"Even though I live in water (and rain) rich British Columbia, I think that we need to start learning to make more effective use of the resources around us, especially rainwater. Ground water is getting increasingly polluted, and with various climate changes going on, clean water could very well become a precious, and rare resource. Indeed, in some parts of the world, it already is..."
- MarcBerry
"I loved this bit: "Mr. Chen? General Montgomery here. I wanna order 1.3 billion bullets. … Uh-huh, 1.3. … Yeah, I know that’s a lot. … Who are we going to war with? Hey, funny story. You’ll laugh at the irony…”"
- MarcBerry
"Listed my blog, and will be watching the progress of this experiment with interest, at this moment there are 110 entries, including 10 reserved spots, so there's a ways to go yet. Add yours today!"
- MarcBerry
"My grandfather passed away just a few months ago, at the very respectable age of 103, and he followed most of what's in the article. Good job :-)"
- MarcBerry
"In the US's quest for technological domination, they may be shooting themselves in the foot. Right now we email and chat and post in forums, all venues that are easily monitored. With this in mind, I would like to point out two things: first, there is no technology that cannot be broken. Gov't systems have been hacked repeatedly, and will probably continue to be hacked. Second, the over-reliance on computerized systems leaves plenty of room for good old fashioned human ingenuity to work effectively. China's censorship of the net has been cited as an example, with bloggers getting arrested, etc. Certainly, Chinese protesters are using the net, but they are also using other methods, traditional, difficult to monitor methods. If I you were a subversive, what is to stop you from placing an inverted 7-up can on the third fence post at a certain busy intersection. To everybody else it would just be some jerk leaving some litter lying around, but to agent X, it could be a signal to meet. My..."
- MarcBerry
"The really sad thing here is that I remember Alanis from the early 90's, courtesy of my sister. My sister now works in psychology... I wonder if there's a connection?"
- MarcBerry