Yesterday I felt exhausted. After posting my morning pieces, the only thing I accomplished yesterday was putting away my monthly grocery delivery. Considering how little refrigerator, freezer and storage space I have here, making everything fit is a two hour task. I’m not complaining. Too many do not have enough to eat. I may be at the poverty line, but that’s no excuse not to invite someone less fortunate than I to share an occasional meal. I have comments to answer and visits to return. Barring the unforeseen, I’ll do that today.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:53. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Take:
From Bay Area Ledger: Oil company engineers on Sunday finally succeeded in keeping some of the oil gushing from a blown well out of the Gulf of Mexico, hooking up a mile-long tube to funnel the crude into a tanker ship after more than three weeks of failures. Millions of gallons of crude are already in the water, however, and researchers said the black ooze may have entered a major current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and around to the East Coast.
The bad news outweighs the good. Even if that stop 90% of the oil, a far more generous assumption that the best case possibilities, it’s still as bad as BP’s current lie says it is. This could be a death sentence for all the life in the Keys.
Cartoon:
OGIM!
2 Responses to “Open Thread – 5/17/2010”
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That cartoon is perfect for your short take today. Think of how much wildlife has already been destroyed by BP. Perfectly, they’ve done a fine job of policing themselves. Douchebags.
Thanks, Lisa.