I'm Only Happy When It Rains
      

 
Way back in the day, 1995 to be exact, the rock group Garbage recorded a song called "I'm Only Happy When It Rains."  As someone who loves nothing more than cloudy days, thunderstorms and tons of rain, I immediately liked the song.  While much of that tune is dark and depressing - which is not how I feel when it's raining - I still think about it on days like today.  It's coming down so hard right now that I can't see the fence at the back of my own yard. 
 
I'm only happy when it rains ...
I'm only happy when it's complicated ...
And though I know you can't appreciate it ...
I'm only happy when it rains.
 

3:25 PM - Jul. 23, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

An Exciting New Candidate Enters The Presidential Race

 

There's a new candidate in town ... and finally there is REAL hope for this great nation.

 

 

10:20 PM - Jul. 20, 2008 - comments {0} - post comment

No Easy Answers ...

 

I spent more than a decade in the transportation industry, serving as marketing director for a holding company that owned numerous commercial vehicle manufacturing companies.  From 1996 through 2006, we sat through endless meetings with suppliers urging us to move toward alternative fuel and electric and hybrid vehicles.  While we played around with it - and I was personally responsible for selling hundreds of all-electric vehicles to a major fleet customer - we recognized that there were many issues that still need to be worked out with alternative fuels and power supply systems.
 
Although one could say I'm politically conservative, I'm also an environmentalist.  I could never grasp the benefit of creating all-electric vehicles that produce no emissions BUT require nightly recharging (from electric companies that primarily get power from coal-burning power plants).  The driver feels great because he's not polluting the air when he drives - but he's polluting the air when he recharges.  Biofuels also make consumers feel good, but don't relieve much of anything from an environmental standpoint.  Until hydrogen fuel cell technology advances, I doubt we'll see any real change in how we get around.
 
CBS News did a fascinating piece last weekend about biofuels.  You can read the entire story here, but this line jumped out at me:
 
"Another problem is that refining some crops, like corn, into fuel can produce more greenhouse gases than simply using gasoline in cars in the first place."
 
While it's promising that people are thinking about these things, there are no quick-fixes or easy answers to our fuel situation right now. 
 
 

8:58 AM - Jul. 16, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

Hey South Carolina ... The British (Gays) Are Coming !!!

 

Guess who's paying for this daring and delighful piece of Gay Travel advertising?  You are ... if you're a South Carolina taxpayer. 

 

 

This ad was put together by the gay advertising company “Out Now” as part of its “So Gay” campaign, which is described as “an effort launched in London, England to lure homosexual tourists to South Carolina and five other U.S. cities.”  This ad campaign looks to have as much marketing insight as The New Coke we all drank for about fifteen minutes in 1985.  I don't recall South Carolina ever being very gay ... let alone "so" gay.

 

Since South Carolina’s Palmetto Scoop has reported that the state’s own Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism is helping fund the ads with part of its $14 million annual budget, my guess is that this campaign will last about as long as The New Coke.  

 

11:31 AM - Jul. 12, 2008 - comments {1} - post comment

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