Earth Day at Life As A Human: On April 22nd, Earth Day celebrates its 40th anniversary. Beginning at 9pm PST on April 21st, Life As A Human will begin publishing features from our authors about our relationship to and our impact on Mother Earth. The stakes have never been higher for this beautiful Blue Planet, third from the sun, our home.
Archives for April 2010
Open Letter to My Sisters: BE A SISTER
Some of you have sisters who mean the world to you. I am talking about the sisters who are our siblings. This open letter is to remind you sisters to LOVE your sisters.
Confessions of a Former Gleek: Part 2
If you missed Julie Harrison’s Confessions of a Former Gleek Part 1, you can read it here. In the first season of Glee, I found that Will (aka Mr. Shuester) shared many of my feelings of lingering doubt … Why did I never chase my dreams? What might have happened had I actually auditioned all […]
The Amazing Granny D and Social Activism for the Masses
Granny D, aka Doris Haddock, died last month at the age of 100. At 89, this activist undertook a journey most of us will never even contemplate, let alone complete — she walked across the United States to bring attention to a corrupt, corporate-driven political system.
Little Pig Burns House Down, Blames Wolf: Drastic Thoughts About Clutter
It sounds crazy, but I really hope my house burns down. I honestly believe that if I lost all of my worldly possessions in a fire, I would be able to escape this house, the clutter and particular memories these boxes of crap represent. I half expect the producers of the show Hoarders to knock […]
Rebel, Rebel: The Sweetness of Non-Conformity
In a family that shuns conformity, how does a kid get a little rebellion in? Donna Leskosek observes an uprising in action.
iPhone vs. Kindle: A Personal Take on Convergence from the Road
What device do you take with you when you’re biking across the Baja, sleeping in tents and raising dust and craving convergence? iPhone? Kindle? iPad? Neil Johnston does the road test.
Old Girl, New Tricks — International Guitar Month Feature
After 16 years of owning a guitar, a terrified gal drags herself to a very scary music lesson.
Elaine Nadeau: Cup of Ambition
For a young woman in the 1980s, working in the business world meant typing and serving coffee for the boss. At least if Dolly Parton’s iconic movie “9 to 5” was any kind of reflection of the times. But I guess Elaine Nadeau must have missed that movie because instead she just “poured herself a cup of ambition” and opened her own business instead.
When It’s All Said and Done, Who Will be Left but the Cockroach?
You only have to look at some reliable documentary footage to realize that bugs are capable of growing into behemoths at whim — or at least when they sniff some radioactive fallout — and terrorizing humankind!
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