35 Comments

<i>Love will get you like a case of anthrax And that's something I don't want to catch.</i>

At home I'm a tourist.

Expand full comment

Sock it to <i>me?</i>

Expand full comment

The story goes that you could develop film by dipping it in the Genesee River downstream from Kodak in Rochester.

Expand full comment

It was a key element in the solar panels that Jimmy Carter put on the roof of the White House.

Expand full comment

One of my fondest memories of the first Earth Day was participating in a huge demonstration that demanded that the US import more oil.

Expand full comment

And of course this inefficiency was all the fault of the hippie communistic environmentalists, because they held all of the key engineering jobs in Detroit and were therefore able to design the cars that way.

Expand full comment

Teach the controversy!!1!

Expand full comment

We had joy we had fun We went streaking in the sun But the people we passed were just looking at our ass

Expand full comment

"<i>reduced fuel efficiency</i> along with the pollution"

Th' fuck?

Expand full comment

I, too, had a sort of visceral reaction to that blanket statement. But you've said it better than I did. I said a swear, out loud.

Expand full comment

And were given little trees in paper cups, which promptly died (the trees).

Expand full comment

Good point on you. Negative point on the textbook writers. No new technology is rarely "just right" out of the box. The car I just bought (nothin' special, btw...not a hybrid/electric/diesel gets mileage my old Beetle could only dream about...forget my old Belvedere. I know, I know...I shouldn't be looking for accuracy here.

Expand full comment

Five and a half lines, Alan.

Expand full comment

Never go full Cleveland.

Expand full comment

Watch your mouth!

Expand full comment