chuck kottke

Johannesburg, South Africa

Revolution in Iran, the opposite in parts of Pakistan & Afghanistan - what a wacky world! Citizens, if left to their own devices, without outside interference but given a window to see what else is possible, usually set things right..

Has my kitteh bit you? underground sounds

And there it is!!word of the day dashboard | podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history

I wonder why they call it a dashboard? I know the early cars had a board, a place to mount lamps, etc. - maybe the buggy era, it was there as something to dash up against in case of an abrupt halt, or maybe something else.. word etymology time ...

Group-think, grouper-think, groupie-think, groovy-think?

I get it - a pair of jousting jesters!:joker::escaping3::escaping::jester: :laugh3:

Dallas isn't a town - it's a family business!:cowboy: Edgar, Wisconsin, USA.

:rolleyes::laugh3: Surely, you jest.:jester:

Bueno Calexico California, U.S.A.

supercalifragilisticeexpialidocious :laugh3:

The first thought - it must be c-c-c-cold outside, judging from the draft!

lots of Finns & fins in Finland.. Georgia, Georgia... always on my mind..

Atlapa Panama

:laugh3: And just why not??

:lol: The city-state of Buenos Aires :P Dalmatia (I just like the name!):laugh3: Egypt:egypt:

Yekaterinburg, mother Russia.:elf:

1. that nobody need worry about money 2. universal suffrage 3. global equity If you could paint the walls any three colors, which ones would you choose, and why?

I suppose.. along with Paul and Elton?

If I gave that away, all the tourists would flock to it:stunned:!:P If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for?

Si, no comprende? No Computacion?:P It's on fire!:shocked2:

TanZania? :D

:rolleyes:seems like a common malady here!:laugh3: 9:13 and thinking about Philadelphia building a solar cell manufacturing facility - good move mayor Nutter!

Good one, Rudy! Sarsaparilla drink..

Amidst all the corporate attempts to spin the understanding, and the researchers who want more funding, or have set their minds in one frame of thought, lay a few hearty researchers and institutions who are seeking the truth, as some are actually motivated by the moment of discovery, of determining what's really occurring. I trust not in momentary whims of sea ice levels, yearly temperature fluctuations, or the gossip over some Emails - I am seeking truth in the broader trends, and the mass balance, the mass flow of carbon on the earth, and how the biosphere reacts. Besides all the extremists, alarmists, and propagandists lay those who seek to unravel the mystery, and those who are not afraid to consider all possibilities, to test and question their own assumptions, and broaden their understanding..