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Dirty Dozen

Environmental Working Group suggests eating organic fruits and vegetables from the "dirty dozen" list. The fruits and vegetables included in the list had 47 to 67 pesticides per serving. The testing was done after the fruits and vegetables were power washed by the USDA. That's right I said power washed! As you can tell the washing them doesn't get rid of the pesticides! The pesticides are higher in these fruits and vegetables because of the skin or the roots.

The Dirty Dozen

Celery

Peaches

Strawberries

Apples

Domestic blueberries

Nectarines

Sweet bell peppers

Spinach, kale and collard greens

Cherries

Potatoes

Imported grapes

The following fruits and vegetables have a stronger outer skin and have little to no pesticides.

The Clean 15

Onions

Avocados

Sweet corn

Pineapples

Mango

Sweet peas

Asparagus

Kiwi fruit

Cabbage

Eggplant

Cantaloupe

Watermelon

Grapefruit

Sweet potatoes

Sweet onions

Must be the Food

“Food poisoning is a very big issue,” Hayward said Sunday. “We have to be very mindful of that.”

CEO of BP's theory of what made several members of the clean up crew sick last week in the Gulf. Couldn't possibly be the crude oil and chemical dispersants!

BP Logo

Greenpeace is raging a war against BP and I don't have a problem with that. They have sent out a call to redesign BP's logo to reflect their current problems. Not only are they in the news for the Deepwater Horizon, but Greenpeace also says they are "poised to invest in Canadian tar sands." According to Greenpeace this is the most environmentally unfriendly oil extraction.

Holograms???

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska quoted in the Omaha World-Herald

“I've never used an ATM, so I don't know what the fees are,” Nelson said, adding that he gets his cash from bank tellers, just not automatic ones. “It's true, I don't know how to use one.

“But I could learn how to do it just like I've . . . I swipe to get my own gas, buy groceries. I know about the holograms.”

By “holograms,” Nelson clarified that he meant the bar codes on products read by automatic scanners in the checkout lanes at stores such as Lowe's and Menard's.

Members of Congress Clueless About ATMs and Fees

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Swagger Wagon

I don't drive a minivan and never will, but this is still funny.

What Up

Mating Rituals with Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini's new series on the Sundance Channel is called Seduce Me. It is very strange is all I can say. I don't know how people come up with this. According to the credits Isabella is writer, director, and star. I am almost speachless. Don't watch at work and prepare to be disturbed.

If you go to the Sundance Channel website there is also a Green Porno Name Generator. Mine is Salema! I have no idea what green porno means or what my name means. WTF



Seduce Me - Neatorama

Cape Wind

The go ahead has been give by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to build the US's first offshore wind farm! It seems there is some backlash about ruining the view of the Cape, but is that more important than the earth? I don't know a whole lot about wind power, but it would seem to be less harmful that coal mining or drilling for oil. There is some footprint to the windmills and it could be disruptive to the animals that live there, but they would probably adapt. I have a whole lot of questions about wind power and the affects of the windmills. On the surface though it seems to be a favorable alternative to fossil fuels.

I Wonder How This is Going to Play Out

In Jail

Brass Bowl After a Lil' Cleaning

I cleaned the bowl with some lemons and salt like C. Ferrel's brother suggested. Not quite as clean as I wanted, but the best I could do with a baby in a walker at my feet and cooking dinner at the same time!

Brass Bowl Found in Greg's Scrap Pile

Leigh Visiting the Office

1st Plane Ride

Happy St. Patty's Day

Alexandria Zoo

Billy, Sam, Belinda, Linda, Leigh and I went to the Alexandria Zoo last Saturday. It is a fun little zoo and makes a pretty cheap afternoon. Billy was a little sad because there were no elephants or giraffes, but I think he got over it. Belinda and I both believe that the Black Bear is myth. All the times we have been there neither of us have ever see the bear!




This Instant!

Listening - Ida Maria, I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (totally addicting)
Reading - Just finished Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief

I want to move to Shanghai...

were you can wear pajamas all the time! I love pajama bottoms and think someone should start making pants like them. Gap makes the best ones and sadly one of my pairs is about to bite the dust. A bleach stain led to a hole on the back of one of the legs, but I prevailed and sewed the tear closed and they have lasted several more years. My biggest regret lately is that when I was at Gap Outlet the other day and pajama bottoms were on clearance I only bought one pair! I so should have got a second.

The pajama wearing in Shanghai is one of the topics of the new book Planet Shanghai by Justin Guariglia.

Obscura Day 2010

Atlas Obscura presents Obscura Day 2010 on March 20. If this wasn't tomorrow when I was beginning my 9000 hr drive back to La. from Pa. I would so be down for this, but unfortunately there is nothing along our route. Who doesn't like to visit obscure sites?