A thought for the day

I was doing some browsing around the internet last night and came across this on makesmethink.com, a site I will be visiting often from now on.

Today, as they teased me and laughed hysterically, I just wished they could see the world through my eyes.

#5289 (9) – Feb 28, 2010 by meryl – Sad – Yes, that made me think too! (1762) – No, that made me sleepy. (138)

I struggle to see any hope for the 138 who voted this down.
Click on the #5289 to read the associated comments.

Being faced with two wild tigers (This post is not “Super-awesome”)

Last night I was sent into a state of panic again by one of the WordPress features, i.e. Surprise Me!.
To save me retyping what I have already written in the Forums here is a transcript of my response to the question “Can “Suprise me!” cue a video?” asked by windwhistle and the response by 1tess that reminded me that this is an optional feature.

Why do we manufacture “Trash” ?

The world seems to be inundated with manufactured trash.

By that I mean things which are made but, due to poor specification and/or manufacture, will never serve the purpose for which they were intended thereby rendering them totally useless.

This is a total waste of resources, both natural and economic, and the unnecessary transportation of this garbage to its ultimate destination is an environmental disaster.

This story shows how much time, money and effort can be expended in trying to cope with this problem, along with identifying totally useless items which are being manufactured.