Posts Tagged ‘the lorax’
Rainbow-barf Monstrosity
In: soapbox
2 Nov 2011I /love/ The Lorax. It was a favorite book of mine as a child (and an adult), and I’ve written about it here before in conjunction with Banned Books Week and Earth Day. Unfortunately someone, somewhere took that book and decided it would be a good idea to turn it into a movie. This is [...]
*crossposted from Seven Deadly Divas* Forty-ish years ago, a senator by the name of Gaylord Nelson (Wisconsin) organized a nationwide environmental teach-in to help educate children and the population about environmental concerns. This was called Earth Day, and the first year saw about 20 million people participating. Now, around 500 million people will “participate” in [...]
Before Somebody Lifted the Lorax Away
In: life
28 Sep 2009At the far end of town, where the Grickle-grass grows and the wind smells slow-and-sour when it blows and no birds ever sing excepting old crows… is the Street of the Lifted Lorax Everyone has books they remember as “making a difference”. Well, ok maybe not everyone, but I’d wish that fate on everyone, so [...]
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