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Renewable Energy Impacts on the Grid
People have been sharing this article on the "virtues" of wind and solar knocking coal and natural gas units off the grid, so I thought I'd chime in ( Read more... ) -
Copied (with permission) from KyleCassidy's LJ: These People Shot a Freaking Rocket to Pluto
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Originally posted by xtingu at Copied (with permission) from KyleCassidy's LJ: These People Shot a Freaking Rocket to Pluto
I DID NOT WRITE THIS. KYLE DID. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS COOL SO I REPOSTED IT. --Jill
Originally posted by kylecassidy at These People Shot a Freaking Rocket to Pluto
Scientists, engineers, rock stars ( Read more... ) -
Soup!
Ok, I'm kind of on a soup kick right now. Which is mainly to say, I'm on a "consuming" soup kick, and not a "making & consuming" soup kick.
I'd like that to change!
Who's got soup recipes for me? Preferably stuff I can freeze or can the extras of? Non-meat preferred, but not required... -
Snow on MLK Day Weekend
How many times have I been driving into or out of Pittsburgh on MLK Day Weekend and had some sort of ballistic snowstorm occur? I know it happened at least 2 or 3 times in college - CMU would just be starting up for the Spring semester and I'd roadtrip out from DelaWHERE, usually with a few compatriots ( Read more... ) -
Baltimore Bars and Restaurants
I like to compile lists of bars for different cities, but I haven't posted many of them. I stole this from Facebook so I can find it later...
( baltimore to-eat and to-drink list ) -
Sleep
Saturday & Monday nights were the best nights of sleep I've had in a long time. Last night especially. It doesn't help that I haven't been in my own bed most of the other nights, sometimes on couches, other times in guest bedrooms or camping. Still, last night I slept like a rock. I think I was asleep before I hit the pillow ( Read more... ) -
The Importance of Growth and Space
My friend Kate Monster posted this blurb from an Aussie book called "The Way Out Now":
Our revolutionary duty includes the creation within the movement of a social and personal reality that allows us to grow as whole people, capable of responding to each others needs and to the needs of people beyond the movement, with compassion and trust. This ( Read more... ) -
People want to work
"We gotta all git together an' find out some way ta build this country up. Make all of this here dust quit blowin'. We gotta find a job an' put ever' single livin' one of us ta work. Better houses 'stead of these here little old sickly shacks. Better carbon-black plants. Better oil refineries. Gotta build up more big oil fields. Pipe lines ( Read more... ) -
Boston
My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been injured, and the families of those injured and killed in Boston ( Read more... ) -
Quote of the Day
"Pull out Digger, the dogs are pissing on your swag." - Gareth Evans to Bob Hawke, 1991