Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
In the giant scheme of things, this is a small problem....
But I need any helpful suggestions.
This morning after my husband my husband left for work at 5:45, I decided to take advantage of the cooler morning air and go back to sleep for an extra hour.
The minute my eyes closed again, is when the bedlam broke loose.
The cat started yowling, the dog started barking, all the birds outside started a loud drumbeat of chirping and I hear things start hitting the floor. It was complete mayhem I tell ya!
As I'm jumping out of my bed and my skin for that matter, I reach for some jeans to toss on because in my skewed view life, I never intend to not be dressed, however minimally, when headed directly into what now sounds like an old episode of Wild Kingdom.
I follow the sound of the barking dog and now hissing cat into another upstairs room where I find the culprit responsible for all the mayhem calmly basking in the glow of the morning sunrise:
That's right. A sparrow who had decided to build her nest underneath the old air conditioner:
has somehow managed to squeeze her body through the tiny space between the windows and is now trapped. She can't seem to figure out to go back out the way she came, in true bird fashion, she only wants to fly upwards.
Her mate is in a panic, perched out on the phone line cheeping endlessly, the baby birds are hungry and raising quite the ruckus.
I can't figure out how to get her out of there. If I move the air conditioner which is hard enough to do solo on a good day without a nest full of babies under it, I might make the nest unattractive for her to come back and tend to. I suppose I could always break the glass on one of the outside panes of glass after removing the storms and screens but I really don't relish having to fix it (being afraid of heights on a rickety ladder in a busy alley, doesn't help either.) I can't help but fantasize that I could break the cable so that I have to call the cable company and sweet talk the person with a good ladder to help me ; ).... but that wouldn't be right. If this was the 50's, I could call the fire department....
Any suggestions dear readers on how to free this bird and save the next generation?
P.S. Boy one sparrow can sure make a BIG mess in a short amount of time if you know what I mean.
This morning after my husband my husband left for work at 5:45, I decided to take advantage of the cooler morning air and go back to sleep for an extra hour.
The minute my eyes closed again, is when the bedlam broke loose.
The cat started yowling, the dog started barking, all the birds outside started a loud drumbeat of chirping and I hear things start hitting the floor. It was complete mayhem I tell ya!
As I'm jumping out of my bed and my skin for that matter, I reach for some jeans to toss on because in my skewed view life, I never intend to not be dressed, however minimally, when headed directly into what now sounds like an old episode of Wild Kingdom.
I follow the sound of the barking dog and now hissing cat into another upstairs room where I find the culprit responsible for all the mayhem calmly basking in the glow of the morning sunrise:
That's right. A sparrow who had decided to build her nest underneath the old air conditioner:
has somehow managed to squeeze her body through the tiny space between the windows and is now trapped. She can't seem to figure out to go back out the way she came, in true bird fashion, she only wants to fly upwards.
Her mate is in a panic, perched out on the phone line cheeping endlessly, the baby birds are hungry and raising quite the ruckus.
I can't figure out how to get her out of there. If I move the air conditioner which is hard enough to do solo on a good day without a nest full of babies under it, I might make the nest unattractive for her to come back and tend to. I suppose I could always break the glass on one of the outside panes of glass after removing the storms and screens but I really don't relish having to fix it (being afraid of heights on a rickety ladder in a busy alley, doesn't help either.) I can't help but fantasize that I could break the cable so that I have to call the cable company and sweet talk the person with a good ladder to help me ; ).... but that wouldn't be right. If this was the 50's, I could call the fire department....
Any suggestions dear readers on how to free this bird and save the next generation?
P.S. Boy one sparrow can sure make a BIG mess in a short amount of time if you know what I mean.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Who is Worse at Polluting Our Shores, BP’s Oil Spill or China Knock-Offs?
Who is Worse at Polluting Our Shores, BP’s Oil Spill or China
Knock-Offs?
This question was posed earlier this month by John Lawson, founder of http://www.colderice.com/ on his blog (a blog that, in my opinion, should be read regularly by anyone who does business on the Internet, because Mr Lawson is so generous with sharing his experiences and knowledge of running a very successful Internet business with the rest of us).
You can read his original post here: http://tinyurl.com/2b9fthy
I knew immediately upon reading his question I wanted to respond and I certainly intended to do so sooner. But in all honesty, I haven't been able to make up my mind.
BP, through what's looking more and more like corporate negligence (to me), has done to America what terrorists only wish they could have. Instead of attempting to destroy our infrastructure on purpose, BP has caused what I believe is going to be a complete melt down of America's eco-system.
You can read my layman's alarmist nightmare scenario here: http://tinyurl.com/2dng5wt
China on the other hand, by continuing to send us shoddy knock-offs of darn near everything is definitely polluting us too. But, in total honesty, I'm having a very hard time faulting China even though I hate what they are doing and have for a long time refused to be party to it by spending my money on the knock-offs Mr. Lawson talks about.
China has it made. They have the manufacturing and production jobs market pretty well cornered and they make the knock-offs, exporting both to wherever around the globe, probably using some fuel provided by BP.
Until consumers of ALL nations who want to maintain not just their own identity, but their own economic stability wake up and realize that corporations have sold the soul and spirit of their own countries for the sake of cheap labor and a few extra coins in their own coffers, well frankly, we are all screwed.
If you're in America, try and buy American.
If you're in the UK, try and buy things made there.
Wherever you are in this world, try and help your part of it survive.
It may cost a little more, but it's truly an investment in one's own future.
Knock-Offs?
This question was posed earlier this month by John Lawson, founder of http://www.colderice.com/ on his blog (a blog that, in my opinion, should be read regularly by anyone who does business on the Internet, because Mr Lawson is so generous with sharing his experiences and knowledge of running a very successful Internet business with the rest of us).
You can read his original post here: http://tinyurl.com/2b9fthy
I knew immediately upon reading his question I wanted to respond and I certainly intended to do so sooner. But in all honesty, I haven't been able to make up my mind.
BP, through what's looking more and more like corporate negligence (to me), has done to America what terrorists only wish they could have. Instead of attempting to destroy our infrastructure on purpose, BP has caused what I believe is going to be a complete melt down of America's eco-system.
You can read my layman's alarmist nightmare scenario here: http://tinyurl.com/2dng5wt
China on the other hand, by continuing to send us shoddy knock-offs of darn near everything is definitely polluting us too. But, in total honesty, I'm having a very hard time faulting China even though I hate what they are doing and have for a long time refused to be party to it by spending my money on the knock-offs Mr. Lawson talks about.
China has it made. They have the manufacturing and production jobs market pretty well cornered and they make the knock-offs, exporting both to wherever around the globe, probably using some fuel provided by BP.
Until consumers of ALL nations who want to maintain not just their own identity, but their own economic stability wake up and realize that corporations have sold the soul and spirit of their own countries for the sake of cheap labor and a few extra coins in their own coffers, well frankly, we are all screwed.
If you're in America, try and buy American.
If you're in the UK, try and buy things made there.
Wherever you are in this world, try and help your part of it survive.
It may cost a little more, but it's truly an investment in one's own future.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Sen. Bill Nelson: Reports of oil seeping up from seabed, well casing may be pierced.
at 2:36 in this video.
I really, really hope he's wrong.
I really, really hope he's wrong.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tony Hayward goes but not without trying one last trick....
When I read this headline of this article in The Guardian:
BP hives off 'toxic' Gulf spill operation to dilute anti-British feeling in US
Chief executive Tony Hayward hands responsibility for clean-up to American as new containment cap is placed on top of leak
(Article here: http://tinyurl.com/3ywhty5 )
I just had to let my readers know that most of us here aren't harboring anti-British feelings, we have anti-BP feelings.
There is a huge difference.
Huge.
The idea that BP thinks it can get buy in from us just because they have decided as a strategy to put a US citizen at the helm is just one more showing of just how arrogant this company is and how stupid they think all the rest of us on both sides of the pond are.
Disgusting.
BP hives off 'toxic' Gulf spill operation to dilute anti-British feeling in US
Chief executive Tony Hayward hands responsibility for clean-up to American as new containment cap is placed on top of leak
(Article here: http://tinyurl.com/3ywhty5 )
I just had to let my readers know that most of us here aren't harboring anti-British feelings, we have anti-BP feelings.
There is a huge difference.
Huge.
The idea that BP thinks it can get buy in from us just because they have decided as a strategy to put a US citizen at the helm is just one more showing of just how arrogant this company is and how stupid they think all the rest of us on both sides of the pond are.
Disgusting.
The Color of Success
On the radio show I'm listening to this morning, the host just commented that BP and Admiral Allen would be making an announcement later today that the latest fix has been effective (no doubt while in the company of President Obama) and that the majority of oil is being captured.
If this turns out to be a true statement on the part of this show host, here is what success looks like:
If this turns out to be a true statement on the part of this show host, here is what success looks like:
Meanwhile, the oil will continue to wash up on shore and the destruction of the ecosystem will go on.
What is the color of success in your world?
If anyone else would like to see all the BP feeds at once, here's the link:
http://www.jtnog.org/**** Sure enough... while I was writing this post BP's Doug Suttles announced that they are collecting some of the oil......
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37463005/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf
Thursday, June 3, 2010
My heart cries
This picture of an oil soaked seabird was taken today by AP Photographer Charlie Riedel. Please go to:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/caught_in_the_oil.html
and look at the rest of his pictures and forward them to anyone and everyone you can think of.
It is urgent that people be made to see how much damage BP has done to America. These birds are but the tip of the iceberg.
Thank you.
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