bigger oil spill needed?

every day on my bike ride to work I've been asking the same question.

Are People Changing Their Ways in Light of this Oil Spill?

Is anyone feeling a little weirder every time they fill up their automobile? Or board an airplane?

Are google searches for "green energy" or "how to go car-free" increasing?

And if people are just walking around town all, "isn't this horrible!? I know! worst ever!" but not doing anything to change their most major oil-dependent habits, then WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?

Does the oil spill have to be so big that it literally impacts the every day life of EVERYONE (oil in your waterways?) for people to ACTUALLY CHANGE THEIR WAYS?

Thanks,

Bye.

dog crap and the city

you will be better off weeding your garden, cooking porridge, studying quadratic equations or plucking your toe hairs for the 2.5 hours it takes to survive this movie.

ugh.

seriously, though. ugh!
from extreme hyper-materialism (obv) to just flat out ridiculous dialogue I don't think I laughed once during this pain staking experience of a movie, but i did cringe.

save yourself!

donate the $8-$10 to save dogs or something.

eat me

Hi ____,

I noticed when I left this morning that your bike was parked in the foyer area near my front door. Would you please continue to park it in the back stairwell as we agreed? I think the compromise Phil came up with (you and Jon parking your bikes in the back stairwell on the first floor and Melanie and Phil parking theirs next to their unit) is a good one, provided that everyone adheres to it.

Thanks.

employment

buckets of illness

on facebook today:

is this a joke?

but seriously?

the Susan B. Komen website says this, "KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® are teaming up this spring to raise funds and spread breast cancer awareness and educational messaging via a major national campaign which will reach thousands of communities served by nearly 5000 KFC restaurants.

Participating KFC franchise locations will be selling specially designed pink buckets of grilled and Original Recipe chicken. KFC has pledged 50 cents to Komen for every pink bucket ordered by its restaurant operators during the promotion period, with a minimum donation of $1 million and a goal to raise more than $8 million. Twenty-five percent of the funds raised will be earmarked to Komen’s 120-plus domestic Affiliates for breast cancer programs in their communities. The remainder of the funds will support Komen’s national research and community programs. "

I'm all about fighting breast cancer, but the Susan B. Komen foundation seems to be getting a little crazy with their partnerships---a little bit loosey-goosey in terms of legitimate, relevant and somewhat health-oriented partnerships. The bottom line is that eating at KFC is actually an underlying cause of obesity, heart problems, and yeah--probably breast cancer.

Komen, get a clue! I will personally be avoiding any and all activity with this charity until they get it together.

and that is just too easy to make fun of....yeah no kidding each bucket of disgusting corn-fed, hormone-induced, antibiotic-pumped "chicken" makes a difference...

click here to sign a petition against this completely ridiculous partnership

horse and carriage accident

this morning on my bike ride to work, there was a HUGE back up on 6th street.

i heard sirens.

as i wove through a mess of cars and buses, approaching Race Street the first thing I noticed was a strange and fresh pile of horse shit in the middle of the street, right in front of fire trucks, ambulances and police cars. I looked over and there was not 1 but 2 completely smushed and overturned horse carriages --one of which had flown off the road and onto the front lawn of the PCOM ( i think) building. no horses in sight, but stretchers and chaos.

i hope this will be the last horse and carriage accident in philadelphia.

i hope this tragedy leads to the end of an era of this idiotic and inappropriate tradition of bloated tourists full to the brim of disgusting cheese steaks riding around town in a horse-drawn carriage while the horses suck down bus fumes bearing the weight of these obese assholes.

rent a bike, rent a segway, use your god damn legs and let the horse and carriage business FLOP and leave this town.

idealism in 2010

you may have heard of, visited, utilized the site idealist.org in your past.

When I was laid off, I signed up to receive job updates from idealist thinking I could really get down with their mission, "Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives"

I never changed my settings to stop receiving their updates---and I've been noticing these kinds of "opportunities" coming to my inbox lately.

In case you can't magnify, one of the listings is for

"Parking Services Manager

Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.idealist.org/en/job/375683-87
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Salary: "

Now that's not very ideal!