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Actually, global warming is complex-
[Read the article: Climate of hope]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]- you are simplistic, A Parent.
Zing!
Anyway. Is that the best you could do? Weak!
You've already had your ass handed to you re: evolution so I shan't retread that old ground.
I shall, however, point out several other mistakes you've made. Modern man has been around for way longer than 2000 years. A quick google (therefore it must be true): we hit the scene about 200,000 years ago.
Although mankind has always exerted changes and pressures on his environment, most of the big changes, global warming wise, have happend within the last 200 or so. And while it is easy to say that 200 years is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction, don't let it fool you. For example- you can live for weeks without food, days without water and minutes without air- you can live without air for a mere FRACTION of time you can without food or water.
I read 'State of Fear'. It was fiction. It has been refutted by the very sources he cites. It was not nearly as good as 'Eaters of the Dead'.
I think it's very sad when a writer loses his edge and has to go for cheap contraversy to sell books. He also believes in magic (read 'Travels').
So, to recap:
'State of Fear'- fiction
The Ward-Hunt Ice-Shelf fragmentaion- fact
C02 levels higher now than they were for thousands of years- fact
Ice melts have an effect on global weather patterns- fact
Northern Hemisphere oceans the warmest they've ever been on record- fact
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I only have observations and more questions...
[Read the article: Should I move to the city for my art?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A few observations- she didn't say her man never worked, just that he hasn't worked the last year (they've been together for five). Maybe he's taken four years to set her up as a cash cow... maybe not. I think he should get a job, of some kind, but I don't know if he's the blood-sucking cockroach other posters have hinted at.
I also tend to agree with Cary that moving to the city may give you a shot of energy, but that energy will most likely be squandered by having to struggle to pay the bills. And, even if you did that, the city has many shiny things that can distract from your work on the art.
And work on the art is key. Key. Are you working on the art now? Consistantly? Not just when your muse shows up drunk and looking to score? 'Cause it takes work, you know. ARe you doing the work on your art now? Even when it's the last thing you want to screw with? 'Cause if you aren't, then you won't be if/when you move somewhere else. Again, you might get a boost in energy and drive, but without good habits (habits about working hard on your art), that energy will be squandered.
But then, speaking of energy and squandering, I think a lot of people misunderstand the whole 'soul-crushing 9-5 job' thing. Everyone's case is different, of course, but a lot of the artistic types I know admit to this: Obviously, the 12 hour days really drain the energy, but the four hour days, the three hour days, drain it even worse. I think it has something to do with spending (squandering) all your willpower in just not leaving you're job when you feel you are done. You have no willpower left to invest in the art at the end of the day. Or maybe it's guilt... you didn't work for your boss, so you won't work for yourself either. I don't know.
So, that would be my question, does the job wear you out because you are so over-worked, or is it so slow (or you are so good at it) that you have a lot of time on your hands- time that you can do absolutely nothing with because you're at work? If either of those situations is happening, I'd suggest you try to find a job that doesn't drive you crazy, pays the bills, and fills your time while you are there. With that in hand, you can have consistant focus and energy to apply to your art.
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I have three words for you:
[Read the article: I love to love but I hate to date]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Tae Kwon Do
You should get into a martial arts class. One that caters to adults and isn't a baby-sitting service. Allow me to enumerate the advantages:
1) You get to meet a lot of people at martial arts classes and lots of men.
2) Most of the men are the shy introvert types, trying to get in shape.
3) People are exhausted after a martial arts class. Pretense drips away with the sweat and you can see people for who they really are.
4) You get to hit things- hard. And that's a lot more fun than most people realize.
5) Martial arts classes have high drop out rates, so you can always contact men who interest you a few weeks or so after they bail- that way you can still take the classes without mucking it up by being all 'relationshipy' with somebody.
6) There is a lot more time to chat in martial arts classes than you might think. It is a good way to get to know somebody.
7) Thanks to hitting things, and people, hard, you will learn to become a bit more confident and aggressive- this will combat your social anxiety disorder. Let society be anxious about you for a change!
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Such weaklings
[Read the article: Campus cruelties]
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