Gentle readers,
Happy belated Earth Day to you. So I am greeted this morning by headlines that my plastic water bottle may cause everything from headaches and obesity to cancer. So, those folks who were trying to do a good thing and use a reusable bottle...well, the jokes on them. Except for no one is laughing.
What do we do? How do we get rid of this toxic plastic? Melt it down and release the noxious fumes into the atmosphere and hope for the best? No. Launch it in to space and hope life forms more advanced that ours find it and know what to do with it? Neat idea, but not practical. You can either use recyclable plastic bottles and hope for the best or roll the dice and keep on using your Nalgene bottles. It's almost the dilemma to end all dilemmas. What a one to occur so close to Earth Day.
So, when it comes down to us or earth...golly, what the heck kind of choice is that? So I'll give it to you straight. Seems like the only safe thing to do is to shed our earthly possessions, move to the mountains and take our water directly from the fresh running mountain streams. I mean that's where the good folks at Perrier and San Pelligrino and Evian get their stuff, right? And charge us fools a couple bucks for a few ounces of the stuff? If we are to make this move, we must be swift before global warming melts all the polar icecaps and the mountain streams run dry!
It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.
Random Musing Item: Do you know how to tell the difference between a seal and a sea lion? I didn't until recently. Among the myriad ways is that sea lions have ears and seals don't. Also, sea lions have longer front flippers for easier maneuverability on land. My many thanks to Coco, Surfer and Boomerang of the Mystic Aquarium for the valuable lesson.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Yoga...something for everybody
Gentle readers,
Yesterday, Daughter awoke earlier than usual. It was too early for some of her shows on Public TV, so we watch a little of a yoga show that was on. It was in the final minutes, so was mostly cool down stuff. I invited her to attempt some of it and she did and liked it. I did too. We were having a good time. The instructor was a female and appropriately attired for yoga. After a few minutes my very observant three and a half year old gives the instructor a glance and announces "My boobies haven't grown yet."
First instinct response, "Why is one of the first things my daughter notices is the instructor's rack?" Second thought...apple didn't roll very far from that tree.
Now daughter is old enough to know that her body is different from the mature female forms she sees. Don't get me wrong, we aren't a nudist colony, but we don't hide from her either. She's already asked questions and we've had some discussions on various parts of her body. But the fact that in the five minutes we were doing yoga, she picked up on the instructors mature female form made me laugh.
Brace yourself world!!!!
Random Musing Item: Been on a bit of a Law & Order: SVU kick of late. What the heck is that sound on Law & Order? It's highly recognizable, but what is it exactly? Anyone know?
Yesterday, Daughter awoke earlier than usual. It was too early for some of her shows on Public TV, so we watch a little of a yoga show that was on. It was in the final minutes, so was mostly cool down stuff. I invited her to attempt some of it and she did and liked it. I did too. We were having a good time. The instructor was a female and appropriately attired for yoga. After a few minutes my very observant three and a half year old gives the instructor a glance and announces "My boobies haven't grown yet."
First instinct response, "Why is one of the first things my daughter notices is the instructor's rack?" Second thought...apple didn't roll very far from that tree.
Now daughter is old enough to know that her body is different from the mature female forms she sees. Don't get me wrong, we aren't a nudist colony, but we don't hide from her either. She's already asked questions and we've had some discussions on various parts of her body. But the fact that in the five minutes we were doing yoga, she picked up on the instructors mature female form made me laugh.
Brace yourself world!!!!
Random Musing Item: Been on a bit of a Law & Order: SVU kick of late. What the heck is that sound on Law & Order? It's highly recognizable, but what is it exactly? Anyone know?
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Etiquette in an elevator
Gentle readers,
I work in a four story building with maybe a couple hundred people working in said building. Yet, every single day I come within a hair's breadth of being doused with a cup of Starbuck's, Dunkin's or Tim Horton's coffee. Why is this, you ask? It's because no one seems to understand the basics of elevator etiquette. It's not complicated really.
While waiting for an elevator:
1. Maintain minimum safe distance. This will help resist the urge to sprint in once those doors open like there's free money inside.
2. Remember: No elevator moves as fast as one would like. Try to have patience. If you can't wait, try the stairs.
When entering an elevator:
1. Assume someone is on the elevator who wishes to exit, even if there is not. Do not assume the Elevator Genie as sent you an empty elevator to grant your wish.
2. Allow the doors to fully open.
3. Wait a beat. Count one, one thousand, two one thousand.
4. Allow any passengers wishing to exit to do so safely.
5. Climb aboard, select your floor and move to an unoccupied area of the elevator.
When riding in an elevator:
1. It's ok to make eye contact.
2. It's ok not to make eye contact.
3. It's ok to have dead air.
4. It's ok to make polite conversation.
5. If you stake the claim of elevator real estate that is in front of the buttons, congratulations, you are now the elevator operator. You'll be in charge of pushing buttons that others can't reach. This includes but is not limited to holding the 'door open' button to ensure passengers safe entry/exit. If you're not up to this public service task, don't stand there.
When exiting an elevator:
1. Make sure you are on the floor you need to be on prior to exiting.
2. Say "excuse me" if you need your fellow passengers to move in order to exit. They've been blindly staring at the numbers as they light and can't guess who's floor they are on.
3. Hold the door in case there are others behind you also exiting.
4. Be on the lookout for passengers getting ready to enter who may be oblivious to the fact that this isn't their personal elevator and that others may in fact be using it.
5. Wear stain resistant clothing just in case someone isn't up on their elevator etiquette.
These are simple rules that I think we all can live with. They'll make elevator travel everywhere safer and more enjoyable for all.
Random Musing Item: What ever happened to elevator music? I don't think it's as common as it once was. Next time you're in an elevator take note!
I work in a four story building with maybe a couple hundred people working in said building. Yet, every single day I come within a hair's breadth of being doused with a cup of Starbuck's, Dunkin's or Tim Horton's coffee. Why is this, you ask? It's because no one seems to understand the basics of elevator etiquette. It's not complicated really.
While waiting for an elevator:
1. Maintain minimum safe distance. This will help resist the urge to sprint in once those doors open like there's free money inside.
2. Remember: No elevator moves as fast as one would like. Try to have patience. If you can't wait, try the stairs.
When entering an elevator:
1. Assume someone is on the elevator who wishes to exit, even if there is not. Do not assume the Elevator Genie as sent you an empty elevator to grant your wish.
2. Allow the doors to fully open.
3. Wait a beat. Count one, one thousand, two one thousand.
4. Allow any passengers wishing to exit to do so safely.
5. Climb aboard, select your floor and move to an unoccupied area of the elevator.
When riding in an elevator:
1. It's ok to make eye contact.
2. It's ok not to make eye contact.
3. It's ok to have dead air.
4. It's ok to make polite conversation.
5. If you stake the claim of elevator real estate that is in front of the buttons, congratulations, you are now the elevator operator. You'll be in charge of pushing buttons that others can't reach. This includes but is not limited to holding the 'door open' button to ensure passengers safe entry/exit. If you're not up to this public service task, don't stand there.
When exiting an elevator:
1. Make sure you are on the floor you need to be on prior to exiting.
2. Say "excuse me" if you need your fellow passengers to move in order to exit. They've been blindly staring at the numbers as they light and can't guess who's floor they are on.
3. Hold the door in case there are others behind you also exiting.
4. Be on the lookout for passengers getting ready to enter who may be oblivious to the fact that this isn't their personal elevator and that others may in fact be using it.
5. Wear stain resistant clothing just in case someone isn't up on their elevator etiquette.
These are simple rules that I think we all can live with. They'll make elevator travel everywhere safer and more enjoyable for all.
Random Musing Item: What ever happened to elevator music? I don't think it's as common as it once was. Next time you're in an elevator take note!
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