With the world in dire need of a tourniquet to halt the hemorrhaging caused by George W. Bush’s so-called “war on terror” and our insatiable greed that is bringing climate change on us hard and fast, one question we can ask is what can be done?
To simplify things, the world could be seen like the [...]
Archive for May, 2007
The world is a basketball court
Posted in Branding, Climate Change, Foreign policy, Iraq War, War on Terror on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Finnish sauna
Posted in Finland, Sauna on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The sauna
By Guayaki
If a person asked me to say what is one of the most important pillars of Finnish culture, I’d respond: the sauna.
The sauna is more than a room where people bathe and sweat naked in 80-100 Celsius (176-212 Fahrenheit) temperatures. It’s a way of life for some Finns – so much so, in [...]
Nokia v. Apple
Posted in Branding, Finland, Helsinki, Mobile phones, Nokia on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Seems like some people are a bit shrill.
The Calm Before the iPhone Arrival Storm: The Last Days of the Cell Phone Industry Cabal « TWO A DAY
However, you have to wonder. Like most Finnish families we have several retired Nokia phones around the house. I am intensely brand loyal to Nokia. Some of the earlier simpler [...]
Twain’s War Prayer
Posted in Iraq War, Language, Poetry on May 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you have 14 minutes and like to hear Lawrence Ferlinghetti (voice of the Minister, he must be in his late 80s) check this out.
War Prayer
Small budget, good result.
See
It was like this when
we waltz into this place
a couple of Papish cats
is doing an Aztec two-step
And I says
Dad let’s cut
but then this dame
comes up behind me [...]
Somebody needs a good spanking!
Posted in Colony Collapse Disorder, Environment desk on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Steve Vai is a good beekeeper and he’s helping to find the cause of CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder). The US initially authorized just $13,000 to study the problem. Now they’re spending more but in some places, 90% of the wild honeybee populations have already died off. (Watch Frank Zappa’s Winston burn down to where it’s [...]
Is Helsinki ready for carshare?
Posted in Environment desk, Finland, Green Politics, Helsinki on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I see Philadelphia has come up with a way to deal with the downtown congestion — Philly Car Share. It would be interesting to see if a few young Finnish entrepreneurs could localize the idea to Helsinki. My fear is that they may not be able to work out a deal with the Helsinki parking [...]
The “war on terror” and Iraq
Posted in Iraq War, Language on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I’ve been watching since 9/11 are the use of names to depict and justify the terrible war and suffering in Iraq and elsewhere. “War on terror?” It’s about as bad as “subversive delinquents,” a term used in Argentina during the 1970s to label “terrorists.” Certainly calling an enemy with a dehumanizing [...]
Where we live
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Note: I know it’s a bit early in the season to write about fall when summer is just around the corner. But it gives you an idea of the landscapes where a handful of people who grew up in Southern Californians now live.
Guayaki
Where happiness lives
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own [...]
Miller Time
Posted in Climate Change, Daily Independent, Environment desk, Gatehouse Media, Ridgecrest on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was raised in the Mojave desert less than two hours drive from Death Valley. My parents always loved the desert and the surrounding mountains. On one side of the fence was China Lake, a Naval research station; on the other was Ridgecrest, a town that grew up with the base. Today, with much of [...]
Better vote transparency for American Idol?
Posted in American Idol, Finland, Interactive voting on May 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
During the Florida recount following the 2000 US presidential elections, it was hard to find a political commentator strong enough to resist invoking Joseph Stalin’s observation that “those who cast the votes decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything.” Seven year’s later, I find myself succumbing as well.
Freemantle Media’s Pop Idol talent show format [...]
