This is paragraph describes too well one of my worst nightmares, especially as I look for a job upon graduation. It's amazing how hard it is to find a truly nice working environment. I just want operable windows, is that too much to ask?

"Now everything seems to have changed. The things I do (by myself or with my companions) seem to have changed and the way they are done also seems to have changed because, goodbye bright blue Planet, goodbye melodious seasons, goodbye stones, dust, leaves, ponds, and dragon flies, goodbye boiling-hot days, dead dogs by the roadside, shadows in the wood like prehistoric dragons, goodbye Planet, by now I feel as if I do the things I do sitting in a bunker of damp artificial light and conditioned air, sitting at this white laminate table, sitting in this silver plastic chair, captain of a spaceship traveling at thousands of miles an hour, squashed against this seat — immobile in the sky."

If you would like to read all of this wonderful story, please visit Design Observer to read the writing by Ettore Sottsass.

I found this over at the Wish Jar. One of my favorite blogs done by Keri Smith, one of the most creative people I have come across. She's an inspiration.

I like this quote.

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
~Einstein

Thought of the Day

"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life."
- Frank Lloyd Wright

"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be more peace" - John Lennon

Quote of the Day

“Nature is trying very hard to make us
succeed, but nature does not depend on us.”
-Buckminster Fuller

Tought of the Day

The only actions that do not cause opposing reactions are those that are aimed at the good of all.
~Eckhart Tolle

"The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life."

~Albert Einstein

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.

~Albert Einstein

Good O' Albert

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet
~Albert Einstein.