Trying to take care of my little piece of the planet
A friend steered me to the following viral video below. As I watched it, the premise was no great shock, but the numbers were pretty staggering. Being the cynical sort, I decided to track down the source, so as to be able to get at their motivation. I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was…..
He’s [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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For starters, take the twelve question current events poll from Pew research just like 1000 randomly selected adults did a few weeks ago.
How’d you do?
Here are some highlights showing how the American electorate did:
- Of the 12 multiple-choice questions, Americans answered an average of 5.3 questions correctly.
- Just 32% know that the Senate passed [...]
Posted on January 29th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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So, as far as seeing the world as a happy place, it’s been a pretty crappy week all around. Of course, there’s Haiti, where the scope of the need is hard to comprehend. And there was the debacle in Massachusetts, which may well be the shot heard round the world with regard to healthcare reform. [...]
Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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If you’ve wandered around on this site at all, you’ve realized that collecting rainwater is an obsession with me. I rationalize that I only push it as far as it’s useful, collecting rainwater when I need it and letting it go back into the ground when I don’t. So our 5000 gallon cistern has an [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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In my self-assigned role as internet docent, I’m steering you to this opinion piece in the Washington Post.
Because it’s SO worth reading, I’m saving you the trouble and posting the entire comment here:
What Karl Rove Got Wrong on the U.S. Deficit
By David Axelrod
Friday, January 15, 2010
For its “Topic A” feature last Sunday, The Post invited [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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My wife and I are huge fans of Antiques Roadshow on PBS. Well, I’m a huge fan and she’s kind enough to put up with me. I’ve been a loyal follower for years, and was excited to find out that they were coming to Raleigh in 2009, since I had a couple of items I’d [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Don’t panic, Despite my earlier post on procuring venison, I haven’t gone over to the dark side just yet. But I admit that two recent events here in this bastion of liberal sensibilities that is my workplace, do have me shaking my head. Both have to do with the allocation of the scarcest of resources [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I don’t care who you are……this is funny.
Hey, I didn’t promise enlightenment…..
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Ah! What a classic movie from adolescence that was! But I digress before I even begin.
Last night we celebrated New Year’s Eve as we have for several years now, partaking of a marvelous tradition practiced in an equally wonderful little town in coastal North Carolina. On New Year’s Eve, local residents and visitors (such [...]
Posted on January 1st, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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