Atlanta June 9, Tara Theater

Not Sorry Enough.

In Bush's recent press conference with Tony Blair he (surprise, surprise) took a more apologetic stance on the war in Iraq.

(hushed whispers) 'Backpedal, backpedal, quick! Republicans are sinking and elections are coming.'

"And I think the biggest mistake that's happened so far, at least from our country's involvement in Iraq is Abu Ghraib. We've been paying for that for a long period of time."

Uh huh. Only sorry because he got caught.

Last two things to say:

1) That's the biggest?

2) Not Sorry Enough.

One of the perks of having a veggie car

You hear interesting stories from people who learn different things about other altermative fuels! Thanks to a (non-blogging) coworker, who turned me on to a provider that hooks you up with plans to make your own ethanol still.

Although.... I have to say I am more than a little put off by their "To Our Dear Fellow Patriots" (ack... excuse me... just vomiting in my mouth a little) intro line.

BUT! Back to the topic at hand. With the still and resultant ethanol, you could then theoretically make and run an 80/20 blend in your car.

AND (bonus)... YOU'D HAVE A STILL !!!

How can you not love that?

What I learned today...

They say you learn something new every day. I don't know how true that is, but I sure try!

Today I learned that you are supposed to recycle flourescent light bulbs because they contain mercury. AND... guess what? You can take them to one of my favorite places to do that - IKEA.

(Did everybody know about this already?!)

Local or organic? It's a false choice.

From an article by Samuel Fromartz:

...organic food accounts for just 2 percent of food sales -- 1 percent if you include eating out. Similarly, local foods, though important, total 1 to 2 percent. So arguing over local or organic is a bit like two people in a room of 100 fighting over who has the more righteous alternative to what the other 98 people are doing. It doesn't really matter, because the bigger issue is swaying the majority.

Read the rest of the article here.

At the most basic level, being informed and choosing with intent can make a difference. For help, check these tips at Locavores.

Affirmations of a moron.

There are a lot of titles that have various connotations, like "queen."

There's "queen" - as in, referring to the 5 guys on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy as "5 queens" (on the commercial, in contrast to Kathy Griffin's "and a joker").

Then there's "drama queen," we all know one of these...

I, sadly, am the TMI queen. Or, if you prefer, Verbal Diarrhea Queen.

And, btw, who the hell first spelled diar"RH"ea and put it forever in the dictionary with the fubar spelling?! Just a few short chapters before ras"P"berries. Oops. Um... Yeah. Case in point.

So, yeah, I have this (bad?) habit of spitting out WAAAAY more information than anyone really needs. It is my sad attempt to participate in some way in the conversation, unfortunately it is usually with totally inappropriate and unecessary content.

The mental dialogue usually goes something like this: "Uh oh, someone is actually TALKING. To ME. I don't have my witty, outgoing, ready to talk to people hat on right now (which is usually only ready if I am initiating the contact and have time to prep myself for human interaction).... What should I do????! ((((PANIC!!!!!)))) I know, I'll fill the space with spastic behavior and inappropriate information!"
And then:
"Oh no. Now everyone is awkwardly uncomfortable (including me, but I was to begin with)... Okaaay.... I am going to bow my head in embarassment and slink away now......"

Blech.

Yes. Just in case there may have been any final lingering doubt (or hope)... It's confirmed. I am a moron.

Free the grapes!

Here's where I give a flying blog

JB gives his blow-by-blow account of our aerial tour here.

Life's a beach

  

Aerial shot of Diamond Head & Waikiki

  

Flying over Molokai

  

Surreal world

The rather surreal view of Diamond Head and Waikiki from Tantalus Drive...   

They're baaa-aaack...

Yep, plane landed at aprx 6:45 am this morning. I am dam happy, relaxed and fulfilled. A bit groggish due to the big time wacko time difference (here, it is 6:30 pm; there it is half past midnight). 05/16 Tuesday morning after note: scratch that - reverse it. Here 9 am; there three in the morning. Yeah, work this morning was rough.

Tomorrow, back to the grind.

Today, savoring the afterglow euphoria of sand, sun, fun, and so many incredible memories of a lifetime.

Love life large.

Oh! Wahoo!!!! V-minus 1 day.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow....

V-minus 2 days

V-minus 4 days

More on why I hate being non-confrontational

OK, so there is a coworker I work with, very nice person. Person knows that I drink tea and, every so often comes by and says "what kind of tea do you have?" always to be shortly followed by "oh, that one that sounds good, can I have some?" I purchase and keep a wide variety of tea, in my desk drawer, for personal consumption.

Now, where I come from, you don't just come around asking if you can have something of someone's unless they offer, or, unless you are friends. It wouldn't bother me if we in any way had a reciprocal relationship, where every once in a while person had something that I liked and they shared it with me. But they don't. Or even if we were anything like real "friends" - ie. ever spent more than 2 minutes talking to each other, having lunch, or otherwise had something over and above the basic cordial work friendship. But we don't.

I mean, should I walk around to all my coworkers and be like "Hey, Joe, I noticed you keep a some M&M's in your drawer. Can I have some?" "Hi Susan! I see you like to keep a case of bottled water under your desk. Can I have one?" "Hey Richard, you still got that jar of peanuts I saw you eating on Monday?" "Maria, hi! That lotion you used yesterday smelled great! Where is it? Can I use some?"

Am I wrong here?

I thought about taking all my tea home and being like "Nope, no tea. Sorry", but then I'd be denying myself. And, I think I've been over what a terribly compulsively honest person I am, I just couldn't lie. It wouldn't work.

It's just a peeve. I am so petty. OK. I'm going to just get over it now.

Ish. Politicians

When a politician does something like this Republican idiot did, it reminds me why I refuse to align myself across the board with either party. Yeah, give me $100 and I'll shut up and go away about the drilling in ANWR.

And here I thought Democrat Cynthia McKinney took the idiocy cake.

I think I can


I think I can

The countdown begins.

V-minus 5 days.