oecd

found this quite cool interactive page http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/

because of this article http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/28/186922833/three-years-in-a-row-australia-named-happiest-place-by-oecd

mali without music

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/opinion/the-day-the-music-died-in-mali.html

still want to go to mali one day.  hope that this gets sorted for them first though.  such a major part of their life and history to ban.

that and the libraries.  eek.

the bubbler - a potentially interesting tie between home and here

but i'm not sure i've experienced this word as recognized?

http://whoonew.com/2013/03/why-a-bubbler/

occurrences in australia...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/totally-common-occurrences-in-australia