Don't be fooled. This isn't a website to free Condoleeza from Bush. Instead, test your vocabulary skills and for every word you get right, 20 grains of rice are donated through the UN to those in need. So far I'm up to 1,000 grains. Now if I could just decide what aphasia means...
On a totally different topic, here's a couple eco-links I'm enjoying today:
IdealBite.com - Get quick green tips daily by email - it's like a green DailyCandy. I signed up last week and so far I really like it. I just wish they'd incorporate more cute illustrations (a la dailycandy.com) like the ones on their website.
Native Energy - I read about this organization on the No Impact Man blog and finally checked it out. It's a great concept and certainly a successful one so far. It allows little folks like myself to offset my energy usage. So far I've signed up for $8 a month to offset 10,000 kWh per year, which is the average US household energy use. I figured, I spend that much eating out for lunch (if not more), so certainly I could eliminate one takeout meal a month to help offset my carbon footprint. That doesn't make me No Impact Girl, not at all, but every little bit counts right?
When the weather is nice, you'll often finding me working outdoors - laptop in tow. Today I'm on our back stoop being distracted by all the birds. First I saw a bright red cardinal, then a blue jay, then some gray and white bird and another I didn't recognize. I hate not being able to determine what type of bird I'm looking at - does that make me a bird nerd? This past weekend, Chris and I went canoeing (our maiden voyage with our new-to-us-but-totally-used Indian River 16-footer, which we christened "Chief") and saw TONS of birds. We realized that we really don't know our southeastern feathered friends. So today during a slow work moment, I decided to do some online research and found RightBird. So great. It's an online tool to help you identify birds. You select your region, the bird's shape, color, size, etc. and it narrows down the possibilities for you. You can even listen to the bird's call, if you're so curious. So the next time you have a Bird Nerd moment, grab your iPhone (if you're so privileged, I'm not) and find the RightBird. Now there's that cardinal again...if only I was Snow White, he'd totally land on my finger.
Quick observation from Bull Street - a guy in a big navy blue truck is using an official-looking orange Out of Order plastic bag to throw over parking meters when he doesn't want to pay to park. Good scam dude. I wonder if he stole that bag from a real out of order meter or if he got it on Ebay. photo borrowed from athensonline.com
Sick of reruns and reality tv? Welcome to the club. We're into week 10 of the writer's strike and it might be time to turn off the tube and open up a (gasp) book. But before you do something wild and crazy like that, read this great article from the San Francisco Chronicle and learn a little bit about what's really going on. Photo courtesy of viewimages.com (obviously).
So I think I jinxed it for Hillary. Just as I received my Hillary for Prez bumber sticker in the mail and affixed it onto my car, she lost in Iowa. I blame myself. But to be completely truthful, I like Obama, Hillary and Edwards. The democrats have a good group to choose from and I'm having a hard time deciding who I like best. At first I went for a more known factor, a comfortable Clinton. But by the time her sticker finally reached my house, I was having mixed feelings. Obama has such energy and he's got a way of moving people. Is he our Bobby Kennedy? Time will tell. I think the Republicans have a much worse decision on their hands. I mean really, Huckabee? Any time evangelist and politician are mentioned in the same sentence I get scared. But that's just me. He's had some great photo ops though. Not all candidates are backed by Walker, Texas Ranger. Maybe Oprah and Chuck Norris should duke it out? Now that would make fine television.
So Happy New Years! I hope y'all had a safe and fun evening ringing in 2008. In order to protect the names and faces of the not so innocent (you know who you are), I've decided to refrain from posting photos of my evening.
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