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I “The local welcome wagon may have contributed maize to the cornucopia.”
P “The menu was discarded, yet historians suggest that they ate oysters, mussels, seafood, ducks and geese.”
I “We need to give thanks and take care of the sea.”
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[See the “e-ssays” titled Plastic Pirates (August 6, 2012) and Playa Plastica / Plastic Beach (September 13, 2010).]
Bumper sticker of the week:
An ocean is a terrible thing to waste
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C1 “Eating out will make you eat in. Or lose your appetite. Americans devour too much food and waste too much food. A friend said that he could not go a week in any activity catering to the American appetite because he could not stomach the gross waste of food.”
C2 “Americans put too much on their waists and then waste the rest. They waist food and then waste food.”
C1 “If Bill Shakespeare didn’t document it, Aesop did. The timeless human experience.”
C2 “Bill on burgers, Aesop on arugula?”
C1 “I thought they relayed the ‘Ant and the Grasshopper fable’ to us to teach us to play well with others even if the others played too much. I thought we would be directed to be a good ant and let the grasshopper come in out of the cold. Then she read the ending and said that the ants rebuked and rebuffed the grasshopper when he sought to come in out of the cold.”
C2 “You can’t blame them. The ants saved and gathered all summer while the grasshopper played and partied.”
C1 “But we are all playing and partying. There are not enough ants.”
C2 “Everyone must be an enlightened ant. The grasshoppers are preparing by collecting guns. The few ants must continue to save and gather and . . . collect guns.”
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[See the article "Clean your plate, save the world?: Scientific American."]
[See the “e-ssays” titled "Beans and Bullets (April 6, 2009)," "On Entitlements (July 19, 2010)" and "Girding For The Going Grid (October 11, 2010)."]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Personal responsibility; fiscal responsibility; legal responsibility
Providence prefers providence
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Cs “They aren’t telling us anything.”
Sr “They aren’t tellin’ us nothin’.”
Cs “The great flotilla of death is floating east to the West Coast from the Far East. The Pacific is now a polluted pond.”
Sr “It’s in the air. An air raid. That’s the overriding problem. Death from above.”
Cs “The only thing the authorities can do is the only thing the authorities do.”
Sr “Lie. The official language of government and industry. The problem is so overwhelming that there may be nothin’ that can be done.”
Cs “What do you tell a populace that is already angry, broken, confused, desperate, enervated, and frustrated.”
Sr “And bitter, cynical and distrustful.”
Cs “The energy source designed to transition us from fossil fuels to renewable energy blew up on us in a day.”
Sr “We are so Fukushima Daiichied.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
3/11
Fukushima Daiichied Again
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A “At least the processed junk.”
B “That is the way to celebrate National Food Day. Prepare and enjoy one healthy meal and let it become habit forming.”
A “We ingest so much junk in such massive quantities. We commit slow suicide every day and haul far more weight around on our musculoskeletal system than its design capacity. We need to secure our food closer to the farm and the field and consume it in smaller quantities.”
B “That may require fundamental lifestyle changes. Families, when they exist, are fractured and eat at different times on the run from a bag in the car. Eating is most efficient and enjoyable when a meal is prepared for a group and shared over conversation.”
A “Slow food poisoning, I tell you. Meat is the big killer. Too many resources are devoured supplying us with meat. Some meat, maybe, but in much smaller quantities.”
B “Go green; eat plants.”
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Bumper stickers of the week:
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Michael Pollan
Eat less meat; enjoy more plants.
Exercise your mouth less and your feet more.
Get your food close to the farm and the field.
