Comments jessimonster has made

  • You can get Michael Pollan posters?  WHERE?!?!?!

    On Quiz: Should I see the critically acclaimed documentary 'Food, Inc.'? posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago 5 Responses

  • Maybe I'm justs spoiled, because in Denver, busses and sidewalks extend out to all the suburbs.  If you live within an hours drive of downtown, you have busses.  And bike lanes.  And sidewalks.  It might take you a really long time to get, say, from Littleton to Aurora on the bus, but it can be done.  There is no way to get from St. Charles to Lake St. Louis on the bus (and St. Charles and Lake St. Louis are a heck of a lot closer to each other than Littleton and Aurora).  At least, there wasn't back in March, the last time I was there.

    I guess the real difference is, from what I understand, that people in Missouri don't really consider the suburbs to be part of your city's metro area.  There's nothing wrong with that, its just a different outlook on locality.  The distance between St. Charles and St. Louis is roughly the same as the distance between Littleton (where I live) and Denver, and yet, in Missouri, St. Charles is not really considered to be part of St. Louis, and in Colorado, Littleton is considered part of the Denver Metro Area.  Its all Denver.  When I go to Missouri, and I see a suburb of St. Louis, it just doesn't make sense to me that its not considered part of St. Louis, and given the same resources as it's mother city.  So what you see as a great system in the city (and it probably is), seems to me like a limited system that excludes a big portion of its citizens.  Its all matter of perspective, I guess.

    I sure wish when I came out there that I could spend more time in the city, because the city is undoubtably better than St. Charles (where most of my family lives) is.  Unfortunately, when I'm out there, I'm there to see family, and they usually have other plans for us.  Boring plans.  Plans that make me want to never go to Missouri again even though I know there sure are some beautiful and fun things to do in Missouri.

    Still, what will all those people in the suburbs of St. Louis do when peak oil gets bad?  They've got nothing!  Nothing but long twisty roads!  With no sidewalks (although, if its bad enough that there are no more cars, I guess that's not really a safety hazard anymore).

    On The best U.S. transit systems you never knew existed posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses

  • I'm suprised to see St. Louis on the list.  I have a lot of family in St. Louis, and once you get out of the down town area, there are no busses at all.  In fact, they don't even have sidewalks.  And the road system seems to be set up to encourage maximum driving.

    Although they couldn't afford to keep bus stops open to the outer edges of the city, and they don't bother to give their citizens side walks or bike lanes on their curvy, densly tree lined streets, they can afford to put a mile marker every .2 miles on every highway in the state.

    When peak oil gets bad, the people in the St. Louis metropolitan area are majorly screwed. 

    I am glad to see Denver on the list though.  A guy I know was complaining about our public transportation system.  I believe I'll forward this to him in the effort to shut him up.  If he doesn't like Denver, I think he should leave.

    On The best U.S. transit systems you never knew existed posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago 15 Responses

  • What if?

    You buy your cloth diapers used, and reuse them over and over for multiple children, and continue to use them after you're done with kids either by selling them or using as dust rags or something?  Is there ever a point where cloth will beat disposable?  Because disposable only has so many chances to redeem itself.
    Also, has it been taken into account that cloth diapered babies get less diaper rash, so less resources are used in the sale and manufacture of diaper rash cream?
    On the other side, have they looked at all natural disposables, like Tushies?  Do Tushies' lack of chemicals make them better than the traditional disposable, and therefore better than cloth?
    Inquiring minds want to know.On Umbra on the never-ending diaper ado posted 1 year, 5 months ago 25 Responses

  • If only...

    Wow.  If only someone had warned us this would happen.  If only countless geologists had been talking about something like this happening for the past 50 years, even predicted (quite accurately, in many cases) the time period in which this exact thing would happen.  If only a dude named M. King Hubbert had seen this coming way back in 1958 and told us all about it.
    If only ...On Protests erupt worldwide over fuel prices posted 1 year, 5 months ago 25 Responses

  • I'm working my way through this list myself

    I enjoyed Green Babies, Sage Moms, but thats the only book on this list I've read.  Right now I'm working my way through the Natural Family Living, Mothering Magazines's Guide to Parenting, which is pretty good, and Mothers and Others' Guide to Natural Baby Care, which is almost an information overload, so of course I love it.  I have a few of these books on my list for future readings, and some of these I have not heard of, but will add to my list.  Thanks for the info!On A tired pregnant chick "tests" six green baby books posted 1 year, 5 months ago 4 Responses

  • Squirrel!

    I've had squirrel, on a camping trip.  Its okay.  It tasted like those turkey legs you get at festivals.  But it was kind of hard to eat because it was tiny.  Same reason I don't like hot wings.On From Bushy to Beef posted 1 year, 6 months ago 3 Responses

  • locations?

    Are they coming to CU?  CSU?  Greeley?  Metro?  Give me something here!On Live Earth is back, so get ready to rock posted 1 year, 6 months ago 1 Response

  • Trying to become a biking family

    These are some awesome resources, thanks a million!  I've been lusting after an Xtracycle for months now, I wanted something that I could cart a baby on and all the stuff you need to bring with a baby.  But they are so expensive.  This gives me a bunch more ideas.  Spectacular!On Umbra on cargo bikes posted 1 year, 7 months ago 29 Responses