Archive for November, 2009
White powder from the sky
No, we’re not talking about snow.
Seems a reader starting e-mailing me last week about finding “white droplets that turn into a powder” all over his car. The first time he noticed it was Tuesday (Nov. 17) and then again on Wednesday.
“It comes down in pellet form for about 15 minutes. I have lived here for [...]
Armageddon Outta Here
This buzz on 2012 being the next expiration date for the world got me to thinking of all the former doomsdays I’ve lived through.
(Note: I can’t take credit for “Armageddon Outta Here.” It’s a headline from the first “People’s Alamanac” from a chapter on past end-of-the-world movements.)
Being a child of the Cold War, I pretty [...]
The four stages…
So I’m on vacation but due to circumstances I’m not going anywhere.
This is OK. There wasn’t anyplace I was planning to go to begin with (well, with the exception of the Cabela’s store up in Idaho, but that can wait) and I have things to do.
These “things” are two painful major projects. For the several dozen or fewer [...]
New Yorkers, good. Dog owners, bad.
Well, here’s some surprising news on the ecological front.
Where is the greenest city in the United States? (“Green” as in ecologically friendly, not in terms of foilage.)
The answer (read about it here) might surprise you. As argued by author David Owen, New York City of all places can brag that its inhabitants consume far less [...]
