Two of the worst ideas anyone has ever had:
1. Putting little plastic scoops into detergents
and
2. Cars that honk when you lock them.
But the AWARD WINNING worst idea anyone has ever, ever had?
LEAF BLOWERS. Why quietly burn calories using a rake when you can make more noise than a jet plane, pollute the air and avoid burning off those burgers and fries?
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Finding money
I find money all the time. I walk a lot, and perhaps it is that I am looking down while doing so. But there is often a twist when I find these coins, as noted in my previous blog.
One time, I was walking with a friend who is a scientist with no interest or imagination about anything out of the earthly, scientifically proven realm. I was telling her how I always find money, and she was probably thinking - big deal. I might have even ventured to tell her how I sometimes consider these findings small messages from somewhere else, a thought she certainly would have pooh-poohed. At that moment I looked down, and there was a coin.
Now before I get to the end of my story, I must note that this friend is the only person I know who vacations regularly in Aruba; she is a big windsurfer.
Anyway, I saw the coin, said, "See?" I picked up the coin and looked at it, and it said ARUBA. It was a coin from ARUBA! I did not even know Aruba HAD coins. We were walking in a small New England town, far, far from Aruba. I laughed with delight and handed it to her saying, "I think this is for you." I thought it was fantastic, but I do believe my friend was unmoved.
One time, I was walking with a friend who is a scientist with no interest or imagination about anything out of the earthly, scientifically proven realm. I was telling her how I always find money, and she was probably thinking - big deal. I might have even ventured to tell her how I sometimes consider these findings small messages from somewhere else, a thought she certainly would have pooh-poohed. At that moment I looked down, and there was a coin.
Now before I get to the end of my story, I must note that this friend is the only person I know who vacations regularly in Aruba; she is a big windsurfer.
Anyway, I saw the coin, said, "See?" I picked up the coin and looked at it, and it said ARUBA. It was a coin from ARUBA! I did not even know Aruba HAD coins. We were walking in a small New England town, far, far from Aruba. I laughed with delight and handed it to her saying, "I think this is for you." I thought it was fantastic, but I do believe my friend was unmoved.
Grace notes from other dimensions
When our darling granddaughter was forming in her mother's womb, Toothsome made a cradle for her. His idea was to put a 2011 penny at the bottom of one of the feet inside the rocker. It was my mission to find that penny. I looked through all ours at home - nothing. I went to the bank and asked, and to my surprise they had none. We gave up on it.
This week we are visiting little Edie Bee McCheek who is now almost five months old. We were giving her sleep deprived parents a little break. On morning, we put Ms. McCheek in the front pack and went for a long walk on Capital Hill. She alternately fussed, slept and looked around. At one point while she was fussing, I was commiserating with her, acknowledging how hard it must feel to be away from her spirit body and in this tight fitting, constrained human form which was not yet able to use many muscles. I tried to comfort her, gently telling her that she would get used to it and it would get easier. Then I looked down on the sidewalk in front of me and a shiny penny caught my eye. "Toothsome, look!" I exclaimed. He picked it up - a 2011 penny!
This week we are visiting little Edie Bee McCheek who is now almost five months old. We were giving her sleep deprived parents a little break. On morning, we put Ms. McCheek in the front pack and went for a long walk on Capital Hill. She alternately fussed, slept and looked around. At one point while she was fussing, I was commiserating with her, acknowledging how hard it must feel to be away from her spirit body and in this tight fitting, constrained human form which was not yet able to use many muscles. I tried to comfort her, gently telling her that she would get used to it and it would get easier. Then I looked down on the sidewalk in front of me and a shiny penny caught my eye. "Toothsome, look!" I exclaimed. He picked it up - a 2011 penny!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
More plastic
Okay, so this news took a little while to reach the east coast; all my California family seems to be very aware of this situation since LA is where Charles Moore lives and works. It was thanks to Diane Rehm I learned about Moore and his new book PLASTIC OCEAN which led me to this several-year-old TED talk. It is worth watching, and as we can see, a picture is worth a thousand words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAShtolieg
And here is the link to Diane's show: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-11-01/environmental-outlook-plastic-pollution-oceans
Let me know your ideas for attempting to eliminate plastic from your life and the lives of all those poor sea creatures.
Good-bye Plastic
I read recently Captain Charles Moore's book PLASTIC OCEAN. Now, I have never been a fan of plastic, but I had eliminated it from my life mainly in terms of its contact with my food. After reading Moore's book, my awareness is at a whole new level, and eliminating plastic in every way possible is my new battle cry. Once I learned about plastic garbage filling our oceans, about innocent birds feeding plastic bottle caps to their babies, about sea mammals dying with a quarter mile of plastic bags in their guts, I saw the horror of participating in the plastic industry in any way.
So, resolution: Eliminate plastic in every way possible. This means, for one thing, writing to companies to express my concern (for example, Oxy-clean heard from me today. Why all those plastic scoops? Just say, "Add 1/4 cup to a gallon of water." They are not even recyclable! And even if they were, I still don't want them, because plastic never goes away.) I am looking for wooden toothbrushes, will use baking soda to brush my teeth (our excellent dentist friend says that is all you need.) I will try baking soda as deodorant. I will buy only soaps wrapped in paper, I have ordered a case of Seventh Generation toilet paper wrapped only in paper, I will buy only powdered laundry detergent - which I do now, but even Seventh Generation has those damn scoops in there. NOT NECESSARY, PEOPLE! What makes you think consumers want those things in every box? We do not want them! We do not need them! A metal measuring cup designated for the laundry room works just fine!
Anyway, my friends, you get the point. Please read Captain Moore's book. Then go look at Beth Terry's web site: http://myplasticfreelife.com/ and let's help this anti-plastic movement explode.
So, resolution: Eliminate plastic in every way possible. This means, for one thing, writing to companies to express my concern (for example, Oxy-clean heard from me today. Why all those plastic scoops? Just say, "Add 1/4 cup to a gallon of water." They are not even recyclable! And even if they were, I still don't want them, because plastic never goes away.) I am looking for wooden toothbrushes, will use baking soda to brush my teeth (our excellent dentist friend says that is all you need.) I will try baking soda as deodorant. I will buy only soaps wrapped in paper, I have ordered a case of Seventh Generation toilet paper wrapped only in paper, I will buy only powdered laundry detergent - which I do now, but even Seventh Generation has those damn scoops in there. NOT NECESSARY, PEOPLE! What makes you think consumers want those things in every box? We do not want them! We do not need them! A metal measuring cup designated for the laundry room works just fine!
Anyway, my friends, you get the point. Please read Captain Moore's book. Then go look at Beth Terry's web site: http://myplasticfreelife.com/ and let's help this anti-plastic movement explode.
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