The 100-Mile Diet
Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Food, Consumerism, Good For You
The 100-mile diet, based on a US and Canadian book, is the story of truly eating locally for one year. According to 100milediet.org, “when the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles—call it ‘the SUV diet.’” The creators figure that a “100-mile radius is large enough to reach beyond a big city and small enough to feel truly local.” I feel a bit spoiled because Whole Foods takes the guesswork out of knowing what food you are buying is local, but I’ll take the help where I can get it. So reduce your global footprint and eat locally; you’ll feel great eating all the local fresh ingredients and your local farmer will thank you for the business.
R.I.P George Carlin
Posted on June 23, 2008 - Filed Under Nonsense
I will keep cursing in remembrance of you!
shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits
Carbon Neutral Costa Rica
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Mother Nature
In an effort to be the world’s first carbon-neutral nation, Costa Rica is halting deforestation and attempting to plant seven million trees during 2008. There will be 1.5 trees for every Costa Rican and will break even on expending greenhouse gas emissions. Even though Costa Rica is not a leading greenhouse gas producer, this “Plant a Tree” project demonstrates how every little bit helps and leading by example is the best way to show progress.
TEAL is the Word Ya Hurd
Posted on April 6, 2008 - Filed Under VA/DC/MD Happenings, Writing/Editing, Publishing, On the Road
My good friend Jeff Deck was in need of a road trip full of awesome experiences to write about while waiting for entry to an MFA program, so he took off across the country hunting down typos and correcting them. Starting in Boston, Jeff swung through the DC area where my husband and I took him to Pizza Paradiso in Georgetown. We located a few typos on the menu so they were appropriately logged on the Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) website and my friend Jeff was on to another town. With a great interview on NPR and walking around Hollywood with ABC News, Jeff is doing the Lord’s work for us editors.
The Scuppie Manifesto
Posted on March 7, 2008 - Filed Under Mother Nature, Writing/Editing, Publishing
So this isn’t my own coined term, but I’m all about manifestos and this one is pretty cool. The Scuppie (socially conscious upwardly mobile person) being referred to is a combination of yuppie and hippie culture, or basically hippies with money that still want to do good while looking good. Everywhere the word Scuppie is used there is a glaring TM following it, so I repeat, this is not my idea and it’s trademarked. Yikes, maybe they’re a bit more yuppie than hippie, either way, check out the manifesto.
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