A card was being passed around the office for a colleague whose wife recently gave birth to a daughter. After some six days of intensive debate and deliberation on bringing up children, I don't know what to write ...
"Congratulations and best wishes!"
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Today's Leunig. Yesterday's Leunig.
Haruki Murakami talks about terrorism, having written two nonfiction books on the terrorist attack on Tokyo's subway - one about the victims (Underground), one about the the Aum Shinrikyo religious sect (The Place That Was Promised).
An Evening with Noam Chomksy: The New War Against Terror (thanks brooce). A transcription from audio. Long, probably old, but interesting nonetheless.
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We discussed the war on terrorism, as you do.
"Sometimes I feel as if there are more important things we ought to be doing rather than churning out websites or keeping computers running," I said.
He muttered something along the lines of, "Well yeah" and then we reached an agreement that it is just as important to maintain the happiness of those around us.
"... and hope it spreads," he said.
"Yes. Happiness has a way of falling short."
As we made our way back, he mused, "... there's more than one way to save the world."
