Emperor Decrees April 22 National Holiday
The last couple of years, April 22nd has been a triple threat in our household.
1. It is the day we commemorate an ironically bad Friday that gave way to a history-altering good Sunday.
2. It's the day we bask in this planet God gave us.
3. And finally, in our little piece of the world, it's the day the Emperor--also known as chief flower picker--graced us with his presence. Two years ago. Exactly.
(We'll forget the pain involved just this once.)
Hope of resurrection, a sweet ...
Things I Don’t Know
I have lived on this planet for 31 years now and yet there are so many things I barely know anything about.Today, for example, I was browsing information on camper/RV rentals (a pending adventure I'll get to in some future post) and was of course blown away by random industry-factoids that I couldn't have guessed at to save my life. For example, did you know that even the little po-dunk motorhome dealers, whose establishments more closely resemble bait shops than car lots, sell motor homes that ...
Prison City Eats
Here's the previously-mentioned contact list for chain restaurants in Prison City (Jackson, Michigan)--many of which are found in cities across America. I'm also throwing in (free of charge) a couple talking points, straight from your local bovine's Christmas list, that you might want to touch on while talking to Ronald MacDonald himself. Or you can just scream and make a bunch of threats you can't back up. Whatever works for you. ;)Talking Points:Ask chains to give purchasing preference ...
Why Does This Pig Have No Tail?
This post is from a series of blogs related to Matthew Scully’s book, Dominion*. In the chapter called "Deliver Me From my Necessities," Scully shows the ugly under belly of America's supply and demand system. In other words, we're driving this car.Meat gets processed the way it does to meet the expectations of the public. Here are a few points that underline his thesis:Raising/slaughtering practices are driven by the customer, who expect all meat to have the same appearance, size ...
Hot, Flat and Crowded
Last fall, I read Flat, Hot and Crowded* by Tom Friedman, which touches on clean energy issues not entirely unrelated to my recent blog series on Dominion*. As it turns out, I just noticed they are even printed by the same publisher. Below is a summary of the book's contents:The world is hot from global warning, flat due to the rise of a global middle class who wants to consume like Americans and crowded because of population explosion.According to Friedman, America shouldn’t view these three ...
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