The Return of the Saturday Night Special!
Green
An end to genuine "fossil" fuel is inevitable, sooner or later. There are those who say that we've reached it, that the only reason why it's still possible to burn petroleum is that natural processes are generating more petroleum faster than we used to think they could...I'm not sure I believe that. Maybe we just underestimated the number of fossils under the Arab Peninsula. But in any case there's no denying that an end to fossil fuel is inevitable! So why are people reacting so angrily when Antonio Guterres mentions the fact? Because it has nothing to do with his job, as secretary-general of the United Nations, and because his job is obviously not being done.
The purpose of existence of a secretary-general of the United Nations is to stop people, most specifically Europeans, from killing each other in stupid tribal wars. Hello? What has Mr. Guterres heard from Russia and Ukraine lately? If he's failed to do anything about that situation, why in the world does he think anyone wants to hear what he has to say? He should do his job or resign from it.
His job is not to tell people what to do when they're not seeking a mediation service. So, if he believes what he's saying, what alternative does that leave him? Why, of course...he has the same right everyone else has to lead by example! To vote with his feet! And in this case feet are particularly relevant. If he wants people to burn less petroleum, he should go home, sell his car, travel--by bus if possible, by train or ship if necessary, never again in his life by airplane--only in family emergencies, walk to where he needs to go, and release regular blog posts or Youtube videos telling the world how good he feels about doing that.
If he can't do that, well, then he's not as Green as I am, and he should consider getting help for his problem with recognizing other people's boundaries. And, until he is showing the benefits of the said help, he should keep his mouth shut in public at all times.
History
I suspect the details of this story may have expanded in storage, but it had to have been quite a story even while it was happening...
Music
Female version of a classic male-point-of-view song...
Harmonica versions of pieces usually performed by large groups:
Psychology
When you choose, for reasons that will probably seem less than good or sufficient to you later, to spend time around extroverts and you deflect their little dominance displays without being sucked into their game, and it starts driving them crazy, and (with nonverbal communication of violent impulses rising) they scream "Open up! Open your mind!" then, if you want to be sadistic, you might choose to hit them with this.
Travel
Er. Um. If you're serious about wasting fuel? You don't travel for fun. And actually I prefer to be where I am, anyway.
Nevertheless, for those who want to travel, here's the first of Barb Taub's annual vacation-trip-to-India stories. They are fun to read. If you are rich and have a very dear old friend there who is also rich, or if you have family there, you should probably go to India instead of Florida for winter breaks, too.
Of course, some people like Mexico. Some like Jamaica.
Then there are those who still think the answer to the accurate observation that (some) men have trouble following directions is that (they think) women don't give good directions (because they have failed to learn to lower their eyes and listen when women tell them things that have nothing to do with their feelings). To that, there's only one answer:
"Leave Detroit heading northwest on US 96. Proceed in the direction of Ann Arbor, but continue past Ann Arbor. Go north on US 23 to exit 49, North Territorial Road. Turn north on Dexter-Pinckney Road. Turn west on Silver Hill Road."
These directions lead to a good place for men who have failed to learn to listen when women try to give them directions. To be driving.
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