March 2009
8 posts
Daily Red Meat Raises Chances Of Dying Early →
Mar 30th
Food Democracy →
Today’s Food section was my reading fare for the bus today. Also of interest was what to do with leftover wine.
Mar 25th
Chang-rae Lee: "We Are Family" →
Mar 17th
Recycle the Suburbs -- YES, PLEASE →
#2 from Time’s top ten ideas changing the world right now.
Mar 13th
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. ...
Mar 4th
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...
Mar 3rd
US Becomes Largest Wind Power Producer in the... →
U.S.A., U.S.A.!
Mar 2nd
Seoul singer breaks world marathon singing record →
Mar 1st