This is infuriating in so many ways:
“Some African leaders mentioned that we should bear in mind that Mugabe will retire in a few years. Putting pressure on Zimbabwe, including sanctions, might lead to internal conflict. We should be discreet and careful,” a spokesman for Japan told the paper.
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[Tanzania's President Jakaya] Kikwete said at the G8 summit: “We are saying no party can govern alone in Zimbabwe and therefore the parties have to work together, come out to work together in a government and then look at the future of their country together.”
Just. Rendered. Inarticulate.
So, after the break are some things that make me smile despite all of this.
Dancing
I saw this ages ago, but the New York Times has just run a story on Matt Harding and his videos. I love people who can take a simple idea and turn it into something so perfect. The article provides some interesting background on the phenomenon, but just watch the video for a mental-health break. In high quality mode, if you can.
Whimsy
Linda Sarah has put together the most beautiful WordPress page I have seen. Travel and Sing makes me want to do both of those things (but only the travel part if can be sure of access to the ‘net so that I can continue to see her work). Scroll right down to the bottom – just looking at the tag cloud makes me happy.
The New York Times also brought me this: Christoph Neimann‘s “The Boys and the Subway“. I was so sorry to read that the family has left New York – I can only wonder how the boys reacted to leaving their subway, given their response to the end of the Transit Museum building. (I am informed by a Google search that Berlin’s U-Bahn is the “oldest largest in Germany” and “one of the most modern subway systems in all of Europe“.
I love this video. How cool is this? Thank you for sharing. I would love for you to put this at http://www.HerAirtime.com Please! Thanks again for sharing. It is not to often you actually get something totally out of the brain like this!!
Loved it
Kimberlyn Lebsock
Thank you