UPDATE: World economic collapse has China losing its appetite for America’s recyclable waste.  Story is posted to nytimes.com.
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a h/t to my green Twitter friends.
Despite the fact that:

our kids are walking, talking proponents of sustainability;
household recyclables are collected curbside;
the zeitgeist is becoming greener by the day;
the R-Board (our Regional Solid Waste […]

On this date 50 years ago, Barbie debuted at the New York Toy Fair.
(A Pisces gal…who knew?)
And oh Babs, according to the organization’s website, today is your day to join AARP!
Anyone 50 or over can get all the great benefits of membership in AARP for only $16 a year. And membership includes your spouse or partner, […]

Excerpted from News Release:
Mar. 3 – Senator Mark Warner said today he is “irked” that taxpayer dollars will be used to bail out undisclosed investment partners who made risky gambles with AIG, which will receive a fourth bailout from the government.  
During today’s Budget Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Senator Warner suggested that […]

It has stopped snowing here in Fred2Blue Land. About 8 inches of the white stuff has fallen in my neighborhood. The sun is peeking out of the clouds.
For goodness sake, put the Snuggie back in the closet.  It is time to venture outside to start those shovel-ready projects (clearing sidewalks, driveways, etc.) and enjoy watching […]

Very nice.  h/t whitehouse.gov

With a h/t to this loyal fan:
As reported this morning on the WaPo website, Fox has renewed The Simpsons through Season 22.
WOO HOO!

…since I don’t know when.
A fortnightly rant FL-S style with a h/t for no particular reason to Lee Michaels.
Oooh.
Fred2Blue readers have come to know that I am a noisy advocate for locally-owned businesses, which provide our community places to shop, eat, or gather that offer distinctly local character. Starting a small business is a roll […]

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a h/t to my Summer Hill Road homies:
Like the flu that is spreading rapidly across the United States, you and your millions of other Facebook Friends have been tagged with a 25 Random Things About Me message.  For the give or take 25 people across the U.S. and A. that […]

…a long.long time ago, February 3rd, 1959 in Clear Lake, Iowa.
Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed rock and roll icons Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper.  It was an event so etched into the minds of young Baby Boomers that in 1972 it inspired a singer named Don […]

And we thought there was no good financial news this week. From today’s NYTimes:
Exxon earned $45.2 billion in 2008, beating the record it set in 2007 for most profitable corporation, at $40.6 billion. That came despite a fourth quarter in which income fell 33 percent, owing to the steepest drop ever in oil prices, […]