Eco Logic Lee
Lee’s Ramblings on the Environment, Economics, Politics, and Whatever
Author: Lee
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This week I repaired an floor lamp that had been in my family for about a hundred years. It may be the oldest thing I own. I remember that lamp from my grandparent’s living room. The lamp was one of the items that we got from my mother when she passed a little over a…
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Last night I attended an eagle court of honor for five young women who were founders of troop 2220. It was really sweet. Troop 220 still kind of treats me as a celebrity whenever I visit. This may have gotten a little worse since my death defying stunt and some of them are also concerned…
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Unfortunately these are words that I find myself saying more and more often. This week it was particularly driven home by a high school senior I know who took his own life. I actually didn’t know him well, he is the son of friends of my wife. But from everything I ever saw about him…
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Today was a major milestone for my recovery. For the first time since the injury, I shoveled compost. It felt oddly good. I was so pleased that I took some pictures including the one up here and posted them on Facebook. One of my friends commented that he thought he was going to be reading…
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Yes I know people have been saying that about me for a very long time. But now it is quite literally true. One of the screws that was put into my talonavicular joint fusion has been working its way out. I understand the best explanation for this is that it the bone has been growing…
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Tomorrow my cast comes off and I feel like I am about to re enter the world. This past six weeks has been difficult from an emotional point of view and I am very much looking forward to getting past this stage. Quick recap When I first came home I wasn’t safe to go up…
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A few months after Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO in 1997, after having been forced out in 1985. He introduced a new branding for Apple to increase the emotional connection with consumers. The ad campaign was called think different, And the first TV ad was called the crazy ones. I’ve been thinking about…
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Some of the best reporting that I have seen on the Ukrainian war has come from the Daily Kos. While Daily Kos is a community and there are multiple authors, The two most consistent reporters on the Ukraine War have been Marcos (KOS) and Mark Sumner. I find Kos’s articles get really deep into the…
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I have been wondering where to record the recent events and some of the emotional issues that I have been going through I think this is probably the best place. It is after all my blog and nobody reads it and that’s just fine with me. I’m going to put this down as though I…
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Steve Schmidt is the “brilliant” political thinker who gave us Sarah Palin. now to be fair since he was McCain’s campaign advisor he has seen the direction that the Republican Party has gone in and it appalls him at least that’s what he says. Today’s podcast or short take, it is only about 20 minutes,…