Happy Earth Day!

To celebrate, a few poems:

( The Golden Years - Billy Collins )

( Lost in the Forest - Pablo Neruda )

( Possum Crossing - Nikki Giovanni )

I am "that woman."

I don't know if you've been following this. kateharding.net has a number of posts on the subject, and I recommend them. The short version: United, like Southwest, is implementing a policy where fat people on full flights will 1) be bumped from the flight and 2) possibly required to buy a second ticket.

I have, oh, about sixteen zillion problems with this, and I haven't posted before this because really, I didn't know where to start. ( I've stewed long enough, I think, so here goes: )