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"nothing has ever been this true."
Happy Birthday, RB! Now go get yerself arrested!
Bernarditas de Castro Muller, firebrand; charismatic, outspoken lead coordinator for the G77/China (the biggest block of developing countries in the UN world); general pain in industrialized countries’ necks as she’s one of the few who’ll speak truth to power, reminding industrialized nations of their historical responsibility, often making it personal w/ stories of human suffering; also former lead negotiator from the Philippines (before Hillary visited Manila in November and, mysteriously, she was fired); now a “hired gun” lead negotiator for Sudan, who formally speaks for the G77 in Copenhagen (it all works out after all); here seen late night Friday/early morning Saturday, after Obama’s Accord sends everyone into a tizzy….looking how I feel after this the hectic, sleepless 18 days of intrigue, letdown, humility, fear and loathing in Copenhagen. Unhappy with the outcome, but glad it’s over. For now. (Next stop…Mexico City.)
obama laid a turd this morning in copenhagen. embarrassing, really.
great start to the day here at COP15! we’re on a sinking ship here in Copenhagen.
the most emotional—and memorable—moment yet in Copenhagen. Tuvalu calls out the US Senate and Obama, and tells the gathered body that “the fate of my country rests in your hands.”
98% of the time, the plenaries and contact groups and informal meetings in the UNFCCC process are mindnumblingly boring. occasionally, there’s a moment to remember.
this was the most tense, dramatic, and moving moment yet. i have to admit, it got a little dusty in the room.
this message popped up last night, as it sometimes does, when I tried to open my pirated chinese version of Microsoft Office. the weird part is that I was sitting next to…Holly Chang, a climate activist from Beijing who i’d just met. we came up with a few possible explanations, none of which really made any sense. i’m a little freaked out.
(via kateoplis)
i’m 30% certain this is behind my aunt’s house in newton, nh.
Alice’s Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie
For as far back as I can remember, every Thanksgiving one of the local FM radio stations would play “Alice’s Restaurant” in its entirety - all 18+ minutes of it - several times throughout the day. My family would time the drive to my gramma’s with the song’s start. As traditions go, it was a fine one.
It’s an incredible piece of art. If you’ve never heard it, please do yourself a favor and fill your plate, sit down, and let this track spin.
8th annual cookoff. 1st i’m gonna miss. damnit, climate change. damnitall.
Larry Bird: “After we won the 1986 championship me and my wife Dinah went out to K.C. Jones’s restaurant. He had a rib place. I had two beers. Remember how we stopped drinking that year?’’ - the ’86 Celtics swore off alcohol for their playoff run - “Well, I had two beers and they didn’t even taste good. I was tired, anyway, so I went home an hour later.”
“Bill [Walton] came over. It was late. Doorbell rang and Dinah answered and she was like, ‘Hey, Bill. Larry’s in bed.’ I heard him, so I go out and I said, ‘Hey, man I ain’t doing this tonight. I can’t.’ He goes, ‘Don’t worry about it. I don’t even need you. I’m just going to sit down here at the table.’ He had a bottle of Wild Turkey. And he said, ‘I’ll be here when you wake up.’ And he was.”
wait…super dave osborne is back?! happy times are here again!
help a severely injured cyclist (and fellow TA member) get the med flight he needs to come back home for rehab. (and win a custom bike, if you need that sorta incentive.)
paying tribute to dock ellis’ ridiculous 1970 no hitter on acid.
