The future of water and fun with reality television...

I know that we are not reading Pacific Edge until the end of the semester, but given the great deal of time Kim Stanley Robinson spends in the novel discussing water rights and use and the surrounding environmental and civic issues - tomorrow night's lecture by Maude Barlow at the Seymour Theatre Centre may be interesting for those who can make it (and have the $$$). KSR's work always seems to be concerned with the practicalities of ecotopias and it looks like this talk would outline some of the issues we face quite well.

Also, I got stuck knitting on the couch with a cat on my lap late last night (yes, I am such a nanna!) and due to my prone cat-trapped state and lack of proximity to the remote... endured an entire episode of World's Wildest Police Videos.

Because I was knitting, I wasn't watching - but was paying attention to the voiceover - and thanks to Mark's excellent analysis of Border Control last week I was now attuned to the giant STICK that the mediated voiceover was handing me with each car chase etc. It is a good thing that I had that kind man telling me that stealing a car is BAD and that I shouldn't do it, because I will get caught and my family will have to watch me be chased down, arrested and incarcerated. It is reassuring to know that the police are out there to protect me and stop me from getting into trouble!