deviousdiva on January 24th, 2009

I have been humbled in the past few days. A reader of this blog pointed out my utter failure to write anything about the situation in Gaza. I cited my ridiculously busy life as a feeble excuse but the truth is, I don’t know what to say. I am overwhelmingly saddened and angry about the [...]

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deviousdiva on January 20th, 2009

UPDATE: Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. I wish him all the best.
Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States at 7pm today (local time). There’s coverage of the events all over the Internet, so pick your place and enjoy this day of hope. Tomorrow [...]

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deviousdiva on January 3rd, 2009

This is what we should be doing…

This video has been viewed 15,798,370 times on YouTube and has been re-posted on hundreds of blogs around the world. The first time I saw it, I had tears pouring down my face and I smiled for the rest of the day. I was reminded of it again today [...]

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deviousdiva on May 13th, 2008

Myanmar
China
Tens of thousands of people who had nothing to begin with are (yet again) victims of natural disasters.
We don’t have words for this.
There are no words.

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deviousdiva on May 3rd, 2008

Via Zoe Williams at The Guardian
I know I don’t live there anymore, but I still care about what happens to my former home city. This is not good news… Boris the Joke Johnson is now Mayor of London. Now they don’t have to imagine… it’s reality.
Londoners – some famous, some not – imagine their city [...]

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