I have not kept up with this topic, and I doubt I will have the time to research it much, but here’s bottom line: I think that the planet is warming, but I don’t think humans are the primary cause; I think there are way too many processes we know way too little about to assume we are to blame. The temperature on Mars is rising and the Martian polar caps are shrinking; our presence there in the form of the rovers can hardly be the souce. Doesn’t it make sense to look to geologic and solar sources for the increase on our planet, as it seems to be on our red neighbor?
Author: Joe White
Thanks to Roy and Shelly for sharing these two:
And to Elizabeth for sharing her pics.
And here is a slideshow from the photographer, as well as all the pics she did.
Boing Boing: Boston police blow up traffic counter chained to lightpost:
Mark Frauenfelder:
Thanks to the Boston Police bomb squad, this is one traffic counter box that won’t get a chance to kill anyone. Link
Been meaning to put this one up for a long time, but just found the book while packing. It’s from page 23 of
Years ago, my mother had a little sign on her desk…. It read: “Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.”
That may be as close to Texas Etiquette as any of us will ever get.
Amen, Kinky.
After seeing this news item, and as a means to procrastinate my packing before the movers arrive, I decided to see what the inflation-adjusted price of a stamp was.
This is cost of mailing a one-ounce letter by First Class mail. I got the rates from a list compiled by Andrew Dart, and did the inflation adjustment using the CPI Calculator that the Minneapolis Branch of the Federal Reserve has up. The jagged line shows how inflation ‘ate away’ at the cost of the stamp before each increase.