Cryptic snippet of the day: TerraPass edition

up on the airplane nearer my god to thee i start making a deal inspired by gravity if i did wrong i won't do it again i can be sweet and good and nice and if i had enemies they're friends i hold onto my life with the grip of a vice...

--Indigo Girls, Airplane

I'm leaving Tuesday morning for a trip back to the flatlands to attend to work, see family and friends, and eat at favorite restaurants. I may do a bit of hiking, which will be nice because very few people do much of that in March back there.

In case you're wondering, I purchased carbon offsets this morning for 9,500 pounds of carbon dioxide from TerraPass. (The offset I purchased covered 7,500 lbs., but I got an extra 2,000 lbs. for foregoing the cute little luggage tag.) The flight back east releases a little less than 3,000 lbs. for both me and my son. So I have a little leeway there.

(I might do a post on carbon offsets soon, but I can't imagine it would be any better than the one at Real Climate that I discussed in this post.)

Cryptic fair use snippet of the day: If it were only this easy edition

When it all goes crazy and the thrill is gone, 
the days get rainy and the nights get long
When you get that feeling you were born to lose, 
starin’ at your ceilin' thinkin' of your blues
When there’s so much trouble that you want to cry, 
the world has crumbled and you don’t know why
When your hopes are fading and they can’t be found, 
dreams have left you waiting, friends have let you down
Just remember I love you, and it’ll be all right
Just remember I love you, more than I can say

-Firefall, circa 1977

I don't feel old just because this is a song from my childhood. At all.