Barack Obama recently introduced his vero possumus seal and then dropped it soon after criticism for imitating the presidential seal.
No doubt the seal is imitated, co-opted, and parodied because it is so iconic. Here is one I found. At Jones Soda’s Campaign Cola website.
It says:
Jones Soda
Campaign Cola
E Pluribus Jones
I think the motto means: Out of many Jones
Back in March I planted sprouts from rotting and sprouted potatoes I found under the sink in our house. The sprouts grew into plants, then flowered and later bore fruit.
After the flowers and the fruit, the plants started to wither and I composted them. Today I rooted through the soil and found . . . potatoes.
I plan to eat them soon. Hopefully, I can grow more potatoes before the summer ends.
I remember reading in a book of eclectic trivia and anecdotes about a futurist from a long time ago writing about what things would be like in the zeroes, the 2000s that is. The writer in addition to foreseeing flying cars and robots also believed that one day we would get milk piped directly into our home, just like they used to get drinking water, through the tap.
Imagine not having to be burdened by getting bottles of milk delivered to your door or going to the market to by a quart carton.
Of course many of us would have a much different perspective on it now — now that we consume so much bottled water.
I recently saw this article at the Seattle Times about trends in luxury water that mentioned the very expensive Kona Nigari bottled water:
Desalinated seawater from Hawaii, meanwhile, is being sold as “concentrated water” — at $33.50 for a two-ounce bottle. Like any concentrated beverage, it is supposed to be diluted before drinking, except that in this case, that means adding water to … water.
– Buying bottled water: Should you feel guilty — or trendy? Seattle Times 30 Jun 2008
Of course the dilution comment while hilarious is a bit off because the claim is that the concentrated desalinated seawater bottled by Hawaii Deep Marine Inc. supposedly has healthful minerals in it. So it is actually concentrated mineral water.
Koyo USA makes more claims about Hawaii “Deep Sea” water and why it is claimed to be so good.
The Deep Sea Water used for MaHaLo bottled drinking water is very old. It takes between 1,200 and 2,000 years for the water to travel from the North Atlantic Ocean through the freezing Arctic currents, under the vast glaciers of Greenland, where it gathers ancient minerals that leach down from the ice. Then it flows around and back down toward the deep channels of the Pacific Ocean.
– hawaiideepseawater.com Koyo USA accessed 5 Jul 2008
While $33.50 is extreme bottled water is more expensive financially and environmentally. Bottling facilities in this area take groundwater, the same source as our tap water, then bottle it and ship it, using more energy and creating more waste and pollution.
Mayors in the U.S.A. passed a resolution to phase out the use of bottled water in their cities at a conference last month.