An Inconvenient 2 Hours

After antsy-pantsing my way through "An Inconvenient Truth," I have learned little that I did not already know about global warming. However, I still have a few questions for you, Mr. Gore.

1.) Mr. Gore, what did you think the popular reaction would be to a documentary whose storyline occurs in two settings? The first is on stage where you are giving a Powerpoint presentation. The second occurs in various backdrops where you are putting together a Powerpoint presentation. Because my reaction was, "Um. That's kinda corny."

2.) Was the part where you ride the lift to illustrate just how catastrophically high our global warming temps have reached considered a special effect?

3.) Why, during the narrative, are you constantly riding in cabs with no apparent other riders sharing the cab with you? Is not the selfish Americentric usage of cars to blame for our existent global warming troubles? Hypocrit say wuh? Do you ever use public transportation? Or are you fearful of a security problem, what with all of the anti-global warming conspirators lurking among the underground rails.

4.) What does Big Tobacco have to do with global warming? I failed to see the relevance.

5.) May I have my money back?

The Complete List

I'm a pretty active reader of the fiction. I do like to read, and I highlight and scrawl notes in the margins of my favorite novels. I'm also a complete socialist when it comes to books and share my library liberally. Thing is, though, I take a long time to read a book because I think about the size of my butt quite often and when you are obsessing a great deal about your badunkadunk, you often don't like to remain in sitting position too long.

Which may explain why I've only read seven, count 'em 7, of TIME Magazine's 100 best English language novels (published since 1923). I've got some badunkadunk expanding, er, reading to do.

LIP BALM

Welcome to Kendra's School of Lip Balm. Here, we will highlight the best in glossy, hydrating cosmetics for our smoochers. The school philosophy is: You should not have to pay a lot for healthy, glossy lips. Our case studies prove it; this philosophy is one that will not kiss off easily. The first lip balm that I ever fell madly in love with (trans: wanted to chew into little waxy bits and swallow entirely) was Bonne Bell's Passion Fruit Lipsmacker. You may be interested/amused/totally bored by the fact that, for the majority of my grade school years, I ran from the amorous advances of the grandson of the president of Bonne Bell. And to think I could have been the heiress to a fortune in Lipsmackers. My stars! What was I smoking!?!

More recently, I've been branching out to find that major cosmetic lines offer a lot of different formulas for le balm in all manner of clever containers. But how much of the cost is in the packaging? And are there methods animal-friendly? These are just a couple of the questions that this veritable bastion of balm asks when reviewing its product.

We invite you to tour the school. Use it as a learning lab. Let us know of your own experiences and experiments. Because applying lip balm may be the second best thing to do with your lips.

Smooches, Kendra

Reviews:

Organics All the Better to Kiss You With Lip Balm

C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine/Breath Freshener

Sephora Piiink My Lip Shiiine