  So, Madonna changed her name to “esther”. Seems somehow appropriate. Why not? After all she’s got a lot of money. I don’t so can I just change my name to “M”? Still, it reminds me of an old Hippie room-mate of mine who changed her name to “gimmel” (Absurdity is best combatted with absurdity) I’m trying to improve things.
Painting rooms in the house, eating better, trying to save money for (cue game show announcer voice) A NEW CAR. Really, I’d like to get a Moped, but it’s just not practical: Passengers, groceries, cold weather, speed, I just can’t justify it, right now. If I can get the car cheaply enough, maybe I could still buy a cheap, used moped, sometime. But, for the meantime, I gotta be a gas hawg. So much for environmentally improving.. I wonder if that’s the case for many? If so, how many? Is the reason we still live the way we do, in the face of everything, because we’re stuck between rocks and hard places? Obviously, we can’t weasel out of all responsibility, because we’re still buying SUV’s as opposed to compact cars, and we’re still not enacting leglislation to change things, and we’re still not putting money into public transportation, but do we deserve all of it?
Is some of this because we’re stuck in a system? I’d like to think so. At the same time, I know I see things differently than most. I’m unafraid of socialism, and major re-structuring of our government. I think of solutions that other might consider problems 
