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The Price of Traffic in China: Scientific American Podcast

30 Aug

The Price of Traffic in China: Scientific American Podcast.

I heard about this from my boss and friend, and the first thing that comes to mind is, “Where the heck are these people going potty?”

The article brings up a lot of very important points, and it breaks my heart to realize that even as we wasteful Americans are putting the planet at risk with our ridiculous consumerism, imagine the damage that 1.6 BILLION people (and growing) is going to cause if they all start acting like Americans!

There are only 350 million people in the U.S., according to a very non-scientific memory.  That means that China has roughly 4.5 TIMES the people of the U.S.  Even if only a quarter of them use resources like the citizens of the U.S. do, the overall decline of environmental quality and depletion of natural resources doubles at least.

It kinda makes me sick to my stomach….

 
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Inappropriate things

28 Aug

I’m fighting these “inappropriate things” a lot recently.  I think maybe the final vestiges of the marriage collar have worn off.

And that’s kind of a story in and of itself, eh?

Some of you know, some of you don’t, that Joe and I have been married for six years now, but the last year has been spent in separation, and that’s not really going to change any time soon.  Like, at all.  We’re only holding off on filing for divorce until I get to a place where I can afford insurance and to pay my own taxes.  That doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a big deal when you’re budgeted almost to the hilt and then crazy things keep happening, like your two-year-old gets a brain tumor or these pesky kids decide that they really like eating or something… Read the rest of this entry »

 
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A explanation and a … rant?

28 Aug

So, I kinda got a little frustrated with the WordPress upgrade not happening for over a month, despite trying nearly every day.  I even did the “work-around” to get the upgrade folder to do it’s thing automatically, but that wasn’t so great, either.  Finally, I just blew it all away, and for whatever reason, Fantastico decided that I didn’t need the database either, even though I tried to tell it that I did.

Now what we’re left with is an import that I finally got to work from my LiveJournal account.  Holy crap, can you believe that I’ve been using LJ since January of 2005?  Yeah… I’m deleting a lot of stuff.  ”Pruning”, it’s called.

And now for the rant…

wait… not really.  I just realized that things that bother me are not things that can be discussed in public because they involve words that make some people blush.  Why would I shy away from things like that, you might ask?  No, I’m not mellowing in my old age.  I just like saving the ZING for the right moment.  ”Never let them see you coming!”

 
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Get “Reiki Your Leaves” from Lulu!

21 Jul

Basically, the fine folks at Lulu.Com decided to help everyone out a little.

If you purchase a copy of “Reiki Your Leaves” using the BEACHEREAD305 code at checkout, you get a 15% discount.

It’s a great time to pick it up!  Classes may very well be starting soon.  :-)

 
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The argument of allopathy versus energy work

18 Jun

The loudest argument against the efficacy of energy work as a whole is that it does not consistent and discernible results compared to more “scientific” disciplines.  To this I say, “Orly?”

Let’s be really fair about this.  I freely and openly admit that there are numerous well-designed scientific studies going on even as we speak, but they are far more rare than the modern media would lead us to believe.  Part of this has to do with the pressure of media outlets to report on something – anything, sometimes – in order to keep the news feeds populated.  Another part has to do with the pressure on academia and the scientific community to produce results, even if those results aren’t exactly complete.

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