Alright, here's a tip for those eating lunch at Marlene's Market: Friday is Americorps lunch day. The Americorps volunteers for Federal Way Schools meet across the street on Fridays, so they all go to lunch at the same time. That's like 70 people all in line at the cashier!
...anywho, while waiting in line, I struck up a conversation with an Americorps volunteer named Adam, one of the 76 Americorps volunteers working to make our Federal Way schools better places for kids and their families. FW Schools has the largest Americorps education program in the nation, another example of how they're doing more with less in these challenging economic times.
I was very impressed with Adam and the presence of the Americorps team in our local schools. They're supporting before-school programs, after-school programs, family resource programs. You name it. Americorps is making a huge difference in our community.
You may have noticed a slight interruption in blogging service. I took a nasty spill on the ski slopes a few weeks back, while trying to add a double barrel-roll flip to my jump, and sprained several blogging ligaments. After intense physical therapy, I am back and ready to blog. Let's get started.
You heard it here first: We are co-presenting a premiere of the wonderful documentary The Hylebos: Discovering a Hidden Jewel, filmed and directed by Mary Longhurst. The event will take place February 6th at the Federal Way Community Center at 1 PM.
Bad news from the world around us: Asia's smog is polluting North America's air. I ran into two people this week who mentioned a terrible environmental problem with used tires being shipped from America to China where they are being burned for energy. Really?! Am I naive to think that's such a bad idea that no one would attempt or allow this to happen? I'll look into this and post some links later.
Also in the One World, One Environment theme, the Pacific Ocean (and one would think, all other oceans) is becoming more acidic due to global carbon emissions.
Freakonomics is a fascinating blog for those who are interested in the economics of everyday life. There's an interesting interview up today with , author of 59 Seconds, a self-help book purportedly based on actual research (now, that's something new!). My favorite quote of the day, from the piece:
today it’s so hard to get anything past the ethics boards, compared to
the good old days, when you could just electrocute people and call it
science. You can hardly do anything these days!
Ah, yes, those were the good old days!