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Comment on Don’t like it? Leave it? Lump it? Change it? by Bill

Bill — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:08:52 +0000

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Comment on Breaking the law while white (and female? and midwestern? and boring?) by SarahD

SarahD — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:42:35 +0000

Reminds me of this one time CLV and I were going to a restaurant in her car. Which had out of date tags, and her license… well, you remember the old CLV, before she got organized. Anyway, there we were driving, and a cop pulls her over (she wasn’t really speeding, dunno what the alleged infraction was). She starts freaking before he even gets to the window, but she is calm and polite by the time he gets there. After he fully assesses the situation and all the ensuing paperwork, he asks me if I have a license. I say yes. He asks why we’re not in my car. I tell him I rode my motorcycle and didn’t have a spare helmet for her so this actually was the better option vehicle-wise. He asked that I get in the driver seat and that CLV try to get all the other stuff fixed in a timely manner.

So a warning it was, that fine day in Monrovia…

Comment on In defense of meat (or why your ancestors probably weren’t vegans) by Toonhead

Toonhead — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:00:18 +0000

There sustainable sources for meat – local, grass fed cattle. A famous example – Sarah Palin’s video from an Alaskan free-range turkey farm. The slaughter in the background is a bit gruesome but any slaughter no matter how humane is.

Comment on In defense of meat (or why your ancestors probably weren’t vegans) by anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:22:23 +0000

Saw this on a tee-shirt the other day:

“Meat is Murder.

Tasty, Tasty Murder”

Comment on Another art by Practicing Idealist

Practicing Idealist — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:11:14 +0000

Saraliz – thank you so much for posting this. I, too, have quit the Unitarian Universalist church in the past few years (during grad school), and contemplated quitting grad school as well. You were much braver than I to quit something making you unhappy – I finally finished my dissertation last summer, but it was definitely NOT a happy time. Congratulations on listening to yourself, and thank you again for sharing your story. – Practicing Idealist

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Comment on Another art by Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:00:35 +0000

That was a lovely post. Though we haven’t spoken much in the last couple of years I do remember the events that you described here well. Not that you need me to tell you…. But, you did make the right decision. It sounds like you are happier and more content now and that’s what really counts! =)

As is often the case when I read your writing, I found a couple of pieces that I related to quite a bit. The need to take time away from those things that aren’t working to regroup and “try to put the pieces back together”… it sounds a lot like my current path. Still struggling with some of the pieces, but hoping that I am on the right path to healing and forward progress.

I am glad to hear that you’ve been able to shed dead weight. It’s important for all of us to do at one time or another. I hope that one day I will no longer feel guilt and shame for quitting those things that were at one time very important to me… to stop blaming myself for my own failures, weaknesses and mistakes in that context. Perhaps with time I will find the healing that I need…… just as you have been able to do.

Comment on This is cool, but … by NancyDreUU

NancyDreUU — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:45:22 +0000

Miriamdema–
I run an organic co-op. The word organic is in the title. And yet the most common question is “Is this stuff organic?” Even AFTER they read the FAQ.

Comment on This is cool, but … by Sarahliz

Sarahliz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:05:14 +0000

In part the reason he can’t grow more than “garnish” is that he started with a $550 budget and the earthboxes are pricey (not to mention that each seedling costs as much or more than an entire package of seeds would cost).

I’m not sure about the carbon footprint question. Obviously anything grown in containers brings with it the question of the overall sustainability of whatever is being used for the container. On the other hand, if we assume that he would have used the same ingredients for garnishing anyway then it’s a question of what the source would have been if it wasn’t grown on the roof.

In the grand scheme of things I think this is one of those trends that probably doesn’t actually hurt and may help in a philosophical sense if not an actual immediate sustainability sense. The idea that you can use otherwise dead spaces for food production in creative ways is important, I think. In the ideal world of course, your rooftop garden would be made with some sort of recycled container or one made from more renewable resources and irrigation would be done with grey water (or in a less arid climate, stored rain water). But for the time being I’m ok with foofy restaurants getting some press for growing a little arugula on the roof since I hope it might inspire apartment dwellers to grow some arugula, mint, basil, and what have you on their own patio/roof/window ledge.

Comment on This is cool, but … by miriamdema

miriamdema — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:49:24 +0000

i’m entertained by the fact that the only thing he can grow in enough quantity to really use is “garnish”

is this really helping? i mean, doesn’t it cost this guy twice as much ‘carbon footprint’ and such to grow a novelty item on the roof?

sigh…i’m often annoyed at the ego behind some of these ideas. kinda like the signs at certified organic farmers markets on the avocado’s that say “organic”…really, did i need a sign- isn’t that a rule of you even being able to sell here???