Not What She Intended

Last night I started reading Frances Moore Lappe's classic Diet for a Small Planet. The seminal work in socially responsible eating, Lappe catalogues the impact of our food choice on the planet and our fellow inhabitants. Written nearly a decade before I was born, I had to laugh as I read the introduction where she describes how she began writing the book by repeatedly using the phrase, "I followed my nose..." Having growing up in the next generation, this phrase immediately evokes images of Toucan Sam from the fruit loops commericals. Not the imagery she intended...

Too True.

WTF?

Remember Joe the Plumber? This guy in case you forgot:

Well, now this flaming moron is going to Gaza to be a reporter for pjtv.com. Holy Shit! Jesus Christ! I think my head is about to explode. This is too funny. Protected by God. HAHAHHAHAHAAHA!

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Burger at 1600

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Clean Coal?

Shortly before the end of the year the Tenesse Valley Athority had a little accident. The picture above is from the TVA (Via Bay & Environment Blog). This house was deluged when a retention pond for coal ash burst, spilling an estimated 1 billion gallons of sludge, a years’ worth of waste from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s adjacent coal-burning power plant, over an area of 300 acres. Coal ash contains fun stuff like, arsenic, cadmium and mercury. This is stuff we don't want in the air (hence the sludge pool) but it is less regulated that house hold trash. I have been surprised by how little coverage this has gotten since it the biggest toxic spill our country has so far experienced. Clean coal anyone?

The Growth of Wal-Mart

My friend, who is a cartographer of sorts, sent me a link to this website that plots the growth of Wal-Mart by store location over time across America. Talk about two Americas.

The Dangers of Skiing

Well, this seemed like a good first post for 2009. A skier in Vail, Co, fell out of the chair lift. Fortunately, his pants got caught and prevented him from falling to the ground. Unfortunately, he was suspended half-naked from the chair for fifteen minutes before he was rescued. Talk about shrinkage. There are more pictures here.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone. I'll be posting regularly again next week.