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Isn't this beautiful?!? :D
I've been wanting to start composting for a long time now. I'm already a bit of a recycling nazi -- we didn't have curbside recycling back in Detroit, but I dutifully cleaned and sorted containers and materials into an assortment of bins that took up entirely too much of our kitchen, then loaded them into the car and hauled them to the local recycling center once every few weeks.
It was kind of a pain in the ass, to tell you the truth.
But I couldn't bear the though of not doing it, of just letting all that plastic, metal and paper rot in a landfill. Throwing away all of my vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds and eggshells and other biodegradable waste seemed crazy, too.
I confess, though, that I wasn't dedicated enough to maintain a composting bin on the balcony of our fifth-floor apartment. I suppose I could have hauled my kitchen scraps in a bucket to the nearest vacant lot, shovel in hand, but I'm not quite that hardcore.
Now, though, we live in a duplex with a huge yard, so there's really no excuse. Our neighbors upstairs feel the same way, evidently, because McDoc found the compost pile out behind the garage. (I haven't taken a picture of it -- that's why I just put a link to someone else's up above.)
It gives me such joy to give the compostables back into the earth rather than sentencing them to years entombed in plastic. Just thinking about it makes me feel like it's easier to breathe.
Oh, and we have curbside recycling here, too. Is it Boston, or is it Heaven?! ;)
Let's see what landed on the Top Comments pile tonight!
From MinistryOfTruth:
In Muskegon Critic's brilliant rec-listed diary about the lack of GOP-sponsored town halls and their inability to express their own ideas (maybe because they lack them entirely), blueaardvark puts it in a nutshell, in the Top Comment of the Year.
From Angie in WA State:
I'd like to nominate the diary itself for Top Comments, but barring that, here's the best of the lot from the funniest, but most intriguing push-back-on-the-Rally-Nuts analogy diary I've read in a long while: I know, let's pay 3x more than we need to for FOOD! by oscarsmom. This comment by Azazello is priceless.
This comment by eXtina is Top Comments worthy, because really, it's either laugh at the asshats or start cryin' a river as we watch our Democracy turned into Democrazy by the unhinged right wing and their lies and insanity. It's in this diary: Palin: Obama's "Death Panel" Could Kill My Down Syndrome Baby, by trifecta.
I also nominate Dallasdoc's comment, The sweetest irony, for perfect use of schadenfreude in a political comment! Also, because it's such a wonderful example of the very concept of Irony. Forcing the conservative right wing to finance a defense and then losing on this issue at the SCOTUS level?
Mwwuuuuahahahahahahaha!
From carolita:
Ministry of Truth starts an ACORN thread speculating on all of the things ACORN is behind. The dozen or more commenters produce a long and hilarious list, but, as banjolele astutely observes, ACORNs are not the nuts we should really fear,
gsadamb has a way with words, as illustrated by this succinct description of the PA-Sen Democratic primary.
Snud has finally figured out when we will get healthcare, in AWhitneyBrown's hilarious Obama Health Care Plan Will Annex Sudentenland.
Magnifico makes a powerful and persuasive argument for rail travel in BruceMcF's diary Conservative Pushback.
From kirbybruno:
Right before I clicked on trifecta's Palin: Obama's "Death Panel" Could Kill My Down Syndrome Baby, I was looking at the rec list amazed that for the second day in a row it was filled almost exclusively with diaries all in agreement. I was also thinking that the Republicans are becoming so wacky in so many ways something big just has to happen because that much wackiness just cannot be sustained. 2 seconds later I read this from Wamsutta, which I think sums it up perfectly.
From JanF:
This one is funny: Angry Mouse's comment, Oh, the irony, attached to the diary about Rahm Emmanuel calling out dems for calling out dems.
From sardonyx:
khyber900 gives us a little perspective on health care reform.
In kos's front-page story The cost of Sotomayor opposition, after Alan in Chicago expresses surprise at the Republican's approval rating among Latinos, banjolele comes up with a logical explanation.
Top 30 Comments excluding tip jars, first comments and stuff:
1) Hillary's a great Secretary of State by FishOutofWater — 198
2) We Are Seeing Something... by AaronBa — 167
3) You are not being alarmist by jaywillie — 147
4) Bring your video cameras to every event by the girl — 125
5) What's wrong with having disruptive people by Kimball Cross — 113
6) Thank you so very much for posting this by Kitty — 111
7) ACORN is behind those by the girl — 109
8) A thousand recs by high bitrate — 103
9) Okay, this is one hell of a response. I've never by Mutual Assured Destruction — 102
10) Thank you for your diary and my by wahine — 98
11) Some day I'll get the hang by gchaucer2 — 98
12) That's the problem by Rush 2112 — 96
13) Sarah Palin should be held accountable for this by marabout40 — 96
14) Obama walks on water- LOL by MD patriot — 94
15) for the record by gerald 1969 — 93
16) HAHA by seesmithrun — 92
17) The people SCREAMING that they or thier by xxdr zombiexx — 88
18) I went to Rep. Joe Courtney's town hall tonight by ShadowSD — 86
19) Good news is that the white house by dlh77489 — 86
20) Love it - oddly enough by Diogenes2008 — 85
21) an observation that may be applicable by teacherken — 83
22) MY god. My brain! HELP ME by electronicmaji — 83
23) you know what really hurts my brain? by SuperBowlXX — 82
24) You assume they would look at it and read it by Eclectablog — 81
25) I posted this comment in another diary, but it by ShadowSD — 81
26) Leaked images / plans ??? by A Siegel — 81
27) This is great analysis and writing. Good news is by FishOutofWater — 81
28) Here's the Basic Problem by JekyllnHyde — 80
29) her laughing when he mentioned bolton was hilario by vc2 — 79
30) I know one thing by FreeStateDem — 77
Top 30 Comments with no exclusions, aka the Tip Jar list :-):
1) Tip Jar by Susan S — 703
2) Alms (tips) by Muskegon Critic — 617
3) Tip Jar by LaurenMonica — 587
4) Tip Jar by RFK Lives — 544
5) Tip Jar by Eclectablog — 525
6) Tip Jar by mdmslle — 467
7) Tip Jar by RiderOnTheStorm — 460
8) Tip Jar by trifecta — 366
9) Tip Jar by hekebolos — 339
10) Tip Jar by nobody at all — 337
11) Tip Jar by AWhitneyBrown — 318
12) Tip Jar by thereisnospoon — 313
13) Tip Jar by Joe Sestak — 273
14) Tip Jar by tamandua — 267
15) Tip Jar by gchaucer2 — 263
16) Tip Jar by mdgarcia — 230
17) Tip Jar by buhdydharma — 227
18) Tip Jar by nyceve — 201
19) Hillary's a great Secretary of State by FishOutofWater — 198
20) Tip Jar by slinkerwink — 188
21) We Are Seeing Something... by AaronBa — 167
22) Do not get violent by Andrew C White — 152
23) Mojo Jar by droogie6655321 — 150
24) You are not being alarmist by jaywillie — 145
25) Tip Jar by mysticlaker — 140
26) Bring your video cameras to every event by the girl — 125
27) The Mojo Milkbar is Open by droogie6655321 — 119
28) Don't forget by droogie6655321 — 116
29) What's wrong with having disruptive people by Kimball Cross — 113
30) Thank you so very much for posting this by Kitty — 111
31) Friday Tip Jar...... by Bill in Portland Maine — 111