Subject To Change

I have a little confession to make. I have been on Alltop for a little bit now, but didn’t make an announcement about it. How could my little blog be recognized by the awesomeness that is Alltop? But then I decided to abandon that little bit of insecurity and put the badge up. This will just give me more encouragement to keep writing here, which is something that I have grown to love more than I thought I ever would. Thanks for reading. I have some great ideas which I hope that you will enjoy reading about.

The second bit of news is that I am trying out a new aggregator for all my social network called Swurl. I like that the interface is clean and calendar-based. I have added the link to my page on the Contact Me tab.

A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor called for Millennials to engage in more face-to-face activism in light of an apparent over-reliance on social media as a means of social change. Social media has been a powerful tool that has broken down language and geographic barriers, enabling a teenager to support ending the Darfur genocide from the comfort of their own bedroom. The problem is that the activism can stay right there - behind the bedroom door. Read more »

*This is the second post in a series as part of Language Week 2008. Today’s post is in Spanish. You can find the first post here.

Hoy yo conocí una paciente nueva. Ella estaba embarazada pero recientemente perdió su bebe. Cuando la enfermera hizo un análisis de sangre, resultó que ella tenía un diagnóstico de VIH. Read more »

Eu decidi a participar em A Semana de Línguas 2008. É um meme para escrever seu blog em uma língua estrangeira para cada dia essa semana. Para segunda-feira, eu vou escrever em português. Vou escrever a tradução abaixo em inglês. Eu sei que há pouca gente que entender português!

I have decided to participate in Language Week 2008. This is a meme to write your blog in a foreign language every day for a week. For Monday, I am going to write in Portuguese. I will write the translation below in English. I know that few people understand Portuguese!

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I had a conversation with one of the staff psychologists about the government assistance available to people who live with HIV in Argentina. Everyone who has HIV in Argentina receives free treatment either directly through the government or through their insurer. We talked about how useless free treatment is if the patients are worried about more pressing concerns such as where they will get their next meal from. Read more »