My Sick Mind

Today is Earth Day . I don't know. It strikes me as being a little like Valentine's Day. One of those days where we are supposed to do something nice for someone that we should be doing nice things for all of the time, but we forget. Anyone who stops here regularly knows how I feel about a myriad of subjects vis-a-vie the Earth . I hate excess packaging , gas-guzzling wasteful vehicles and anything that spews smoke into the air or dribbles seepage into the ground. It's pretty simple, really. It will even rile me to see someone throw a cigarette butt out the window of their car. I see that just about every day, so you know how often I get riled. Earth Day was founded by John McConnell in 1969. It's a day set aside to remind us that the Earth is a fragile place and we're supposed to treat it as such. Good luck. I stopped at the grocery store (another of my favorite places ) yesterday. I needed two things. A salad for dinner and soap for my morning shower . Be...

Yesterday , I got a page hit from The Soap and Detergent Association over that advice column for men in the bathroom. I can imagine their External Relations department, doing their regular ask.com searches to see how the blogs are treating the gang and, fa-foomf ! Up pops the blog. Twice now . What a joy it must be for them to mingle amongst the Mr. Woodcock post and the Homer Simpson quotes. It's just the tip of the iceberg, SDA. I didn't want to make it sound like I'm anti-soap. I use it almost every day. So, as a repeat user, I think you owe it to me to take my advice on soap. Consider this my open letter to the Soap and Detergent Association: First , let's put some sort of industry-wide ban on putting soap in boxes and then wrapping the box in plastic. Once it's wrapped in plastic, the job is done. There is no need to wrap a box in plastic - especially if it's soap. We make enough trash. Let's try making less. Every little box is important. While we...