- What’s It Cost to Kill a Bear?
- An environmental crackdown in San Francisco:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Thirsty San Francisco city workers will no longer have bottled water to drink under an order by Mayor Gavin Newsom, who says it costs too much, worsens pollution and is no better than tap water.
Newsom’s executive order bars city departments, agencies and contractors from using city funds to serve water in plastic bottles and in larger dispensers when tap water is available.
“In San Francisco, for the price of one 1 gallon (3.8 liters) of bottled water, local residents can purchase 1,000 gallons of tap water,” according to the mayor’s order.
- Animated Mark Fiore editorial cartoon.
- Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world, with lots and lots of pictures.
- 15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever, for example, number 8:
Once while rushing to a New York meeting, there were no cabs available, so Rogers and one of his colleagues hopped on the subway. Esquire reported that the car was filled with people, and they assumed they wouldn’t be noticed. But when the crowd spotted Rogers, they all simultaneously burst into song, chanting “It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood.” The result made Rogers smile wide.
[Actually the lyric is, “It’s a beautiful day in the the neighborhood.”]
- You know you’re living in 2007 when…. Several indicators, including:
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
- Can the level of math education sink any lower?
- Asking Miriam for advice may surprise you.