The bottled water in the hotel room I just stayed in was from Norway.  Seriously, to see what is wrong with our society and the way we waste our resources you have to look no farther than something as simple as that ( Read more... )

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Oi, these people are CRAZY!

Stocks plunged yesterday, if you have not been watching the news. We as a country lost TONS of money. Or rather, more accurately, corporations lost tons of money ( Read more... )

I ventured into the world of plants last year by getting myself a cactus, for several different reasons which I won't go into.  I have learned a lot since day 1, such as the fact that cacti need sunlight for nutrients, and without adequate sunlight they will grow etoliated and thin.  Water deprivation causes the flesh of the cactus to shrink.  I  ( Read more... )

Every morning, I sit down at work in the wee hours, drink a cup of coffee and read the news on the internet (I don't watch TV, and you have to keep up with world news somehow).  The last week or two, the government has been bailing companies out of financial trouble.  The last company, AIG, was an insurance behemoth.  The couple of companies before ( Read more... )

I found some old photos from 2006 that brought a smile, and I wanted to share:

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It is after 6am, and I am still drunk.  How the hell did that happen?!?

Hard alcohol is bad!  That my friends is why I usually stick to beer!

Just in case any of you have not seen this video, check it out here.

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And here are some lyrics that are particularly relevant for me from the last half of the song.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the ( Read more... )