A couple of nights ago I watched a documentary entitled "Hot Politics" on PBS. It blew my mind. If you care about the environment you'll want to see it. It chronicles how the US government denied, covered-up and censured the nation's top scientists from releasing scientific evidence that proved 10 years ago what we now know - that climate change is real and progressing faster than any of us could have ever predicted. If you're one of the three people left on earth that still denies climate change is real, well, nothing at this point will ever convince you this is really happening and good luck to you... but for everyone else, check out http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/ to learn more and watch the doc online.
In happier news, we got an email from 2 of our best friends who are currently in the Bahamas. These two are living out every person's dream of escaping the stressed-out mundane existance most of us call "life". About 6 months ago, they both left their jobs in Portland OR, sold their house and most of their possessions, flew to Miami, then sailed to the Bahamas, and are beginning their epic journey of sailing up the east coast in their 40-ft sailboat. Their journey will end in Newfoundland, where they will settle in their native village to run the family jam factory (awww, how quaint). Their blog chronicles their adventures so far and is at http://www.darktickle.com/bedlamerblog.aspx. I was filled with jealousy reading it and made Eugene promise we could quit our jobs, sell the house, buy an Airstream and travel the country before settling down in Canada (I know, we're cheating with the airstream but can you imagine 2 adults, 2 kids and 2 huskies sailing the open seas? - talk about rough waters).
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