Best wishes and have a fun holiday season!

As you all party and have gatherings big or small, also remember to make the earth happier... by, yes... recycling!

Here's an summary of an article in the Georgia Straight, Dec. 19, 2005, p.46:

The 12 days of Christmas

Day One:  when you see the recycling symbol and it has the numbers 1, 2,4,5 yes, it can be recylced.  Plastic milk jugs and salad dressing bottles are OK. Deli containters wiht #6, is not.

Day Two: include pizza boxes. bur remove the topings, waxed paper, sauces etc... but in yellow bag

Day Three: Aluminum foil: including pie plates or the take out food containers, in blue box.

Day Four: put in all paper! like wrappings! but no tissues (eww) nor foil paper! = ) and window envelopes too!

Day Five: Return empty beverage containers for money ~

Day Six:  okay to leave labels on containers.

Day Seven: Old electronics are rapidly changing, so call Recycling Council of BC Hotline at 604-732-8253.

Day Eight: buy rechargable batteries.  It really pays off the end.

Day Nine:  old appliances at the recycle depot near you! visit vancouver.ca/garbage.

Day Ten:  Collapse or cut cardboard

Day Eleven: Give seconds a second life.  Donate reusable clothing, toys and articles to charity or 2nd hand or consignment store

~ On the twelve day of christmas my true love said to me ~~

Send trees (if you've got a real good smelling tree for christmas) back to nature!  on Jan 7 and 8, 2006 at kerrisdale ice rink parking lot, kits beach pearkin lot and sunset beach upper parkin lot and trout lake community centre parkin lot!

Like the words to seasonal songs, recycling is hard to keep straight.  Visit vancouver.ca/garbage or email recycle@vancouver.ca!

Merry Christmas,

 and have a Safe and Happy New Year.

We Never Know How High We Are

We never know how high we are

Till we are asked to rise

And then if we are true to plan

Our statures touch the skies -

The Heroism we recite

Would be a normal thing

Did not ourselves the Cubits warp

For fear to be a King -

                                                  Emily Dickinson

                 Delicious as Cough Syrup

Your friend is as unpleasant as

Chewing on a squirming hairy spider

Walking barefoot broken sea shells

Falling on a pool of vomit

Knowing there is a thirsty mosquito waiting in your room

The sound of a fork against a blackboard

Being bitten by piranhas in the Amazon

Missing your final exam

Having spinach stuck to your teeth while burping and wiping your runny nose 

Eating green bread

Running out of lead in the middle of a test

Eating newspaper

Brushing your teeth when you are really tired

Waking up at four thirty

Drinking lukewarm water

Burning your tongue

Breathing in baby flies.

                                              Gigi Wong

*slightly altered from original version.

guess what?

i made up a joke.  ask me to tell it to you on campus!  at least it will make u attempt to .

~

Don't forget to show appreciation for the things that matter to you.

= ).