80 plus Green sites

This list of green sites covers everything form the effect of the amount of paper consumed to fashion and shopping. It has sites that contain non-profit info and ways to get involved. So, if you're already green this will help along or if you're getting started it will give you great ideas. And it's definitely better than the farce that is the Vanity Fair "Green" issue. Yay for green living.

Song of the Day

Mika - Any Other World

Daily Round Up

*Here's something to cook up for you and your friends: Grilled Tri-Tip Steak with Bell Pepper Salsa

*That was short lived. HBO's surf drama, John from Cincinnati has been canceled.

*We're getting from both sides. Flossie and Dean are coming to get both coasts of the US. Meanwhile, I had to look up the name Flossie becaus all it brought to mind was teeth. It's latin meaning blossoming or charming. I guess hurricanes can look blossoming but they are never charming.

*Human Rights Watch has an interesting article on how prison rape is and isn't how pop culture portrays it.

*A report out of Canada explains that gonorrhea and syphilis are on the rise after being nearly eradicated. Unfortunately these statistics are most likely true else where.

*Peeping Toms: Two Dutch bloggers are in trouble for video taping up women's skirts. Their defense is that they were showing how easy it is to look up the skirts through a clear floor in a local car park. If they are telling the truth according to the report then they shouldn't be punished.

Today in History

1935 - The not so secure Social Security begins.

1945 - Comedian and movie star Steve Martin born.

1951 - Newspaper Publisher William Randolph Hearst dies.

1983 - Actress Mila Kunis is born.

1994 - International Terrorist Carlos the Jackel is captured.

Water gets Scary

So you know those sght gags on sitcoms where they go to a crappy apartment, turn on the water and brown water comes out and they say "Yay, coffee!" Well, we're getting closer to that. Pur Water has come out with flavors for your tap. You can choose Strawberry, Peach, or Raspberry. I would be very leary of my flavor sitting in the sink all the time, but whatever.

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Song of the Day

Modest Mouse - The View. Total dance song. It takes me back.

Murakami + West

Takashi Murakami has designed the covers for Kanye West's new album and some of his singles. Murakami has already made a splash in the fashion world with his collaberation with Marc Jacob for Louis Vuitton creating highly sought after and knocked off bags. I love Murakami's art and want the most exposeure for him, but West, rap's Bono, really isn't the way I had hoped.


Here's a fun animation done for the Vuitton campaign.

Amazon, Hoff, Food, Irish Drinkers

* There is some good news out of Brazil. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has welcomed new figures showing that the destruction of the Amazon rainforest has decreased by 25%... The government says environmental policies, including measures against illegal logging, have had an effect. Environmentalists welcomed the figures, but said falling commodity prices and economic conditions were also a factor. If it's a continuing trend then this is a good sign, but if it's just a lull then even more work than what is already being done needs to start.

* A short, fluffy profile of Olympic swimmer Katie Hoff. I watched her performance at Nationals and she's going to thrill next summer!

* A quick reccipe for tonite: Wasabii Three Bean Salad.

* Apparently the Irish have always drank.

Today in History

3114 BC - The Mayan Calendar starts.

1926 - Fidel Castro is born. If only he could have been a baseball player.

1952 - Herb Ritts is born.

1961 - The Berlin Wall wall goes up.

2004 - Julia Childs dies.

Teacher resigns after winning a date with a porn star

In another case of totally illogical over reactionism (word?) a teacher resigned after winning a contest in where he got to take a trip and have a date with a porn star.

Jaison Biagini, who taught art for 14 years in Monessen, near Pittsburgh, says he entered a Sirius satellite radio contest on the 'Bubba the Love Sponge' show because it would win him with a free weekend in Tampa. Biagini said he was interested in visiting the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. The teacher won, and took off for Tampa, where he met porn star Akira.

Is this saying that teachers have to be asexual and have no contact with the sexual world. He didn't do anything that was immoral or even affected his job or performance. Furthermore, is this saying that anyone that has to do with sex is an inapproriate person to come in contact with?

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