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I enjoyed these short messages that had such an outreaching theme to them.  To view the video’s please click on the links

Donald Brown – HUMAN UNIVERSALS

Ishmael Beah – CHILD SOLDIERS

These videos I enjoyed for their comdey, plot twists, and views about why we do things.  Click the link to go directly to the Pangea Day page where they have more info on each video.

A video about Children in Mozambique and how they have fun making balls out of the common items they can scrounge up.  Cute video and a interesting take on a small aspect of Relief Aid in Africa…

The Ball

MOZAMBIQUE 

What seems a simple video at first, but watch the end and tell me what you think..

Dancing Queen

INDIA

Alzheimer’s is an ugly disease that can destroy a family member right in front of your eyes.  Which begs the question to so many families with an Alzheimers patient…

Por Que Lo Hago?

SPAIN

Iranian Comedy with a train, two ladies, two soldiers, a kiss, and a slap.

Sili (The Slap)

IRAN

This was a freelance submission looking through the eyes of a tank driver at Tieneman Square in China.

I’m going to post a bunch of videos with summaries, and maybe my thoughts.  Either way I’m only posting videos which struck a nerve with me.  That may be a lot, but I still recommend you search out other items at PangeaDay.org.

More Coming up…

Yesterday was my birthday and I took it easy.  I still went to work and did the day to day.  But I didn’t worry about the outcome.  I went to lunch at “Chicken Wing” (An Asian restaurant near the Med Center) with Jeromey, Crispin, and Isani.  While there, Kaylene called me up since she had just finished with Michaels School class and had half a cake left over.  She came by and dropped it off.  I stayed and the other guys went back to work while Kaylene and Aiden had lunch. 

I had to use the restroom and when I came out, Kaylene was chasing after aiden who was running through the restaurant in bare feet.  Oy, little kiddy.  he climbed up on one of the tables and a nice lady from the restaurant grabbed him  and teasingly said, now you get to work in the kitchen with me.  Ha ha ha.  I laughed and she handed him over to me.  He’s our cute little stinker.  Kaylene dropped me off at work after lunch and when I was finished she picked me up again.  We got home and opened presents and Kaylene got dinner ready as I helped Michael with his homework.  Kaylene prepared my dad’s Stroganoff, one of my personal favorites and added a few special spices to the mix.  I hadn’t realized it until she asked me to taste it and see if it had everything.  I have to admit, that my first thought was, that it didn’t taste right.  NOT BAD, not at all, it tasted great, It jsut wasn’t what I was expecting.  I told Kaylene that I couldn’t tell her what it might need since I didn’t know what was in it.  She added an extra can of cream of Mushroom Soup and that evened out the flavor.  I prepared Minute Rice while she finished her Lemon Pepper Asparagus. 

 Kaylene, you ROCK.  That was a delicious dinner and I loved the food.  We got the boys to bed and took the rest of the night easy since Kaylene wasn’t feeling good.  I think we watched some House and Futurama episodes. 

I got to talk to my Dad, Brothers, and Shelly and we spread the birthday joy around.  My co-workers tell me I’m an honorary mexican due to my birthday falling on Cinco De Mayo.  The funny thing is that they celebrate it here like Mormons celebrate Pioneer Day in Utah…. except with out all the Mexican beers, and Tequila.  LOL.

You may have noticed in earlier posts that I reference talks given by different people at a conference called TED.  TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design.  This yearly conference is filled with many people talking about their ideas.  These talks include pictures of penguins from an Antarctic trip, Learning about variations on a theme by a teenage piano player, funny pundits, Google, heart surgeons, Al Gore, and more.  The theme of TED.com and the videos there is “Ideas Worth Spreading”.  I have always loved great ideas.  To quote a part of  TED.com.

“Consider:

• An idea can be created out of nothing except an inspired imagination.
• An idea weighs nothing.
• It can be transferred across the world at the speed of light for virtually zero cost.
• And yet an idea, when received by a prepared mind, can have extraordinary impact.
• It can reshape that mind’s view of the world.
• It can dramatically alter the behavior of the mind’s owner.
• It can cause the mind to pass on the idea to others. “

So, please understand that sometimes, I’m just trying to share and idea, pass it along.  I don’t expect you to agree or disagree, I just want to share ideas that affected my perspective.  If you have or find great ideas, please, please, please share.

Kevin Steele