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Over a million iPhones have been sold. Have you: bought one, considered it, or decided it's not for you?
i'm not interested in owning one and i can't justify switching networks for a phone.
oh, and what's this i hear about at&t paying
apple for each iphone activated on their network, and that you can only
buy two phones with credit cards? tsk tsk tsk.
it's a lazy day at my parents' house. my brother is asleep on one of the couches in the living room and snoring. my dad is on a couch across from my brother, listening. with a serious tone in his voice, he says, "junior. junior. that car won't start, you flooded it." the last time my brother fell asleep and started snoring, my dad woke him up and asked if he was mowing the lawn. i love that he's full of jokes.
it's good to be home for the weekend.
laugh it up
i joined my brother, his coworkers and hundreds of other people on saturday for the atlanta walk to cure diabetes. we started in centennial olympic park and walked three miles around the downtown area. it was fun and i got to see more of the city without worrying about being hit by a car.
the road ahead
atlanta beams
guerrilla marketing?
eureka! fools gold.
creek at chastain park
from what i can tell, she mostly spins clockwise but either way, it's a dizzying optical illusion.
finally, it rained today...for about five minutes. i was
hoping it would last a while but as soon as i started this post, the
clouds went from dark to light grey and the rain turned to mist. not
good considering the southeast is experiencing extreme drought
conditions and here in the atlanta area, we're definitely worried about our water supply:
Lake Sidney Lanier, metro Atlanta's main source of water, has about three months of storage left, according to state and federal officials.
That's three months before there's not enough water for more than 3 million metro Atlantans to take showers, flush their toilets and cook. Three months before there's not enough water in parts of the Chattahoochee River for power plants to make the steam necessary to generate electricity. Three months before part of the river runs dry.
(full article on ajc.com)
i hope people are doing their part to reduce water usage.
seriously, do you really need to wash your car once a week? no. heck, i haven't washed my car in months. do you need to water your grass? no. it's fall, a lot of plants are turning brown. do you have to take 20 minute showers EVERY day? no. come on people, you can't possibly be that dirty. on a good day, i can shower in 5 minutes; when i have to wash my hair, less than 10 minutes (and that's with the water off while i'm in lathering mode).
and to the army corp of engineers: do we really need to protect mussel species in florida? no. for the time being, we do not need to send 3 billion gallons of water from four lakes in georgia to a river in florida, every day.
i could go on and on but the point i'm trying to get across is that we have been wasting water for years and as a community, we should have made changes a long time ago instead of waiting for the government to tell us what to do. by making a few adjustments in our daily activities, we can save a lot of water and conserve our resources. if you need help getting started, wateruseitwisely.com has 100 water-saving tips and treehugger.com has pointers on how to green your water.
and even if water is abundant where you
live, please, be a responsible consumer and use it wisely.
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i haven't been in the mood to post much but i figured i should drop in since it's been a while...
besides, i don't want people thinking i died from sniffing or eating spoiled dairy products. ;-)
decaf, nonfat, caramel macchiato from starbucks. i don't care what size. i just want one.
that is all.
