December 04, 2005
Tis the season
Last night a dear and close personal relative asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said a crank/ battery powered TV, or a solar panel to charge my computer. He looked shocked. Well... that's what I want for my BIG present.
Then I thought I'd try for the Trite Award, and rewrite The Twelve Days of Christmas from a preparedness point of view.
And a free standing plastic greenhouse
Two water drums
Three crank radios
Four Wonder Lanterns
five golden magnets
Ten Flashlights flashing
eleven sprouters sprouting
Seven masks a filterin'
Six Burpee's burping
But I quickly tired of that, showing my ultimate good taste.
Due to the activiity of making a list, I remembered that two days ago, on my way to finding a clickie for the possible disasters soon to befall us, I realized that they left out a few. Dearest to my heart is of, course, the avian flu, but how about peak oil, global warming effecting the Gulf Stream and icing over Europe, the frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean floor melting and releasing itself into the atmosphere, and of course, retaliation from all of the folks we have alienated by electing the Supreme Bully to protect us.
Photo note: You can make this healthy holiday decoration out of snap peas yourself. Had I planned ahead, I would have squeezed in two strips of red pepper at the bottom. I have the non avian flu, which accounts for at least some of my incoherence.
Posted by Dakota at December 4, 2005 06:41 PM