Friday Links Round Up: Mobilizing Hope. Gnomes. Afghanistan.

Here's a little round up of links from around the Web you may have missed this week:

• A (shockingly) short history of the greeting, 'hello.'

• An interview with Adam Taylor, former senior policy director at Sojourners, about his book, Mobilizing Hope.

• Jim Wallis, remixed.

• China. Iraq. Guatemala. See how Valentine's Day was celebrated (or protested) around the world.

• A gnome moves to New York.

• Nonviolent strategist Gene Sharp and his connection with the Egypt protests.

• Enter the magical world of free flight duration aeronautics.

• I've worked at Sojourners magazine for nearly three years now and I can say, hands down, this is our best issue yet. Check out the March 2011 issue on Afghanistan.

• Join me in praying for Bahrain, and other nations protesting for freedom.

Have a lovely weekend.

Jeannie Choi is web editor at Sojourners.