Greg the profile hound!

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First, a left-wing article that I think really cuts to the chase: people in America, even people who generally agree that global-warming is real and needs to be changed aren't likely going to seriously make an effort to do anything about it.

What Al Gore Hasn't Told You About Global Warming
By David Morris
AlterNet.org

Tuesday 09 January 2007

( Behind an LJ cut, but worth the click. )

Circa 5th or 6th grade. :o)

First... a public service announcement of sorts. I'd encourage you [this is pretty much just for Lenore, I think, as you're not on Frankie's friends list] to check out RyeBlume's entry on how you can help the displaced citizens of the gulf coast region, especially in the City of New Orleans. Just swing on over to my friends page as my computer ( Read more... )

( California gets something right in the realm of Gay Rights.... )

So, my renewed substitute-teaching credential just came in the mail today... 2 weeks or so earlier than expected, which is nice. :o ( Read more... )

Interesting article... relevant to my own situation.

Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery's Gaps in Family Trees

( Makes one wonder, though, to what end 'gap-filling' using DNA could be and will be used.... )

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I think I mentioned the bugs in the basement phenomenon I've been having to deal with lately. Last night our local "hellmouth" apparently decided it was time to release all of the denizens of the underworld in some sort of basement apocalypse, as two centipede-spiders (I'm not sure of their actual name... they leave a large mess when squished), ( Read more... )