shep, but online

random thoughts, photos, and links

Recent Posts

I’m really interested in e-bikes. Does anyone have experience with them? What to look out for?

Why do all American diners look the same? Architectural Digest finds out.

Ignoring Radioactive Waste for 75 Years

From Missouri Independent

Generations of children who grew up alongside Coldwater Creek have, in recent decades, faced rare cancers, autoimmune disorders and other mysterious illnesses they have come to believe were the result of exposure to its waters and sediment.

This is certainly true of my mom. She grew up around and played in the creek. She has had multiple cancers, autoimmune disease, and other health issues. 

Radioactive waste was known to pose a threat to Coldwater Creek as early as 1949, records show. K-65, a residue from the processing of uranium ore, was stored in deteriorating steel drums or left out in the open near the creek at multiple spots, according to government and company reports.

Fuck these people. Fuck them all. 

Everyone loves my dog and wants to give him treats. Last night that came back to haunt me. Poor little guy must have had too much and woke me up on five separate occasions to take him out. He seems to be doing better now but boy am I tired.