The Dodgers are playing like scrubs, especially Penny, right now. So this is the only thing that’s cheering me up right now besides the Lakers leading the Western Conf. Finals against the “champs”.
Video: Lego men by Erika Toto
Music: “The D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh really? No, O’Malley!)” by Danny Kaye (1962)
I believe the growing popular use of borderline expletives in Marlon Manuel’s article from the Ventura County Star, Kinda Cussin’, is a dangerous trend in American culture, and this is caused by the lack of parental discipline towards their children, mass media, and a child’s everyday lifestyle. Today is a lot different from the 1950s or 1960s. Kids get away with how they talk compared to parents from those generations. Read the rest of this entry »
People that drink a lot of water develop the tendency to throw the plastic bottle away in the trash, either unknowingly or unwillingly, when they are done drinking their water. When a plastic bottle is thrown in the trash, instead of a recycling bin, they make their way to a landfill instead of a recycling plant, to be reused again. Sam Martin wrote, “It seems that compared to landfilling, recycling is the economic and environmental favorite by a long shot” (Cothran 64). My research of this problem has identified problems and simple solutions that can be used in my daily life and can be attractive to others so they may develop these techniques in their own life styles. Plasticbottles, containing drinking water, are not the best options for someone’s daily water consumption; they cause recycling and landfill problems that can be avoided with simple changes involving different purchasing methods and developing effective recycling techniques. Read the rest of this entry »