<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412</id><updated>2011-10-29T15:45:15.677-04:00</updated><category term='rain'/><category term='drought'/><category term='editorialcartoon'/><title type='text'>Dear Al Gore,</title><subtitle type='html'>consider this a place to write to al gore, he is magical and can solve problems, just look at what he did for the internet</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>51</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1441679056607983510</id><published>2008-12-11T13:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T13:48:23.106-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Everything's Snowier in Texas</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it right to blame you for the snow currently falling in Houston? It's Texas, after all, and a particularly sweaty part of Texas (I know, I've been there).  &lt;a href="http://www.crazyauntpurl.com/archives/2008/12/drew_called_me.php"&gt;This person&lt;/a&gt; blames you. Make it stop!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1441679056607983510?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1441679056607983510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1441679056607983510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1441679056607983510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1441679056607983510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/12/everythings-snowier-in-texas.html' title='Everything&apos;s Snowier in Texas'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-529642703721713836</id><published>2008-09-09T09:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-09T09:24:05.565-04:00</updated><title type='text'>IMDB</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;Are you aware of your status in the IMDB?&lt;br /&gt;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330722/&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-529642703721713836?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/529642703721713836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=529642703721713836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/529642703721713836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/529642703721713836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/09/imdb.html' title='IMDB'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-815748647880182575</id><published>2008-09-01T14:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T14:55:46.087-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sarah Palin</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;What is Sarah Palin's family's carbon footprint? Also she has five children, clearly she and her husband are contributing more to our over population problem than are the Obamas. Since we live in such a high consumption society, any increase in our population is tied to our over-use of resources problem. She is about 44 her eldest is 19 so she started having children at about age 25. Because of exponential growth, a woman who delays reproduction drasticaly reduces her contribution to the future size of the human population. 25 is older than the national median age of 21 at first reproduction (according to: Patterns of Survival and Reproduction in the United States: Implications for Selection Dudley Kirk&lt;cite&gt; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America&lt;/cite&gt;, Vol. 59, No. 3  (Mar. 15, 1968), pp. 662-670)               but her daughter at 17 is already having a baby. 17 is much later than the average onset of menstruation (12) but so far below 25.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of her credentials include her energy policy experience. Exponential growth of the human population will require reworking our entire approach to energy policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also her 5 children are above the median of 3 children per woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow a median age of first childbirth of 25 and a median number of children of 3 (3rd at age 27) translates into the US haveing a fertility rate of 1.8. Even though we have a rate of 1.8 (I think the units are children per woman) there are more people being born than dying because of the lag in population from the baby boom in the 40s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al, explain this better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;cite&gt;links.jstor.org/&lt;wbr&gt;sici?sici=0027-8424(19680315)59%3A3%3C662%3APOSARI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 -&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;span class="gl"&gt;&lt;span class="bl"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/mwood/humanpopulationanswers-551.html&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-815748647880182575?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/815748647880182575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=815748647880182575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/815748647880182575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/815748647880182575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palin.html' title='Sarah Palin'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-5025034690822243025</id><published>2008-07-15T21:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T21:38:17.522-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bamboosa</title><content type='html'>Try it!&lt;br /&gt;https://www.bamboosa.com/index.php&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-5025034690822243025?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/5025034690822243025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=5025034690822243025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5025034690822243025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5025034690822243025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/07/bamboosa.html' title='Bamboosa'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1150089933784542494</id><published>2008-06-03T21:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T21:47:03.467-04:00</updated><title type='text'>www.greatturtlerace.org</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;You should sponsor a turtle. www.greatturtlerace.org&lt;br /&gt;Also, please tell Hilary not to say things like "cars that fight global warming." I know what she means but it is misleading of her to imply that technology will get us out of this one.&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1150089933784542494?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1150089933784542494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1150089933784542494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1150089933784542494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1150089933784542494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/06/wwwgreatturtleraceorg.html' title='www.greatturtlerace.org'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7133549623042983537</id><published>2008-05-30T07:45:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-30T07:54:55.984-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/SD_qWV7B3eI/AAAAAAAAAQg/xAr4IUwSzUo/s1600-h/DSCI0059.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/SD_qWV7B3eI/AAAAAAAAAQg/xAr4IUwSzUo/s320/DSCI0059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206137363826335202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear Al,  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We received a cappuccino maker as a gift and no longer have to drive a mile to get our lattes?  This morning, when I made myself what I considered a pretty perfect latte, a heart magically appeared in the foam.  Was this a sign from you because you're proud of us?  Thank you.  Janine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7133549623042983537?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7133549623042983537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7133549623042983537' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7133549623042983537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7133549623042983537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/05/dear-al-we-received-cappuccino-maker-as.html' title=''/><author><name>Janine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533144296526521288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/SD_qWV7B3eI/AAAAAAAAAQg/xAr4IUwSzUo/s72-c/DSCI0059.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1232388319820746913</id><published>2008-05-11T19:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T19:42:15.535-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Eco-friendly vodka</title><content type='html'>Al,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vodka360.com/ageverify.php?accesscheck=%2Findex.php"&gt;Is this just marketing?&lt;/a&gt; The vodka is smooth and tasty. And eco-friendly?&lt;br /&gt;Julia, official vodka 360 taster.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1232388319820746913?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1232388319820746913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1232388319820746913' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1232388319820746913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1232388319820746913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/05/eco-friendly-vodka.html' title='Eco-friendly vodka'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6289755959659957857</id><published>2008-05-09T01:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T01:16:22.063-04:00</updated><title type='text'>SF Booyah!</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it bad to feel proud about my city? After all, San Francisco &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/us/07garbage.html"&gt;"keeps 70 percent of its disposable waste out of local landfills."&lt;/a&gt;  Boston is at 16 percent.  I think we should rename San Francisco Algoreville. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;A proud citizen of Algoreville&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6289755959659957857?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6289755959659957857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6289755959659957857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6289755959659957857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6289755959659957857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/05/sf-booyah.html' title='SF Booyah!'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6186731256708945547</id><published>2008-04-18T11:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T11:58:01.249-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fashion Challenge</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it worth spending $90 on pants at Banana Republic just so &lt;a href="http://www.lazycrafter.com/"&gt;she&lt;/a&gt; can get a little &lt;a href="http://www.bananarepublic.com/browse/info.do?cid=35127&amp;amp;mlink=5001,377900&amp;amp;clink=377900"&gt;extra&lt;/a&gt; money? I am guessing you are more of a Gap man anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Will&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6186731256708945547?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6186731256708945547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6186731256708945547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6186731256708945547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6186731256708945547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-al-gore-is-it-worth-spending-90-on.html' title='Fashion Challenge'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-942646541233460426</id><published>2008-04-15T21:08:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T21:30:26.924-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Al,</title><content type='html'>I heard about &lt;a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89619306"&gt;this girl&lt;/a&gt; this morning on NPR.  How dare she?  I mean, without you, there wouldn't even be any internet on which to post her &lt;a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~ponderthemaunder/index.html"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.  Want me to pull her hair?   &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;                             &lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Your blindly loyal supporter, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;Janine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-942646541233460426?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/942646541233460426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=942646541233460426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/942646541233460426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/942646541233460426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-al.html' title='Dear Al,'/><author><name>Janine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533144296526521288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4529769304877339649</id><published>2008-04-15T14:28:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T14:29:52.315-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thought you should know</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;This was in my inbox and I thought you should know about it.&lt;br /&gt;Here is the link &lt;a href="http://environment.about.com/b/2008/04/15/five-ways-to-help-save-the-planet-in-30-minutes-or-less.htm?nl=1"&gt;http://environment.about.com/b/2008/04/15/five-ways-to-help-save-the-planet-in-30-minutes-or-less.htm?nl=1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Get saving!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4529769304877339649?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4529769304877339649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4529769304877339649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4529769304877339649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4529769304877339649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/04/thought-you-should-know.html' title='Thought you should know'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4816358651468379426</id><published>2008-03-30T20:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T20:57:06.750-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Earth Hour?</title><content type='html'>So Al,&lt;br /&gt;How'd earth hour go? Also did it have an effect? Was anyone measuring this? Will we see a ripple of reduce carbon emissions or something like that? Shadow and I tried to go for a walk for the hour but it was cold so we only made it 15 minutes. Then we went back inside and I read by candle light and Shadow hid from the candle. My complex did not participate as far as I can tell. Was earth hour just a silly bunch of hype? Tell me.&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4816358651468379426?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4816358651468379426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4816358651468379426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4816358651468379426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4816358651468379426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/03/earth-hour.html' title='Earth Hour?'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7838182230299856518</id><published>2008-03-17T14:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T14:14:50.366-04:00</updated><title type='text'>fingers crossed</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you care about the environment.  But you obviously must not care enough about the enviroment, because if you did, if you cared just a little bit, you would thwap some heads over at B &amp; S and tell them to send me an invite.  Now why don't you show your love for the earth and go to Cali and do that right now? I won't tell that it wasn't your idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks a bunch!&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7838182230299856518?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7838182230299856518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7838182230299856518' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7838182230299856518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7838182230299856518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/03/fingers-crossed.html' title='fingers crossed'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-177435430747011707</id><published>2008-03-16T15:22:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-16T15:30:31.209-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a Latin Conspiracy!</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that your name is latin for coldness? Is that a coincidence (or as my grandfather would say, a coinkidinkle), or did you change your name when you first realized that the climate was changing?  It's quite handy for the nobel prize winner, for a powerpoint thinly disguised as a documentary no less, to have a name related to the weather.  &lt;a href="http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/oped/the_weathermen.php"&gt;Storm Field and Dallas Raines&lt;/a&gt; were already taken and were perhaps a bit too obvious, so I bet your Harvard nerdiness broke through that calm demeanor and suggested that you take a name that would make other nerds who took latin in high school proud. If that is the case, bravo. Very subtle, very smart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Cara (latin for dear, spanish for face; which do you think i prefer?)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-177435430747011707?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/177435430747011707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=177435430747011707' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/177435430747011707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/177435430747011707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/03/its-latin-conspiracy.html' title='It&apos;s a Latin Conspiracy!'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1529546393829180740</id><published>2008-02-28T21:54:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-28T22:00:44.645-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tsongas National Forest</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;I got a CD in the mail today to review the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Tsongas National Forest. Why did I receive this? Is this your doing? Would it have been better in a web page than a hard copy? At least a CD weighs less than a book. Also, I'll graduate sometime soon and would like a job.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1529546393829180740?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1529546393829180740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1529546393829180740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1529546393829180740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1529546393829180740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/02/tsongas-national-forest.html' title='Tsongas National Forest'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6714283263353441721</id><published>2008-02-12T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T12:33:48.039-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunny Warmth</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THANK YOU for the weather.  After a few weeks of freezing (ie high 40s, low 50s) weather, it is finally back to normal - mid 60s.  I'll curse you again in June when it is still the mid-60s, but for now, I'm happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6714283263353441721?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6714283263353441721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6714283263353441721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6714283263353441721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6714283263353441721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/02/sunny-warmth.html' title='Sunny Warmth'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-2365953614810397488</id><published>2008-02-12T07:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T07:09:47.408-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;div&gt;   I'm FREEZING.  What's up with this?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;Janine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-2365953614810397488?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/2365953614810397488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=2365953614810397488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2365953614810397488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2365953614810397488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/02/dear-al-gore-im-freezing.html' title=''/><author><name>Janine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533144296526521288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6379127689504089109</id><published>2008-01-13T11:45:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T11:55:54.027-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dishwasher</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;I have head that dishwashers use less water than washing dishes by hand? I assume this is only true if the dishwasher is full or almost full.  Could you tell me how full the dishwasher needs to be? Also, since the dishwasher uses extra electricity does that negate the water saving effect? What if I turned out the kitchen lights, which would have to be on while I washed dishes by hand, and then subtracted the energy for the light bulb? I think my kitchen lights are florescent. (Not the fancy new kind but the kind they had in my elementary school.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I don't actually have a dishwasher right now (but I like to think about getting one) I would also like to know how dish-washing-by-hand methods compare. For example, my Dad washes dishes by filling the sink with warm water and a small amount of soap and letting some dishes soak while he washes others. (Glasses and not-very-dirty things first!) Then he rinses them in the  other side of the sink. I wash my dishes by putting some soap and warm water on a sponge and letting the wash and rinse water fall allover the dishes waiting to be washed in the sink. I think I use more soap this way than he does, but less water since the rinse water has to be used anyway. Except sometimes when I need to use more rinse water to get the soap off the glasses if it's the first thing I wash and I didn't let the soap sink into the sponge enough. So here is my question: Is it better to use more water or more soap?&lt;br /&gt;Thanks Al,&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6379127689504089109?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6379127689504089109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6379127689504089109' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6379127689504089109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6379127689504089109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/01/dishwasher.html' title='Dishwasher'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-950350560779478272</id><published>2008-01-05T20:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-05T20:26:14.694-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Development</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/R4AtUriJ_cI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0qOGvqPbdcU/s1600-h/IMG_1725.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/R4AtUriJ_cI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0qOGvqPbdcU/s200/IMG_1725.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152167807018466754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Al!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hillary called me today.  Well, someone from her campaign called my house looking for some representative (I wish I had paid attention to the name when he said it, but I was just a little too flustered.)  I don't know her that well, but you do, right?  Does this make her my friend?  I'm thinking about calling back and asking if she's free to go shopping tomorrow.  I bet she's in the area, and I think it'd be a great way for me to get to know her better and figure out if I should vote for her.   Thanks again, Al.   J9&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-950350560779478272?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/950350560779478272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=950350560779478272' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/950350560779478272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/950350560779478272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-development.html' title='A New Development'/><author><name>Janine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533144296526521288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fW1S4n6rBYI/R4AtUriJ_cI/AAAAAAAAAKg/0qOGvqPbdcU/s72-c/IMG_1725.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1615887609011840233</id><published>2008-01-05T19:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-05T20:06:56.966-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;div&gt;    Recently, it came to my attention that there are &lt;a href="http://www.greenandmore.com/juicebag-solar-bags-and-backpacks.html?itemId=423&amp;amp;navContext=ln_accessories"&gt;solar powered backpacks&lt;/a&gt; on the market.   Sadly, they are stupidly expensive and very ugly.  Also, I feel like wearing one says "Hey, look at me! I have all my expensive electronics charging in this stupidly expensive backpack!"  Despite these drawbacks, I want one.  My birthday's in June, but I'd accept it as a late Chanukah present.  Thanks Al!  (And, as you know, I've been very good this year.)  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;-----Janine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;P.S. The New Hampshire primary is this week.  Who would you vote for?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1615887609011840233?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1615887609011840233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1615887609011840233' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1615887609011840233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1615887609011840233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2008/01/dear-al-gore-recently-it-came-to-my.html' title=''/><author><name>Janine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10533144296526521288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-8515116861358813251</id><published>2007-12-24T09:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T09:20:39.316-05:00</updated><title type='text'>snow</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a lot of snow.  It is hard to walk and it is cold.  Why does this happen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Will&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - Now there is a lot of melting because it is warm in December.  Please explain.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-8515116861358813251?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/8515116861358813251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=8515116861358813251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8515116861358813251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8515116861358813251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/12/snow.html' title='snow'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-5585412809475959522</id><published>2007-12-24T09:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T09:12:57.468-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jo-Jo prize</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, I brought the rest of a package of holiday Jo-Jos from Trader Joes (never mind how many "the rest of the package means").  Needless to say, depsite my office instituting recycling, they don't yet recycle the plastic cookie trays that hold the delicious Jo-Jos.  So, I brought the tray home to recycle it there.  I think I should get a prize - more Jo-Jos?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-5585412809475959522?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/5585412809475959522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=5585412809475959522' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5585412809475959522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5585412809475959522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/12/jo-jo-prize.html' title='Jo-Jo prize'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7395778125913882110</id><published>2007-12-15T22:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-15T22:30:18.155-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ecological Impact of Ecological Research</title><content type='html'>Dear Al,&lt;br /&gt;I am avoiding working on my research proposal studying the effect of an invasive species - the red-eared slider turtle on the threatened red-bellied turtle and comparing that effect to the effect of habitat fragmentation and ease of human access. That sentence was way too long. I try  not to print articles I can access on line or save electronically but I leave my bed room light on 'cause the dog's afraid of the dark and I leave the radio on for him. The school has these huge E85 friendly SUVs that we take to go trap turtles. Not that we have any E85 to put in them but even if we did - E85 is just as energy intensive - possibly more - as regular gas. I have endless examples. Do you understand my dilemma? I should really finish writing that report now.&lt;br /&gt;Julia&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7395778125913882110?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7395778125913882110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7395778125913882110' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7395778125913882110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7395778125913882110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/12/ecological-impact-of-ecological.html' title='Ecological Impact of Ecological Research'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-2888935849654194483</id><published>2007-12-03T14:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T14:24:10.995-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Confession</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This past weekend we killed a tree for Festivus. Forgive us? We will compost it appropriately, and I will plant two new plants in its honor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regretfully,&lt;br /&gt;Cameron, Mark, &amp; Felix&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-2888935849654194483?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/2888935849654194483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=2888935849654194483' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2888935849654194483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2888935849654194483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/12/confession.html' title='Confession'/><author><name>Cameron</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXIPHI603co/TqxXmeNK6oI/AAAAAAAADE0/iVMXNFVLKN8/s220/IMG_0169.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1517000771677629455</id><published>2007-12-03T12:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-03T12:35:50.644-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Composting</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;Today my condo association decided to get a compost bin for us all to use, instigated of course by yours truly. This is supported in large part by the town of Brookline, where we live, they are offering the following deal. An &lt;a href="http://www.town.brookline.ma.us/Recycle/PDFs/BackyardCompostBin.pdf"&gt;Earthmachine composter &lt;/a&gt;for the bargain price of $25 (they normally retail for $80+). From the flyer, "The Town is able to offer the bins at this low price with the support of a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection." We are all excited to do our part to reduce our impact on landfills!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay for the the town taking advantage of state grants, yay for the state offering them, yay for my condo association!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;love &amp;amp; happy holidays,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;veronique&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1517000771677629455?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1517000771677629455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1517000771677629455' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1517000771677629455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1517000771677629455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/12/composting.html' title='Composting'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6317912982140869871</id><published>2007-11-16T12:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T13:55:51.572-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='editorialcartoon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drought'/><title type='text'>Art imitates blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rIGpjP1283M/Rz3Phh3CjkI/AAAAAAAACOA/__qM9sO47Cc/s1600-h/dearalgore.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rIGpjP1283M/Rz3Phh3CjkI/AAAAAAAACOA/__qM9sO47Cc/s320/dearalgore.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133487325204090434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This editorial cartoon by &lt;a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/cat18767.html"&gt;Mike Lester&lt;/a&gt; was published in the &lt;a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/index.cfm?pnpid=680"&gt;Rome News-Tribune&lt;/a&gt;, of &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=Rome,+GA&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=34.245865,-85.166016&amp;spn=1.555183,2.570801&amp;z=9&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1"&gt;Rome, GA&lt;/a&gt;. While I have a feeling it's meant to mock liberals as godless heathens, it could be taken in a number of ways, many of which are respectful to the last democratically elected President of the United States. Perhaps Mr. Lester was inspired by this blog?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6317912982140869871?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6317912982140869871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6317912982140869871' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6317912982140869871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6317912982140869871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/art-imitates-blog.html' title='Art imitates blog'/><author><name>Yiftach</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529147966544682635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/3836/640/marrowman.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rIGpjP1283M/Rz3Phh3CjkI/AAAAAAAACOA/__qM9sO47Cc/s72-c/dearalgore.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1051550066038153653</id><published>2007-11-16T11:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T11:06:35.289-05:00</updated><title type='text'>recycling at work - yay!</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very exciting day at work.  Normally, those of us environmentally concious employees need to make extra efforts in order to recycle anything beyond paper (we each have our own bins in our cubicles).  Now, finally, there are bins on every floor for plastic, glass, and aluminum cans.  Plus, we have updated our water dispensing options such that we are not buying bottled water anymore.  My father, and you, would be proud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Will&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1051550066038153653?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1051550066038153653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1051550066038153653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1051550066038153653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1051550066038153653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/recycling-at-work-yay.html' title='recycling at work - yay!'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-5139034620081679920</id><published>2007-11-14T15:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T16:13:07.429-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Even Babies Can Save the World!</title><content type='html'>Felicitations Mr. Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was only born 6 days ago, but my Mom says even I have to do my part. So, despite the fact that she uses disposable diapers and wipes (she's just dealt with too much poop in her &lt;a href="http://rubysu87.blogspot.com/2006/02/other-peoples-poop-also-momp-briefly.html"&gt;career&lt;/a&gt; to contemplate cloth diapers, etc.), we walked to the grocery store this afternoon, instead of driving like all the other suburbanites in our neighborhood do (and yup, Mr. Gore, the grocery store is a 5 minute walk up the street), and she showed me how to bag our groceries in a reusable bag. It really &lt;a href="http://momp365.blogspot.com/2007/11/14-november-2007.html"&gt;tired me out&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm glad to help!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I grow up, I'm going to get a Nobel Peace Prize, too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Felix (as dictated to Mom while she fed me - the environmentally friendly way!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-5139034620081679920?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/5139034620081679920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=5139034620081679920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5139034620081679920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5139034620081679920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/even-babies-can-save-world.html' title='Even Babies Can Save the World!'/><author><name>Cameron</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXIPHI603co/TqxXmeNK6oI/AAAAAAAADE0/iVMXNFVLKN8/s220/IMG_0169.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-5996691733306261529</id><published>2007-11-14T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T15:48:52.122-05:00</updated><title type='text'>consumer consequences</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I am home sick, I have been browsing the net more heavily than normal.  In my surfing I came across a &lt;a href="http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/faq.html"&gt;consumer consequence&lt;/a&gt; game via&lt;a href="http://green.apartmenttherapy.com/"&gt; Apartment Therapy:Green&lt;/a&gt;.  I thought I was doing a good job of being a responsible global citizen, but now I am despondent.  Do you have any advice for me? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Veronique&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-5996691733306261529?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/5996691733306261529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=5996691733306261529' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5996691733306261529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5996691733306261529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/consumer-consequences.html' title='consumer consequences'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4788425043362739186</id><published>2007-11-14T08:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-15T09:31:48.683-05:00</updated><title type='text'>anniversary</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the personalized book in honor of my one year anniversary.  I look forward to reading "An Inconvienient Truth" and letting it inspire me further during year #2 of my marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many years for you and Tipper?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again,&lt;br /&gt;will&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4788425043362739186?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4788425043362739186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4788425043362739186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4788425043362739186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4788425043362739186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/aniversary.html' title='anniversary'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-6723988381045145983</id><published>2007-11-08T02:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T02:20:42.047-05:00</updated><title type='text'>brrrrr</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that we should not turn up the heat because it wastes energy, but it's freezing here (relatively, since I live in N. Cali) and I don't live in an energy-efficient home.  I am bundled up with socks and sweaters and blankets, but my feet are still cold. Please can you tell the landlord to put the heat on? I'm too cold to dial her number.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-6723988381045145983?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/6723988381045145983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=6723988381045145983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6723988381045145983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/6723988381045145983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/brrrrr.html' title='brrrrr'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-2399138031156897796</id><published>2007-11-07T21:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T22:05:50.906-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where do you stand?</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many many of the Democratic Presidential candidates have come out &lt;a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i460780394f79c8811902b2a7a793f070?imw=Y"&gt;in support&lt;/a&gt; of the WGA and their strike. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I stand with the writers," Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois said from his campaign headquarters in Chicago. "The guild's demand is a test of whether media corporations are going to give writers a fair share of the wealth their work creates or continue concentrating profits in the hands of their executives."&lt;/blockquote&gt;Notice how no Republicans have pledged  their support.  Guess it wouldn't sound so good for them to declare: "Actually, artists don't deserve to make money on their works.  We support mega-corporations."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But where do you stand?  And, what muffins do you like?  I'm really lusting for a muffin.  Perhaps it's just because I've been watching reruns of &lt;a href="http://www.strindbergandhelium.com/iron.html"&gt;Strindberg + helium&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;KW&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-2399138031156897796?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/2399138031156897796/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=2399138031156897796' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2399138031156897796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2399138031156897796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/where-do-you-stand.html' title='Where do you stand?'/><author><name>heykristopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01819602505527709288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-202643051098924134</id><published>2007-11-05T09:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-05T09:39:35.003-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Long hair = eco-unfriendly mess in the bathtub</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Dear Al Gore,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;My housemate and I have a problem. We both have long hair which clogs our bathtub drain. Now, I have recently discovered that if I brush my hair, less of it ends up in the bath tub. However, this does not keep enough hair out of the drain to keep it draining properly. I have found that Drano is quite an effective remedy. My concern is the ingredients: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Times New Roman,Times;" &gt;hypochlorous acid, sodium salt  (sodium hypotchlorite)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt; and sodium hydroxide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Times New Roman,Times;" &gt;. I don't think it's a good idea to release Drano into the environment. In fact, the Material Safety Data Sheet says (under safe handling and use) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Times New Roman,Times;" &gt;"Steps If Matl Released/Spill: In case of spill/leak flush area with water. Keep out of watersheds and water systems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Times New Roman,Times;" &gt;" How can I keep it out of watersheds and water systems if I use it to unclog my drain! What can I use instead of Drano?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-202643051098924134?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/202643051098924134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=202643051098924134' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/202643051098924134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/202643051098924134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/long-hair-eco-unfriendly-mess-in.html' title='Long hair = eco-unfriendly mess in the bathtub'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10918172497618852690</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5msdTPjh598/SPIWwvYVYHI/AAAAAAAAAy4/loVSkLaEDSg/S220/RotatedEG+start+-+Oct+4th+014.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-2425542732879646816</id><published>2007-11-04T02:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-04T02:52:41.307-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oughtn't I flush?</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every morning I use the toi-toi before I take a shower.  Sometimes, okay... quite often... I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;forget&lt;/span&gt; to flush.  But do I?  My fiance yells at me.  Sometimes she beats me.  (If I'm lucky :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So it brings up this question... when should we flush?  Yes, yes... even with that spare two-liter of Pepsi I once decided to recycle stuck in my toilet to reduce the amount of water used in each flush... I still have this question.  I mean, doesn't it waste "waste" water no matter how few times I flush?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Granted, I'm not advocating pooing in my fun-bucket multiple times, but is pee-pee really that bad?  Okay, after asparagus... yes.  DEFINITELY yes.  But really, if I don't flush before taking a shower... is it THAT bad?  It's not like I peed in my honey's coffee cup.  Though I did that to my baby brother once.  He thought it was apple juice!  G-d, two year old's are SO gullible.  Anyway, that was another time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO... what would you do?  Outhn't I flush?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KW&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-2425542732879646816?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/2425542732879646816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=2425542732879646816' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2425542732879646816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2425542732879646816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/oughtnt-i-flush.html' title='Oughtn&apos;t I flush?'/><author><name>heykristopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01819602505527709288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-8312974309876026971</id><published>2007-11-02T11:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T11:25:17.045-04:00</updated><title type='text'>which is worse</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which is worse, leaving my laptop open all the time - letting it sleep on its own and wake up when I touch the mouse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Opening and closing it constantly throughout the day?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Will&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-8312974309876026971?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/8312974309876026971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=8312974309876026971' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8312974309876026971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8312974309876026971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/which-is-worse.html' title='which is worse'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7994048753817935804</id><published>2007-11-02T01:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T01:54:19.016-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And the DVDs?  Who will care for them?!</title><content type='html'>Dear Al;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the writers are going on strike now in Hollywood.  And one of their demands is that they get paid more money for DVDs.  Which brings up a question for me -- aren't DVDs unrecyclable yet too easily scratchable?  I mean, I just bought a used DVD recently (trying to, you know, re-use) but it was unwatchable... both the content and the DVD itself.  I guess that's my fault for buying Jack Ass the Movie though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it pains me to think that this DVD will be around long after me, sitting in a dump, another relic of mankind's waste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey!  Wait a second, didn't &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt; make a DVD too?  How did you handle it (besides making it so awesome that no one would ever throw it away)?  Is your's secretly made of recycled gum-drops and pie-in-the-sky?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, as a "writer" on that little-project-you-did, are you going to be striking?  I hope so... cause then at least one (shoulda-been) President will have visited our fire-damaged state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kristopher&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7994048753817935804?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7994048753817935804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7994048753817935804' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7994048753817935804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7994048753817935804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/and-dvds-who-will-care-for-them.html' title='And the DVDs?  Who will care for them?!'/><author><name>heykristopher</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01819602505527709288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-5334179743498866198</id><published>2007-11-01T18:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T18:30:32.340-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ivy</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today my mommy told me that the condo association voted to remove the ivy from our building and bleach the roots (she used bad words). I'm very sad because I enjoy the privacy the ivy affords us here. I like to hide behind it while I watch the world go past my favorite window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realize ivy is not native to North America and can be invasive, but since this ivy is here and not hurting anything, shouldn't we keep it alive? Mommy told me that plants use up CO2, which helps counteract the processes that contribute to global warming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please advise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and nose kisses,&lt;br /&gt;Sophie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - Please send catnip. XOXO&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-5334179743498866198?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/5334179743498866198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=5334179743498866198' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5334179743498866198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/5334179743498866198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/ivy.html' title='Ivy'/><author><name>Danielle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01584616238195221225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7536248353471085564</id><published>2007-11-01T08:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-01T08:25:16.113-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Icky Question</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of us here at "Dear Al Gore," have been concerned lately with how to properly recycle items with foodstuffs still attached. I come to this forum with a slightly T.M.I.ish, slightly icky variation on that theme. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, chez nous, my husband and I recycle about three times as much as we throw away, and we compost as well, cutting down on food waste in our "trash." What I have noticed, is that bathroom trash makes up a pretty significant part of what we do throw away. You know what I mean: snotty tissues, waxy q-tips, cotton balls with toner/astringent and dead skin cells clinging to them. Now, I know all of these items are actually recyclable in their pristine state, but can I (should I?) recycle them when they're sullied with human detritus?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next time you're taking a break from saving the world, please let me know your feelings on this matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much appreciation,&lt;br /&gt;Cameron&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7536248353471085564?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7536248353471085564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7536248353471085564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7536248353471085564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7536248353471085564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/11/icky-question.html' title='Icky Question'/><author><name>Cameron</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXIPHI603co/TqxXmeNK6oI/AAAAAAAADE0/iVMXNFVLKN8/s220/IMG_0169.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7415817157054959214</id><published>2007-10-29T20:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T20:25:29.157-04:00</updated><title type='text'>helping out.</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;br /&gt;I know that most of my letters about how I feel there is a lot injustice surrounding doing the right thing by the environment, I just wanted you to know that our dog Jackson does his part!  Whenever he encounters a stray box, piece of paper or other type of recycling, he does his best to get it ready for the recycling plant, by ripping it to shreds.  He makes fast work of almost any paper product, especially boxes and magazines.  I feel certain that he does this to aid in decreasing the amount of resources it takes to recycle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My husband and I have worked hard to instill a strong commitment to the environment in our family, even our dog helps out!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;love, &lt;br /&gt;veronique&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7415817157054959214?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7415817157054959214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7415817157054959214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7415817157054959214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7415817157054959214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/helping-out.html' title='helping out.'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-8894890584904365406</id><published>2007-10-29T17:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T18:07:03.542-04:00</updated><title type='text'>recycling.</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today my bestie ate the leftovers from her burrito.  We stored this leftover in the fridge in the original tin foil, inside the paper bag we received from the dining establishment.  After she was done eating she asked me where to recycle the various items.  The paper bag was easy, with the paper recycling, but the tin foil posed a challenge.  The tin foil was covered with food stuffs and my recycling bin is outside our apartment in the hallway.  Our building has in the past had a rodent problem so I don't want attract further pests into the building with the promise of scraps of food on my recycling, yet trying to scrub the tin foil seems like a waste of water and gas (which is what is used to heat the water heater).  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell me what should I have done? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks in advance for your prompt attention to this pressing matter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;love, &lt;br /&gt;Veronique&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-8894890584904365406?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/8894890584904365406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=8894890584904365406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8894890584904365406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/8894890584904365406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/recycling.html' title='recycling.'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4939790771656716079</id><published>2007-10-29T17:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T17:13:07.197-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Can One Man's Cologne Change Global Warming?</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a Nobel Peace Prize recipient with a fancy medal, you are, now more than ever, a positive role model for the American male. Please inform your followers in that population that wearing too much cologne (so much so, that an elevator reeks of it after your exit and nauseates a poor pregnant lady) cannot be good for the environment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surely, something that noxious is contributing to global warming?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many thanks in advance,&lt;br /&gt;Cameron&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4939790771656716079?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4939790771656716079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4939790771656716079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4939790771656716079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4939790771656716079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/can-one-mans-cologne-change-global.html' title='Can One Man&apos;s Cologne Change Global Warming?'/><author><name>Cameron</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXIPHI603co/TqxXmeNK6oI/AAAAAAAADE0/iVMXNFVLKN8/s220/IMG_0169.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-2234540054669812429</id><published>2007-10-27T11:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-27T11:28:30.065-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Vermicious Knids</title><content type='html'>Alberto;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much has transpired these many nights since we danced the Macarena on Saturday Night Live...Where to start?  Let's talk about me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After being rebuffed by the Patent Office regarding my invention of the "Surgical Nose Hair Shotgun" (they argued that aside from being an obvious extension of prior inventions, it may not pass ATF muster), I have successfully settled into a groove as a cricket confuser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When a home full of family-loving Americans is troubled by the pesky chirping of these vermicious knids, I simply stalk up Hutu style amongst them and shout Hutu warrior chants.  While they didn't work as well against the Tutsis, it befuddles crickets like a Hamburglar in a Central Indiana nunnery.  It requires a different sleep pattern than I am used to, but the crickets just aren't as precocious in the morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From what I can tell, you have been up to similar endeavors with your environmental mish-mosh and whatnot.  I hear that's going well.  Actually, a 2.7 degree increase in sub-tropical temperatures will wipe out the cricket population, and POOF!  there goes my empire.  So, keep it up, smelly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and smooches to The Tipmeister.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-2234540054669812429?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/2234540054669812429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=2234540054669812429' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2234540054669812429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/2234540054669812429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/vermicious-knids.html' title='Vermicious Knids'/><author><name>JJ TootsieHutu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16150740937794943221</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-9173004687648696868</id><published>2007-10-26T15:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T15:42:54.415-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot-lanta</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that Jackson wrote you a letter bemoaning the endless amount of rain, so instead, can you send it down to Atlanta?  The whole south, even, would be great.  And then you can send the thunderclouds to rain lightning on the heads of corporate america who have not only contributed to this crisis, but denies its very existance.  Sprawl developers are bad too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you,&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-9173004687648696868?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/9173004687648696868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=9173004687648696868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/9173004687648696868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/9173004687648696868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/hot-lanta.html' title='Hot-lanta'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4835770907498050713</id><published>2007-10-25T23:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T23:47:18.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>SoCal Query</title><content type='html'>Dear President Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is only due to extraordinary fortitude (and some exigent personal circumstances that I will not expand on here) that I have not spent the last 6+ years on a massive drinking binge. I have a wonderful social support system and a loving family, and I became a father just over a year ago, so I have many wonderful reasons NOT to drink, up against the gang of greedy warmongers running the country. It's been a close call some days, but I've done what I can: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; I've spoken to people one on one about the complexities of Middle East politics in general and the lack of wisdom and lies behind the war in Iraq in particular;&lt;br /&gt; I've sent CARE packages to soldiers in Iraq;&lt;br /&gt; I've helped like-minded friends keep their wits about them;&lt;br /&gt; And most of all, I've kept the faith and kept telling myself, "This too shall pass."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your share of the Nobel Peace Prize and your continuing efforts to raise awareness about the human role in global climate change. I am making a sincere effort to reduce my use of non-renewable resources and fossil fuels, both directly and indirectly (e.g., no longer buying bottled water, recycling absolutely everything I can, even if I didn't use it to begin with, etc.). I'd love to know what steps you've taken to reduce your own impact on the environment, but my real question is this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What the hell is Jimmy Carter's problem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Yiftach Levy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4835770907498050713?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4835770907498050713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4835770907498050713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4835770907498050713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4835770907498050713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/socal-query.html' title='SoCal Query'/><author><name>Yiftach</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17529147966544682635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/164/3836/640/marrowman.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-1499514270367011822</id><published>2007-10-25T22:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T23:00:56.647-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fire</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This past week has been very stressful for me.  I have many friends and family in Southern California and the fires have not been easy on them.  While its hard to find direct causality between global warming and fires in southern California, I feel confident that you can find it and tell me about it.   Also it doesn't seem good for nature that one of the ways to fight the fires, is to throw a chemical retardant on the fire.  Can you please come up with a better solution? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;love, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;veronique&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-1499514270367011822?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/1499514270367011822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=1499514270367011822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1499514270367011822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/1499514270367011822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/fire.html' title='Fire'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-3569013748161419478</id><published>2007-10-25T19:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T19:16:36.874-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stupid Apartment</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My apartment is too hot. The building sets the heat too high, and even though all my radiators are set to "snowflake" I have to open windows to be comfortable. This wastes fossil fuels!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please make the stupid condo association set the heat lower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;Danielle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - I hate this apartment anyway, so please make the stupid couple who moved into my old apartment leave so I can move back there and be properly thermo-regulated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-3569013748161419478?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/3569013748161419478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=3569013748161419478' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/3569013748161419478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/3569013748161419478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/stupid-apartment.html' title='Stupid Apartment'/><author><name>Danielle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01584616238195221225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4336594340562133946</id><published>2007-10-25T09:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T09:58:47.287-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Gore, I know you can do it!</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you're not actually in the government at present, but could you use some of your magical powers to make the government give the MTA of NYC more money (and then make the MTA use that money responsibly)?  Then when extreme weather conditions that are caused by global warming hit, the MTA won't shut down...  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you, MR. Gore.  I know you can do it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alexa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(posted for Alexa Z.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4336594340562133946?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4336594340562133946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4336594340562133946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4336594340562133946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4336594340562133946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/mr-gore-i-know-you-can-do-it.html' title='Mr. Gore, I know you can do it!'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4354815233109323983</id><published>2007-10-25T09:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T09:56:01.710-04:00</updated><title type='text'>rain</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't like rain.  It makes me wet and cold.  Plus, it means I can't play with my friends in the park.  I can handle one day of rain, as long as it is followed my many days of not rain.  What can you do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Jackson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(as dictated to me)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4354815233109323983?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4354815233109323983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4354815233109323983' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4354815233109323983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4354815233109323983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/rain.html' title='rain'/><author><name>will</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08786442736363368635</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-4046063440603692174</id><published>2007-10-24T22:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T22:23:39.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Start Local</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you think Veronique should run for the local council?  They could really use more progressively minded people, someone who truly represents the populace.  I think that some of the most effective politics is local, and I think Veronique would be swell.  How did you start out?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;Cara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;p.s. You're dreamy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-4046063440603692174?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/4046063440603692174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=4046063440603692174' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4046063440603692174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/4046063440603692174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/start-local.html' title='Start Local'/><author><name>Cara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03108145210521714091</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-3756293549679772146</id><published>2007-10-24T18:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T18:23:42.538-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thoughts on my commute</title><content type='html'>Dear Al Gore, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Could you please do something about the Massachusetts Turnpike Association's foolass toll-hike proposals? I do not feel it's appropriate that I pay inflated tolls just because I have to get to my job everyday. I would love to take a train, but the rejects at the MBTA can't get a Commuter Rail to me at the right times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely, &lt;br /&gt;Cameron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS, please be my baby's godfather?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-3756293549679772146?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/3756293549679772146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=3756293549679772146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/3756293549679772146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/3756293549679772146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/thoughts-on-my-commute.html' title='thoughts on my commute'/><author><name>Cameron</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dXIPHI603co/TqxXmeNK6oI/AAAAAAAADE0/iVMXNFVLKN8/s220/IMG_0169.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084912764863210412.post-7272968237166730084</id><published>2007-10-24T17:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T18:03:58.279-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the first post</title><content type='html'>it should be noted that my friend harmony at b-school inspired me to do this. i welcome suggestions and additions&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to be a regular poster just leave a comment and i will make you a blog author. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is a &lt;a href="http://30inpictures.blogspot.com/2007/10/fall-36531.html"&gt;link to my first published letter to al gore. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8084912764863210412-7272968237166730084?l=dearalgore.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/feeds/7272968237166730084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084912764863210412&amp;postID=7272968237166730084' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7272968237166730084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084912764863210412/posts/default/7272968237166730084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dearalgore.blogspot.com/2007/10/first-post.html' title='the first post'/><author><name>veronique</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12140120088246340620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://lazycrafter.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/verohat1small.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
