Word: planeteers
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...will not explode as a result of increasing temperatures, and other forms of life will adapt and evolve (or not) to the changing conditions. However, climate change is immensely threatening to our species, because the floods, droughts and proliferation of parasites and bacteria harm our survivorship on this planet. So although the pervasive icons of environmentalism are baby seals or coral reefs, make no mistake about it, the movement is at heart about the human species, about our nations, our communities, and our quality of life...
...just a juice, but a way of life," boasts the peachy promotional pamphlet of Loker's newest cafe. But, what or who is Gaia? The pamphlet points to the Gaia Hypothesis surmised by a hippy British chemist named Dr. Lovelock. Lovelock posits the planet, Gaia, as a large harmonious being, of which all organisms are an integrated part. The fruit juice connection? "It's your earth freshly squeezed," goes the slogan. In exchange for a gift of $3.25, the earth is "yours" to consume. What would the original Gaia think of the trade...
...what a week in L.A., where basketball's prodigal problem child took El Nino's spot on the roster of California calamities. Rodman rained tears at a press conference held at--where else?--Planet Hollywood in Beverly Hills, where he complained about being unappreciated and underpaid but was profanely perky while discussing his sex life with current wife and former Baywatch babe Carmen Electra...
...urgency is introduced: Martin must repair the spaceship soon or else the ship's Interstellar Safety System, designed to keep other races from acquiring the advanced Martian technology, will explode. Meanwhile, a government agency, SETI has been trying to find the Martian. Will Uncle Martin get off the planet before the greedy scientists get their hands...
...else. That's a little tongue-in-cheek although I think it's true, that L.A. is where you go if you want to be somebody else. And the preponderance of people who want to be somebody else, who live in L.A., have skewed it off the axis of planet earth. I would not want to live in the immediate center, I have no interest in keeping up with popular culture, I enjoy the American midwest, and I'll never live in L.A. again. I haven't lived in L.A. for 18 years...