Andrew M. Barnes

Thought I’d bring back a classic.

I don’t consider myself the most prolific writer of our times,  my hope would be that most bloggers wouldn’t consider themselves great writers.  However, I would say I’m a great director of information and a rather experienced ranter.  Today, I’m passing along a great article by Jonah Goldberg, Editor at Large of National Review Online entitled The Church of Green. 

Mr. Goldberg brilliantly compares environmentalism with any other form of religion.  He even quotes Bjorn Lomborg, author of the great book Cool It.  This is truely an impressive article that every single person should read, regardless of where you stand on the environmental spectrum.

Here are a few quotes I personally enjoyed…

“At its core, environmentalism is a kind of nature worship. It’s a holistic ideology, shot through with religious sentiment.”

“Environmentalists insist that their movement is a secular one. But using the word “secular” no more makes you secular than using the word “Christian” automatically means you behave like a Christian.”

 ”Never mind that full implementation of the Kyoto protocols on greenhouse gases would save exactly one polar bear…”

Here’s the link.

Oh, and here’s a really funny “blog” that is riddled with sarcasm.  Gotta love it.

So about a year ago I helped a friend move across country to San Diego.  As you can imagine there were some moments that stuck out above others.  Below is a 5 minute video of one those moments.  If you listen closely you can hear the splashing. Enjoy…

I was thinking all day Monday about what kind of post I was gonna put up for April Fool’s Day.  Honestly, I really couldn’t think of anything that would be out of this world funny or original.  Then I realized why, I’m naturally sarcastic and today, April 1 is my sabbath = rest for the sarcastic fold.  April Fool’s Day might as well be National Sarcasm Day.  Everyone around the world will try to make up a story hoping you’ll believe it, thus making you look stupid, which is basically the foundation of sarcasmism or what I call ‘Pillar I’.  It’s not that anyone who makes up an untrue story to trick someone (what I like to call lying) is being sarcastic, but honestly the good ones are.

So no sarcasm today.  I’m being serious, no really.  It’ll be tough, I know.

Instead I wanna take a moment and recognize the start of the 2008 MLB regular season.  That’s right, my Cleveland Indians will yet again screw with my emotions for roughly 6 to 7 months.

It’s a great time of the year, seriously, you can’t go wrong with baseball.

I’m hoping to take a trip again this summer to Jacob’s Field (yea, I know the name changed to Progressive Field…garbage).  I’m not sure when but it will probably be a Friday/Saturday trip sometime in July or August, very short but well worth it.  If there is anyone interested feel free to let me know.  From what I remember its about an 8 hour drive straight up I-77….literally.  If you never been to Cleveland you’ll get a chance to see the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, Lake Erie, and a bunch of Drew Carey paraphenilia.  Ohhh, and there is also Canton, and for the love of all that is good and holy, you should know what is there. 

Here are some pictures from my trip last August…

You’ll notice that I don’t look happy in the last picture…they lost to the Yankees.  It was pitiful.  It was also at this point that I realized that I had to drive back to Charlotte for the next 8 hours.

By the way, the Indians beat the ChiSox 10-8 last night… 1-0!!!

I promise, I’ll keep the baseball updates to a minimum.

If you don’t laugh at this then it is quite possible you don’t have a soul….or maybe its the other way around.

Have a great Monday!