Look at This: Volume 5

Well, I lost my computer this week. The hard drive burned out after 3+ years of reliable service, and I will admit . . . I shed a tear or two. Now, you would think that such a loss would limit my Internet appetite for the week, but it seems to have had just the opposite effect. Maybe this is just my way of dealing with grief, or maybe it stems from the fact that I absolutely love my new machine. Either way, I have plenty of fodder for this weeks Look at This segment. So, before I get bogged down in sad nostalgia and the joys of new love . . . look at this:

• Let the litigation begin. Some bold lawyers are attempting to bring suits against Big Oil that model themselves on those that hurt Big Tobacco. I have a great idea for a film tie-in . . . Thank You for Driving.
• Mmmmmm . . . glowing glass donuts. Let there be light. Delicious donutty light.
• I always thought that the solution to most of my problems involved less flying rodents. Turns out I was wrong. Hmmm, if bats can bring back our forests, what could snakes, spiders and clowns do? It might turn out that only our nightmares can truly fulfill our dreams.
• The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand; They wept like anything to see Such quantities of sand . . . sorry about the poetry (by Lewis Carrol for the illiterati out there), but it is true in a way. If you were a walrus, you would be pretty upset about a lot of sand too. Why? Because it probably means the ice is gone which doesn’t bode well for a blubbery fella like yourself.
• Greenvertising done well.
• I’ve never been a big proponent of garden art. If it isn’t growing, edible and or a talking scarecrow, I don’t want it in my garden. But, there was something about these recycled metal sculptures that changed my mind. Could it be the flying monkey and a chance to make two Wizard of Oz references in the same paragraph. Perhaps my pretties . . . perhaps.
• My worst nightmare is coming true. The sturgeon are gathering. It is only a matter of time before they rise up to take their rightful place as rulers of the Earth. Excuse me as I retire to my sturgeon-proof fortress. You can build your own sturgeon-proof fortress by constructing any structure that is 25 feet or further from the nearest water. Mine is a tent in the desert . . . impenetrable.