Link Dump for March 26th, 2009 through March 30th, 2009
Link dump for March 26th, 2009 through March 30th, 2009:
- How Old Are You Really? Can You Pick Up a Pencil? - A nice, and slyly funny, alternative to the Real Age test.
- WineHaven Winery and Vineyard - One of our favorites, and we just found out they're local! Expect us to take at least one short roadtrip to the Chisago Lakes area this summer for a tasting (wine-loving family members in tow, of course).
- The Perfect Gift - For those of us without kids, we can ignore the bits about parenthood and enjoy this really insightful blog post about happiness.
"Perhaps happiness is interesting, because it isn’t, in fact, simple, or uncomplicated. Perhaps the real thing isn’t just a Hallmark card sentiment.
"For me, I realized in that moment, happiness is inextricably bound up in striving. In straining for achievement, of whatever kind. In having a challenge and making it to the other side.
"It doesn’t much matter what the challenge or object of achievement is." - Michele Bachmann fabricates middle-class tax hikes - "Rep. Bachmann, Republican, is a "fool for anti-tax arguments." And she is prone, as in the cramdown example, to take things that have nothing to do with taxes, and declare them to be the moral equivalent of tax hikes. She is truly, madly, deeply anti-tax (also anti-gay marriage). And it may be that, for many of her supporters who share those aversions, that's enough.
But there ought to be some minimal respect for honesty and factuality that we demand of our elected officials. "
- Slow Gardening Ramps Up - Easy, Cheap and Green - NYTimes.com - "EVEN if you lack outdoor space, you can grow something — basil or rosemary, for instance, in a sunny window. It may not seem like much, “but if you have somebody over and you’re chopping something real quick, you can say, Hand me a piece of that basil,” said Felder Rushing, a noted garden writer and speaker. “That’s all it takes to get that feeling of connection to the land.” "
