I had to look up the lyrics because my ability to discern sung words is horrible.

The song is actually called "Epoca" (La Revancha Del Tango being the album name) and its about how Tango was popular then kinda disappeared but existed all the while.

wow, gorgeous!

*beg

this is so worthy of the sift

gawd you people will vote for anything if its adolescent enough... yeesh

*dead

and belonging to quite a lot of birth groups I could match your wife's stories "natural birth gone horribly wrong" with "births with horrible unnecessary interventions" at least one-for-one

and here's a thought; if you're okay with the notion of health care being for profit then you ought to also be okay with the notion of the customer calling the shots. If I'm paying a doctor and a hospital and all the attendant personnel the scads of money I am paying then I do believe it is my right as a consumer to be able to decide certain things.

Oh, but you say that because its health care I am supposed to be subserviant to my doctor? It's different when its health care?

Well then...

as someone who has given birth naturally in a hospital and had three c-secs let me tell you: c-secs SUCK. There is no comparison. Do not even begin to suggest that because of the meds having a baby by c-sec is "more comfortable" that is LUDICROUS. the aftermath of being sliced open is horrendous and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

you know why you stop reading books? Because books require a certain amount of carefree attitude and free time that can become in short supply as you get older. I struggle to read too, but not because I am turning into a babbling cretin who needs sound bites but because I have a baby and every 2 minutes I have to stop what I'm doing to deal with her. The internet can accomodate me easier than a book; I don't lose it, I choose how intense or slow it works for me and I can switch back and forth as needed. WHen I am reading a book and have to put it down every 2 minutes, I'm not going to get very far before I give up in frustration.
But it isn't just having a child that can do that. You get older, your life gets more hectic or full of responsibilities and you just can't seem to sit yourself down and block out the world like you used to. When I was ten years old, I could spend literally 24 hours reading a book if I wanted to. I don't have the stamina to do that anymore really, but its not because my mind has been melted by the freakin internet!

what a bunch of luddites!

The Internet is the same damned thing as a hugmongous library because that is what it is: gargantuan amounts of information and nothing more. Except the internet is a global library and one can use it as fast or slow as one wants. Do you really think pick-and-choosing in order to support a viewpoint is somehow new to the internet?!

The internet allows ALL people to become as educated as they want. People can expand themselves or become more myopic; their choice.

Information does not make anyone stupid, regardless of how fast or slow it is. It is how people choose to access the information, digest the information and disperse the information that determines whether they are gaining knowledge or not.

Yeah, maybe we should all go back to one-room schoolhouses and chalkboards too. Sheesh.

*promote

wow

I love Iron and Wine. The video was lovely and subtle; thanks!

aw thanks!

I think its a great idea