This headline because it makes me think, “But fish don’t even have toes!”
The fight between Meghan McCain and Laura Ingraham. Really? You broke out the “She’s fat?” That’s all you’ve got? Brilliant! I won’t even get into how it looks for women, because the article does it quite well.
This conversation:
“It adds a certain je ne sais quois.”
“It looks like Minnie Pearl!”
A Wikihow entry called "How to Make a Cat Bed from an Old Sweater" was linked to on my google home page today. I present to you another way, which can be accomplished in two steps.
Take sweater out of closet/drawer/whatever.
Throw sweater on floor.
Note: This works even better if you pretend that you might want to wear the sweater again.
So, the Raleigh City Council is going to vote on mandatory water restrictions. Note that these are not so much "restrictions" as "conservation guidelines". However, from the comments on this article, it seems that people are completely against conservation. (Seriously, read the comments. People scare me.)
Things you can learn in the comments:
If Falls Lake is full and we don't use as much water as we can, the excess water is just dumped into the ocean.
We are not running out of water.
But if we are running out of water, we should build more reservoirs.
The city should stop growth so that those of us already here can have water.
If you don't like it, move.
We can just build a 8' diameter tunnel 100' down into the bedrock and pump water from the ocean to here, and we can build a desalination plant to treat it.
Saudi Arabia has desalination plants.
Responses:
There's this thing called the water cycle. The water is supposed to go into the ocean. We aren't dumping it like waste.
Not total amount, but available, potable, yes.
Reservoirs don't make water, just store it.
The city does need to control growth better. Impact fees!
Neener-neener
Seriously? I don't think an 8' pipe will be large enough (massive head loss over 130 miles). Also, a tunnel 100' deep? Really? Should be easy, especially near the coast, what with the water table being way above that.
Saudi Arabia also has money.
The town I live in has a very successful water conservation program. As far as grass goes, it's best not to water it every day. In fact, a good soaking once a week is better than watering every day. As an added bonus, the grass will be somewhat drought-resistant.
So, things are going. I did make my bed this morning, so that's a good sign. (Actually, I made it before going to bed last night, which is normal for me, but maybe not an actual "good sign".)
And I read this yesterday, which helps remind me that people are basically good. (Side note: I love Dennis Rogers's columns. I think I would enjoy having lunch with him on occasion.)
So, remember when I wrote about curling? Look! Curling here, in the Triangle! I should have guessed- we do have a decent number of Canadians. I tend to forget this. Because, well, no one's ever said, "The Canadians? Such rabble-rousers!"
I want to move into this house. Can't quite afford it on my own. Who wants to live with me? And the boys?
If I ever get Ri a dog, this is the kind I'm getting him.
Y'all, Mandy is currently in Peru, working at a community center tutoring underprivileged kids. The center was held up at gunpoint on Friday. The entire story is here. Do help if you can.
So, I'm trying this flickr thing for my photos, seeing if I like it better than Typepad's photo albums. Here are a few pictures from the Bentonville reenactment. Thoughts?
