he's always thinking
K and I are having coffee. Everyone is asleep and it's not time to clean up for church.
Did you know that he's all alternative energy? That he is forever bringing me pictures of wind generators and solar panels? He and Middle built a tiny wind generator with household bits and bobs. (Well, bits and bobs if you have a few frustrated inventors living in your midst.)
Look at this says he:
why? Why don't they have these things...his voice trails off.
These things on all the coffee cups in the world? I ask with a trace of sarcasm.
Imagine, I go on, all those warm cups generating electricity in every household.
NO, he says IN ICELAND, why couldn't they put these things on all the hot springs?
I'm ALL OVER THIS, he starts googling madly. AND THEY COULD BE MADE WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS.
He'll be busy now for a couple of hours.
Did you know that he's all alternative energy? That he is forever bringing me pictures of wind generators and solar panels? He and Middle built a tiny wind generator with household bits and bobs. (Well, bits and bobs if you have a few frustrated inventors living in your midst.)
Look at this says he:
why? Why don't they have these things...his voice trails off.
These things on all the coffee cups in the world? I ask with a trace of sarcasm.
Imagine, I go on, all those warm cups generating electricity in every household.
NO, he says IN ICELAND, why couldn't they put these things on all the hot springs?
I'm ALL OVER THIS, he starts googling madly. AND THEY COULD BE MADE WITH RECYCLED MATERIALS.
He'll be busy now for a couple of hours.
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I don't understand why every roof in america is tiled with solar roof tiles. even if it wasn't enough to run your home you could feed the grid, which if everyone was doing it would make a difference.
I want every waste water line to have a small hydro electric turbine. so when the water flows through the pipe it rotates a wheel which sends a few watt's back into the house.
Prom...we have boys same age. Been through 3 now heading to 4th soon. NO CORSAGES, it is the world of WRIST BOUQUETS. Which actually are lovely and so much better then a bunch of flowers pinned to your chest for no reason. Make sure you ask the florist to make up his boutonnière which they will pop in her box for her to pin on him. Had a little verklempt Mom moment when I went to the florist. AlLl the little boxes waiting to be picked up with the flowers. Rows of them in the cooler. SO sweet.
ALL the boys still wears the tux though they do very creative. Top hats seem to be many a teenage boys idea of creative. I am waiting for the BOWLER hatted kis. His tie should match color of her dress. And do not think for one minute being the boy's mom is less stressful then preparing the girl! There were colors to pick, flowers to order, what shade of stripes in the tux, blah blah blah. My OCD (but still lovely child) obsessed about the color of his tux for weeks! Enjoy, pictures please!
The hot springs thing is fine, not that Icelanders will necessarily be all hopped up about these things sticking up about their landscape. Although, they certainly MIGHT, after all, these are the people who have saddled us with Bjork.
-J.
Icelanders are so damn cool.
It's people like K who improve the world, even as they drive us slightly nuts.