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Just like riding a bike ~ Caine Powell in the TV series, Castle

waltwang08 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:26:19 +0000

Yes, and I would like some Chinese take out. And Spam ~ Monty Python’s Flying Circus

waltwang08 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:25:50 +0000

Post-consumer recycled take-out packaging; energy-efficient appliances; low-flow water spray valves in kitchen; food that’s local, organic, hand-made, hormone free. These are just a few of the ways treehugger.com describes Brooklyn’s Michael & Pings Modern Chinese Take-Out. The menu looks delicious. They’re at 437 Third Ave., phone #718-788-0017. Lettuce know if the food’s as good as it looks.

Photo: urbanblitz via flickr

Ah, among the white men, we wash it off ~ Tom Jeffords in the film, Broken Arrow

waltwang08 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:05:55 +0000

White hand, originally uploaded by Teemu R

Painting black roofs white can deflect 70 percentmore sun, keeping interiors cooler, reducing the urban heat island effect, and curbing global warming. Details at good.is.

World Markets Tremble As Monster Debt Deadline Looms

waltwang08 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:51:43 +0000

Odd how the world doesn’t tremble quite as much when climate, energy, population, and other environmentally-focused deadlines loom (scroll down to last week’s post and see how uncomfortably close some of these deadlines appear to be):

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future ~ Marya Mannes

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:01:36 +0000

Since March, Mother Nature has been unusually vocal on the subject of who runs the planet. Scroll for evidence (i.e., Heat, Drought, Dust, Flood, Earthquake/Tsunami, Tornado, Volcano):

U.S. Heat Wave, Summer 2011

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:51:13 +0000

Oklahoma Drought, Spring/Summer 2011

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:44:18 +0000

OKLAHOMA DROUGHT, originally uploaded by photoguy1970.

Texas Drought, Spring/Summer 2011

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:43:46 +0000

Blanco River, originally uploaded by ejmc.

Phoenix, Dust Storm July, 2011

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:41:27 +0000

storm, originally uploaded by daniel_bryant.

North Dakota Flood, June 2011

waltwang08 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:38:58 +0000

USACE tours flooded areas in Burlington, N.D, originally uploaded by USACEpublicaffairs.