Articles by Sarah K. Burkhalter

Bush’s approval rating loooow in California

FWIW:

Bush's approval rating in California dropped to 29 percent in last week's Field Poll - even one in four Republicans says he's doing a poor job.

Weird Al rocks my socks off

This video has nothing to do with the environment but my white and nerdy husband is insisting that I blog it perpetuates the stereotype that Priuses are white and nerdy. Sigh.

The same implication is made for the Segway, but I can't say I disagree.

The world may never know.

Grist has weekly staff meetings, wherein we discuss timely and important topics. At a recent meeting, the question came up: is hippo milk pink?

I haven't been able to sleep for wondering. Also, I don't want y'all to think that my journalistic curiosity is limited to shrinkage, bathrooms, and parties in my pants (ahem). So I conducted some Real Research (involving Google and the words "hippo," "milk," and "pink."

It’s just funny

Call me a junior high boy, but the fact that the Zurich-based Shahneshin Foundation is giving Shrinkage Awards makes me giggle. Who are they going to give them out to? SUV drivers? Polar bears?