in the wind | tweets from the space ending 04.29.16

What if kids' only contact with the world was the Internet? Would "they" be different from "us"? http://buff.ly/1NIjKyF 

Make gun violence harder, dammit http://buff.ly/1SumnXa  @rachelheldevans @PastorPhilJ #makegunviolenceharder

hope I die before I get old http://buff.ly/1SJ3fa8 

What the Father of a Transgendered Teen Wants You to Know About the Bathroom Controversy http://buff.ly/1QF33Ej

babies not having babies | pockets persist, but less sex + better contraception = fewer US teen births http://buff.ly/1WuS3Ax

hope I die before I get old

From Vanity Fair, "7 Questions for the Baby-Boomer Generation’s Bluntest Life Coach, Michael Kinsley,"

Let’s say you’re talking with someone who’s 25 and the subject of old age comes up. What’s the most important piece of advice you would offer?

Try to avoid it. There is, of course, an obvious way to avoid it. Avoid that, too. From the library of clichés about misfortune, choose a cheery one as your theme. “It could be worse,” though profoundly true, is not all that comforting. Try to do better.

I believe I will take this to mean something like, "I can turn into my parents i want ... but I don't have to. I can, if I want, keep growing and serving and adding fresh goodness to the world right up to the last minute. Why not do that?"

in the wind | tweets from the space ending 04.17.16

curate a cheese-free Summer Film Festival for your family or youth group http://buff.ly/1Sm4SNQ

opted out of testing | ½ of young Americans with HIV in 2015 didn't know they were infected http://buff.ly/1UECU0b

30% safer childhood | the crude death rate of US children dropped 30% from 1999-2014 http://buff.ly/1UIHxqd 

global writing community for grades 8 - 12 http://buff.ly/1VfView @write_the_world

POSERS = FAKERS = WANNABES | Poser n: a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.