This handy little website-aroony will calculate the pounds of CO2 you *aren’t* putting into the atmosphere when you ride your bike rather than drive. Dig it. wheelandsprocket.com/page.cfm

Fun facts about CFL and LED lights. The website is a lot of fun to navigate, with neat little fact pop-ups.
unscrewamerica.org/

Do you figure you could do a better job with our national budget? Give your coupon clipping skills a try here:
marketplace.publicradio.org/feat...hero/

Prop 98 ends rent control. Just saying. Vote how you want, but consider old ladies with fixed incomes, and the fact that they had to tack that shit onto a bill all sneakily when you do.

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Artsy Shit:

This blog is amazing, and his pictures are amazing, and you should start at the beginning and read everything, all of it, every word. www.mexicanpictures.com/headin...er.html

My aunt is an artist. She isn’t famous or anything, but she always had amazing things on the walls of her house. I tend to randomly search for my friends, family, acquaintances, etc. online. This is probably related to the fact that I have made every endeavor to NOT be findable in searches. I don’t use my name for a reason, mang, and that reason is that someone already has my social security number, passed off fraudulent checks, and generally screwed me before I even turned 25. anyway, Sherry isn’t really findable either, but a round of yahoo turned up this site, with her name. Good times. www.stevenleiberbasement.com/search.php

“The Rules of Evidence”
Lee Robinson

What you want to say most
is inadmissible.
Say it anyway.
Say it again.
What they tell you is irrelevant
can’t be denied and will
eventually be heard.
Every question
is a leading question.
Ask it anyway, then expect
what you won’t get.
There is no such thing
as the original
so you’ll have to make do
with a reasonable facsimile.
The history of the world
is hearsay. Hear it.
The whole truth
is unspeakable
and nothing but the truth
is a lie.
I swear this.
My oath is a kiss.
I swear
by everything
incredible.

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Movies!

The number 23 www.imdb.com/title/tt0481369/
Ugh. Okay, this was a good idea, in theory. I actually enjoyed the stylistic –in novel- scenes. Jim Carrey is scary looking, but this movie just WAY missed the mark.

Screaming Mimi www.imdb.com/title/tt0052168/
Anita Ekberg stars as Virginia, a young woman traumatized by an attempted stabbing. Oh, and she’s a “stripper”. Gypsy Rose Lee proves that she shouldn’t try to make the transition to film. Ekberg has a great rack.

The Golden Compass www.imdb.com/title/tt0385752/
BOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Boooooooooo! BOO! Bo-ooo-oo! BOO!

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Books!

The Secret Country Trilogy, Pamela Dean
I read the first novel in this trilogy a few summers ago, and I really enjoyed it. I had a bit of trouble thereafter finding the other two books in stores, and gave up trying. I re-read the first novel recently, and found used copies on amazon.com (yay for leftover gift certificates!). I’m sorry to say that the best part of the sequels was the excitement of a package arriving at my door. Dean is a solid fantasy writer, but these books suffer from what comes off as lack of foresight. She spends all of the second book, and most of the first, complicating the plot so badly that she resorts to a bit of bow-tying that would rival an episode of Scooby Doo. If nothing else, the novels are fun, and though not quite on the level of Narnia, The Secret Country is a place that I may venture again someday.

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Music!

Check out Ana Laan. I don’t feel like writing a review. Just trust me that she’s groovy.

www.rollingstone.com/artists/analaan
www.theworld.org/