simple demands
I understand the crisis of global warming and I feel that I have a reasonable comprehension of the collective human wallop in the Earth’s gut. But, as one of the more reflective and conscientious American objectors to the standard human-to-globe impacts, I feel that the earth and nature owe me something.
For instance, I love the rain. And riding my bike to classes and meetings around in the rain today was unusually enjoyable. Though my jeans were soaked and I had to stand atop a building heater exhaust vent to dry off, the experience was relaxing for a Wednesday afternoon. Then, I get out my cellphone from inside my water-proofed messenger bag; I began rapidly typing using T-9; and, then, my buttons progressively stopped responding.
Ok, so, granted, I was standing out in the rain. But, I assume Motorola had that type of user environment in mind when they stress and temperature and humidity tested my phone - any respectable phone manufacturer would clearly anticipate that not all cellphone users operate their devices in the ideal, bunny suit vacuum. So, who’s to blame?
That’s right. Mother Nature. Her specific targeting of me and my phone at that moment in time is insufferable. Dehumidifying my phone could precipitate a downtime in the range of 4, 5, or even 6 hours - a not-inconsequential productivity loss. This is inexcusable.
I should bike to WalMart, buy a window air conditioner unit, travel back to campus, find an open outlet in some empty classroom, and chill that room down right. That’ll teach her.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
wal-mart has a lot of new sustainable initiatives, so if you really want to spite mother nature, you should shop somewhere that doesn’t care about the environment
October 24th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
maybe i should just go hunting with hand grenades
October 25th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Haha — maybe you could rig your bike to run on gasoline to treat nature to some carbon emissions.
October 26th, 2007 at 9:42 am
that sounds like a lot of work. it would be easier to just take my recycling to nearby compost piles in order to stimy the regenerative cycle