So, this weekend I kinda of bailed on the blog. Well, sort of. I wrote, but did not publish. I wasn’t exactly near internet the whole weekend. However, here are some thoughts I did write while I enjoyed loaded lemonades and hotdogs. From July 2, 2011 Yesterday, the beginning of a long weekend of folly…
So, today starts the countdown. Many of you already know that on July 29, I will walk out of the Progress Michigan office for the last time as an official employee. For those who do not know already, I am sorry that you found out this way; maybe we need to talk more often, eh? …
*Write-up taken from Michigan Energy Options and Michigan Environmental Council. PEAK OIL NOVELIST TO SPEAK IN EAST LANSING ON APRIL 19, 2011 Kurt Cobb, novelist and founding member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and GasTuesday, April 19, 2011 from 5:30 pm – 7 p.m. at Michigan Energy Options, East Lansing. On Tuesday,…
Originally posted by Alex Yerkey on Clean Water Action’s website. If it Ain’t Broke… U.S. House Tackles Clean Air, Water & Everybody Loses by Alex Yerkey I watched the U.S. House of Representatives “hard at work” until (far too) late into the early morning last Saturday. They were debating on the Continuing Budget Resolution. As amendment…
Tonight, many of us will be spending time with the one we love. We may get flowers at work, we may be taken out for oysters and eat copious amounts of chocolate (both aphrodisiacs) before going home to cuddle up on the couch, smooch, throw on some lingerie, and head to the bedroom. However, before…
Last week, when the Snyder administration appealed a judge’s decision to overturn the DRNE’s decision to deny an air permit to Holland Board of Public Works, they upheld former Governor Granholm’s 2009 directive to require a thorough analysis of the need for and alternatives to new sources of power before they are built. I have to say, I was quite…
How many kids have to die before the Michigan Senate decides enough is enough? Every time I read about another high school student who was bullied enough to take their own life, I have to wonder what our supposed leaders at the Capitol are thinking. It has been almost a decade since Kevin Epling’s son,…
Image by Uncle Paul the Birdman: back injury “again” via Flickr About two weeks ago I decided it was time to go caffeine free. Now, some of you may be thinking, “Why the heck would you do that?” while others will remind me that, in moderation, caffeine is not a bad thing. I agree. However,…
What I still don’t understand is why people feel that is it okay to tell someone they cannot have equal access to housing, employment and other public accommodations just because they like a person of the same sex. Really? What is it about Joe and Bob living together that bothers people enough to say it…
Gasp. Cough. Gasp. Cough. Recently I attended a press conference in Detroit. The press conference was outside by the side of the road. Only 30 minutes outside and my lungs were already hurting. I could feel my asthma starting to creep. It did not take a scientist to tell me what it was that was…