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From Butts to Bedtime

By Sarah K. Burkhalter and Sarah van Schagen

05 Oct 2007

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Tap that ass

We like Butt Butts and we cannot lie. Awkwardly placed spigot and all.

Photo: Hemingway Design

Photo: Ellen Jong

Stem well-researched

Wish your homegrown zucchini was better-endowed? Urine luck! Just be careful not to squat over your alt-pesticide cannibalistic plants. Eat your heart out, Little Shop of Horrors.

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The female mechanics at a new hybrid-only garage in San Francisco are very picky about whom they allow inside. But if you come, it's a Luscious experience.

Photo: iStockphoto

Fashion, victim

Arctic shmarctic -- we must save the turtlenecks!

Inconvenient youth

Does your kid suffer from hyper-eco-activism? Try this bedtime story, which tells yoots that "while riding a bike saves energy and is a great exercise, it gives you less time to do other things, like sports or homework." That'll teach 'em!

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Sarah K. Burkhalter is Grist's editorial assistant.

Sarah van Schagen is Grist's assistant editor.

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The Sky is Not Falling???

Has anyone read this book? Although I appreciate the sentiment of addressing eco-angst in children, is it a realistic optimistic outlook or just a denial of facts?

EJ Hurst

by EJ Hurst at 1:20 PM on 05 Oct 2007

the sky is not falling

Unfortunately, the sky IS falling and our kids will be the ones to suffer the consequences. We all need to WAKE UP to the clear evidence and stop naysaying.

by eldersister at 2:43 PM on 05 Oct 2007

"The sky is not falling"

How did this book make it to the Grist list ? I assume it is by a mistake and that you will correct it.
Unless it is not a mistake and you changed your view point and you now consider global warming to be made up by fanatics and "has been" politicians, as the book description tells us.
Thanks for telling us if it was a mistake or if you stand by your post.

Otherwise, congrats for the website !

Philippe, Geneva, Switzerland

by Philippe at 5:02 AM on 08 Oct 2007

great (read "twisted") sense of humor

It's a joke (the inclusion on the Grist List). I don't think joke is sufficient a term for the book itself.

My greatest disappointment is seeing that the author is from my alma mater. My child is looking at colleges this year, and MSU-Bozeman was on the list, mainly at my urging. This isn't the only reason it no longer is, but it sure weighs in the measure.

by In the belly at 8:46 AM on 08 Oct 2007

Ralph The Repairman

Most likely luscious as in "Luscious Jackson" and it's in San Fransisco, meaning you ain't gonna get no torque there if you're a dude.

http://www.billygoatcup.com/greenacres/Cast_pics/mary%20g ...

Turn up the L7 though!

by jabailo at 8:58 AM on 08 Oct 2007

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