Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Rant on Nov 15th, 2009
One of the most famous lines boardroom CEOs like to quote, “failure is not an option” is taken from Ed Harris’ delivery in the 1995 film Apollo 13. Some even like to wear the little grey vest. Watch the scene here. However, according to the 21 APEC leaders failure is apparently an option, if you commit [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Rant on Sep 15th, 2007
Since late August I’ve bounced from topic to topic trying to decide which to resume writing about when fall arrived. With keen interest I read what others I enjoy so much (Hebert, Coyne, Paikin, Gregg, MacGregor, Ibbitson, Mercer, and others) leapt back into action with following their respective summer sabbaticals. I get a kick trying [...]
Posted in Climate Change on Jan 11th, 2007
I confess, I’m somewhat of a Type A personality meaning, among other things, my clocks are perfectly synchronized to internet time so after one pounce of the snooze button and exactly 9 minutes later, I can wake-up all over again just-in-time to hear the 680 News top-of-the-hour beep-tone reminding me it’s still only – but [...]