Category: Good News
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Another worthy webcomic
Technically, Last Kiss is also a traditional comic, since it appears weekly in the Seattle Times, but John Lustig deserves the recognition anyway. He also distributes bonus strips via his email list, and his “gimmick,” if I may call it that, is a hoot: Sure it’s schlock! But… In late 1987, Charlton Comics was selling…
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How to forget about your daily troubles in 3 easy days
OK, actually they’re 3 rather hard days, either of walking 60 miles (about 20 miles each day) or working as a volunteer to support the thousands of people walking, but getting involved in the Breast Cancer 3Day does make it easy to forget about the mundane things that we usually think are so hard and…
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Reasons #1 and #1 that I’m a happy man
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In case you missed it…
Here’s that local news piece about my meeting with Phyllis in May. And yes, I’m really still working on writing the story.
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I’m an Israeli man. Why don’t they write stuff like this about me?
Oh, right, because I didn’t WRESTLE A LEOPARD TO THE GROUND IN MY BEDROOM! JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli man wrestled a leopard to the ground after it entered his bedroom in a desert college and tried to make a meal of his pet cat. “He jumped on the leopard and pinned him to the…
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Lights, love, and life
This was the culmination of an amazing few days spent in the company of the woman who received my bone marrow donation almost two years ago (story to follow). The San Diego skyline from Coronado
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Having an impact.
I’ve been following No-Impact Man for a couple of months, and it’s made me think a lot about my own impact on the planet. I do more than many people, but not as much as I could; I’m working on it, one day at a time. Then today, in a comment on a post at…
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Dig this archaeological news from Israel
Herod’s tomb and grave found at Herodium The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Monday night that it has uncovered the grave and tomb of King Herod, who ruled Judea for the Roman empire from circa 37 BCE. … The tomb was discovered by Hebrew University Professor Ehud Netzer, who is considered one of the leading…
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People who love burritos.
I and a few friends are Chipotle fans. Perhaps “fans” is not a strong enough word for our passion, actually, for here is what Jill wrote in response to Elissa’s note informing us of this most worthwhile fundraiser: Uniting reading and burritos. Seriously, has there ever been anything more beautiful? A fresh dew drop on…
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This magic is no trick
SDSU’s paper of record, The Daily Aztec, reports today about the local chapter of Camp Kesem, founded, I’m proud to say, by Hillel students at Stanford in 2000. Worthy, dontcha think?