The Atlanta and Fulton County water districts have proposed a 15% rate increase to offset revenues lost to water conservation. So citizens will be monetarily penalized for doing the right thing. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
Residents Who Conserved Water Now Asked to Pay More.
Rest in peace, old friend.
Phil Chapman April 5, 1951 - April 6, 2008
Comments:
I am and was very sad to hear about Mr. Chapman's passing, what a great soul.
Thanks for the kind comments. The world lost one of the good guys yesterday. He was a very unique and special person and my family will miss him very much.
I'm sorry to hear about Phil - he will be missed.
I always got a kick out of saying 'hi' to him in the hallways at school back in the day. By far one of the most intelligent people in our neck of the woods, and usually I'd make a point to say as loudly as I could "Hey Mr. Chapman!!!" He would always smile, say hello and keep trudging along in his usual attire of a polo shirt and that backpack he always had around his shoulder. Bright, bright man.
Oh Chloe, he looks like a lovely man. I send my condolences...
One of my favorite quotes popped into my head this morning, so it's time for another Quote of the Day post! It also made me think of another quote that I just love, so 2 for the price of 1 today.
"Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time."
-Motto of the Baltimore Grotto (caving society)
"Travel light in life. Take only what you need: a loving family, good friends, simple pleasures, someone to love and someone to love you, enough to eat, enough to wear and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing."
-Unknown
Heard about this neat event today through my daily Ideal Bite email. So for all 5 of you who might read my blog between today and tomorrow, please consider participating. Every little bit helps!
From Earth Hour US:
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.
What will you do when the lights are off? We have lots of ideas.
Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour.
One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour!
Green has always been my favorite color, and today's Daily Om newsletter spells out why much better than I ever could:
March 24, 2008
Unifier Of Opposites
The Color Green
Green is a combination of the colors yellow and blue, each of which brings its own unique energy to the overall feeling of the color green. Blue exudes calm and peace, while yellow radiates liveliness and high levels of energy. As a marriage between these two very different colors, green is a unifier of opposites, offering both the excitement of yellow and the tranquility of blue. It energizes blue’s passivity and soothes yellow’s intensity, inspiring us to be both active and peaceful at the same time. It is a mainstay of the seasons of spring and summer, thus symbolizing birth and growth.
Green is one of the reasons that spring instigates so much excitement and activity. As a visual harbinger of the end of winter, green stems and leaves shoot up and out from the dark branches of trees and the muddy ground, letting us know that it’s safe for us to come out, too. In this way, green invites us to shed our layers and open ourselves to the outside world, not in a frantic way, but with an easygoing excitement that draws us outside just to sniff the spring air. Unlike almost any other color, green seems to have its own smell, an intoxicating combination of sun and sky—earthy, bright, and clean. In the best-case scenario, it stops us in our tracks and reminds us to appreciate the great experience of simply being alive.
Green balances our energy so that, in looking at it, we feel confident that growth is inevitable. It also gives us the energy to contribute to the process of growth, to nurture ourselves appropriately, without becoming overly attached to our part in the process. Green reminds us to let go and let nature do her work, while at the same time giving us the energy to do our own.
My husband told me about an amazing program TD Ameritrade is offering right now in conjunction with "internationally acclaimed personal finance expert" Suze Orman called the "Save Yourself" program. Basically, you sign up for an account with TD Ameritrade before March 31, make 12 consecutive monthly automatic deposits of at least $50 (the first being within 30 days of opening the account) and at the end of the 12 months, TD Ameritrade will deposit a $100 bonus into your account. Not counting the interest that will be earned over the course of the year and assuming you deposit the minimum $50 a month for a total of $600, the $100 bonus will result in a 16.67% return on your savings! Including the interest the return will be close to 20%! The account has no maintenance fees and is FDIC-insured.
Click the link to read more and sign up and remember, you only have until March 31 to open your account:
http://www.tdameritrade.com/saveyourself/syopen.html
If you can afford it, it is so worth doing! Feel free to email me with any questions.
Oh Chloe....I'm so sorry....I hope Phil is on a peaceful journey now. xxxooo