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Skeptical Scientists Urge World To ‘Have the Courage to Do Nothing' At UN Conference
Skeptical Scientists Urge World To ‘Have the Courage to Do Nothing' At UN Conference
BALI, Indonesia - An international team of scientists skeptical of man-made climate fears promoted by the UN and former Vice President Al Gore, descended on Bali this week to urge the world to "have the courage to do nothing" in response to UN demands.
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a minor obzervation
I'm reading the book Future Shock by the 70's sociologists and futurists Alvin Toffler (for whom I was named) and his wife Heidi Toffler. They predict that in the future (as viewed from 1970!) people will have more residential mobility, fewer "roots" to local communities, and less-committed social relationships as a consequence of geographic ( Read more... ) -
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my dog Loquat is awesome. I hope I'm not spoiling him. -
an admission of deficiency.
Until recently, I couldn't tell NOFX from No Doubt.
My next hurdle is learning to differentiate among Laurence Silberman, Lawrence Lessig, and Laurence Tribe. This one will be tough. -
whoa, what's all this?
I've just eaten an awe-tastic meal of my grandmother's spicy black goat soup. As it's the first time we've had dinner in the new house, the traditional ingredients were hardly to be seen, yet she managed to create deliciousness. Ah yes, the new house. We got the keys on Wednesday, moving in that night. We've still not furnished the place, really; ( Read more... ) -
An interesting phone call.
They're not even trying very hard, now! Today at work, I answered the phone ("You've reached Blinds Unlimited, this is Alvin speaking, how may I help you?") and spoke to a man who, in thickly-accented broken english, wanted to order fifty identical windowblinds to be sent to San Diego using a shipping company he himself owned. Calling his contact ( Read more... ) -
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Tonight, I will try to stay up all night and go to work on Thursday morning on time. It's 3 AM now, and I am getting tired. Eh.
Today was house inspection day. I got to lay eyes on my future residence for the second time. I still love the paint.
power trip yoga - helena echlin
gigantic bigu-maku burger - calorielab.comc.f. the mcdonald's-alaska " ( Read more... ) -
apartment-hunting
mom and i are going to have to leave our apartment. oh boy. i hate moving.