Well, SURE it feels good to be a Certified Tree-Hugger and Full-Time Loon, but at some point, y' just gotta draw a line in the sand and say 'Whoa, Ceesco ... ! Dat's jus' STOOOO-pid ... !' ... All of these qualify ... and it's worth clicking the link to see the rest of 'em ...

'Green' ... yeah - it's more than just a color now ...

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11 green inventions that go too far

The quest for environmentally savvy products takes some inventors down scary roads

Dance-powered portable charger
Orange

For once, the spastic, uncoordinated limb-flailing you call dancing can actually serve a purpose outside of embarrassing you at parties. Last year, UK-based mobile and internet service provider Orange actually released several prototype armbands that harvested energy through the kinetic power of the dance. Based on that, I would hazard a guess that the Chicken Dance might be the most efficient way to charge up a cell phone. Orange

Solar cooler
Sports Authority

The Picnic Plus is a solar-powered gadget docking station, insulated cooler and speaker system all-in-one. It's one of those “kitchen sink” gadgets that doesn't just take green too far, it takes everything too far. There's no way that it can do any of this well. $84.99 Sports Authority

Wind 'N Go shaver
Athena Brands

According to the manufacturer, winding up this eco-friendly electric shaver will net you enough juice for a full shave. Of course, if you really want to go green, non-electric shavers have been around for decades – I believe they're called razors. $43.90 Athena Brands

Tweet-a-Watt
adafruit

If you already chronicle every waking moment of your life on Twitter, you will love the Tweet-a-Watt system. This open source project can be installed yourself using a $90 kit and a $20 Kill-a-Watt power monitor. Once completed, the system will monitor the energy usage in your home and tweet that information to your Twitter account. So, to recap, you fire up a gadget that lets you brag to your Twitter followers about how little power you are using. Not only is it slightly ironic, it is a very slow way to get popular.
$90 adafruit

Man-powered Ferris wheel
YouTube

When I was a kid, I was wary of going on rides at the fair because it always seemed like the only thing separating a good time from an untimely death was a rickety safety bar, a carny and maybe some duct tape. My fear would be especially acute if I were faced with this human-powered Ferris wheel in Southern India. It doesn't use fuel or electricity; instead four or five men spin the bars and dangle from the beams, using their body weight to turn the wheel.
Environmental Graffiti

Solar-powered toothbrush
Japan Trend Shop

I don't know about you, but I like to brush my teeth while standing underneath a waterfall in a sun-drenched natural spring. It doesn't get any greener than that — unless I started using a Soladey Solar-Powered toothbrush that is. It doesn't vibrate or spin or anything. Supposedly, there isn't even a need for toothpaste. It transforms light into negative ions that mix with saliva to break down the molecular bonds that attach plaque to teeth. It's all very confusing and scientific, which must mean that it's good. Good for selling to gullible people, that is. $51 Japan Trend Shop

Water-powered desk clock
Bedol

This clock is eco-friendly because it doesn't use batteries or electricity from an outlet. All you need to run this clock for 12-14 weeks is some tap water and a dash of lemon juice. That's all well and good, but setting the alarm at the beginning of week 15 might prove problematic. You don't want to be late for work because you forgot to water your clock.
$16 - $40 Bedol

The Buscycle
The Buscycle Project

Taking public transportation is green, but taking a pedal-powered bus is greener. See the sights and work up a sweat with 15 other people on the Buscycle, an awareness initiative created by Heather Clark and Matthew Mazzotta and 60 volunteers in the summer of 2005. Though the Buscycle's goal was quite noble, "redefining how we move as a culture," I will admit that it is hard to see how this experience is at all different from the misery of being an oarsmen on an ancient warship.
The Buscycle Project

Pee-powered batteries
Japan Trend Shop

NoPoPo are hydro-electric batteries that utilize liquid combined with carbon and magnesium to generate long-lasting power. They can be charged using just about any liquid from soda to sake, but if you are in a real bind, urine or blood will suffice. Let's hope that you are never in such desperate need to power a portable gadget that you are forced to pee into a tiny dropper — or stab someone.
$74 Japan Trend Shop

Poo-powered VW Beetle
GENeco

This VW Beetle is roaming the streets of Bristol in the UK thanks to poo-power. That is to say, it runs on biogas, a fuel derived from the breakdown of organic matter like manure or sewage into methane. There is no doubt that this is a viable, sustainable source of energy (the waste from 70 homes in Bristol generates enough methane to power the car for a year) — but I shudder to think what filling stations might smell like in the future.
GENeco

Edible shoe cream
greenfibres

This isn't a gadget like the previous items, but an edible shoe cream is certainly worthy of a mention in a list about green inventions gone wrong. While there is certainly nothing wrong with replacing everyday toxic substances with biodegradable versions, there is just something unsettling about shoe cream that you can spread on a slice of toast and eat for breakfast.
$9 greenfibres

Ok... We texted each other a lil bit tonight, and I was chatting with my cuz on facebook, well, I have friends who are friends with him, (I recently asked him if I could add him as a friend on facebook and he said yes) well, he hasn't added me yet, but I know he was on tonight cuz I got an update saying "so and so is friends with so and so" I never got accepted by him! I even wrote him, and got nothing back! The only thing he did was make his profile less private, still cant look at pictures, but that is it. What a ****ing dick wad! WTF! Why did he do that?

This is why i liked Bush being in office. His take on the situation was, they threatened our freedom and way of life and our feeling of safety, then lets go over there and blow s**t up till they back off.

Frank no one should be offended as the "you" wasn't "YOU" it was a generalized "you", meaning people that let a few bad experiences taint their whole view of things, whether it be men or women.. The 'on and on' part was not generalized..

You know I adore you but why always b*tch about women? Don't you think these threads are offending to those of us that are your female friends? They are, we've told you over and over...

This is so flipping ridiculous, on and on and on and on how terrible women are... Wow maybe you can get them exterminated and then you can start b*tching about men and well I guess being gay would follow wouldn't it.. I really feel sorry for you sad souls that have experienced the dredging of the pond... I think you do a great job of showing your true colors and I'm sure smart women appreciate it, no guessing here...

I agree with everything Myka said...

Shlt is shlt no matters who's doing it, it still smells.. Men can suck and so can women.. Look for the good in people and you'll find good people.. B*tch and moan and you'll find similar, misery loves company and you seem to have a lot of company...

My girlfriend has several guys like this. One gives her free tattoos, one gives her money when she needs it, one gives her rides and another buys buys her meals. I think it's funny because she's told them all she's not interested in any of them sexually, but they keep coming. They keep trying. It's really sort of sad for them.

And just to head off any back lash I know is coming, if she is sleeping with any of them, I really don't care. I was single when I met her and I can find another one to do for me what she does. I guess that's the differance between me and the other guys.

but do you need to be interested in the opposite sex to be happy?

Oh, I have such a list!!

SingMeSweet - Emily and I just click as friends. She makes me smile.
Indnprncs - Joy is just so freak'n cool. I feed off her humor!
YOU, Myka - What can I say. I fell in "girlie" love with you the first time I saw you post. I think you are strong as well!
Goof - He's my husband
Mayhem - I crush on him when Myka isn't looking
Atlantis - I really crush him but he's too smart for me!
RKISIT - SLAYER!!!
Lori - My Pagan Sister!

I BeachFarmer, Suzanne, Eileena, Luis, Lex, SitaRains, PatsFan, Roberta, Isaac, Edy_Ca, Jadday, Jeff, Bedlum, Mike117, Kim (my Yellow Rose of Texas), Fear (loves me some Fear) ...

I miss TallDub - I hardly see him on anymore. Same with CutiePie and Winx. I love Tara but I see her on FB.

*gasp* I need to take a breath! I have so many that I love!! I should never "list" because I know I will leave someone out (and I don't mean to). You know if I luv on you!

Tarty?

be in a relationship to make them happy? Why do we need to rush things and race to the finish line?

no, the law is no religion at school or school sponsored activities.

A Massachusetts middle school
field trip to a local mosque has sparked controversy after a video surfaced showing some students participating in a Muslim prayer service during the visit.

Several parents complained to the school after the video, shot by a parent during the May 27 trip, was made public Wednesday. It shows a five sixth-grade boys kneeling, bowing their heads, and engaging in a prayer ritual at Islamic Society of Boston Community Center, the Boston Globe reported.

Wellesley School Superintendent Bella Wong apologized to parents in a letter Thursday and said that allowing the children to participate in the service was a mistake.

"It was not the intent for students to be able to participate in any of the religious practices," Wong told the Boston Globe. "The fact that any students were allowed to do so in this case was an error."

The video was released by Americans for Peace and Tolerance, a group that has been critical of the center in the past, after the group received it from a mother who recorded it while chaperoning the trip, the Globe reported.


"If a Catholic priest took school kids to a church and said, 'Let's teach them about Catholicism,' and the kids kneeled before altar, took wine and the host, the furor would be visible from outer space," the group's director, Dennis Hale, told the paper.
HAHAHAHAHA...

Bilal Kaleem, president of the Muslim American Society of Boston, which runs the center, said all the prayer was voluntary.

"Certainly in our tours we do not invite kids to take part, but if someone wants to come pray and take part, we shouldn't prevent them," Kaleem told the Globe. "It's more an issue with the school."

The trip was part of a social studies course, "Enduring Beliefs in the World Today," and also included trips to a synagogue, a gospel musical performance, and a meeting with Hindu religious leaders, Wong told the Globe.

In the future teachers will give "more clear guidance to students to better define what is allowed to fulfill the purpose of observation," she said in the letter to parents.

Rules are rules, huh...lol

Bilal Kaleem, president of the Muslim American Society of Boston, which runs the center, said all the prayer was voluntary.

I have a degree and I'm saving up to study for my Master's next year, though my family is encouraging me to just continue to Med school. Eh, I'm digressing.

Anyhoo, if I am looking for a date, I would have no qualms on dating anyone who has no college degree. I've met a lot of a-holes from all levels. It's not the diploma that makes a person, nor is it the one that keeps the partner. It may be a nice thing thing to have, but it won't assure anyone of a great relationship. Art pretty much hit it on the mark, the personality and attitude of a person is what makes them great as a partner and will be the deciding factor regarding the duration of any relationship they would get into.

I also see your point when you said that they wouldn't look at you as one of them, or something to that effect. Yes, you are correct to assume that most of them will feel that way. It's like this, a college degree is an achievement in itself. The "letters" you get for furthering your studies, even more so. It's natural for a person to be proud of his accomplishments. I think we can say that someone on a blue collar job who does his best to master his art, is of the same way. Even if he belongs to a blue collar job, if he works hard to "master" everything there is about his job, then that in itself is an accomplishment. All of it, when dissected to its most basic, is the same thing.

I believe that in order to belong to ANY group or looked upon as an equal depends on the respect you earn. I know someone who doesn't have the PhD's and such other, but earned the applause and admiration of a very elite group of individuals. He earned their respect by accomplishing things and surpassing expectations.

Personally, I don't see anything wrong in taking pride of one's accomplishments. H*ll, I worked my arse off to put myself through college and still do to save up for my Master's. What would be wrong is to have too much of that pride and use it to belittle other people, which brings us back to attitude. It's a circle.

-will you feel when the person above you prefer much to play games in FB or post some comments from his/her friends page than spending time talking to you?

I get one view a week.....I think.

I think I finally figured out how to respond to you... will try it next time you feel the need to "criticize women"