Enjoying that hamburger? It took 900 gallons of water to produce that half-pound burger. The source of that ground beef released thirteen pounds of greenhouse gases: methane from farts and burps, and nitrous oxide from manure. Thirty percent of the land in the world is used to raise grain to feed cattle, chickens and pigs. Feeling guilty? The solution is clear: Bugs!
Category: Places
Places I remember
What Goes Around Comes Around
Rainer Beer had great commercials. Some featured Mickey Rooney; some were parodies of other commercials or Saturday Night Live Skits. Bud’s croaking frogs? Copied from Rainier. Others were just plain clever. Unfortunately, they did not convey that hot-looking babes were attracted to Rainier drinkers.
A Day in the Life … and Death
Even a Judo Expert …
Belgian Judo competitor Dirk Van Tichelt won a bronze medal in the Olympics contest. That evening he went to celebrate at Copacabana Beach. He came back with a black eye after being assaulted on Rio’s famous shoreline. He lost a cell phone, but not his medal … or his smile.
The New Oregon Trail
The Columbia River Gorge is the lowest-elevation route to get across the Cascade Mountains. Settlers following the Oregon Trail rafted down the river from The Dalles. It was dangerous, expensive too. Interstate 84 transports modern-day emigrants the eighty-some miles from The Dalles to Portland in about an hour and a half. (Of course, some modern-day émigrés do it in less time.)
American Stereotypes
Congratulations if you live on the West Coast. You are in the least stereotypical region of the United States! Anyway, that’s how people in other countries view us: “Americans are highly religious and wealthy consumers who spend their time firing guns, driving vehicles, stuffing their faces, watching reality TV, and are averse to traveling or learning about anything beyond their borders.”
A real estate blog did some research and ranked the fifty states from most-to-least stereotypical. The state of Washington is number 41, California is 45, and Oregon at number 49 is the second-least stereotypical state.