tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.comments2023-10-17T05:37:34.738-06:00Breathe Like Your Life Depends On ItLaura C. Michaelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17537769132188254098noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-82098171610879798752013-01-11T10:42:13.729-07:002013-01-11T10:42:13.729-07:00Ogie is taking a walk.Ogie is taking a walk.Laura C. Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537769132188254098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-64471496379873823912012-09-18T14:35:54.368-06:002012-09-18T14:35:54.368-06:00Ahem...May I please talk to Ogie?Ahem...May I please talk to Ogie?Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321380784761184699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-34233301021569739992012-07-11T11:24:24.841-06:002012-07-11T11:24:24.841-06:00Is it possible for me to talk to Ogie?Is it possible for me to talk to Ogie?Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321380784761184699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-72002751297303815592012-06-17T22:02:57.859-06:002012-06-17T22:02:57.859-06:00Hmmm, perhaps I will add new life to this blog by ...Hmmm, perhaps I will add new life to this blog by creating a series of posts about "The" Solutions.Laura C. Michaelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-17356320856193096692012-06-12T10:15:00.858-06:002012-06-12T10:15:00.858-06:00I wish to be informed of your methods.I wish to be informed of your methods.Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321380784761184699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-43217336682338518812011-03-15T11:09:55.215-06:002011-03-15T11:09:55.215-06:00Hey, don't give them Houston. We've got en...Hey, don't give them Houston. We've got enough of that mentality here already. - ChipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-19585163493556926632011-03-02T21:28:42.714-07:002011-03-02T21:28:42.714-07:00I admire your optimism (if that's the "ri...I admire your optimism (if that's the "right" word for it,) Chip.<br />The way I see it is things are just out of balance. Any shaman would agree, I suspect. <br />And though we've terraformed our home, we can leave things back to the wild too. <br />You are so hopeful, I am jealous really. I will say no more - just keep on dreaming that dream. It is too precious to crush.Laura C. Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537769132188254098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-76953264835732856542011-03-02T11:08:43.155-07:002011-03-02T11:08:43.155-07:00Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, h...Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, humans are pretty cool species too and I think we are worth saving. As far as lions go, mountain lions are making comebacks here in Houston, I'm talking in the city! I think it is a little bit of speciesalistic (I just made up a a new word, think nationalistic) hubris on both extremes. I.e. silly to not recognize that we as a species have completely transformed this terrarium called earth but also on the other hand we give ourselves too much credit in that the other species we share the world with are pretty smart and resilient too as our scientists are just learning. It is my hope we can become a spacefaring species and become more conscious caretakers of the earth and any other jewels we find. - ChipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-88392370914777219432011-03-01T21:24:28.422-07:002011-03-01T21:24:28.422-07:00Honestly, I'm not too concerned about saving O...Honestly, I'm not too concerned about saving OUR species. We're interesting to a point but after that point we just seem to do the same ol' same ol' over and over for quite a long time now. <br />But the beauty of the world and the fascinating perceptual abilities of other species- animal, plant, fungal, microbial and all other- I just wish we could get our own extinction over with without taking them with us.<br />I couldn't be more saddened by the thought that if I live out my life expectancy, I will live on this planet without any wild lions and tigers (unless something dramatic happens to stop that.) That is a proposition that is so very ugly, I'd trade all the humans left on Earth at that point, including myself, just to return the wild to at least those two gorgeous predators.Laura C. Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537769132188254098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-43096363195765988782011-03-01T09:43:16.207-07:002011-03-01T09:43:16.207-07:00You know, my faith in humans is very limited. The ...You know, my faith in humans is very limited. The larger the group the more inertia and self-centeredness. The issue you bring up is only one of many. I fear there will be no long term solution to these issues until there really is an oil/gas/energy crisis that collapses the country, it is quite possibly too late to prevent now. Anyway, the best thing we can do as a species is move off-planet and turn the Earth into a 'life-preserve'. Fat chance of that happening though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-37452502948971392912011-02-28T20:39:09.256-07:002011-02-28T20:39:09.256-07:00Hey Anonymous, Thanks for sharing this! I am heart...Hey Anonymous, Thanks for sharing this! I am heartened to hear that Erin Kick-Ass Brockovich is on the case!Laura C. Michaelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537769132188254098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534568369133008723.post-79968697314424823452011-02-28T09:44:21.700-07:002011-02-28T09:44:21.700-07:00Hi Laura, good piece :) If you haven't heard,...Hi Laura, good piece :) If you haven't heard, the fight against fracking is starting to go into high gear north of the border. As well, I think this issue will start to gain much more traction here with people like Erin Brockovich getting into the fight. To briefly bring your readers up to speed on this..Erin Brockovich herself is currently involved in investigating a mile-long plume of chromium-6 contamination of drinking water - apparently caused by fracking and drilling - in Midland, Texas. Hexavalent chromium, otherwise known as chromium-6, is the extremely toxic substance Brockovich found in the drinking water in Hinkley, California, which led to a major class action lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric, which finally paid the plaintiffs more than $200 million in 2006.<br /><br />Maybe we should be writing to Julia Roberts ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com