Whales!!

sorry, hit submit too quickly



but seriously....whether the Fed Res/gov't want to admit it or not, I myself believe we are in a recession.

metaphorically, "saving the sperm whales" has come to mean "save our precious __________" (resources, money, energy, blah blah blah)

before you become baffled as to what I am talking about, please let me share a little story with you.

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few days ago, I sat at my puter desk, depressed to the max. I had told myself earlier that day that I was going to go out and take a walk. But I sat and I sat and I sat and just messed around on the computer until it was beginning to get dark

it had rain on and off that day and the wind was a bit on the speedy side. But still, it would still be comfortable enough to walk.

Just as I thought I'd just forget about walking. Electricity went out...not just my house but I think our part of the town...

I could still see pretty well so I got myself off of my lazy butt and I got myself out of the house and I started to walk.

We live pretty close to the river so I made that my destination.

the moon was just getting close to being full as it hung from the East and sky was beautifully tinted grey on the moon's side while in the west the golden lavender sunset was waving good bye where the river met the sky....

I think it was Venus toward the sunset side and just a little past the middle was Mars and no stars were visible yet.

In the River (this is a sound, really) Porpoises and Dolphins were frolicking and their fins were dancing...

I stood there and forgot what time and space meant and I was just in awe of the wonder of mother nature and that I was lucky to be alive to be seeing that...it really lifted my spirits....

soon, it was dark and the stars were out...as if someone crushed diamonds and tossed them into the sky...I could still tell the town was out of electricity but it was bright enough to walk in the dark...

as I walked back into town, I could see a lot of candle lights...and through a lot of the windows I could see families gathered together...I could even hear laughters here and there and it helped made me smile...

somehow, my conversation with our friend, Mike, a year ago came to my mind. He had mentioned something about how we waste 80% to 90% of the electricity during the grid transfer before it even reaches our home.

That means that if we were to use, let's say, Nuclear power energy. 80% to 90% of that would be lost and we're actually only using 10-20% of the electricity that's being transferred...

that's a lot of waste on a daily basis...

then I thought about the lights out project, where Sydney and other cities decided to turn off the lights off for one hour (or four hours, I can't remember, too lazy to google. LOL) for a day...

then, it dawned on me....what if, we can just leave the lights out for an hour, once a week...

just the lights...

one of my new clients have become a good friend of ours....and he owns a few buildings in the center of the town. He donated one of his building as a headquater for the new candidate for Mayor.

This hopeful candidate is a New Wave kind of guy. And it got my noodles flowing a bit....

on Monday, I saw my client and I proposed to him about this idea, I know it is not new and I know it is not unique. But I know it is NOT done in our area...

I asked him on how I could make this idea work...but I don't want to be pushy. I told him about how I saw the families together talking and laughing in the candle lights...and I wonder if that could be a new way to push this idea vs the conventional we must save our energy idea...

maybe something that can go hand in hand....something that not only promotes family togetherness, or maybe even getting folks to go out and take a walk...and just have their lights turned off for ONE hour..once a week...

he asked me to come up with a proposal plan....

this is where I ran into a wall...

so, I am coming to you, my dear NT family...would you be interested in helping me create a proposal plan? And your input, the pros and cons?

And please know that this is NOT an original idea...so I cannot take credit for this...so if anyone that is interested in this and would like to pursue it, please feel free to do so...

I need to explain a few more things:

1) I may be bitten off more than I could chew. But I am at a place in my life where I have a lot of questions...

I have been truly blessed with many things in life. Yes, I grew up a rough life, but through it all, I've been given many many times, by strangers and by friends....

I am also blessed with a wonderful wife and it looks like soon our grandchildren will be joining us...
my mother is healthy and she lives with us and she and I are in the best relationship in our lives...

I have awesome friends, friends physically and friends on the net...

I cannot ask for more in this life...and maybe, that's why I feel like I need to do something valuable, to give back, or to just do...

2) In questioning self-worth, I have asked myself, who am I...what, am I....

I am still searching although I now have a better picture of myself...I know that I truly want to make a difference...

we recycle, sure...

we do our little parts, sure...

and that's good enough, really...cause we ARE doing something..

I used to do a lot of volunteer service when I was younger..but I did it for the wrong reasons back then, I did it because I was young and I was single and I was bored...and while I enjoyed the benefits of how I felt after I did something good, it left me empty as well because I went about it the wrong way...

but now, I want to start doing some kind of quality service again..something that will benefit everyone...

I just want to help make a change...some kind of change...I am not sure if it is a good idea or a bad idea...but I am hoping it will be a positive one...

will you help me? Inputs, ideas, thoughts, for it, against it, doesn't matter...

how would I put this together...I have given it thoughts...but I have never done anything like this before....anyone with experience??

Thank you...

let's save those sperm.....

"Whales"