Spirit food: "You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you." -- Joseph Joubert
Brain food: Depressing, but of interest: "A visual study regarding the frequent and premature death of rock-and-roll musicians." (via The Daily What)
Young adults today...: have been taken in by an "erroneous but widespread myth -- that hookahs are safer than cigarettes." (They are not---and no, the tobacco smoked in them "does not contribute to one's daily fruit and veggie quota"---but tell that to the one-in-four of us who've used one in the last year.) (via MSNBC)
UU news: "The Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens (Georgia) is deeply saddened that a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrested two immigrant fathers in Athens-Clarke County on April 28, as reported by the Banner-Herald in a May 1 story headlined 'Immigrants swept up in ICE operation.'"(via The Athens Banner-Herald)
UU voices: At her blog The Constancy of Change, Lessie calls on UUs and other religious liberals to have more compassion and less criticism for people whose beliefs differ from our own. We are all, she reminds us, on the same "path of sharing and love."
A (totally superficial) joy specifically for a certain kind of geeky outcast who came of age in the late 1990s: Daria: The Complete Animated Series---the show that made adolescence seem not only bearable, but funny---is now out on DVD! (via Jezebel)
A concern: The anti-feminist contingent on Facebook has designated the week of May 15 to 22 to be "National Punch a slut in the head week." As of this writing, over 19,000 people---the majority of them under age 30---plan to attend. Can someone please explain to me why this is okay/supposed to be funny? Because I really don't understand. (via Jezebel)
Churchy things: "To these monks, peacemaking requires militancy." (via The Morning News, Utne Reader)
Unchurchy things:
- Muppet link of the day: In honor of Limerick Day, listen to Bert, Ernie, and the rest of the Sesame Street gang sing "The Limerick Song." (Requires Flash. To hear the song, click on track 9.)
- Need a cure for your Bieber Fever? (You know you do.) The Mountain Goats Will Cure Your Bieber Fever (dot com.) (via John Green @ vlogbrothers)
