how to live on a planet

Could you imagine a world without Human Beings?

This is what happens when I get laid low by a cold and start to read the stuff that I get in the mail!:) There is an excellent book and video on this subject, and the consensus is that the...

The Earth Day Alternative

I wrote this op-ed for the Atlanta Journal Constitution for Earth Day 2002. The message applies equally today. NPThe Earth is Mankind's GardenIf the welfare of human life was the standard by which we...

Capitalism And Global Warming

The two are not compatible at all. Capitalists think going green has no money. The way to green is to reverse the trend of polluting the environment. More capitalism, more CO2 emmissions, and the...

Red for Valentine’s Day: Red Velvet Cake

If you have never heard of red velvet cake you probably live on another planet, or something. At the very least you have never watched Steel Magnolias. Red Velvet cake is a southern thing, I think,...

Maddie 129

I’m sure that if you live in this planet, you know about the little girl Madeline McCann that disappeared in Portugal six month ago on May 3rd, 2007. Maddie and the twins were home alone, while the...

Paris Wants a Baby - And Soon!

Does Paris Hilton live on another planet? Does she realize she wouldn’t be able to party for at LEAST 10 months if she got pregnant? Oh, who are we kidding, I don’t think she ever...

The Energy Return on Time

While writing the recent piece on home heating, I was surprised to calculate many different numbers for the energy return on firewood. Though the outputs were only slightly different in quantity of...

Interview: Xavier Rudd

So I was set up with what they call a "phoner" in the publicity business with Xavier Rudd for Thursday June 28th. His Canadian publicist emailed me and said to phone "this number"...

Today in Joystiq: April 2, 2007

Filed under: Nintendo Wii We've covered Mii Lebowski before, but this picture is new and the Mii integration is clever (image source). Check out the highlights for today:JoystiqueryDisney's Meet the...

How To Save The World

Here?s the deal: We live on a planet that is over populated, polluted, and under-cared for. There?s the threat of global warming (which seems to be taking place already) and running out of fossil...