I'm glad I got to visit New Orleans when I did. The city will never be the same. In fact, it may eventually be abandoned all together as uninhabitable.
Unfortunately the recent Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans and other Gulf cities is merely the beginning of the end for low-lying areas around the world. Not everyone agrees, but many scientists speculate that as global warming continues, more cities will be consumed by the oceans and those areas in the hurricane zone will be the first to go since the rate (and power) of hurricanes and other weather-related disasters is expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades.
Perhaps New Orleans, already below sea level, will become like the mythical city of Atlantis, which was allegedly consumed by the sea.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Help the Victims of Katrina
Please join me in helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina by donating anything you can to the American Red Cross 2005 Hurricane disaster relief fund.
If you don't have any extra cash to send now, consider donating all those spare pennies you have lying around! And as if the cause itself wasn't enough, remember your donations are tax-deductible.
It's a sharp reality check to see the massive destruction in New Orleans, Biloxi and the other affected Gulf cities. Hundreds of thousands have lost everything. In some cases their entire city has ceased to exist.
Makes my complaints about having to choose between 2% and whole milk for my coffee seem pretty trivial.
If you don't have any extra cash to send now, consider donating all those spare pennies you have lying around! And as if the cause itself wasn't enough, remember your donations are tax-deductible.
It's a sharp reality check to see the massive destruction in New Orleans, Biloxi and the other affected Gulf cities. Hundreds of thousands have lost everything. In some cases their entire city has ceased to exist.
Makes my complaints about having to choose between 2% and whole milk for my coffee seem pretty trivial.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Motivational Posters
We've all seen those tacky motivational posters in offices. Don't you just hate them?
Well here's a web company that offers Demotivational Posters and they are frickin' hilarious! Here's an example:
Check out Demotivators for more...
Well here's a web company that offers Demotivational Posters and they are frickin' hilarious! Here's an example:
Check out Demotivators for more...
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
End of the Network All-Stars
With the death of Peter Jennings, all three major networks, NBC, CBS, and now ABC, have lost their network news anchor within the last year. It truly is the end of an era.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
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