| How was this not a day of mourning? |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|01:31 am] |
I am sorry to say that I did not hear of this until now - but Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner and most likely the single greatest savior of human life that world has ever seen, has died. He passed away September 12, of lymphoma.
The man was responsible for directly or indirectly saving over a billion lives. That is one times ten to the ninth - 1,000,000,000. No other hero in history has come close to his achievement.
Penn & Teller, in all seriousness, referred to him as the "Greatest Human Being That Ever Lived". I cannot disagree with their assessment.
If any man is worth mourning, it is him. |
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| Pharmacynicism |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|10:52 am] |
The health care thing is really freaking me out. As an artist who is frequently sick in one way or another, I'm on tenderhooks about the public option, but the allotment of coverage is really really scaring me. Especially because while the rights and money for women's care (including abortions and birth control) are being disappeared, meanwhile this health care bill will totally cover Viagra!
Aaaaugh.
Speaking of insane ladymedicine things, yesterday I received the single most disturbing piece of mail to ever cross my hands.
What list am I on that I get this kind of thing?
Every winter, my internet service gets cranky in the cold, so I finally got my service back this morning after almost a week. To fill my need to stare at screens while I was internetless, I watched movies. I doodled my way through Harry Potter 6-- You can see my silly drawings here: Harry Potter Doodles
I have a neat interview up over on the Hideous Energy Comics Blog. We talk music, books, all kinds of stuff! |
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