Lego of my Bloomberg

Bloomberg Bites Back
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC this week decided that he was not going to be environmentally friendly. The City of New York passed this week, a bill that would require the manufactures of electronics to offer recycling for the goods that they sold within the city. The law would proactively trying to solve the growing problem of e-waste going into our landfills. Now I agree with Bloomberg that the logistics of the passed law still need to be ironed out, but threatening to not enforce the law is ludicrous and a huge burden on everyone. That includes Mother Nature

E-waste is going to be a growing problem and it will get exacerbated during this coming year because of the analog-to-digital switch for TV broadcasting. Bloomberg should be in favor of this program because New York City exports nearly all its trash to nearby states, at a significant cost to the city, the consumer, and the environment. E-waste is expensive to haul, crowds already shrinking landfill space, and had huge environmental costs associated with it. Come on Bloomberg, be proactive, put your dismal environmental record behind you and get this law passed.

Lego Encourages Recycling
One of my favorite toys growing up was Lego's. Those wonderful square blocks that you could make into just about anything! But one of the biggest problems I had with creating my mega Lego-villes was the incredible amount of trash my Lego people created. My Lego-villes were definitely modern America Suburbia as they threw away EVERYTHING. Most of the time it was dumped in Lego Lake. But now, my Lego-villes will be clean, because Lego has just released the Lego Recycling and Trash truck. Wahoo! The kit comes with its very own Sans Man as well, so there is no need to take Luke Skywalker away from fighting the Evil Empire to take out the trash.

'Eclipse' of a Weekend
This weekend was one of those weekends in which I just kicked it into high gear and got a lot accomplished. Don't forget that there will be a full lunar eclipse this Wednesday! For those of you in the Americas, we will be treated (depending on the weather) a lovely show starting around 9 P.M. cst. with full eclipse coming at 9:26 P.M. cst.
So what is it that I did this weekend? Well I'm glad you asked
1.) Ran 7 miles
2.) Emailed family and friends
3.) Went to the Auto parts store, bought oil filter, 5 quarts of oil, fuel filter, and fuel additive
4.) Changed my oil and fuel filter, and then disposed of my oil at Autozone...for free!
5.) Took M&K's dogs Snuggles and Chiquita to the park
6.) Went grocery shopping (Albertsons/WholeFoods)
7.) Hair Cut
8.) Cleaned the Apartment
9.) Did dishes
10.) Recycling drop-off!!!
11.) Did Laundry!
All in all a great weekend and am jacked for the coming week. It was just a good weekend and I hope you had a great one as well.
Cheers!