Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Mmmmkay, you heard about it here first.
The Ecotainer is a trendy new container for hot beverages made out of corn starch.
It is covered with a distinctive logo. You know…so everybody across the room knows that’s what you’re using to hold your beverage.
I think it’s wonderful that we’re trying to be easier on the environment, but it’s an inherent contradiction to endeavor minute-to-minute to leave less of a mark on something, and at the same time, make sure people know that’s what you are doing. And this is why I have to shake my head and roll my eyes when I see efforts to protect the environment that are inextricably intertwined with marking onesself — putting all within eyesight, on notice, about these extraordinary steps you are taking.
Why isn’t it a plain white cup? Maybe a little less white than most, to save on whatever bleaching compounds. That’s what protecting the environment would look like, right?
It doesn’t quite ascend to the level of “Huh?” that I saw when I completed my last move. The power company wanted to know if I preferred…”clean” power…”green” power…something. No, I didn’t get to tap into a whole different grid, like you might think, but I would have gotten a cool sticker to put in my window.
No, I don’t mean to single out my power company. It does very little wrong and a lot of stuff right. This thing I mean to highlight is all-encompassing — that’s the point I want to make — “saving the environment,” in 2008, is never, ever, ever a quiet thing. We’ve become accustomed to the idea that it’s a fashion statement. We don’t expect it to be anything else.
So many people jibber-jabbering about “the en-vye-row-ment,” and how concerned they are about it…nobody retiring to some distant swamp planet to make root stew and wait around for Luke Skywalker to come crashing down in an X-wing.
I’m out of sync here, once again. When I ride my bike to work, I change my clothes, comb my hair, stash the bike. Even people who work close to me don’t realize it’s a “bike day” until I change again and go home. Apparently, I’m doing it wrong.
I need to get with it. In our world, every effort to be ecologically conscious, is a demand for attention. That, or it’s coupled with one.
Gosh, you know — I just don’t think that’s what saving the environment looks like.
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