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Science without humanity,
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Politics without principles,
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Worship without self-sacrifice."
--Gandhi
"We have not inherited the world from our forfathers -
We have borrowed it from our children."
--Kashmiri, proverb
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So listen�did you happen to watch Six Feet Under Sunday night? If not, I don�t want to ruin it for you, but I just gotta say:
Sweet, holy Jesus, Batman!
That was some scary shit.
But if they make David a crack-head now I will just get really irritated. I don�t want this show to turn down the �What horrible thing can we do to our characters now?� path that so many good shows have gone down before it. St. Elsewhere, with it�s wife-dieing, prison-anal-raping, surgeon-punching-the-wall-and-losing-use-of-his-hands storylines; E.R. with it�s suicidal, child-stealing, lawsuit-filing, stabbing-in-the-exam-room, brain-tumor-getting excesses; and so many others. Six feet Under is getting to be a bit too overly-weird and depressing rather than just quirky and surreal.
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My �friends� the Satellite Dogs now have a web page.
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Email Eavesdrop:
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:21 AM
To: Karen
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Good to hear from you. Thought I was gonna have to send out the search and rescue dogs.
I will go to the auction in October, so I'll let you know when it is. It's basically just fun but it is nice to have a little $ in case you run into something you want. On the other hand, if you have money, you're more likely to spend it on something you think is a great deal and then you go....... what the heck am I going to do with this now? That's how I got those dishes. Oh well, Arnett just loves the little cast iron skillets I got him. And I love my marshmellow tin.
I was wondering if you were walking that far again this week. That's great! I guess you have to keep it up or you will be in trouble come October. I guess I'll come walk with you sometime after then so that you won't need to go so far. A nice walk and breakfast some day. Is your company going to donate big again this year?
Have a good one.
b
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:51 AM
To: Barbara
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Yeah, I'll be doing the 12 mile walk the next two Saturdays. Then I'm going to play it by ear. I am finding a new route that includes more hills (I'm gonna do that walk each Tuesday going forward) so I may decide to incorporate that walk on some weekends, too. I dunno. I will need to add on some miles after a couple of weeks, though, and in September I am going to do long ones on both Saturday and Sunday.
This thing is a lot of work and I'd better get enough money in donations so I can do it, boy howdy! I haven't heard anything from the owners as far as another large donation, so keep your fingers crossed. A few people here at work have donated, which is very cool.
The good thing is, I should be in better shape to handle it this year. I'm being better about my training, that's for sure. I knew leading the walks would help in in that way - when I know others are depending on me, it's easier to be more disciplined. :) . . .
It is time-consuming and that may start to bother me even more now that I have to be so diligent about my weekend walks. Sure, John and I walk when we're together, but we usually only walk five miles. I need to do more than that now and I don't see John doing it with me since he doesn't have to. Anyway, so my walks will obviously cut down on my John-time. It turned out well last Saturday, though, because John got to just go back to sleep after I left and by the time I got home he was up and had taken a shower.
Do you know what I did Monday night? I had a calzone - with sausage in it! I completely forgot that I gave up red meat!!!!
Now I know how Catholics feel when they accidentally have meat on Fridays.
Regards,
Karen
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From the Weekly Grist:
REFINER-EASE
EPA Goes Easy on Oil Refineries
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is running an investigatory series (remember investigatory journalism?) on the EPA and its relationship to the nation's 145 oil refineries. During the Bush administration, there's been a precipitous drop in clean-air enforcement actions against refineries, which are some of the nation's top polluters. They spew a lethal cocktail of chemicals with disastrous respiratory and cardiovascular consequences, often in predominately poor areas.
Under the guise of taking a less "adversarial" approach, the EPA has reduced the number of enforcement personnel, and comprehensive clean-air inspections are down 52 percent since 2001. So-called "fugitive" emissions -- resulting from leaks, equipment breakdowns, or accidents -- are virtually unregulated and have been increasing steadily at the few refineries that have been tested. In many cases, refineries self-report their emissions, with reams of data that understaffed agencies rarely have time to analyze. It's a grim but important set of stories -- read them.
straight to the source: Star-Telegram, Jeff Claassen, Scott Streater, and Seth Borenstein, 18 Jul 2004
straight to the source: Star-Telegram, Jeff Claassen, 18 Jul 2004
straight to the source: Star-Telegram, Scott Streater and Jeff Claassen, 19 Jul 2004
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COOL LIKE THAT
Umbra Kicks Off Keeping-Cool Series
Over the next fortnight (don't you love the word "fortnight"?), our inimitable research guru Umbra will be tackling a subject that's on many folks' minds these hot, sweaty, drought-y, global-warmed days: staying cool. This week, she tackles the biggie: Is there some alternative to money- and energy-sucking air conditioners? Can you stay cool and still be eco-cool? (Hint: yes.) Find out how this week in Ask Umbra -- only on the Grist Magazine website.
only in Grist: The first of a four-part series on staying cool -- in Ask Umbra
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Word of the Day for Wednesday July 21, 2004
draconian dray-KOHN-ee-uhn; druh-, adjective:
1. Pertaining to Draco, a lawgiver of Athens, 621 B.C.
2. Excessively harsh; severe.
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