Chersonese – as in San Francisco, Seattle, or Iberia

A very interesting word. Essentially, it means peninsular – a strip of land surrounded by water on three sides, or with a small isthmus to the mainland.

The Solution to Climate Change? Suicide.

Following the premise of this article, which examines Global Climate Change conference based on their contribution to harmful emissions, I think I’ve come up with a solution to global warming:

Humans must cease and desist our practice of living

Most every aspect of our industrialized societies contribute  to carbon, nitrogen, and other harmful atmospheric emissions. Therefore, without humans – the central component of these systems – there would be less global warming.  So let’s stop beating around the bush with all of these climate change panels, laws, nobel prize winners and such – let’s get down to business:

Here are a few suggestions on how to commit suicide so that you do not contribute to global warming. And, make sure that you opt for sustainable burial (not cremation).

Come on people, we’ve got to work together on this!

Naming the American (Amerigon?) Continents

First of all, sorry for the long delay in writings – thanksgiving and now finals are to blame.

But, the world, and the cartographic history of our world keeps on changing. Most people know that both Amuerican continents are named after Amerigo Vespucci. Most people think he named the continents afte himself. Alas, Vepucci wasn’t that vain. Anyway, check out the above link for a very famous and important map of the Americas. Good stuff