Deuce Gardens

Everyone,

As most of you already know, I'm starting a garden. We're calling it "Deuce Gardens", and if you don't know why, ask me sometime. We've got about a 22'x22' area, and should have plenty of vegetables for everyone who is willing to help out.

We will be working on fertilizing and fencing this weekend, probably on Sunday. If you're interested, post a reply so that I can know how many people will be helping.

thanks,

Sir Knabe
cell: 317-5007

Read More...

Summary only...

A Little Light Music

U.S., E.U. push phaseout of incandescent bulbs, U.K. gets serious about carbon

From the Daily Grist Wednesday, 14 Mar 2007:The world is seeing the energy-efficient light: a U.S. coalition including Philips Lighting and the Natural Resources Defense Council will push to phase out incandescent bulbs by 2016. And following the lead of Australia and California, European Union leaders have proposed ditching the bulbs even sooner, a plan that could reduce E.U. carbon emissions up to 25 million tons a year. E.U. President Angela Merkel, who uses energy-saving bulbs at home, offered her pitch: they're "not quite bright enough, so sometimes when I'm looking for something that's dropped on the carpet I have a bit of a problem." Uh ... moving on. Yesterday, the British government proposed first-of-its-kind legislation to reduce the nation's CO2 emissions 60 percent by 2050 with a series of five-year "carbon budgets." While some wish the target were more ambitious, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared the bill -- which could become law by early next year -- a "revolutionary step" that "sets an example to the rest of the world."


straight to the source: The New York Times, Matthew L. Wald, 14 Mar 2007

Read More...

Summary only...

Movies on the Grass Fall 2007

Narrator: Weren't the streetcars making money?
Barney Larrick: Not after I got done chopping heads off, they weren't making money. Reduce service, make it less attractive to the customer, sell off property and holdings, take the money out, raise fares, suck the company dry, pull the company down. That's what we did.
-"Taken for a Ride (1996).
This documentary sounds very similar to "Who Killed the Electric Car", except its "who killed the American rail transit services" which used to be a growing, prosperous endeavor, then immediately taken away, forcing people to shift their ways of life. In the documentary there are people interviewed who were forced to make the change and talk about what there life was like during that time. I think it sounds great, has anyone seen it or heard of it? Anyways I was thinking it could be a great movie for Movies on the Grass this year. If enough people show interest in it and think it would be a good one please comment! Bonnie Lynn-Sherow said she is going to buy it at some point but if we were definitely going to use it she would MAKE SURE she buys it sooner than later. It is 52 minutes, black and white and was rated a 9.2/10 on IMDb by users....

Type the rest of your post here.

Read More...

Summary only...