About in shade
A cocktail of personality traits hard to digest for some but ultimately soothing for those who can. I observe, enjoy, travel, interact, photograph, dance, contemplate, write and love my way through this life's countless occurrences. This blog is a way to share with the world and its people some of the treasures they give me every day.
Category Archives: Inspirational
End-of-the-Year Musings 2015: Magic, Gratitude and Memories.
2016 is knocking at the door and New Year’s Eve is nigh. An arbitrarily chosen day to reflect upon the past 364 ones and to mark new beginnings, new aspirations, new hopes… Us humans need those milestones – they allow … Continue reading
Designer-fever?
Springtime. Regular humans start seasonal clean-up, fall in love, combat post-winter fatigue or get hay fever. In the meantime, I designed a dress while riding on the tram… It’s a great dress. It is classy and gorgeous at once, has … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, In my spare time..., Inspirational
Tagged clothing, design, dress, fashion, style
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Happy 2012 – be vulnerable!!!
Greetings to everyone from the first day of 2012! I was wondering what type of a message to release into the world at the new symbolic beginning cornerstone and the message actually fell into my hands all by itself. Thus, … Continue reading
Light up your plastic bottle!
Ever thought of switching electric light bulbs to used plastic bottles and saving on electricity bills? Maybe you should! 🙂 It is amazing how resourceful and creative people can be under conditions of scarcity… We are quick to forget that … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Useful, Videos
Tagged Isang Litrong Liwanag, plastic bottle light bulb, sun powered light bulb
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The future is now
I just ran across this talk and it is amazing, inspiring and humbling to follow the line of thought of people like this. The technology presented in this talk will blow your mind – enjoy 🙂 Part 1 Part 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Science is sexy, Videos
Tagged amazing, future tech, future technology, sixth sense technology, technology, TED
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Captchas are awesome!
Ever had to ‘waste’ your time typing in those computer-generated words called ‘captchas’? Little did you know, you were contributing by your efforts to the spread of human knowledge!!! Another project by that same guy explains how you can learn … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Useful, Videos
Tagged Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration, TED
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Bored? Rob a bank! :)
Sometimes we all tend to complain over the lack of excitement in our lives… Forgetting that it is, in fact, all in our hands! This is a story of someone who robbed banks for a living – enjoy and get … Continue reading
Dear believers…
God here. First, I do not exist. The concept of a 13,700,000,000 year old being, capable of creating the entire universe and its billions of galaxies, monitoring simultaneously the thoughts and actions of the 7 billion human beings on this … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Quotes, The LOL factor, Thoughts
Tagged Atheism, note from god, religion
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The price of ignorance
Those of us enjoying prosperity, peace and the internet in today’s world are forgetting something crucial: that we are not to be given the credit for the current state of affairs. All our achievements, advancements and comforts are rooted in … Continue reading
Incredibly moving speech: Mental Illness and Why The Skeptic Community Should Give a Shit, JT Eberhard Skepticon 4
You may think mental illness does not concern you, but you are mistaken. Right the very now you have a friend who suffers from some form of mental disorder. Or maybe you do but you think there is something wrong … Continue reading
I AM FUCKING ANGRY, YES! I am ENRAGED! Here is WHY
Next time you ask me this retarded question of why I am so mad with believers – re-watch this video to save me the typing time. I rest my case. Or not… You see, someone watched it and could not … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts, Useful, Videos
Tagged angry atheist, Atheism, atheist, danger of belief, hitchens, militant atheist, why fight religion
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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place
Holiday season is approaching… Maybe do something different this year? “Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged gift, Holiday, make world a better place, non-profit
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Lesson on forgiveness…
The Independence Day in Warsaw was marked by sunshine and violent clashes between anarchists and neo-nazi groupings, whose demonstrating marches’ paths across the city wound past the hotel, where the conference I am attending is being held. We were advised … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences worth having, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts
Tagged anarchist, forgiveness, Holocaust, Independence Day, neo-nazi, Poland, Warsaw
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Declaration of the war on global terrorism
One more rapture safely behind us, I decided on this memorable (yet another) first day after the (yet another) end of the world to declare a war… While I may not be a world government or any similar legally fictitious entity, I … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts, Useful, Videos
Tagged anti-religion, Atheism, belief, Believing the unbelievable, danger of belief, danger of religion, gogreen18, inconsistencies of religion, morality, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Science can answer moral questions, TED, The Magic of Reality
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Words to live by from a Persian poet, Abol Sa’id Abolkheir: “A tamed mistress in the house is not of much use, She’ll give her heart to you and never look at another man. What’s needed is a dancer from … Continue reading
To my personal hero
This ‘meta-romantic, heart-ripping-out-ly-intense’ darn pop song has embedded itself in my brain for several hours on repeat yet again (thank you, radio!) and I realized I finally had to do something about it. I am dead certain when Bruno Mars … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Inspirational, Mind queries, The LOL factor, Thoughts
Tagged Bruno Mars, die for, funny, funny song analysis, Grenade, Grenade meaning, personal hero, sacrifice life
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I am always right.
Without any exception. Meaning I am never, EVER wrong about anything. I also know everything. About everything. I am absolutely omniscient and I want this to be known to everyone – make no mistake: I know it all about all … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Experiences worth having, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts
Tagged debate, discussion, ego, knowledge, understanding
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Marianne Williamson from her book “A Return to Love”
“Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Quotes, Thoughts
Tagged A Return to Love, inspiration, Marianne Williamson, our fear, our greatness, quote
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In Shade 