Originally Posted By: RayButler
And a prediction: "esker" is going to be one of this week's words.
Well guessed!

With CO2 reduction people seem to always justify their own comportment by comparing themselves to those who behave worse (volcanoes or Trucks and SUVs, heavy industry. So I transmit Anu's Thought for this Day frome a favorite poet.

"Oh, threats of hell and hopes of paradise! / One thing at least is certain -- this life flies; / One thing is certain, and the rest is lies; / The flower that once has blown forever dies." -Omar Khayyam, poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, and physician (1048-1131)