Comments jmacncheese has made

  • biodegradable soapbox

    A friend and I were discussing global warming at a party. My boyfriend, standing nearby, broke up with me the next day saying I was mean. Ouch! My friend didn't think so, my shrink said he has some issues...but I digress.

    Go for it! They can't insult you! I believe that some of us have to educate the slobs of the word. On Umbra on deflecting eco-insults posted 1 year, 1 month ago 18 Responses

  • p-u

    Weird,
    as I found the crystal to be the most ineffective and offensive  ingredient I have ever applied to my axilla. But to be honest, I rarely had a problem - that is until I reached menopause. Whoa! Look out! Thankfully, there exists a product known as Tom's Active Enzyme deodorant which keeps all the Whoa! in check. Couldn't do with out it. On Making a stink about green(ish) deodorants posted 1 year, 3 months ago 36 Responses

  • The Eastern Alternative

    Umbra's original column on this subject raised an alternative that has not yet reached the west - no diapers. While traveling in China during the Chinese New Year, my travel guide/niece pointed out that babies do not wear diapers. They instead have a trap door - a vertical opening where one side slightly overlaps the other so as to keep out the the Beijing-in-February bitter cold. The baby could be held over a toilet grasping both sides of the opening and spreading.
    I am not a parent, and I don't know all the details. At the entrance to the Forbidden City, the grounds were packed (everyone is on holiday for more than a week during the new year - another fine idea!) with local families with their wee ones. There were no panicking parents or babies pooping all over the lawn. There were also no strollers. Hm. Can a billion Chinese be wrong?On Umbra on the never-ending diaper ado posted 1 year, 5 months ago 25 Responses