Displaying 661 To 690 Of 3,373 Comments Thanks, KT. Very much appreciated. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 12, 2011 @ 2:32 pm Hi, K. Yep, that was cyber pixies, all right! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 12, 2011 @ 2:32 pm It’s never about anger with c-pixies, Cher. They’re never more or less motivated to create mischief, and you can’t get on their good side no matter how hard you try. A pixie’s gotta do what a pixie’s gotta do, and right now, that involves italics. Oh, they’re clever! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 12, 2011 @ 2:31 pm Rosie doesn’t do crusades, or missions. She’s just too nonchalant for that kind of thing. She sniffs at the c-pixies, sees if they want to play, and if not, goes back to sleep. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 12, 2011 @ 2:29 pm Pretty cool! And is that your own personal c-pixie, may I ask? » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 12, 2011 @ 2:28 pm yes, exactly. And thanks for adding a concrete dimension to my musings, because I think our two ideas dovetail, and any would be time traveler had better think a LOT about such ideas before heading back to the future! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 23, 2011 @ 4:22 pm Nice article, AD. Mind bending stuff! My gut tells me it’s not really possible to move into the future, because we are sustained by the present. We are not separated units of matter existing amidst other separated units of matter, in other words. I’m breathing, receiving oxygen and giving carbon dioxide in exchange. My cells are dying and I am pulling from the biosphere to form new ones. I am part of my surroundings and they are part of me. Take “me” out of that, and I’m pretty sure I am up a creek. A least that’s how it seems to me. That we are tethered to the present, we abide in it and are sustained by it. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 23, 2011 @ 3:13 am Welcome back, Cher! You know, I am just kicking myself because I didn’t decide to become the CEO of an entertainment conglomerate! I mean, that two million bucks I’d be earning each month would sure go a long way toward paying the bills! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 11, 2011 @ 5:59 am KT, I really don’t see how you don’t see the connection between land usage and climate change/global warming, etc. I understand that you are not ready to give up meat. I don’t think that is the point. I simply ask that you look at the information that is presented objectively. The quoted information Adlib presents below puts it in perspective much better than I can. By the way, I’m really impressed that you don’t own a car. I don’t imagine that’s easy in central Ohio. Living in Tokyo, and earlier in NYC, I didn’t own a car and loved having the public transportation option. But in Columbus I always had a clunker. I wish the bus system worked better. Kudos to you! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 10, 2011 @ 1:59 am KT, there are those who would disagree. Some feel that the most effective personal choice one can make to help the planet is to greatly reduce, or eliminate, meat from ones diet. But the point is, why argue over which is the greater cause? Let’s look to all that we are doing in our daily lives, both personally and societally, find the ills, and make our choices fully armed with that knowledge. Inconvenient truths are no less true because they are inconvenient. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 7:01 pm Happy Meals, Sad Planet » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 6:37 pm It takes eight times as much land to produce a pound of beef as it does to produce a pound of most vegetables for human consumption. And that means a lot more water as well. Rainforests have been decimated by countries as their populations have moved to more meat based diets, or their economies have moved toward supplying beef to richer countries. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 6:03 pm That’s something I wasn’t even aware of, but it makes such perfect sense. We have the most amazing drilling technology, but we use it to feed our insatiable lust for oil when millions of lives hang in the balance over the simple issue of water. We are a selfish and shortsighted race. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 5:31 pm I agree. Meanwhile, the glaciers at the top of mountains, such as Kilimanjaro, in temperate zones are rapidly disappearing, and people in these areas rely on them for drinking water. We are about to see terrible things unfold, it appears. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 5:07 pm This Might Leave You Speechless: A Video Art Installation in a NYC hotel ELEVATOR! Thanks for posting this, BSM It’s great! It’s Fritz Lang meets Terry Gilliam meets Walt Disney meets Frank Miller. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 10, 2011 @ 4:47 am Weekend Music Thread – Back In The Saddle Many will recognize this song from Rocky Horror. Tim Curry, “I’m Going Home”
» Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 6:48 pm Hey, Jkk, thanks for asking! She’s back in the saddle again too! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 6:41 pm Hey, that guy’s got a pretty pinchable patootie! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 5:30 pm Lenny Kravitz, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
» Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 5:14 pm This goes way back to my early days as a cartoonist at a Japanese newspaper, English language edition. It showed a Greenpeace boat about to ram, and thus disrupt operations of, a Japanese whaling boat. The captain of the Japanese boat was shouting, “Damn those TERRORISTS!” Below the boat there was a whale thinking, “God Bless those Freedom Fighters!” » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 17, 2011 @ 8:55 pm CNBC’s American Greed (or Learning ‘Alternative Practices’ ) Greed? » Posted By whatsthatsound On June 1, 2011 @ 4:03 am The amazing thing is that he doesn’t know that. He does things like that on a pretty regular basis. He’s playing well against the C’s now, so all is forgiven, I guess. Until the next time. Ten, nine, eight, seve….. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 5:04 pm The latest in a long series of Lebron James clunkers. At a press conference after a loss to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals series, he took issue with a question about buddy/teammate Dwayne Wade’s play, which resulted in a serious injury to Rajon Rondo of the Celtics. The reporter wanted to give D-Wade a chance to defend himself against sentiments from the home crowd that it was dirty play. Lebron didn’t have to say ANYTHING, since the question wasn’t even directed at him. But he muttered that the question was “retarded”. Now an advocacy group for mentally disabled persons is demanding an apology, legitimately, I feel. Oh, Lebron. So much talent, and such a lot of dumb moves. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 9, 2011 @ 4:43 pm My place always looks spic and span after I use vodka! A couple vodka martinis and the world is a beautiful place! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 6, 2011 @ 10:23 pm Khirad, yes, ObamaGirl. This vid was done by the same bunch, Barely Political, that did the ObamaGirl vids. They’re hit and miss, but they come up with some keepers. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 6, 2011 @ 5:13 pm While the cat’s away? I think we should just fill up today’s DP with whatever the heck we feel like. This is funny. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 5, 2011 @ 6:19 am Wii-iii-ld story, Cher! Really fun to read. God bless the scoundrels of this world; sometimes they’re the only ones that see the buck to be made. I wish I had that gene or whatever it is. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 5, 2011 @ 2:39 am No Mercy Shown, No Mercy Given hey, chaz! howdy! » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 8, 2011 @ 2:27 pm ha ha, bito! I wasn’t referring to anyone in particular. “cyber pixies” is the term I use whenever online communication goes less smoothly than the more direct forms. They are a handy little bunch to blame, I find. » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 6:22 pm The cyber pixies have been at work, c-lady. I think all is sorted out and understood now. May your headache magically disappear! 🙂 » Posted By whatsthatsound On May 7, 2011 @ 6:05 pmComments Posted By whatsthatsound
If it takes eight times less land to grow food for people than to create grazing land for cows, that is EIGHT times less rainforest devastation that needs to take place in countries like Costa Rica that fast food chains buy up to make cheaper beef.
Our fellow Planeteer Questinia turned me on to it a few months back, so shout out to her as well.
Why, greed is…
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