A good old fashioned rant

If you had come to me a year ago and asked me “Emma, do you think starting a disaster response charity could ever be boring?” I would have said, “What a silly question! Of course not!” And I would have been wrong. Brace yourself for some truly fascinating information on what it means to register [...]

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Fear with just a dash of jealousy

Continuing my love affair with Stumble, I found a great article on exactly the kind of travel that inspired me to go to South America. In a very Rolf Potts way, the author, Tim Patterson, reminds us how much shit (and it really is shit) we accumulate when we live at home. I remember clearing [...]

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Someone Else Said it Better Than I Ever Could…

A friend of mine recently sent me a disturbing email after she had a very unfriendly debate regrading gay marriage with a lost resident of the bible belt in a bar in New York. What was said in the debate is too shameful to repeat, so I won’t. Originally, I was going to write a [...]

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TMI

Usually, Too much information (TMI) refers to those who won’t stop telling you about their favorite sexual position or their father’s hemorrhoid problem. I like to think of it as a breakdown in that filter that should exist between the brain and the mouth. But tonight, I find my head spinning from a totally different [...]

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