Comments on: I Have To Admit It’s Getting Worser http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: plexus http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-46974 plexus Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:07:56 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-46974 <strong>plexus...</strong> Of plexus and more... plexus…

Of plexus and more…

]]> By: at I Blame The Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-24854 at I Blame The Patriarchy Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:02:45 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-24854 [...] Regular readers will recognize the foul countenance of Bert, my 1-year-old golden retriever, and his puffy ball, also 1 year old. Bert, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is singlehandedly responsible for having dug the hole into which I innocently plummeted a few months ago, reducing what had once been an award-winning ankle to a mangled tangle of torn and bruised sinew. [...] […] Regular readers will recognize the foul countenance of Bert, my 1-year-old golden retriever, and his puffy ball, also 1 year old. Bert, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is singlehandedly responsible for having dug the hole into which I innocently plummeted a few months ago, reducing what had once been an award-winning ankle to a mangled tangle of torn and bruised sinew. […]

]]> By: Annie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17807 Annie Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:28:50 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17807 Good info, Ron! Ducks with Dicks, eh? Sounds like a good name for a band. And yeah, I had a similar Gary Larson-like vision of the snake "poaching" eggs. Well, we'll see what becomes of our little nest. I found out that they don't incubate them until all eggs are laid, but there's something awry out there. Thanks for linking Rurality's site. It's lovely and her images look a fair bit like some of mine when there were delightful hours available for digi-clicking everything in sight. You wouldn't believe how many cds are floating around here filled up with macros of flowers and butterflies. Sadly, here in the ruralest part of non-rural West Boca, I seem to spend more time helping my garden recover from hurricanes than almost any other outdoor activity. The makers of Organicide have made a killing on me and my fungus ridden greenery! Anyway, thanks, Ron. I'm clicking my little ruby slippers like crazy to get my ass outta this funk I've been in, but so far no puff of pink smoke. I've got a few Peroni's in the fridge. Sending you one. Cheers! Good info, Ron! Ducks with Dicks, eh? Sounds like a good name for a band. And yeah, I had a similar Gary Larson-like vision of the snake “poaching” eggs. Well, we’ll see what becomes of our little nest. I found out that they don’t incubate them until all eggs are laid, but there’s something awry out there.

Thanks for linking Rurality’s site. It’s lovely and her images look a fair bit like some of mine when there were delightful hours available for digi-clicking everything in sight. You wouldn’t believe how many cds are floating around here filled up with macros of flowers and butterflies. Sadly, here in the ruralest part of non-rural West Boca, I seem to spend more time helping my garden recover from hurricanes than almost any other outdoor activity. The makers of Organicide have made a killing on me and my fungus ridden greenery! Anyway, thanks, Ron. I’m clicking my little ruby slippers like crazy to get my ass outta this funk I’ve been in, but so far no puff of pink smoke. I’ve got a few Peroni’s in the fridge. Sending you one. Cheers!

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17798 Ron Sullivan Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:55:16 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17798 Annie, really, well almost really. Look at all the hybrid ducks that show up in the real world and the old fieldguides. Apparently they've kept the gene pool of their several genera stirred up enough that the only duck that can't hybridize easily with other ducks is the mandarin duck. Plus, rare among birds, ducks got dicks. There was a hooded merganser X goldeneye (common or Barrow's, I forget) hybrid drake hanging around Oakland the past two winters, and he was one snappy looker too. Glad you like Toad. I have Rurality on my blogroll; she has at least one Muscovy. Go have a look at her archives when you get a chance. She has a couple of gorgeous shots of a local snake poaching her duck's eggs. (Why am I seeing a snake with an apron?) And you'll be better able to do your own blog when you're not depressed (that's sure been my experience) and when you're not neck-deep in academic writing. I mean, you manage here well enough. Annie, really, well almost really. Look at all the hybrid ducks that show up in the real world and the old fieldguides. Apparently they’ve kept the gene pool of their several genera stirred up enough that the only duck that can’t hybridize easily with other ducks is the mandarin duck. Plus, rare among birds, ducks got dicks.

There was a hooded merganser X goldeneye (common or Barrow’s, I forget) hybrid drake hanging around Oakland the past two winters, and he was one snappy looker too.

Glad you like Toad. I have Rurality on my blogroll; she has at least one Muscovy. Go have a look at her archives when you get a chance. She has a couple of gorgeous shots of a local snake poaching her duck’s eggs. (Why am I seeing a snake with an apron?)

And you’ll be better able to do your own blog when you’re not depressed (that’s sure been my experience) and when you’re not neck-deep in academic writing. I mean, you manage here well enough.

]]> By: Annie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17781 Annie Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:33:13 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17781 Ron! Really? Honestly, I have enough exposed vacant moments around here that I don't know who's ribbing me and who's trying to nuke me. BTW, your feminist alphabet was magnificent. Incidentally, I visited your site a few days ago, and a few others from here. I enjoyed yours and the others. I'd tried a lame hand at a blog of my own while I was really depressed and procrastinating in the most loser ways. My blog didn't even qualify under the label of "Sucks." It was just hastily written, unedited complaining so I deleted all the content. I did (finally) submit another chapter for review, though. One more to go and I'll have a working draft of the whole project. Maybe then I can get a life and get outside and shut up on the blaming for awhile. OK, well my kid just told me that we now only have one egg on the Muscovy nest, where once there were two. Guess we have a poacher. Anyway, thanks again for the a,b,c list! Ron! Really? Honestly, I have enough exposed vacant moments around here that I don’t know who’s ribbing me and who’s trying to nuke me.

BTW, your feminist alphabet was magnificent. Incidentally, I visited your site a few days ago, and a few others from here. I enjoyed yours and the others. I’d tried a lame hand at a blog of my own while I was really depressed and procrastinating in the most loser ways. My blog didn’t even qualify under the label of “Sucks.” It was just hastily written, unedited complaining so I deleted all the content. I did (finally) submit another chapter for review, though. One more to go and I’ll have a working draft of the whole project. Maybe then I can get a life and get outside and shut up on the blaming for awhile.

OK, well my kid just told me that we now only have one egg on the Muscovy nest, where once there were two. Guess we have a poacher. Anyway, thanks again for the a,b,c list!

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17646 Ron Sullivan Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:53:18 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17646 Annie, they're <i>ducks</i>. Keep a sharp eye on that puppy; a duck will fuck anything. Annie, they’re ducks. Keep a sharp eye on that puppy; a duck will fuck anything.

]]> By: Annie http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17631 Annie Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:09:18 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17631 Buck up ae. I have a family of Muscovy ducks nesting in the mulch-covered alcove between my place and the neighbors. From the look of things, including the two eggs that have finally appeared in the nest and the "I need a drink" look in the females' eyes, Muscovy ducks consider humping an appropriate answer to most everything too. For the past few mornings I've walked out the front door with the puppy and into a feathered porn show. Buck up ae. I have a family of Muscovy ducks nesting in the mulch-covered alcove between my place and the neighbors. From the look of things, including the two eggs that have finally appeared in the nest and the “I need a drink” look in the females’ eyes, Muscovy ducks consider humping an appropriate answer to most everything too. For the past few mornings I’ve walked out the front door with the puppy and into a feathered porn show.

]]> By: ae http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17613 ae Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:48:09 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17613 Were we not discussing the lovely Bert, I would offer that many male mammals think the answer to everything, sprained ankles included, is humping. Sorry, Twisty! Re: global dimming, I don't care what anybody says, my considered opinion is aaaaiiiiyyyyy!!! Were we not discussing the lovely Bert, I would offer that many male mammals think the answer to everything, sprained ankles included, is humping. Sorry, Twisty!

Re: global dimming, I don’t care what anybody says, my considered opinion is aaaaiiiiyyyyy!!!

]]> By: Pony http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17590 Pony Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:05:43 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17590 A reality check for those who still don't think armeggedon is coming: Today, in the heart of the largest oil and gas reserves on the planet I paid $5 a gallon for gas. A reality check for those who still don’t think armeggedon is coming:

Today, in the heart of the largest oil and gas reserves on the planet I paid $5 a gallon for gas.

]]> By: Betsy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17588 Betsy Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:33:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/04/23/global-dimming/#comment-17588 Some economists have argued that peak oil is simply a substitution and adaptation problem. The denial we're in is that there is an adequate substitute when our average work commute is more than 30 minutes each way and our food comes from 3000 miles away or more and supply chains are global. With such a system, adaptation will be difficult, if not convulsive. Saying that peak oil is a substitution and adaptation problem doesn't necessarily mean that there IS an adequate substitute or that adaptation will be easier rather than more difficult. Heck, a famine is a substitution and adaptation problem. The substitution doesn't occur and the adaptation is that people die. Some economists have argued that peak oil is simply a substitution and adaptation problem.

The denial we’re in is that there is an adequate substitute when our average work commute is more than 30 minutes each way and our food comes from 3000 miles away or more and supply chains are global. With such a system, adaptation will be difficult, if not convulsive.

Saying that peak oil is a substitution and adaptation problem doesn’t necessarily mean that there IS an adequate substitute or that adaptation will be easier rather than more difficult.

Heck, a famine is a substitution and adaptation problem. The substitution doesn’t occur and the adaptation is that people die.

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