CBC News - Jack Layton's last letter to Canadians My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. (tags: canada death ) Photos of Abandoned Housing Complexes in Ireland - NYTimes.com The emptiness symbolizes the country’s degrading economic situation. But it goes beyond visual representation. The estates have had a very physical effect on the face of the open landscape. (tags: ireland ) 3quarksdaily: Reflections on an Airport Groping Eager hands caressed the small of her back, made their way over the crest of her buttocks, and temporarily cupped them like a pair of cantaloupes. Sadly, this isn’t an exerpt from a cheesy Harlequin romance, it’s airport security in 2011. The buttocks were mine and I didn’t enjoy the experience at all. (tags: waronterror ) sammymorse: Gaddafi's Fall Portends Serious Funding Crisis for AU the Sunday Times is guilty of spectacular understatement when it says that: Whatever the outcome, the AU will have to position itself so that it is a voice that is recognised by the next Libyan government. (tags: politics africa ) chickenfeet2003: Time for something silly Q: What is the difference between a Ph.D. in mathematics and a large pizza? A: A large pizza can feed a family of four... (tags: humour )