Today, someone told me that he had heard the title “Society of Envy” as a characteristic name for our western world. And isn’t it appropriate?
How much time do we spend comparing?
Jealousy is not only limited to obvious things such as wealth and fortune. We begrudge each other our talents and abilities, our ways of life, our very own happiness.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not opposed to competition. I don’t think children suffer permanent mental damage from facing bad marks in school, and I do not believe that we have to play only games where everyone wins. A good rival can be very stimulating.
It is one thing to look around and see if you can do better. But many people seem to look around and grow shadows inside. (more…)
Subtitle: Sometimes I just cannot believe how uptight and stupid some people really are…
What comes to mind when you read the title of this entry? Hardcore porn? Wrong! Read on, and you’ll learn about the depths of idiocy.
Here is the story: A little magazine, a freebie giveaway you can find at Baby’s supply stores, features a cover photo with a baby suckling on its mother’s breast. This is according to the title story, “why women don’t nurse longer”. Have a look at the picture:
Look at it real hard.
What you can see on the picture is a really cute little baby’s head. What you also can see on the picture is the curve of its mother’s breast, as the wee one is currently being fed. What you can NOT see is anything even remotely reminding us of porn. Why, there’s not even a nipple! At least none to be seen. 
But what happened in the US of A, the land of the brave and free, when they saw the title of this little magazine? An uproar! Shocked and hurt phonecalls and emails!
“I was shocked to see a huge breast on the cover of a magazine”, a woman from Kansas writes, “I feel offended by it, and my husband felt very awkward when he saw the magazine in our livingroom”. (more…)
… and what now? 
ok, here is the picture of the day:
And the book of the day is Carol Berg, the “D’Arnath’s Bridge” series. Just finished the fourth (and last) book. Great stuff.
Song of the Day is Evanescence, Bring Me to Life.
What else do you want to know?
