Day: September 9, 2007

  • Better than switch grass

    In the Minneapolis Star-Tribune today, they printed a story about Black Jatropha a poisonous shrub that produces seeds with the potential for use as a biofuel.  It needs no fertilizer unlike corn (and soy), needs little water, and yields more oil than soybeans.  Why the hell do we worry about switch grass when there’s a…

  • Hang loose

    In Micronesian, there’s a word, kukaro, which has no corresponding word in English. When people say they are going to kukaro, they mean they are going to relax, sit around, and hang out. They are being, not doing.Eli and Beth Halpern

  • Soooooooo Blonde

    How Blonde Is She???  She was Soooooooo Blonde…She thought a quarterback was a refund.She thought General Motors was in the army.She thought Meow Mix was a CD for cats.She thought Boyz II Men was a day care center.At the bottom of an application where it says “Sign here:” she wrote “Sagittarius.”She Was Sooooooooooooo Blonde…She took…