global warming

I was talking to a friend yesterday and we stumbled across a disturbing trend that could significantly affect the rate of global warming - vegetarianism.

As the number of vegetarians increases, the number of cows, pigs and sheep left unslaughtered due to reduced demand would increase. Until these animals die from old age, the flatulence from these animals would cause a sharp increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere above developed countries, where vegetarianism is more common. If current global warming theories are correct, this could increase the rate of global warming beyond previous predictions.

Your planet needs you... don't become a vegetarian!

N.B. My sincerest apologies to all of my vegetarian friends, who are in all likelihood far healthier than I am!

underground

unseen
below i lie
waiting
watching
silent cry
wearing down
breaking down
tearing down
never found
always there
never sound
always where?
underground
underground
underground
deep deep down
underground

day of O

EU O'Day was today, and it was good :o) As I really didn't do much today, all I can say is that the tour was good, Anderson Stuart has a sick courtyard, being a fourth year is great because you get to choose what you want to do, and there are some pretty great first years coming to EU Science this year! And that's really what it's all about hey.

I think the first part of this year may be interesting in that the people who I hang with will be different - either younger or just from different faculties of the EU or both. I think that may be the story of the rest of my arduous *cough* i mean excitingly long uni career.

In other news, I just made a sunshield for my computer. I wish I could draw and colour stuff well...

I think God is great, in that He is so gracious as to stoop down and fix up our tiny little problems when He knows how great our other problem is - I guess He is even more gracious in that He's already taken care of that one :o)

changes

Over the last few days I've been contemplating many things, and one of these is that life changes. Many things happen in life to bring about changes in who you are, who you know and what you do, and often there are times when lots of things change all at once. A number of things have changed in my life recently - I might share some of them with you.

1. Changed name - I'm taking on my mother's maiden name as my surname. This is just basically so my future family doesn't have to endure what I and the rest of my family have. It's really weird and is taking a while to get used to. Guess you could say I've had a Hart transplant :o)

2. Changed friendships - the intricacies of which I won't divulge to the whole world (eeek...). God is good - for better or for worse in all of it, blessed be the name of the LORD.

3. Changed house - I'm further into Glebe now.

4. Changed staple diet - I've moved on from sausages and noodles to pasta and pasta sauce with cheese mixed through, with or without sausages as well. It's healthier, but still isn't heaps great.

5. Changed hair - I got my first professional haircut since May 2004 - that's right, over two and a half years. It's short, but not too short. The kind of short that you don't have to worry about much, but which you can do just enough with when you go out.

6. Changed observation - it's becoming clear that the way I see the world is changing for the worse. At least, my capability to see the worst is increasing. Sometimes this leads to awareness; sometimes it leads to pessimism.

...and there are others.

I never really have liked change all that much. It's just interesting to see how things that change can affect so much of life. Any thoughts?

P.S. My venus fly trap has one healthy-looking new leaf growing on it :o)