Odds and Ends

Recently, I've made a lot of odds and ends in school (I like the "odd" part because some of them are pretty weird). And I've wanted to make another post on The Thinking Cap. So I put them together and made one solution.
The world that we live in has an unlimited amount of odds and ends. So I have decided to make a post out of any interesting tidbits I've found in the past little while. So, enjoy the show.

This was a school assignment from last term.

How Budgerigars Got Flat Beaks

Once upon a time the Utes and Piutes were the same tribe. They lived in the lands of Wyoming. One day the tribe’s god, The Thunder Bird, told them that they had to move, or else the evil volcano gods would destroy them. So they went to eastern Utah and named themselves the Utes. Some of the Utes found special berries that you could make pies out of. But the thunderbird didn’t like these Pies. So they left and called themselves the Piutes. They took all of the berries with them and all of their pets, the Budgerigars, who were kind of like scarecrows to the berry bushes. At this time the Budgerigars had long thick beaks. The Piutes made their own villages and towns. They had a big feast with lots of pies. After the feast, everyone washed their mouths and hands. Except the Budgerigars, they were so tired that they washed their feet only. They forgot their beaks. When they woke up, their beaks were stained purple. They didn’t want their beaks to be purple so they went to Australia where there was a magical pond that had water that would eventually wash off any stain. When they got there they washed and washed until eventually their beaks were not purple anymore, but they were thin and flat because all of the rubbing. After that they stayed in Australia and lived happily ever after.

Some of these Pictures of my baby sister are funny.






That's all for this time folks, be sure to tune in next time for: Bits and pieces.

P.S. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, Recycle, and Recycle!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're all going to die.

I'm sure that in one of the many movies that have been created in this world since the creation of the "moving picture" (I haven't had time to watch them all yet due to a limited media time budget, ahem, cough, moral for mom), someone has a line that says: "we're all going to die" (I have a feeling that it might be one of those Godzilla movies).

This might come as a shock to you because in reality, we are all, going to die. It is now that I must inform you of the 3 main human tendencies that I have discovered.

• That everything will happen to someone else
• That your work is stupid and everyone Else's work rivals Einstein's
• And the most important one, that actions have no consequence

For those of you still clinging to the absurd notion that we are not going to die let me tell you something, you're staring into the face of defeat.

Because yes, we're all going to die. Still clinging to the notion? Let me show you some visual aids.


See that? Its called an ozone hole. An ozone hole is a hole in the ozone layer. The blue dent is the hole in the ozone layer. It lets radiation and infrared rays from space in.

Need more explanation? That blue thingy that you can see is Antarctica. For those of you still being human (and as such following the human tendencies) this will not just affect the penguins.
Because all of those infrared rays are going to melt the ice. All the water has to go somewhere.

Imagine a bowl of chicken noodle soup. Now imagine the 2005 Katrina devastated New Orleans. Now pretend that they marry and have a kid. Now imagine where you live and marry it with miss noodley Orleans. Should look something like the world if Antarctica melts.

Some of you are thinking stuff like :but we didn't help global warming, those that you think just don't care really care, care more about their lifestyles than their eventual deaths. Just under half a week ago I discovered that my very own dad wanted to chop down a large 20 year old tree just because "It looks like a bush." Those are his exact words too.


This is a picture of the tree that my dad wants to cut down. All over the world things like this are happening. Other horrible human related things are happening to the enviorment as well. Things like garbage dumping, pesticides on rampages, dams, oil spills, and logging are all contributing to the eventual death of life as we know it. Take a look at some of these pictures.







Sad, isn't it. But, just like that last minute bombing run that explodes godzilla, we can stop the monster of our own life styles. Save power by purchasing energy efficient appliances and turning off lights in the daytime or when you're not in the room at night. Walk instead of driving if it isn't too far(or buy a hybrid or fuel efficient car). Ask for paper bags at the grocery store instead of plastic because plastic bags made up 50% of the trash on that beach. Plant trees instead of choping them down. Don't buy wooden furniture made from a rain forest now transformed into wooden widgets, recycle, and tell others to do the same. Post comments on this very post about things you did to save trees. Maybe it isn't too late.