Think of these seasonal blog posts as like a “blog within a blog.” An easy-breezy way to add new content (on a variety of topics). These are subject to editing, right up until when the next quarterly one begins.
(1) (Tuesday, July 1, 2025) Regarding what I wrote in concluding the “Spring, 2025” series of blog posts, I never got around to creating that new quarterly feature I referred to there. I put together the framework for an abbreviated, shortened version, but haven’t had sufficient time for that either. At the very least, I’m hoping to be able to start with this new quarterly feature at the conclusion of this newly created “Summer, 2025” series of blog posts (before the “Autumn” edition appears).
I jotted down some ideas today for a children’s book related to saving the planet. It’s not something I have an especially deep desire to do, but I’m very pleased with the concept ideas I jotted down. It might be fairly easy to do and so perhaps some day I’ll get to it. The concept I have in mind, if not entirely original, is original enough, considering the holistic approach it would take. Anyhow, that’s not what I wanted to write about.
Last week, as I was reading Tim Wu’s review of two books having to do with Sam Altman and OpenAi in The New York Times (June 22), it brought to mind one of my most recent big ideas. Like all of my big ideas, it’s not something I’ve heard anyone else talk about or suggest. It’s interesting that no one has ever talked about this particular idea (at least not that I’m aware of). There are two big clues in that review that could potentially help someone come up with the same idea. Not obvious, by any means. But if one were to look for two related things stated in the review, and think in terms of finding an outside the box solution that no one else has yet suggested, the idea I’m referring to might come to you as well.
Here’s another clue. The very fact that we live in a world where thousands of people haven’t talked about this very same idea, demonstrates the depth of the hole humankind is in, and further evidences why someone like me should be given funding (pronto).
It also illustrates, by the way, why I don’t like the thought of presenting my ideas piecemeal. A small handful of my ideas in an environment such as the one we have now would be relatively pointless. What’s needed is for me to be in a position where I can finally start getting all of my (“52p52”) ideas out there, week after week, month after month, while hammering at some of the main key points (which need to be emphasized again and again) and simultaneously working behind the scenes, to make as much progress as possible in a variety of other, more specific, ways.
(2) (Wednesday, June 2, 2025) I’m trying something different here, with this particular blog posting. It’s intended for E. Jean Carroll, specifically. So if you’re E. Jean Carroll, Hi! Or if you’re friends with Carroll, please reach out and let her know Ecoideaman wrote this blog post specifically for her.
I recently read a book review published online for The Guardian, in which Lloyd Green reviewed E. Jean Carroll’s memoir, Not My Type. Carroll won a lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, plus one or more defamation suits. With accruing interest, she is expected to receive over $100 million. What is Carroll intending to do with that money? Green quotes Carroll as stating: “I, E. Jean Carroll, pledge to make Trump very, very mad by giving most of the $100m to all things he hates. If Trump despises it . . . I’m gonna be giving money to it.”
Examples? Green continues: “Think reproductive freedom, voting rights and combating the climate crisis.”
So here’s a suggestion for Carroll: For just a tiny fraction of that $100 million judgement, you can single-handedly provide 100% of the funding I need in order to be able to get moving with my ideas and strategies for ‘saving the planet.’
Let’s face it, anything having to do with ‘saving the planet,’ Trump absolutely abhors. Remember Scott Pruitt and his soundproof office?
What better way to go about funding things Trump hates, than to do so, while, simultaneously, doing something that could potentially help save the planet? And what better way to get the best bang for your buck? Wouldn’t it also be deliciously ironic knowing money going towards saving the planet came from someone of his ilk? And it would be appropriate. If someone bears much greater responsibility for there being a need to save the planet, shouldn’t they also bear much greater responsibility for paying to help save it?
I have been focused on saving the planet my entire life and have lots of original, never before released, big ideas, aimed at achieving that goal. So if you know E. Jean Carroll, please inform her: “Hey, Jean, I found something that definitely might interest you.” (Then tell her about my website, and this blog post.)
No pressure, none whatsoever, if someone doesn’t want to give me funding, I don’t want them to either. And I really mean that!
Not only might this be a great way to achieve her goal, it might also be a great legacy for her personally. Success breeds success. If I can get that initial infusion of funding, I can finally start presenting my ideas; and they might really take off! If that happens, saving the planet might actually become possible!
(3) (Wednesday, July 9, 2025) Here we go again. I had an idea for a way to compose an answer to my Sept. 27, 2024 blog post, which poses the question, “What Is My Website’s Achilles Heel?” While working on that, I needed to refer to my Home page to see the date of that posting. I found it. But in so doing, I happened to notice that the blog posts appearing on that page only go back as far as August 9, 2024. (They should go back way further than that!) I couldn’t see any way of getting to the older posts. Or any indication even that there are older posts. That happened once before, and I had to bring it to the attention of my web designer. She’s quick! So don’t be surprised if the problem’s been corrected before you’ve finished reading this paragraph. But that’s assuming I can tend to that today. In the meantime, I apologize for that. I have no idea why it’s happening. And I don’t know for long it’s been the case (that so many older blog posts aren’t showing up or being made available on the Home page).
Since this has happened twice now, let me take the time to state, here, right now, in case this happens again, or in case you’re seeing this website for the first time, unfortunately, things like this happen. It’s out of my control. Just please know that I probably started blogging around the time my website first went up (which I believe was Dec., of 2014). So there might be ten years’ worth of blog posts not showing. You can always try using the Way Back Machine (see my Links page) as a means for viewing older blog posts (if, for whatever reason, they aren’t showing).
Way Back Machine is a great tool to use, regardless. Especially concerning a website like mine. There are many things you might discover by viewing past versions of my website. For example, the original tagline I was using for quite some time (and who knows, maybe I’ll go back to it again), was this: A unique website. A singular individual. An unparalleled mission: to save the planet.
Also, getting back to something I touched upon above. Yes, I did complete a rough draft for answering the question posed in that past blog post titled “What Is My Website’s Achilles’ Heel?” I don’t know when I’ll post it. I’ll need to proofread it a few more times and do more editing. That’s if I decide to even use that draft. But also, once I complete my move, I’ll need a different means for connecting to the Internet. That might entail a separate delay. And at some point, I’ll need to get Windows 11. Ugh. Technology!