L U N A T A L K with Eva Moon

Junuary

June 10, 2008 on 11:12 am | In General Musing, In the news |

Global Warming has not reached the Pacific Northwest.

Seattle just experienced it’s coldest first week of June, according to climate records dating to 1891. Five to 10 inches of new snow are expected in the Cascades tonight. The high today is expected to reach 56F, warming to 70 by Friday.

I realize this is little comfort to those of you sweltering in the east. Please allow me these words of apology: Nanny nanny boo boo.

I do know that will come back to haunt me. But probably not for months at least.

But to return to the alleged existence of Global Warming, I was informed the other day, that the very intractableness of the weather has led to a new spin - I mean name correction: Global Climate Change. This is an amusing development. It sounds neutral, scientific, rational while essentially implying, “Whatever the weather is, it’s fucked up and we fucked it up. No exceptions. And woe betide anyone who doesn’t jump on the panic wagon.”

The really cool thing about this, looking at it from poor aging Earth’s point of view, is it drops the responsibility in the lap of outside miscreants. Earth can sit back with an air of injured innocence and say, “Moi? Certainly not!”

Think how a simple change to neutral terminology could take the sting out of so many different, unpleasant things about aging - excuse me, Chronological Progress: Weight Modification? Hairline Correction? Memory Moderation? Erectile Variation?

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