March 2009
8 posts
Daily Red Meat Raises Chances Of Dying Early →
Food Democracy →
Today’s Food section was my reading fare for the bus today. Also of interest was what to do with leftover wine.
Chang-rae Lee: "We Are Family" →
Recycle the Suburbs -- YES, PLEASE →
#2 from Time’s top ten ideas changing the world right now.
What if I lost my job?
I feel like I should start planning now.
I need a recipe for rice and beans and to make sure my rice cooker works on a voltage converter hooked to the cigarette lighter. Today I’ve been daydreaming about going up and down and left and right along the eastern seaboard, sleeping in parking lots, but I don’t think that’s as much fun in practice as it seems from a cubicle.
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The Bagpipe Who Didn't Say No
[A poem by Shel Silverstein, as read by my group last Sunday.]
It was nine o’clock at midnight at a quarter after three When a turtle met a bagpipe on the shore side by the sea, And the turtle said, “My dearie, May I sit with you? I’m weary.” And the bagpipe didn’t say no.
Said the turtle to the bagpipe, “I have walked this lonely shore, I have talked to...
US Becomes Largest Wind Power Producer in the... →
U.S.A., U.S.A.!
Seoul singer breaks world marathon singing record →