse high-ranking government officials from responsibility for that abuse. . .doesn't justify the use of secret prisons. . .and does not rob people of their basic dignity. Believe
Prevent Children's Deaths from Malaria I'm participating in Nothing But Nets, a campaign to help prevent malaria across Africa.Millions of people die each year from malaria - but there's a simple, life-saving solution, and all it takes is $10 to buy a bed net, distribute it to a family, and explain its use.You can help support me by making a secure online donation. Click on the link below to help prevent malaria:Nothing but NetsFor more information on how YOU can participate in Nothing But Nets, including setting please visit www.NothingButNets.netThanks for your support!

For further information and resources on the conflict affecting Darfur, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic check out the following:

    Amnesty International USA, Sudan Index Amnesty International USA, Darfur Amnesty International BBC News International Crisis Group Darfur Information Center Darfur Peace and Development Organization Human Rights Watch Instant Karma MTVU Physicians for Human Rights ReliefWeb Save Darfur STAND Understanding Sudan United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Print and Film:
    Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan

I am appalled by the unnecessarily destructive use of U.S. cluster munitions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and recently in southern Lebanon. According to Amnesty International, these indiscriminate weapons continue to be used in civilian-populated areas, killing and injuring hundreds of civilians, including many children, both at the time of impact and long after the attack has ended.Join me in supporting the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.549). Take action »

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Music:

The Church; Neil Young; Tori Amos; Cowboy Junkies; Dandy Warhols; James Gang; B-52's; The Suburbs; Lamont Cranston Band; Brian Auger; Juliana Hatfield; Tracy Chapman; Radiohead; Alanis Morissette; The Who; Peter Gabriel; Bruce Springsteen; Led Zeppelin; Uriah Heep; Kraftwerk; The Heart Throbs; Beck; Sue Foley; Aerosmith; Alice Cooper; The Soundtrack of Our Lives; The Beatles; Joe Jackson; The Cure; The Pretenders; R.E.M; Jethro Tull; Yes; Rush; Iggy Pop; Joni Mitchell; Galaxie 500; Edgar Winter Group; Depeche Mode; Three Dog Night; The Byrds; Ten Years After; Jimi Hendrix; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Pink Floyd; the list goes on....

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Mystic River; Niagra, Niagra; Citizen Kane; Kingpin; ...

Television:

IFC and Sundance Channel...

Books:

Yes, seven tall bookcases of them, most sadly unread...

My Blog

Female Genital Cutting

Worthwhile read: Breaking the Silence: CARE's Approach to FGC
Posted by skyanchor on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:38:00 PST

Views of suffering

Doug Muder in his post, My own view of suffering, expands on Harold Kushner's view of why Bad Things Happen To Good People, and I think adds a good deal of refinement and nuance when he talk...
Posted by skyanchor on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:38:00 PST

'dysfunctional' is for toaster ovens and coffee grinders

I strongly agree with this epinion by Jo.
Posted by skyanchor on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:58:00 PST

Sasquatches

[View Sasquatches.] First place winner in the 2006 Rochester Independent Short Film Festival.  
Posted by skyanchor on Fri, 12 May 2006 04:04:00 PST