Why Global Warming may be good for us

February 26, 2008 By 4 Comments

I couldn’t believe this piece of news when I read it – Global Warming?  Good for us???   There’s me trying to do my bit to save the planet, and then a government department goes and writes a report saying that it’s not all that bad.

Any why?  Because warmer winters are less of a threat to us, ie. less people die.  It even considers that the increases in the summer temperatures (did I miss something last year?) are not so serious because less people suffer from things such as skin cancer than those that suffer in colder winters.

Am I the only person that thinks that this is the wrong way to tackle the problem?  We should be trying to find ways to stop the Global Warming, not trying to find arguments for keeping it.

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Pizza cones

February 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Do you remember in the film “There’s Something About Mary” the scene, where Ted and Mary are eating meat out of a cone, and agree that you don’t get enough meat in cones?
Well, I’ve discovered something else that comes as a cone – pizza!
I think the best way to imagine it, is like a calzone that’s open at one end.   I read about them here.  The idea seems simple enough – the pizza is not flat, but shaped like a cone, with the filling inside.  You can then hold it in one hand, and eat it outside, eg. whilst walking.
In my opinion, this is a really great idea and I look forward to someone in Germany taking on the idea so that I can try it!

Filed Under: Cymeradwyo, Food and Drink Tagged With:

(Un)-employment on Lanzarote

February 26, 2008 By 1 Comment

I have a dream – a dream that one day I will be able to run my business from just one laptop, and that with that laptop I will be able to move to Lanzarote.

From there, I would sit on a balcony over looking the old harbour in Puerto del Carmen and provide remote IT support or web-design services using that very laptop.

All that before taking a dip on the pool.

OK, so that dream is still some way away, and perhaps even more so after I read that the Canary Islands have almost 150,000 unemployed.

It’s not the sort of thing that you see or even think about as a tourist.  In the bustle of the local shops and restaurants, you get the impression that everyone on the island has a job to do, sometimes even two.

On the other hand, I guess that the number of jobs on the island is limited and so moving for your dream job can mean moving away from the island and thus from your home.   Can you imagine leaving such a beautiful part of the World in search for work?

I for one, could not.  Perhaps I should remain a tourist and do my bit to reduce that unemployment figure!

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