I read somewhere that the ancient Greeks imagined your past as stretching out before you, while the future surprised you from behind. Our society imagines it the other way around: our past is behind us and we look forward in…
Category: Observation
Things that have made me go “Hmmm…”
Daylight Savings Time
I read an article on Daylight Saving Time today which, regardless of how I felt about it, certainly got a lot of commenters worked up. A health researcher in Britain has proposed eliminating Daylight Saving Time as an ‘easy’ way…
Collateral Murder
I heard about a video (and the WikiLeaks website) on The Current on CBC radio yesterday. I wasn’t sure at the time if I would have the intestinal fortitude to watch it, but today I decided that I had to…
Meaning
Today in traffic I could see that the vehicle that was three vehicles forward of me had begun signalling to turn left. I could also see that there was a fair amount of oncoming traffic, so I quickly made a…
Where Does Your Food Come From?
I wouldn’t post something like this unless I thought it was pretty compelling. Watch this short video and start thinking. Hellmanns2 The website mentioned in the video is http://www.eatrealeatlocal.ca
Hungry Hungry Hippos™: Die, Die, Die
“So I’m concerned about all the waste I see around me. And it’s not like I’m doing anything to stop the deluge. In fact I’m contributing. Why, I don’t know. I guess it’s a momentum thing. It’s hard to change…
The Nature of Waste
Did native North Americans have garbage dumps? I don’t think so. I recall learning all about how every part of an antelope or bison was used for something by natives — and nothing at all was wasted. And why was…
Awakening
I remember a moment of awakening for me about three years ago. I found myself walking through a Walmart. I was like anyone else in there — looking around for what I came for, but also scoping for things that…
The Value of Things
I was having a discussion with a friend recently in which he lamented about the number of gifts his children had received for Christmas. It was January 16th and there were still a few gifts under the tree, not yet…
The Downside of Reducing Consumption
I was thinking about ways to reduce my consumerist footprint. I’ve come around to the conclusion over the years that I don’t need to buy and collect movies. I rent movies right now, which is good, but I thought I…