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Leigh

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. -- Oscar Wilde

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From Tricycle.com: China Issues New Rules on Reincarnation

Gotta love this one:China Issues New Rules on ReincarnationAugust 22, 2007His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has already said that he will not be reborn in an are under Chinese control. How does he know...
Posted by Leigh on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

Meditation (From Tricycle, Spring 2008)

I feel better after reading this:ON THE CUSHION: The Myth of the Experienced MeditatorAfter thirty years of practice, one meditator finds it's gotten him nowhere. That's just fine with him.By Barry Ev...
Posted by Leigh on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

Tallulahs Great Canadian -- Craig Kielburger

The Grade One winter project is to chose a Great Canadian to study and present.Tallulah has chosen Craig Kielburger who founded Free The Children when he was twelve years old. He and his brother, Mar...
Posted by Leigh on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:06:00 PST

Naomi Kleins new video

See Naomi Klein's (author of NO LOGO) new video on my profile. As a grad of McGill I was already aware of the CIA's psych tests at McGill and how they were applied to torture victims, but the video a...
Posted by Leigh on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:28:00 PST

Buddha at the Actors Studio (from www.Tricycle.com)

Tricycle Humor: Beyond the Actors StudioThe following transcript was submitted by Tricycle Editor at Large Andrew Cooper, who chooses not to divulge the mysterious process through which it came into h...
Posted by Leigh on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST

VISUAL POLLUTION

The flashing glow of a large television billboard hovering over downtown Toronto's Gardiner Expressway can be seen readily from our lakeside apartment, along with dozens of others billboards hawking ...
Posted by Leigh on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:29:00 PST

Adam Makowicz

I'd don't normally shill for musicians with whom James works no matter how talented they may be or how close our friendship. Today is the exception.James met acclaimed polish jazz pianist Adam Makowi...
Posted by Leigh on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:34:00 PST

Encountering Wildlife in the North

Tallulah's always been nervous about running into bears when we hike at the cottage. Who knew our biggest threat would be from domesticated dogs?I'm happy to report that when threatened by 3 large do...
Posted by Leigh on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:17:00 PST

"Why military might does not always win" from the Toronto Star

Alexander the Great and the USSR couldn't defeat Afganistan. Why would any country think that they would fare any better??Why military might does not always win A new study suggests that involvement...
Posted by Leigh on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:05:00 PST

only read if you want to know who my

i moved this from my profile to a blog to reduce the clutter.if you're wondering who the people i'd like to meet are then read on.stephen lewis is the former United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS ...
Posted by Leigh on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:15:00 PST