Mike Nicholson

While many people out there waste their thoughts and time with 'important' issues like genocide, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, a true tragedy has occurred below their very noses. The Pastafarians are being oppressed.

First, the Kansas school board refused to teach our creation story along site intelligent design and evolution despite the fact that the President of the United States demanded all views to be taught, and now one of our own has been suspended from school for wearing the most minor symbol of his faith.

I fear this is an organized campaign of oppression. How else would they know to go after us at our core issue: education? How would they know that endumbening us is our only weakness? Oh great FSM, when will the tragedy end?

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I've heard for years hearsay that one environmentalist thing or another is not as simple as it seems: that what most people do to save the environment is actually hurting it. This hearsay included the following:

• Recycling plastic and glass has net negative energy impact resulting in more global warming than throwing them away.


• Paper grocery bags use many times the energy of plastic ones to produce again impacting global warming.


• Organic foods are lower yield and increase the requirement for additional farm lands leading to slash and burn of rain forests


• Hybrid cars do more net damage to the environment than an equivalent gasoline only car.

I've always wanted to take the time and really research some of these beyond what I've heard on the street. I've really wanted to get to the bottom of it. I never had the time, but it looks like someone did (well at least for the last bullet). They don't cite any sources, and it's only a university newspaper, but it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who thinks twice when they hear 'of course X is good for the environment!'.

Prius Outdoes Hummer in Environmental Damage

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Google topped the list of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For recently due at least in part to its huge set of employee perks. I've always had my doubts about this list (since it fails to include any small companies which have by far the most upside and often great perks), but even in comparing huge organizations, who really has the best perks: Google or your local state prison? Lets see:

There you have it. If you're really after perks, you should be considering a major crime rather than applying to Google. It's a lot easier and much faster (as long as you plead guilty).

Disclaimer: I honestly have nothing against Google (other than working for their competitor), but they're fun to tease and they drive some rather entertaining search queries to my blog.

Update: Thanks to all the response from googlers that gave me some additional aspects to compare.

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