Change is good.

In a world where teenage pregnancies are frowned upon and abortion is considered unethical: finally, a step in the right direction for women's health.  Progress is always the goal and even small wins make big differences.

FDA Allows 'Morning After Pill' To Be Sold To Some Teenagers Without A Prescription

And a disgruntled writer's amusing version on the same topic.

Bubblegum and the Date Rape Cocktail

And for those who work and Yahoo, your benefits just improved dramatically.  Excellent change at one of our local businesses!

Marissa Mayer extends Yahoo's maternity leave

Zee Avi sounds like an angel.

Have a listen to this ethereal singer-songwriter.  

Zee Avi - Concrete Wall

Education Debate

Here's a little piece on education. 

I Will Not Let An Exam Decide My Fate

Today, will an exam decide your fate anyway?  Yes, probably. 

But, tomorrow... there is always this notion: Top Schools from Berkeley to Yale Offer Free Online Courses.

Or if you prefer the free education on the brilliance that is the Khan Academy.

Education is slowly making the changes it needs to survive in a population of goal-oriented hopefuls, keen on managing time, success, and potential loan pitfalls on their quest to gain the knowledge and intelligence of a college graduate.

Everybody needs love!

Happy Friday.  Have a listen to this happy tune.

Every time I hear it start up, I just have to dance!

VV Brown - Everybody


"Everybody say yes, if you do...."

And here's one of her more recent hits, and the most raw version I've seen.

Photography, happiness, and where they meet.

7 Reasons Why Photographs Can Boost Your Happiness
by The Happiness Project

Two people I look up to that spend much, if not all, of their lives shooting images. 

My brother, Nels Andereck, absolutely ROCKS.  From Tokyo to San Francisco, you can see his unique style shot on medium format film.  Pelado's Flickr

Anthony Kurtz, that outspoken, internationally acclaimed S.O.B. we know and love.  Find him in Berlin these days and check out his website here.

The Dream is Now

Do you support immigration reform?

Sign this petition or watch this documentary if you do.

How to change your life in two minutes.

Whenever I am feeling defeated or in the spirit I might not be able to do what I need to do, I dig into www.ted.com.  I prefer to use the site as a fantastic resource for learning and inspiring change.

Watch Amy Cuddy speak on presence, dominance, and the power of exercising your movement for a greater outcome in your life.  After watching the talk, all it takes is two minutes.

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Happy Friday. Get Free.

Set your ears free this Friday.

We're all together in the same boat...
Get Free - Major Lazer
(Feat. Amber Coffman Of Dirty Projectors)

Never got love from a government man
Heading downstream till the levee gives in
What can i do to get the money
We ain't go the money, we ain't gettin' out
Heading downstream till the levee gives in
And my dreams are wearin' thin
All I need's relief

I need I need some sympathy
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
Look at me
I Just can't believe

What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream
All of my life been wadin in
Water so deep now we got to swim
Wonder will it ever end

How long how long till we have a friend
Comin' down, feelin' like a battery hen
Waves won't break till the tide comes in
What will I do in the sunrise
What will I do without my dreams
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me

We could never get free
I just wanna be
Look at me
I Just can't believe
What they've done to me
We could never get free
I just wanna be
I just wanna dream
We're all together in the same boat

I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We're all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
We're all together in the same boat
I know you, you know me
Baby, you know me
I Just wanna dream

Seeking teleportation to the Tunnel of Love in Ukraine.

Just another reason to travel.  As if we needed any more!!

The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places in the World