The following essay is a work in progress. I invite all readers to give me criticism and direction. --------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, the ABC show, Good Morning America , ran a segment interviewing columnist and author Stephen Dubner (co-author of the book Freakonomics ) on whether recycling works. You can watch it by clicking here . While Dubner's basic argument about recycling turns on the idea of market economics (which is sensible), he also says some really weird things that drew me back into the good old early 1990s when bashing recycling was the sport of kings. In particular, Dubner says that plastic water bottle recycling doesn't make sense because it costs more to recycle water bottles (they aren't as valuable as aluminum cans) than it does to make new ones. He also says that old newspapers have such a low value that cities often simply landfill them after they go to the recycling center. He doesn't really provide us with...
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The dog continued to be a member of our families, even after we divorced.
This July my ex phoned me telling me that I better come and see Princess.
My new husband, my mom and I told Princess to the vet. That afternoon my ex, along with his new wife, our duaghter and myself drove to the family farm and had a little burial ceremony.
This was an odd event of a family that used to be...and new families.
I have some of the same feelings you described