Today’s the day that night is as long as day. The spring equinox in the northern hemisphere is the day when you can balance an egg on its end and more importantly, begin to feel like the snow’s going to melt.
Peter Flaschner — who always seem to find the most inspiring and eclectic slices-of-life — turned me on to this extraordinary presentation.
Anyone familiar with the Ted Talks site knows that this conference of Ideas Worth Spreading is a bag of wisdom-nuggets. Few are as powerful as this one.
It’s 18 minutes long; it’s a moment of true beauty.
From the Washington Post comes this hilarious exposé of Hillary’s experience in Bosnis, which she describes as being on the edge of the warzone, in constant fear of sniper fire. Sinbad, who along with Sheryl Crow, accompanyed the First Lady claims there was no tension, other than wondering where they were eating next.
In her Iowa stump speech, Clinton also said, "We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady."
Say what? As Sinbad put it: "What kind of president would say, ‘Hey, man, I can’t go ’cause I might get shot so I’m going to send my wife…oh, and take a guitar player and a comedian with you.’"