tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:50:08 +0000dark days challengemy everyday lifenprpicturesmemeeducationthesisbeerchallengeresolutionsnewsmoviesfeminismbooksone local summerpoliticsBushrandombirthenvironmentyoutubeStupidevil corporationsobamaYou Captureintrospectiontravelelection 2008economicsgood to be greenflickrfoodhealthcareAnthropologyhistoryreligionvideoAnchoragehockeyalaskabuy nothing challengeblogsmedicineSarah PalinScattered Like Lost Wordshttp://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kim)Blogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-8127142761235527042Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:43:00 +00002012-01-02T19:43:33.127-05:00resolutionsmy everyday life I don't normally do resolutions. Or rather, I usually spend the entire month of December thinking of potential resolutions, and then I half-heartedly commit to some of them, but only in my own head. However, I really am a sucker for tradition, and I also have a real appreciation for the symbolic clean-slate that is a new year. As such, I've decided that, not only am I going to start really http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/o3fs-T1FDCQ/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/o3fs-T1FDCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-7854974201888209648Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:41:00 +00002011-12-28T22:41:56.691-05:00my everyday lifechallengegood to be greenfooddark days challengeFirst, some background: In November I signed up to participate in the Dark Days Challenge. The idea of this challenge is to get people cooking at least one meal a week featuring sustainable, organic, local* and ethical (SOLE) ingredients, and then blogging about the cooking experiences. I signed up with great enthusiasm, because after a year of living in North Carolina, I'm still in love with howhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/LLtbsA9RAyQ/all-local-christmas-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/LLtbsA9RAyQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-local-christmas-dinner.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-2291947926393979451Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:54:00 +00002011-11-30T17:03:17.864-05:00 Season'S Greetings Frame Holiday Turn family photos into holiday cards at Shutterfly.com. View the entire collection of cards. Are you on my card list? Should you be? Do I have your current address? If not, send it to me! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/AL_wZjw8J_4/photo-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/AL_wZjw8J_4" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2011/11/photo-card.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-4016994084281100887Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:43:00 +00002011-10-18T14:03:35.267-04:00educationfeminismThese are three things that are so deeply rooted in our culture that it makes me almost literally ill to think about it. I just read this  piece about a 14 year old girl who, yesterday, became a trending topic on Twitter. This happened after she was recorded, without her knowledge or consent, performing oral sex on a classmate. (At this point, I'm assuming the oral sex was consensual, but I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/3e--E0ankaI/misogyny-exploitation-and-disrespect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/3e--E0ankaI" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2011/10/misogyny-exploitation-and-disrespect.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-8034718017228765454Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:56:00 +00002011-10-13T20:51:08.184-04:00my everyday lifeStupidthesisI'm getting ready to submit an abstract to present, essentially my thesis work, at a conference in the spring with some classmates. I'm not very creative in the titular department, and was having a really hard time coming up with even a lame title to go along with my abstract. I asked Travis, in a totally tongue-in-cheek way, to help me come up with a title. I should have been prepared for the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/iGjaH6M8MeM/titles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/iGjaH6M8MeM" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2011/10/titles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-6197588565322771775Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:13:00 +00002011-09-27T23:21:22.808-04:00my everyday liferandom I was watching this video today, and my curiosity was immediately sparked when Hank mentioned dealing with sleep paralysis. The rest of the video, the idea of the improbability of place, normally would have been thought inspiring enough, but I was distracted by the idea of sleep paralysis. This was the first time I'd ever heard this term, but immediately, I knew that I knew, experientially and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/USdJQXJRg5k/sleep-paralysis_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/USdJQXJRg5k" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2011/09/sleep-paralysis_27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-120182761870079031Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:52:00 +00002009-11-23T04:18:00.677-05:00booksAnthropologyMy current "To Read" stack is at least 35 books deep. I have this notion (perhaps silly?) that I can actually read them all before I start grad school in August, if only I put down the computer and really start reading again. The simple truth is that, of course, I could read 35 books by August. I used to read at least 2 books a week. Now, not so much....and the internet is mostly to blame. Damn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/fRjnsq8zGE8/too-many-books-too-little-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/fRjnsq8zGE8" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/11/too-many-books-too-little-time.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-762124876720497595Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:59:00 +00002009-11-20T00:08:10.557-05:00You CaptureAnchoragepicturesThis week's You Capture was pretty difficult, given that here in Anchorage these days the sun is generally rising after I get to work and setting before I leave work. At least Beth had just as hard a time!None the less, I managed to come up with several shots that were taken during sunset, even if they aren't the actual sunset itself. Tuesday I left work as the sun was setting and managed to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/fmT7KesxQg0/you-capture-sunrisesunset.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/fmT7KesxQg0" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-capture-sunrisesunset.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-2936654025439799484Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:41:00 +00002009-11-14T04:41:58.079-05:00Torture is a Moral Issue, originally uploaded by akseabird.Spotted at the UW. Seattle.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/W8b4qL978fs/torture-is-moral-issue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/W8b4qL978fs" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/11/torture-is-moral-issue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-5455150896181188378Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +00002009-11-13T15:45:41.234-05:00You Capturemy everyday lifepicturesCapturing my real life was easy enough...I take dozens of random "real life" pictures everyday. Picking the ones to use was a bit harder. Apparently most of my real life is spent waiting for the bus or watching T with Boomer and Rigo (the cats.)Boomer Wants a Fly, Rigo Watches(or something he and T are only imagining to be to be there. T lifting Boomer toward the ceiling is a fairly regular http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/ihsBI3bTUSI/you-capture-real-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/ihsBI3bTUSI" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-capture-real-life.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-2883846922660480978Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:49:00 +00002009-10-29T18:50:39.174-04:00You CaptureAnchoragetravelpicturesalaskaThis week's You Capture subject, "Autumn," feels a bit late for those of us in Alaska. At least it does to me. Though, oddly, I suppose not as late as it might feel to those in some Lower 48 places (like Denver and Salt Lake) where they've recently gotten a ton of snow!When I left on October 12th for my trip down the Pacific Coast, from Seattle to Santa Barbara (I ended up making it all the way http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/Mg_-M_oLR_k/you-capture-autumn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/Mg_-M_oLR_k" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-capture-autumn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-3469562294886594262Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:18:00 +00002009-10-01T17:46:05.621-04:00You CapturechallengepicturesI've been away. I actually don't like being away (from blogging) very much, but sometimes it's just so hard to come up with something to say, and then say it, then edit it...you know. Excuses really. I think of posts, I even start posts constantly. But I always get pulled away or lose focus, or motivation. I like blogging. But it's like journaling, which I also like to do, and find to be a good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/xX-iG9eKAbs/you-capture-feeling-of-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/xX-iG9eKAbs" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-capture-feeling-of-fall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-1062877920946149253Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:45:00 +00002009-07-30T01:46:18.816-04:00environmentKid-Safe Chemicals Act: 10 Americans @ Yahoo! VideoIt's worth the 20 minute watch to get all the way through the entire video. He makes an excellent point about small doses. Also,consider that the chemicals he discusses at the end were once considered safe too.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/oDy56N7zVUw/must-watch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/oDy56N7zVUw" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/07/must-watch.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-6375314639145142926Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:01:00 +00002009-07-06T05:05:03.621-04:00flickrSarah PalinpoliticsPalin: Escape Plan, originally uploaded by The Searcher.Another great contribution from The Searcher. This one hitting a little close to home.His original text to accompany the image:"Biased Liberal Media: But what is this new direction?Palin: Forward. That way. Away to the people that need me and who are so proud of this country I love to do.Biased Liberal Media: Aren't you concerned people, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/cnY_j8yxI6c/palin-escape-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/cnY_j8yxI6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/07/palin-escape-plan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-394296299751558222Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-07-05T15:31:45.419-04:00Sarah PalinpoliticsI just read Sarah's 4th of July "Thank You" to the troops letter. Really, it was mostly just a reiteration of a lot of the random things she said in her resignation speech.I would like to write Sarah Palin myself. Maybe I shouldGovernor Sarah Palin550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1700Anchorage, AK 99501Dear Governor Palin,I am writing in response to your July 4th letter wishing us a great holiday and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/_IWTwRZeVRc/sarah-palins-reasons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/_IWTwRZeVRc" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/07/sarah-palins-reasons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-2390374698605191237Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:09:00 +00002009-03-16T17:09:52.699-04:00Cook Inlet -Turnagain Arm - Portage Valley Timelapse from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/Ua4zgni4U4I/cook-inlet-timelapse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/Ua4zgni4U4I" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/02/cook-inlet-timelapse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-7023131291043071204Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:49:00 +00002009-02-02T16:55:26.072-05:00blogsgood to be greenOne of my favorite green-mommy bloggers, Crunchy Domestic Goddess, is giving away stuff this month to show how much she appreciates her readers. If you don't know her already, check her out! (and enter a drawing or two!) Thanks CDG!http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/YYvytobukHY/go-check-out-crunchy-domestic-goddess.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/YYvytobukHY" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/02/go-check-out-crunchy-domestic-goddess.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-4199557761646061144Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:45:00 +00002009-01-29T18:48:16.357-05:00obamaBushpoliticsfeminismA Story in Pictures from FeministeI heard a man say recently that he'd been taught since he was a child that if men were capable of getting pregnant, then there would be no question about whether or not abortion should be legal. He then went on to say he'd since come to understand that this would be true most especially if old white guys could get pregnant.These two pictures really kind of says http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/AwOcOvK-jrE/pictures-of-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/AwOcOvK-jrE" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/pictures-of-change.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-1944570200144113088Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:54:00 +00002009-01-28T01:11:12.148-05:00economicsevil corporationspoliticsJohn seems pretty surprised by this news...and nothing against John, but he shouldn't be. OF COURSE they are organizing against labor. OF COURSE corporate America is going to do everything it can to continue to protect only the earnings of its executives. It's nothing new. We should have stopped trusting them a long, long time ago...What he was pretty spot on about though? Not giving them http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/RNVqwZWv4zM/more-coporate-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/RNVqwZWv4zM" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-coporate-madness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-1394060645667825611Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-01-25T16:22:15.752-05:00obamapoliticsA really well written and worthwhile piece all-around (what else would you expect from Garrison Keillor though?) A few lines stand out of which I am particularly fond:"...but there is nothing so pleasant as being in a crowd of happy people when you are happy about the same thing they're happy about.""It was more than Democrats feeling their oats or African-Americans celebrating the unimaginable, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/AdeZeCBJwsw/garrison-keiler-on-inauguration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/AdeZeCBJwsw" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/garrison-keiler-on-inauguration.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-8346121391159137081Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:32:00 +00002009-01-25T03:32:54.818-05:00obamapoliticshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/9k9t2xQFTfw/president-obamas-first-weekly-address.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/9k9t2xQFTfw" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/president-obamas-first-weekly-address.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-7562449607738398604Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:57:00 +00002009-01-22T03:03:36.148-05:00obamapoliticsOr, more things that make me smile.Embedded video from CNN Videohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/iTPD62ArN40/and-i-am-amongst-all-other-saps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/iTPD62ArN40" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/and-i-am-amongst-all-other-saps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692678329222398010.post-4631940201288399990Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:34:00 +00002009-01-22T02:56:14.612-05:00obamapoliticsI've been trying to think of what to write for most of the last 36 hours, but everything seems pithy compared to the monumental nature of the moment and to what I am feeling. So much has been said, that I can't really hope to repeat it,or to equal it, yet still I am filled with the same joy and the same hope that is overcoming so many and I feel the need to express it.I got up early yesterday http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~3/xFwQ4hUSx-0/another-post-about-president-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kim)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FlightOfTheSeabirds/~4/xFwQ4hUSx-0" height="1" width="1"/>http://flightoftheseabirds.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-post-about-president-obama.html