I read this very profound quote and then had to read it again just to make sure it was so simple:
"It's all so different since everything's changed." taken from Karen Blue's Midlife Mavericks
I love simple make you think phrases!
Showing posts with label wood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wood. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
T. Boone Pickens Saves America
T. Boone Pickens made a lot of money on domestic oil production. Simple said, “I was a good geologist and found a lot of oil reserves.” I like what he says. In simple terms we need to free ourselves from Middle East oil and quickly.
T. Boone is an interesting fellow. In recent interviews one interviewer tried to corner him by asking, “Aren’t you in this just to make money?” T. Boone answered back, “Any business person would hope to make some money, but my standard of living is not going to get any better.” Simply put T. Boone isn’t in this for purely self serving interests.
T. Boone found that in the middle of the USA from southern to northern boarder we have some of the strongest most “consistent” chartable winds in the world. He is moving ahead with establishing a chain of wind farms there, which will have a bonus of putting a lot of out of work people and struggling farm families back to work! Jobs in good clean renewable energy. T. Boone is even being so bold as to say we need to convert all of our 18 wheeler semi trucks over to natural gas. The 18 wheelers account for close to 35% of all the oil imports to our country! It seems we have huge cheap reserves of natural gas in the USA. This by the way just happens to be another clean burning fuel.
Another thing that will have benefits is when Obama changes our infrastructure is if he would add bike lanes everywhere. Make it affordable, convenient and appealing to commute on a bicycle. Bicycles equal more jobs and more green transportation plus the bonus of shedding tons of unhealthy American weight.
I for one believe it’s high time we make the change to a strong self sufficient economy. One that is not dependent on Middle East oil, creates green jobs and preserves and heals our environment. It’s time for us to get the oil habit off our backs and become a great country once again.
Check out the Links I Like section of my blog for information on T. Boone Pickens Plan, Building your own recumbent cycle at Build Your Own Recumbent, folding bicycles at Bike Friday or for general biking information check out Century Cycles blog. Enjoy!
T. Boone is an interesting fellow. In recent interviews one interviewer tried to corner him by asking, “Aren’t you in this just to make money?” T. Boone answered back, “Any business person would hope to make some money, but my standard of living is not going to get any better.” Simply put T. Boone isn’t in this for purely self serving interests.
T. Boone found that in the middle of the USA from southern to northern boarder we have some of the strongest most “consistent” chartable winds in the world. He is moving ahead with establishing a chain of wind farms there, which will have a bonus of putting a lot of out of work people and struggling farm families back to work! Jobs in good clean renewable energy. T. Boone is even being so bold as to say we need to convert all of our 18 wheeler semi trucks over to natural gas. The 18 wheelers account for close to 35% of all the oil imports to our country! It seems we have huge cheap reserves of natural gas in the USA. This by the way just happens to be another clean burning fuel.
Another thing that will have benefits is when Obama changes our infrastructure is if he would add bike lanes everywhere. Make it affordable, convenient and appealing to commute on a bicycle. Bicycles equal more jobs and more green transportation plus the bonus of shedding tons of unhealthy American weight.
I for one believe it’s high time we make the change to a strong self sufficient economy. One that is not dependent on Middle East oil, creates green jobs and preserves and heals our environment. It’s time for us to get the oil habit off our backs and become a great country once again.
Check out the Links I Like section of my blog for information on T. Boone Pickens Plan, Building your own recumbent cycle at Build Your Own Recumbent, folding bicycles at Bike Friday or for general biking information check out Century Cycles blog. Enjoy!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
New Direction
Well it's been a long, very long election and it's finally over! This had to be a record turn out at the polls. It seems Obama has helped turn a corner for much of the world. It seems as if the last eight years of plain old mismanagement are finally coming to an end.
Watching the news this morning I found it very interesting how much the rest of the world was watching "our presidential" election. There were shots of the European community cheering; the Israelis were cheering and more were cheering. It seems the rest of the world is as glad to see the end of the reign of GW as we are.
Obama and his advisors won't be able to untangle the mess GW and Cheney have gotten us into overnight, but at least they are willing to start.
Watching the news this morning I found it very interesting how much the rest of the world was watching "our presidential" election. There were shots of the European community cheering; the Israelis were cheering and more were cheering. It seems the rest of the world is as glad to see the end of the reign of GW as we are.
Obama and his advisors won't be able to untangle the mess GW and Cheney have gotten us into overnight, but at least they are willing to start.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Simple Thoughts Big Messages
It seems the less I try to over think it, the more clear and easier the message becomes.
This morning I woke up around 4:30 am and not wanting to get up yet I just sort of relaxed in the state between awake and sleep. At some point my mind heard, recited, received or whatever the words, "You are measured by the deeds of your heart." Plain and simple, clear and simple.
Just so you know I don't talk like that or actually think like that.
It sounds good to me, feels good to me and simply makes simple sense to me.
Les
This morning I woke up around 4:30 am and not wanting to get up yet I just sort of relaxed in the state between awake and sleep. At some point my mind heard, recited, received or whatever the words, "You are measured by the deeds of your heart." Plain and simple, clear and simple.
Just so you know I don't talk like that or actually think like that.
It sounds good to me, feels good to me and simply makes simple sense to me.
Les
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Christkindl Market Akron, Ohio
Well it's turning towards winter again in Ohio. That's good and bad in a sense. Bad that it's going be freezing cold for several months. I will have to shovel my sidewalks and scrape my car windows.
Good in the sense that 80 Germans come to downtown Akron the day after Thanksgiving and set up a traditional Christkindal Market for 6 weeks. Good in the sense that a group of highly skilled traditional woodcarvers are among them! They are from the Erzgebirge Mountain region of East Germany. This is a world famous woodcarving region.
I'm excited to see them again and watch them work. Wish I spoke German.
Good in the sense that 80 Germans come to downtown Akron the day after Thanksgiving and set up a traditional Christkindal Market for 6 weeks. Good in the sense that a group of highly skilled traditional woodcarvers are among them! They are from the Erzgebirge Mountain region of East Germany. This is a world famous woodcarving region.
I'm excited to see them again and watch them work. Wish I spoke German.
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