Archive for January, 2010

Jan 30 2010

Watching The Cove

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I finally did it. As a mom of three small kids, I don’t get out much, and despite having promoted the screenings of the film “The Cove”, I never actually got the chance to go, myself. I had to wait for it to be available on Netflix, fercryingoutloud. But wait I did, and watch it, [...]

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Jan 29 2010

Doing This Thing We Do

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A reader writes: i’ve been looking for a catamaran for myself and son to live on and learn to sail.  do you have any leads for boats for sale?  any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.  i love your blog, thank you for writing and inspiring me.  i want to do what you are [...]

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Jan 29 2010

Wolf Moon and War Planet

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This, from Spaceweather.com: FULL MOON AND MARS:  Friday night’s full Moon is the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year.  It’s a “perigee Moon,” as much as 14% wider and 30% brighter than other full Moons you’ll see later in 2010.  But that’s not all.  Mars is having a close encounter with Earth, and [...]

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Jan 26 2010

Surf’s Up

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This just cracks me up: Maximum height of extreme waves up dramatically in Pacific Northwest … Using more sophisticated techniques that account for the “non-stationarity” in the wave height record, researchers say the 100-year wave height could actually exceed 55 feet, with impacts that would dwarf those expected from sea level rise in coming decades. Increased [...]

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Jan 24 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

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RT @huntpress: New post – Love Your Authors – http://bit.ly/8jGfbo Thank you Dianne Hales! #bellalingua # Huge thunder, lightning, and hail, plus whitecaps inside the marina. Awesome!!!! # the sky is black, the sun is shining, and there's a double rainbow over us! # Barometric pressure is dropping so fast my watch can't keep up. [...]

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Jan 24 2010

Squeee!

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OK, I don’t normally go for the squee. But this one, I could not pass up. Dude!

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Jan 22 2010

Don’t Swim in the Poo, Continued

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This just in, from Baykeeper: Heavy Rains Trigger Sewer System Breakdowns Heavy storms this week have caused numerous sewage spills and treatment facility overflows that are polluting waterways and closing beaches – and reports are still coming in from across the region. So far, 235,361 gallons have discharged from 23 sewage system overflows, along with [...]

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Jan 17 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17

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Lovely paddle out in the Bay this morning. No baby harbor seals jumping on the boat today, though. #kayak # Vaguely freaking out about running down all the fiddly bits of documentation for our Italian citizenship. Bureaucracy intimidates me. # RT @quennessa: Kickstarter – Between Heaven & Hell Exhibition: http://bit.ly/69zSHk still could use help and [...]

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Jan 17 2010

Shark Slaughter and Swine Flu

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I am just… stunned. Sharks Killed for Oil Used in Swine Flu Vaccine Vaccines being made to protect people from swine flu may not be so healthy for threatened species of sharks. That’s because millions of doses of the pandemic H1N1/09 vaccine contain a substance called squalene, which is extracted from shark livers. (Get more [...]

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Jan 10 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10

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Brilliant! Just say no thank you to privacy invasion for your children. http://tinyurl.com/ychxhnw # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Jan 10 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10

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Brilliant! Just say no thank you to privacy invasion for your children. http://tinyurl.com/ychxhnw # Powered by Twitter Tools

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