Make way for dinosaur overlords
We saw "An Inconvenient Truth" yesterday, because sometimes, as a member of the choir, it's nice to be preached to. Does Al Gore make a convincing argument that our greenhouse gas emissions are heating Earth faster than a Swanson's salsbury steak dinner? You bet. Just peel back foil over tater tots. The most striking statistic he cites is that, out of a random sample of over 900 peer-reviewed science journals, the number that express doubt that human activity is contributing to global warming is ... zero. And the number of articles in the popular press that express doubt about human activity contributing to global warming? 52%.
While I appreciate media's obligation to present multiple sides of the issues covered, there seems to be a basic truth that's getting lost in their approach to their coverage of global warming. And that truth is, we're readying this planet not for future human habitation, but for the rise of neotriceratops. Raaarrrrr!!!!
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Been a pleasant weekend so far. Bought new cargo pants. I think cargo pants make me as happy as orange shirts. I've futzed with bags and pouches of various kinds, but cargo pants are the most convenient way I've found to carry insulin-loaded syringes. They're the most commando one can feel while still wearing underwear.
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I've been reading all sorts of great stuff lately -- probably fodder for a future entry -- but what's particularly delightful is the stuff coming in email these past couple days. I'm working on a fun little short-short collaboration with a couple of friends (don't mean to be coy, but I haven't asked if they want to talk about it publicly yet, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind, but since I don't know for sure, coyness), and one of them has emailed three of them so far, and they're neat and fun and it's just a really neat thing to get little stories from favorite writers in my in-box.
So, today, I have to write at least one short-short, and since I really enjoy short-shorts, I'm looking forward to sitting down with a big-ass mug of coffee and doing some work.
Hope yuzall's weekends are going nicely.
While I appreciate media's obligation to present multiple sides of the issues covered, there seems to be a basic truth that's getting lost in their approach to their coverage of global warming. And that truth is, we're readying this planet not for future human habitation, but for the rise of neotriceratops. Raaarrrrr!!!!
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Been a pleasant weekend so far. Bought new cargo pants. I think cargo pants make me as happy as orange shirts. I've futzed with bags and pouches of various kinds, but cargo pants are the most convenient way I've found to carry insulin-loaded syringes. They're the most commando one can feel while still wearing underwear.
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I've been reading all sorts of great stuff lately -- probably fodder for a future entry -- but what's particularly delightful is the stuff coming in email these past couple days. I'm working on a fun little short-short collaboration with a couple of friends (don't mean to be coy, but I haven't asked if they want to talk about it publicly yet, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind, but since I don't know for sure, coyness), and one of them has emailed three of them so far, and they're neat and fun and it's just a really neat thing to get little stories from favorite writers in my in-box.
So, today, I have to write at least one short-short, and since I really enjoy short-shorts, I'm looking forward to sitting down with a big-ass mug of coffee and doing some work.
Hope yuzall's weekends are going nicely.
3 Comments:
Who likes short-shorts?
Greg likes short-shorts!
By Anonymous, at Mon Jun 26, 10:15:00 AM MST
There's no way I could possibly hope to beat that last comment.
While I appreciate media's obligation to present multiple sides of the issues covered, there seems to be a basic truth that's getting lost in their approach to their coverage of global warming.
Yeah. For the record, this is also how the "debates" about evolution and the Big Bang are also working out.
By Jackie M., at Mon Jun 26, 08:44:00 PM MST
I don't really have the legs for short-shorts.
By Greg van Eekhout, at Tue Jun 27, 11:09:00 AM MST
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