Critical Mass: The Secret History of a Concept
The term “critical mass” and the idea of bursts of evolution are usually attributed to biology. But that’s not where the term critical mass originated, it has been recycled in a rather simplified way. Since I am not a member of the academy, and practice what I have termed “street sociology“, I will explain: Who More...
Ask EcoGirl’s Nov. Column: Everyday Green: A Pop Quiz
Most folks that I talk with really do want to be green and walk gently on the earth. But we can get busy with our lives, and maybe a little overwhelmed by all the options and issues. So in this month’s Ask More...
Truth-O-Meters and Lies
There is a new iPhone app called “Settle It!”, applicable for US politics. It is used to resolve dinner-table arguments by checking political facts with PolitiFact. PolitiFact runs a website dedicated More...
Rising Stars – An Interview with Writer Ruth Jacobs by Claire-Louise Meadows
Ruth Jacobs Rising writer Ruth Jacobs is a candid, and fascinating subject. I am here today to interview her about “In Her Own Words… Interview with a London Call Girl”, the charity publication she has released More...
Vision Quest “Thundering Hooves”
Neta shares her vision of “Thundering Hooves” Neta and Darrel Rhyne own the little town called Toyahvale, located in West Texas, situated in the foothills of the Davis Mountains. Balmorhea State Park, which More...
A Descent Into Irrelevancy
[Is this our future? There’s no denying it, is there? We live in the grandest country in the world. Sound familiar? I’m sure that’s what we’d all like to think – the way we grew up thinking – and it’ll More...
Top This! (The Foray into the World of Protective Headgear)
[media-credit name="discovery.com" align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit] Yesterday on Facebook one of my friends posted a picture of her new bicycle and child carrying trailer thing. Then she posted a picture More...
Starting Over…Again
Anya Pham | Expats Post I’m scared of everything now. The loss of a goal, it turns out, isn’t that different from the loss of a limb, and I absolutely mean no disrespect to anyone who’s More...
