Everybody’s is talking about leaving a smaller footprint these days. Almost everybody, that is. Comparing ourselves to our neighbors is one of the ways that we gauge how big our own footprints are. And I’m quite certain that we are subject of someone’s blog entry on the relative size of our footprints.
I’m thinking about the people on our street with the biggest trash pile each week, the ones with at least three cars in their driveway at all times. Their pick-up truck is made by Cadillac. When someone pulls in their driveway, they honk. Their tv takes up a whole wall. They hire workers to take care of their kids and a guy who we call “the slave” does all of their outdoor projects. They use their leaf blower nonstop. They have added on to their house in all directions, decks off the back, jacuzzi, patios and now the world’s plastic biggest swing set/fort in the front yard.
I don’t know if they left a battery operated toy up in the fort or if the thing is powered but if you walk by after dark you are liable to hear a little voice asking, “Can you come out and play with me? Can you come out and play with me? Can you come out and play with me?”
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yeah, i got a neighbor that’s obsessed with gasoline powered lawn equipment, blowres, edgers, hedge trimmers,etc. on sunday morning when i’m out on my deck in the back trying to have a cup of coffee and meld with nature i get really pissed when he fires that shit up. i read an article some while back in the new yorker about light pollution, parking lot lighting and street lights. alot of parking lot lighting is not even directed downward. there are only a couple of places in the world where you can see the stars like you could before we polluted the planet with light. yeah we got a big footprint. hey i own 5 cars but only 2 of them run.
guess who THEY’RE voting 4?