Many things about my computer have annoyed me, and made me wish I had not gotten a Dell. One thing I have gotten out of my experience with the company, other than crazy interest rates, is free magazine subscriptions for 6 months.
Yea, I'll remember to cancel them.
My first Real Simple finally came today. I have also gotten Easy Home Cooking, I think it's called, which I was disappointed in. It had nasty recipes that called for Ragu pasta sauce and stuff that like that. Processed cheese stuff. It did have some recipes that were all right but Ragu makes me think of Your mother's blood type is Ragu... Who eats it? At least go with Prego, per favore!
Mad Magazine and People are for simple entertainment. TIME is for feeling smart, annnnnnd my favorite, National Geographic Traveler. For dreaming. And exploring, in a small way.
This quote from an interview with Sven-Olof Lindblad, this guy who takes people on Antarctic cruises, was pretty good. He was talking about tourism and how there is a need for balance between the growing travel industry and its employment opportunities and preserving nature.
"Balance is the key. We must understand that people need to make a living, but in the quest for that, we can't destroy where we live."
When asked, How can one individual make a difference? one of the things he said was "Build into your belief system a real reverence for the world-nature, culture, history. Then say, 'I cannot solve it all. But'm a citizen of this world, and I can do something.' "
I wish everyone could realize that! I like to joke and call people bad Oregonians when they throw things away instead of recycling. I know, if you know me you're probably thinking, I'm sure you do.
Hopefully I'll actually get to go some places in the world... I want to visit pretty much everywhere. Why not? It's all so different. And I'll just take pictures and document it. More photo geek material! I'd just like my beautiful Earth to actually be there...
When I'm done with my magazines, they'll be recycled. Oh yes.
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