I'm well overdue for eschatology links. Here's a doozy:

Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a 'world-killing' event

I recently borrowed a book called, Apocalypse Chow: How to Eat Well When the Power Goes Out by Jon Robertson with Robin Robertson.

I was unimpressed. Why? Because what I was expecting and hoping for was a book of recipes that didn't rely entirely on someone having access to a source of heat potent enough to cook food. Every single recipe in here ( Read more... )

The original link to what follows was posted a few days ago. It seems that a couple of people on my friends list can't see everything on the site, even though I can go to the original link and still see everything ( Read more... )

My dad was more than a little bit of a nutbar, so I come by it honestly. He was a new-age, born-again Christian, who was obsessed with UFOs. He had no internal filter and had little sense of what was appropriate to say to young children and what should be left for when they're a little older and less freaked out ( Read more... )

I am pmsing PROFUSELY today. Out of effing NOWHERE. Like, primal scream, shave my head, vitriol-spewing volcanic eruptivity, and I don't know how to channel the anger and frustration that I am currently experiencing ( Read more... )

I need that Bob the Builder icon for this post.

Also in New Scientist: How to survive the coming century

A theory of what the earth will look like if the overall temperature rises 4C

And an article about James Lovelock of the Gaia Theory from the Guardian: Enjoy life while you can"There have been seven disasters since humans came on the earth ( Read more... )

Forecast for 2009 from James Howard Kunstler ( Read more... )

There's a ridiculously worded act that will soon take effect in the States that will put out of business anyone in the US who makes and sells goods for children: toys, clothing, DIAPERS, jewelry, soap, etc ( Read more... )

Aw, fuckitall... I just discovered that Nestle owns Green & Blacks. Fuck fuck fuck. Guess it's down to Cocoa Camino and ChocoSol for me now ( Read more... )

last night was worse than yesterday morning. Way way way worse. I spent the middle part of the day travelling all around town, taking A to his 9-month check-up, then visiting my soon-to-be-former place of employment, then to Diaper-eez for to pick up $200 worth of snap-on diapers for 'the boy who would not stop moving', then to haul ass back to ( Read more... )