Stuff, and stuff. · 201 days ago
Annie Leonard, an activist who has spent the past 10 years traveling the globe fighting environmental threats, narrates The Story of Stuff, a 20-minute film that takes viewers on a provocative and eye-opening tour of the real costs of our consumer driven culture—from resource extraction to iPod incineration.
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Red Balloon · 305 days ago
I recall when I was young (many many years ago) watching a film about a Red Balloon that a little boy finds one morning on his way to school. Although I don’t completely remember all the details of the film, not to mention the discussion that ensued afterwards.
Anyway, I was stumbling around the ‘net today, checking out a site that a friend sent me to, as a suggestion for Site of the Week at a little community I run. This guy posts a skull a day every day for a year. Cool concept.
And then he mentions the Red Balloon movie. Complete with a link to YouTube.
I love YouTube.
Stick it to me [1]
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Omigod You Guys · 372 days ago
So I have this habit of downloading EVERY weekly free track on iTunes, and today I decide to just play through ALL my “purchased tracks”.
And I come across THIS
Yes, they made a Broadway musical about this fluff.
Stick it to me [1]
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Twelve point five · 474 days ago
My wife and I celebrated a milestone on Saturday. Our Twelve-and-a-halfth Anniversary.
Yes, you read correctly. Twelve and a half years of wedded bliss. Apparently, the Dutch make a huge deal of it. It’s half-way to twenty-five, after all. And seeing how my bride is of Dutch descent (her parents both emigrated from the Netherlands to Canada), I saw no reason NOT TO celebrate it. “Let’s party”, I always say!
Of course, reality dictates that our daily lives go on. Which meant that I still had to put on my “pie-shilling” duds and go to market Saturday morning bright and early. Fortunately that was only til 3 pm, at which point I could go home and relax.
NOT! We were invited to my wife’s brother’s place for a BBQ, for “no reason”. So I figured I should at least put on a clean shirt. After driving for about 30 minutes, we arrive and pull in to their laneway.
Ah. “Bonita, your parents are here.”
“Yeah, Al said they were coming over too.”
“Looks like your sister’s here too,” I say. Then we park. MY MOM IS THERE TOO! I smell a trap!
A few minutes later a few more of our friends arrive. Ends up, my buddy Rob thought they should throw us a surprise shindig for our “anniversary”. Aren’t friends great.
Stick it to me [4]
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My new addiction · 488 days ago
...has got to be home-roasting.
Coffee beans, that is. I’d heard about it. I’d thought about it. And finally, this past Saturday, I took the plunge.
Bought me a pound of green (unroasted) Ethiopian/Tanzanian Peaberry blend from David at Fire Roasted Coffee Company, pulled out and dusted off the old hot air popcorn popper and tried my hand at it. Full instructions are here.
My first roast was a little light, but OH MAN was that coffee smooth! Then Sunday I decided to roast a little longer. I think that roast turned out somewhere between a Full City and an Italian Roast.
Next time, I’ll try and hit somewhere in between.
Does this make me a coffee snob?
Grades of coffee roasting; from left: unroasted (or “green”), light, cinnamon, medium, high, city, full city, Italian, and French
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
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