John Brown's Notes and Essays

For previous editions of this blog, refer to This Blog is dedicated to Greenland's aspiring commander in chief, D. Trump see During my irregularly scheduled ca 70 mins morning personal jog/stroll in parts of the NW quadrant of the Imperial Capital, which includes the magical Rock Creek Park (as well as Tilden Street and Connecticut Avenue), today  I found "only" four Plastic Water Bottles (PWBs) (none, I'd say, with labels unknown to DC residents) -- but all in only one of the quadrant's prestigious Street, Porter Street. Hey!, Am not blaming anyone, but why should Porter regularly have so much PBWs s--t? Speculations/answers welcome ... *** LATEST  FROM THE MEDIA ON OUR PLASTIC UNIVERSE!!! No, they're not from another planet Zamira Rahim, "Microplastics  discovered in Arctic snow: ‘Enormous’ amount of pollutant particles also found across Bavarian Alps," Independent   Don'...

For previous editions of this blog, refer to This blog is dedicated to the USA's commander in chief, D. Trump This 8/19 mid AM, while taking a near-daily ca. 70 mins. stroll/jog where my steps meet the ground on a regular basis -- the NW section of the Imperial Capital -- I came to the sudden realization that THERE WERE NO PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES (PWBs) dumped on Tilden Street or in our magical Rock Creek Park since my last 8/18 stroll, areas infiltrated in the past with PWBs, if my memory serves me right since getting involved in a self-initiated PWBs trash pick-up project months ago! I was getting ready to compose a LOUD headline to this 8/19 blog entry (in order to show off my miserable Latin) with "Mirabile Dictu!!! Today There Were no Plastic Water Bottles Dumped in an Important Part of the Imperial Capital" until ... Yes, until ... Until I hit the intersection of Porter Street (the PWB trash star ) and Connecticut Avenue, where a lonely PWB, all c...

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