multi-media presentation..

The following are things I have read or heard in the last week or so. Some are things I have agreed with, some been surprised by, some informed by, some I'm still digesting...I feel like oddly as though I am being educated all over again these days. So many of my old learnings are turning out to be quite unsubstantial. Or just plain wrong. Interesting times..

"In 1990, total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-15 had reached the equivalent of 4,208 million tonnes (Mt or Tg) of CO2. CO2Carbon dioxide emissions alone, which represent 82% of GHG, stood at 3,325 Mt in 2000, only 0.5% lower than their 1990 level (3,.342 Mt)"
(opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the issues involved in using nuclear power in electicity generation, Brussels, 25th February 2004 http://www.world-nuclear.org/opinion/eesc.doc)

“So I find myself in yet another autumn season. The trees are changing and the weather is soon to warrant scarves and sweaters. In the warmth of our homes, we reflect and prepare for the paths God will lead us through in the upcoming years. Often this preparation focuses entirely on our future, but may I suggest we approach the problem from another angle. Solomon would have taught us that if we love our great King in the fervency and desperation of the present, we naturally bend our will into the will of God, and our heart will plead for the path he wishes for us. There is no guessing the will of God, but only this simple rule: It is now that God favors what you do.”(relevant magazine (-.com), oct 2004, A Hampshire)

“friend #1 – “What is the most important thing to remember in the Britain of today?” friend #2 – “For best results, cook from frozen”
(mil millington, ‘things my girlfriend and I have argued about' (-.com)

Delia Smith refers to greaseproof paper as "baking parchment". Am open to the suggestion (only where proof is provided) that these are, in fact, two seperate items altogether.

"At least it won't mean ending up in a boring nine-to-five, boxed in, with all its greyness and sitting in cubicles"
(friend, december 14th, 2004)

“You gotta stand up in the garden, come and let the rain come falling down upon your head…said you gotta stand up in the garden, baby come and let the rain come falling down and wash away your sin….you gotta stand up in the garden, come and let the rain come falling down upon your head, said you gotta stand up in the garden, baby come and let the rain come falling down and wash away your sin..”
(counting crows..a murder of one, live acoustic)

there will no doubt be more, soon...x