Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and often referred to as the guru of the environmental movement, is a man I’ve followed closely ever since he began publishing his State of the World annual reports in the 1980s. Mr. Brown, though he might decry much of what we humans are doing to collectively ruin things on […]

Killings suspected in Bennett Valley winehiking caper
The cashier, though shaken, was unharmed in the incident and remained entirely accommodating.
(tags: wine hiking caper matanzas creek bennett valley sonoma annadel californiawinehikes.com)

BENNETT VALLEY, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA - WH Newswire: The peace of this pastoral ranching and vinicultural community was shattered Saturday when a gang of rowdy winehikers descended upon the area to wrest untold earthly pleasures from its varied “destination” attractions. Though no people were hurt, over a case of wine was seized as evidence - […]

The Winehiker sells out!
I only hope that my physical decrepitude never catches up with my moral decrepitude.
(tags: ads advertising commercialism selling out brain rot)

The Winehiker’s Trail Tips No. 3: Wilderness Etiquette
I seldom feel like ranting. But sometimes it’s just my turn. And I feel my turn coming on.
(tags: wilderness etiquette leave no trace ethics nature […]

I seldom feel like ranting. But sometimes it’s just my turn. And I feel my turn coming on.
I don’t smoke. But even if I did, I can’t even imagine throwing my butt out the window or crushing it on the sidewalk, leaving it for some hapless animal who might be too hungry and confused to […]

“Commercials I Hate”
Commercials honored as “Loathesome Ad of the Week.”
(tags: ads advertising commercials hegemony slow death)

A list of advertising slogans
No doubt many of us have half of these etched into our long-suffering brains.
(tags: advertising slogans sloganeering tagline blurb ads jingles brain rot)

If you read my scribblings regularly, no doubt you’ve noticed a few changes in the sidebar to your right. Yep, I’ve “gone corporate” and sold my soul to the advertising devil! Oh NO, Mr. Bill!!

Making the choice to run advertisements is unforgivable, inexcusable, amoral, and philosophically regressive, I know.* All the same, it was, alas, inevitable. The […]

Acres of Paraguayan wetland saved
The Pantanal is home to some 3,500 species of plants
Thousands of acres of environmentally important wetland in South America have been saved from destruction by a British charity.
(tags: wetland environment earth science nature life paraguay south america bbc)

From the Quotations Index
Science and other important things as quoted by Dave Barry.
(tags: dave […]

Whoo! Long day.
Things are a-brewin’ where I work. Back in May when I signed on, I was tasked with building a knowledge base that would serve many of the IT-related needs of a company that had expanded from 300 to over 2000 employees in the space of a year. With that kind of growth, the […]

The “Five S’s” of wine tasting
Do you spit, or do you swallow? How to know when to decide.
(tags: wine country tasting spit swallow the five s education winehiker www.californiawinehikes.com)