Published by rickswerve March 21st, 2007
in politics and consumerism.
Another cause I can relate to… When I had a job, at least.
Take this philosophy, for example:
If you won’t phone in sick because you suffer from a guilty conscience about “dishonesty”, we suggest the following: Imagine, vividly, how you feel at work on a typical Monday morning. That should make you feel queasy. By dictionary definition, “queasy” means ill. Therefore it’s your duty to phone in sick. If you don’t feel queasy at the thought of Monday morning, then by definition you are mentally ill – you might want to consider spending a few years in a nursing home.
Or, to put it another way: prevention is better than cure, so phone in sick before you get ill.
Please. Tell me why, I don’t like Mondays. Tell me why!
Published by rickswerve March 5th, 2007
in science and Mexico.
Rick’s back from a few weeks in Mexico — which is both hot and stinky in so many ways — mostly near a town called, Chicxulub, at the top of the Yucatan.
Nice place, right on the beach. But the dial-up Internet that barely worked to check email made blogging or surfing impossible. So I rid myself of any online responsibilities and drank too much vodka and rum while reading up on the area.
I learned that Chicxulub basically lies at the centre of a massive crater that is believed to be created by the meteoroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
The impact would have caused some of the largest megatsunamis in Earth’s history. These would have spread in all directions, hitting the Caribbean island of Cuba especially hard. The emission of dust and particles caused environmental changes close to a nuclear winter, during which the surface of the Earth was totally covered by a cloud of dust for several years. (Pope, et al., 1997)
As you can see on this map…
… the area is also known for its cenotes, which are “commonly called simply sinkholes and contain deep non-flowing lakes of crystal-clear freshwater which attract cave divers from around the world.”
They’re also really nice to swim in.
Here’s a shot of the most alluring cenote we came across in Mexico.
Thankfully it rains so much here in Vancouver, you don’t really need beautiful swimming holes to cool off in. Aren’t we lucky.
