Oct 29 2009
Sometimes, the scientific method’s reductionist thinking makes my head ache. Check this out: North Carolina sea levels rising 3 times faster than in previous 500 years, Penn study says An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating. Researchers found 20th-century [...]
Oct 25 2009
I'm 352nd against discrimination by health insurers. Women deserve equal coverage for equal premiums. http://seiu.org/ticket #fem2 #hc09 # RT @symplesolutions: You need to discover your purpose, for we we each have one and it is not working for some factory or industrial complex # RT @350: Oct 24 is Global Day of Climate Action. I'm [...]
Oct 22 2009
This just in from the fine folks at 350.org: Dear friends, For 20 years the world has managed to do very little about the greatest problem it’s ever faced. In three days time, you can help change that–and if you step up you’re going to have a lot of company! It looks like the International [...]
Oct 18 2009
this should not be nearly as funny as it is. http://bit.ly/7nMEb # Aurora woke up crying. Then Kes woke up crying. Brought Kes to Aurora's room, got her settled, got him settled. Gonna be a rough night. # Still. Fussing. With. Breech. Preso. Gah! # Getting the boat ready for rain. It's amazing how things [...]
Oct 15 2009
I blog about this all the time anyway, so throwing in a particular post on a particular day is no biggie. I’ve blogged about eustasy, about storms, about the whole works. But today, I want to actually just talk to you about Climate Change. The world is changing. It’s possible we’ll be able to slow [...]
Oct 13 2009
This just in, from 350.org: Dear World— This is an invitation to build a movement—to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis. We are a group of people from around the planet—young and old, scientists and writers and activists—who have one thing in common. We know the most important number on [...]
Oct 12 2009
I’ve blogged about the Somali Pirates before. But I was not expecting them to pop out of a George Monbiot essay. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian, 22nd September 2009 Italian prosecutors are investigating the scuttling of a further 41 ships. But most of them weren’t sunk, like Fonti’s vessel, off the coast of [...]
Oct 11 2009
RT @PJA64X: You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. — John Wooden # soaking in the dawn sunshine, sipping tea. # Channeling my Fabulous Self. It's gonna be one of those days. # Finished my acupressure certification! Woot! # OK, this is super [...]
Oct 11 2009
Everyone from NOAA to the Coast Guard is telling us that there’s a storm coming and it’s gonna be big: Coast Guard: “Potent Storm” Approaching Bay Area The U.S. Coast Guard is strongly recommending that Bay Area boaters avoid taking to the water early next week because of a storm that is expected to bring [...]
Oct 10 2009
From the BBC: ‘Scary’ climate message from past A new historical record of carbon dioxide levels suggests current political targets on climate may be “playing with fire”, scientists say. Researchers used ocean sediments to plot CO2 levels back 20 million years. Levels similar to those now commonly regarded as adequate to tackle climate change were [...]
Oct 06 2009
OK, so I’m still whining about being stuck on the dock for another season. Whining a lot. I’m not only hearing from my friends who are cruising, but from my friends who are globetrotting. It’s simultaneously demoralizing and inspiring. And since we can’t currently cruise, we can at least fantasize. And our thoughts turn, as [...]
Oct 05 2009
This crossed my inbox this morning: It’s clear: The Bay isn’t as murky After more than a century of being murky from enough Gold Rush-era mining sediment to fill 60 Superdomes, researchers say, the Bay suddenly crossed a profound threshold 10 years ago and became much clearer. “The conditions in the water “… changed dramatically,” [...]
Oct 04 2009
Done tweaking resume. Now working on my preso for Breech Birth Conf in Ottawa. # Just realized that I am, oh, two weeks late on my Xsport article. GAH! Better get moving mas rapido. # Never did hear back from the BofA cust svc rep here on Twitter. Apparently that was an empty promise. Go [...]
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