Non-governmental Organization (NGO): What my friends think I do

… what half of society thinks I do, what the other half of society thinks I do, what funding institutions think I do, what I think I do, what I really do

Happy Leap Day 2012!

Getting older really sneaks up on you.

One of my students asked me why I had such small Tupperware containers on my desk.

You can’t buy happiness …

… but you can buy books — and that’s kind of the same thing.

NASA Earth Observatory: Neat Photo of the Northeastern US at night

An amazing International Space Station night view of the U.S. East coast from (left) Hampton (VA), Richmond, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York City and Long Island (those bright lights on the lower right) to Detroit and Cincinnati in the west (top).

Harvey Milk: “It takes no compromise to give people their rights …”

… it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.”

Woman: What my parents think I am, what my friends think I am, what the media thinks I am …

… what Rick Santorum thinks I am, what I think I am, what I really am!

The Dalai Lama: People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.

Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

More from the Dalai Lama:
Dalai Lama: If you think you are too small to make a difference…

Which step have you reached?

I won’t do it.
I can’t do it.
I want to do it.
How do I do it?
I’ll try to do it.
I can do it.
I will do it.
Yes, I did it!

The most vulgar character of all time

They beeped out every word he said.
cr: George Takei