Life

It applies in many ways:

The PR job

As my family is prone to saying these days: 'Profile! It's good for !@#$! profile???! We cannot eat $%^& profile!'

A headline to savour?

In all senses of the word:)

VEGAN CONDOMS COMING TO CANADA

Don't argue, just DO it!

As an advocate of doing, I am open to a serve here.

Most will have gathered I love cartoons. I was a cartoonist once. And I still doodle.

The ability to get a whole story, with humour (and, better yet, a message) in one to several panels is one I really appreciate.

Hence I liked this one, perhaps more because going beyond I think it sets up an all too prevalent, and worrying situation way endure today.

Namely those in power getting away with a lot that is useless by too many subordinate to, and/or complicit with them, simply not questioning.

While I can, my eyebrow stays cranked.

All becomes clear

From today's latest Dilbert genius.

Excuse the (unintentional, if apt) double meaning in the headline

I guess we can't

Well I found it funny:)

Worth a laugh

Budget for a Green New Deal

I'm guessing the smart guys at the paper are home in the garden enjoying the sunset.

Beyond the author's subhead, my next favourite was this:

'The nazis were rabid environmentalists. They built the autobahns and Volkswagons in order to let Germans experience the countryside.'

XXX-rated

I mean my comment, not the um, ad, or product, in question:)

Why bottled Bling H2O is an eco low

Looking at the bright side, and back at the main image (a lot), there does at least seem to be more than a small hint at the benefits of packaging reuse here, at least if my memory of an accidental click on a a spam email about a young lady called Cindy's love for her pet Rabbit was any guide.

Seasonal Stories

There are always a few odd-ball and unusual news stories at this time of year, and this year has been no exception. So, just to raise an eyebrow or two, or even to provoke a little smile, here are a few from around our little planet.

Reuters - Virgin Mary gives birth to Jesus - well, it was Christmas!

Daily News Brooklyn - Santa Claus gets parking ticket - seems that traffic enforcement officers anywhere in the world have no sense of humour and not an iota of seasonal goodwill.

Telegraph - I've seem some strange sights in my life - but a purple squirrel?!!

WSBTV.com - Now this just about takes the biscuit - a shop-lifting dog caught on video!

Yahoo News - Now I don't think I've ever found anything really useful in a Christmas cracker; and I really felt quite jealous of this particular family at first! Nice ending to the story, however, as the 'windfall' was kindly returned to its rightful owner.

Thinking of boxes... another way

It's been a dodgy week at the end of a dodgy month. Time for some levity.

'Thinking outside the box' is most despised business jargon

Of course, some us spend more time thinking about the box.

Pushing the envelope is evil

Quote of the day - QED

As today's papers are excited about some councils removing Latin from our lingua franca...

I thought I'd share this from 21st Century Latin by linguist Sam Foster:

Calefaction muni - veniat! Colorandum pellum totum annum et via brevior ad litus!

Global warming - bring it on! An all-year tan and a shorter drive to the beach.

Gaurdian - Ave atque vale, lingua Latina - Some folk have too much time on their hands. QED.

Also just noticed a wee glitch that might employ many officers for many days if the write the funding application well enough.

'et cetera' is often abbreviated 'etc', I believe.

Now, I see possible problems with either the easily offended or Japanese communities with "and so on".

Newsnight

Daily Mail - The councils who ban Latin words because they are 'elitist and discriminatory' and confuse immigrants

Telegraph - Local council cretins ban Latin as 'elitist', pro bono publico

OK, this is no longer funny...

... well, of course it is, really. Hilarious frankly. But I still have this sneaking suspicion that Dilbert is using this blog for ideas.

Rewind, review and really enjoy.

ps: some of my best friends are... will be Directors of Green, I hope:)

The right person for the job

We're on a roll.

Well, it's certainly true that when life serves of lemons, there are those who can have fun whilst making lemonade.

And as a lot of what ails seems to come from 'politics' (though not just in government), I have recently learned a trick or two.

For instance, if you want to get across something, but don't want to be nailed to or by it too closely (just in case), you refer to what another may have said without comment, in passing, like.

Oh look, I wonder what the genius Dilbert might be saying today...

Proof that it can pay to recycle..

From my lovely wife (and a series of others back to its genius, if sadly now 'anon' originator):

> If you had purchased £1,000 of Northern Rock shares one
> year ago, they would now be worth £4.95.
>
> If instead you had purchased HBOS shares, earlier this week
> your £1,000 would have been worth £16.50.
>
> If you'd invested in XL Leisure your £1,000 would now
> be worth less than £5.00.
>
> However if you'd bought £1,000 worth of Stella Artois
> one year ago, drank it all, then took the empty cans to an
> aluminium re-cycling plant, you would currently get £214.
>
> Based on the above statistics the best investment advice I
> can give you is to drink heavily and recycle.

You gotta laugh...

...especially at others' misfortunes.

We all use automated doo-dads on our sites; I just wonder if the 'Most Popular' icon had/has been fully appreciated up to this rather unfortunate manifestation. Especially on an enviro site where, one presumes, this is not quite what they had in mind.

ET, offset your trip home

Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK

Sadly, not the latest salvo in the advocacies we are getting from all quarters to be more environmental, as even those who flatten crops (how does that help, again?) do... they just are that colour.

To infinity... and the hell with the emissions!

The pen is mighty funny

Dilbert hasn't played green for a while (but has gone colour in the interim...not sure I'm keen), but now he has, he has returned in style.

More on the Dubya emissions announcement

We mentioned the leak about Dubya's pronouncement on greenhouse gas emissions the other day. This time, a very funny view from the Daily Kos. Just love the task force team members.

As for what Dubya actually said: "I am announcing a new national goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025".

Well, its a start, I suppose.

Oh, and here's the Guardian's take on what Dubya had to say. It has already attracted the usual crowd of 'tis'/'tisn't' poles apart views.

Just.. not with spelling. So much. Maybe.

Sorry, cruel. But I thought it was funny.

I thought it was funny

Brown becomes an unlikely pin-up for Fijian tourism

He is, one presumes, not holding a bottle of local mineral water.

Too good not to share

Not much to do with the planet, but in light of recent events I thought this PR headline received last night explained a lot: :Children take over a Government Department for a day

Well, they can only improve on the current lot.

In case you're interested, it's called 'Take Over Day'.