Today I walked by Seoul's City Hall Park on my way to the Monet exhibit. They were preparing for the "Live Earth" concert. There were two mammoth stages and uncountable electrical cords running though the park. Where were all the cords going? The entire park was surrounded by light trucks and sound trucks, each with its motor running.
What a great idea! Let's protect the Earth and "Stop CO2" with a giant extravaganza of noise pollution, light pollution, and fifty trucks running their diesel engines though the day and night to power the pollution.
Tomorrow I am off to Japan. I am going for four reasons:
1) To worship at the shrine of my hero, Akira Haraguchi, who recited pi to 100,000 decimal places. I want to see the sacred place where he did it.
2) To buy Kamu Kamu candies, which are delicious and addictive.
3) To buy a "Tokyo" t-shirt for my nephew, Logan, who is obsessed with big cities, as I was when I was young.
4) To finish reading Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, in Japan.
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3 comments:
Mr. Mick,
I object!
As the person who woke up just to watch this concert, I must say that the way you understand this concert is a "no-no". The reason they made this concert is because, with a concert this BIG it WILL attract billions of people around the world to the message they are trying to tell us. I myself think that it works so much better than the biggest campaigns in the world. During the concerts, they show videos made especially for the concert which I believe are really effective videos for education. If you might not know...
1. They have the "Green Team" to look at what materials they should use in order to be environmentally friendly. (trust me, I watched CNN last night.)
2. The light bulbs they use uses 50-70% less electricity than other light bulbs.
3. The back drops are made of old petrol tanks.
4. The signs are made of recycled materials.
Just so you know Mr. Mick...
My summer is so boring. (that's why i read your blog everyday. HAHA)
Have fun eating Camu Camu!!!
Lily
Hello Mr. Mick, this is Kris. I was reading your latest blog entry and read that you were visiting Japan and to visit the site Akira Haraguchi recited pi to the 100,000 term. I didn`t know this till last week but apparently Haraguchi-san works in a Mental Institution in Mobara city (my grandparents hometown and where I am right now spending my summer). I know this fact not due to interest in a mathematician sadly, but instead due to my wondering if wikipedia had an article for such a provincial city. Type in "Mobara" in wikipedia and you can see it says it there.
LOL
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