Did anyone else watch "Life After People" on the History Channel? I've started The World Without Us and was interested in seeing what they'd do, but I was disappointed. And someone was way overdosing on the Dramatic Music.
We watched the first part. Way too overly dramatic. The fire thing bothered me because they made it seem like humans fight the nasty forest fires when, in fact, they're a perfectly natural part of the ecological process. Overzealous human fire supression is what causes the BIG, GIANT problematic fires by leading to a build up of undergrowth.
I've started The World Without Us and was interested in seeing what they'd do, but I was disappointed.
Darn! I read that book last year, and TiVoed Life After People for that very reason. Doesn't compare well?
I spent a couple weeks chasing down a piece of info (essentially a yes or a no), and finally reassured my boss the answer was no, and then one of the guys whose word I was taking just told my boss the answer was yes.
Way to go to undercut me, dude. Not pleased. Even beyond the looking bad in front of the boss, it indicates there might be a whole bunch of yesses hiding out there somewhere. And now I have to go yes hunting.
Heath Ledger autopsy is inconclusive: [link]
High tech clothing that wicks moisture away from my body.
Srsly. Love. Best part? High tech part wool socks that wick moisture away from my feet, plus...stay warm when wet! Awesome.
I watched the beginning of "Life After People" then fell asleep. The bit at Chernobyl was interesting, though.
Wow, that was fast.
That's the magic of inconclusive, I guess. Now we just wait and see.
Doesn't compare well?
Nope. I was hoping for more "here's how manmade stuff decays" too, in hopes of showing it to my architecture class, but no. Lots of it was sentences like, "But man's defeat of the environment is tenuous" and "Nature reasserts its hold." One thing I really liked about the book is how he goes into detail about how things work right now and how they'll fail, and it kind of skipped that stuff. Not entirely -- they did show some detail on corrosion of stone and metal, but not as much as I'd like.
Aargh! I am having a horrid day at work, after a rather horrid day working at the theatre yesterday. And I am being all cranky and mean and hostile to people, which I hate doing. And I just want a large, large drink.
I'm flinching everytime my inbox indicates I have a new message.
One thing I really liked about the book is how he goes into detail about how things work right now and how they'll fail, and it kind of skipped that stuff.
That sounds like the interesting part to me. Now I don't feel too bad about forgetting to set my MythBox to record it.
