wonderbug

From the page: "SOULQUENCH - Is a collection of the most beautiful, passionate, breathtaking, exquisite, sensual, delicious, refreshing music. Mostly non-mainstream, some quite rare, or overlooked (I know this makes my playlist unpopular compared to others but how about not following the crowd all the time? You might find some treasures ;-) ).
What makes these tunes special is that they awaken something within... a secret longing?... They are also, for the most part, aesthetically pleasing, soothing, timeless.. ...some of them are so beautiful they have the power to make one cry...

I believe they have a wide appeal (due to my experiments on others, hehe). I've been collecting them for over a decade and always come back to them to find myself and rejuvenate. This music is the only drug I've taken... it has the power to heal.
Not all the beautiful tunes are on this playlist, as I "filter" the music. It can't be too abrasive, petty, sappy, obscure, one-dimensional. Some songs I love didn't make the list... They have to have a certain "quality", a "clarity"... A feeling akin to standing under the eye of a storm, where beauty pierces the soul while electricity permeates the fibre of one's being.

I know all of them are of lossy audio quality here on Imeem, but this is the only way I can share them... at least until I get a Live365 station."

Please brush your hamster's teeth, LOL.

I heard about Mint from Digg, something about Quicken being upset over how many customers Mint has gained. I can see why they have! (new customer here)

Can be useful or just plain retarded.

Anti-Consumerism

They make the most aesthetically-pleasing handcrafted soaps I have ever seen.

Comment from djnoll:

"I recently started a small non-profit because I understand what is coming better than most people due to my life experiences and my education in sustainable living and public policy. I know that the government will not be able to address the needs of people quickly enough or effectively enough, so we better figure out how to help each other real quickly.

I started with the idea of getting people together socially to get re-acquainted with their neighbors. No one showed up.

I tried raising money to address a problem that has been an ongoing battle in this town over a memorial to the USAF Thunderbirds. I raised a whole $75 before someone who did not know what they were talking about, did not know me, and did not know what was even needed started telling people that I was a scam artist, a child predator, and a Fagin trying to get the children of this town to beg for me. One of these rumor mongers was even on the equivalent of a town council that we have here.

Finally, a couple of women in town joined me in trying to start a community garden. The supervisor of Parks and Recreation gave us land to use and told the head of the maintenance staff to work with us to lay in water lines for the garden. When I suggested that we send home permission slips from school to try and get the local kids involved as something to keep them out of trouble and possibly as the start of a 4H club, I was told we did not want the children involved and that we would need at least a 10 foot chain link fence around the garden to keep them out.

Well, that about did it for me. When I suggested that we try to get the local casino to consider building not another casino, but a homeless shelter here so that we could qualify for grant monies to train the homeless in skills to build businesses here, the response:

I WILL STAND IN THE FRONT OF THE LINE TO BLOCK YOU ON ANY PROJECT THAT PROVIDES A PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS HERE! and this from a woman who is being evicted for non-payment of rent with a special needs child! When I pointed out that she might be in need of such help someday, she looked at me and screamed - I have been homeless, and that is why I will not help anyone else who is. They are worse than scum! I told her she was selfish and short-sighted, and I hoped that CPS and foster care would care well for her son when she is evicted.

I went home and cried. I have never lived in a place so filled with hate and lies, and for someone who has been both rich and homeless, employed and disabled, and who is currently facing being homeless again because of my husband's inability to find a job, this was even too much for me.

A week later, I got a call from a woman who has been through this and pulled back from doing anything here for the same reasons. She called another woman who sits on the town council, and maybe, just maybe, we may get things going. But now I am worried about if we will be in time. I fear for this country and her future, because I see and hear about this kind of behavior more and more.

Can someone tell me when we became such a self-absorbed, lacking in compassion, ignorant nation that we would rather see our fellow man, woman and child die in the desert, rather than reach out to help them? I know I could not look myself in the mirror if I turned my back on someone in trouble, but I only have so much I can do. I am writing a book on planning to survive while homeless and jobless that will be available soon. I will let posters here know when it will be available through my website. If it helps anyone survive, I will be happy for you. Good luck everyone. "