Cool and Educational

[+geodarts]

I just published an earthcache in an area near where I live that is managed by the NPS. The park had changed management since my last one was approved there and the new people did not know about earthcaching. I sent them a list of all the earthcaches in the park and they ended up approving my request.

 

The Chief Ranger thought it would be fine as long as it was not a traditional cache, since he would never approve litter in his park. But I thought a comment by one of the park officials (which was forwarded to me along with the approval) was interesting as well:

 

"I don't know what was ever "approved" but it seems far less harmful than geocaching where people disturbed the land to look for a "clue." It seems kind of cool and educational."

 

Being both cool and educational is an interesting concept that will require more thought on my part. But yes, I have always believed that the earth is "cool."

[+Arby Gee]

But yes, I have always believed that the earth is "cool."

 

Well, aside from global warming.

 

Seriously though, that's great. I get kind of bugged by people saying that Earthcaches are crowding out geocaches. Your entry proves that it's just the opposite. I wish all parks would support both, but there are some that just will not go for geocaching. But if they support EarthCaching, that still makes them available to us. Well done!

[+tzipora]

I wish I wrote this, but alas, I am not the genius that is Marian Call. Sing it loud, my friends. I give to you "I'll Still be a Geek: The Nerd Anthem"

 

All the cool kids keep enthusiasm rationed

Right down to the last explosive ounce

But I'd rather indulge my many passions

Even if my squaritude's a little too pronounced

 

Perhaps I do not strike you as a geek

Without the horn-rimmed glasses and knee-high argyle socks

But nerdery is more than wardrobe deep

And I'm a nerd down in my heart and that's where nerdhood rocks

 

I'm better aquainted than a good girl ought to be

With Aragorn and Yo-Saf-Bridge and Worf and HAL and Han

But you don't really know me and my culture don't control me

So don't you pigeon hole me 'cause my phaser's set to stun!

 

I have been a nerd since long before I could have heard

That bookish girls should look and act a certain way

And I'll still be a geek when I am utterly antique

Because I do not care what normal people say

 

My superpower's draining fun from parties

But if I am a misfit then I'm in good company

With Auden, Austin, Hawking, Galileo and Van Gogh,

And countless other weirdos whom you really ought to know

 

So stow your expectations, no I won't fix your PC

And I don't mind being underrated or ignored

The world is much too interesting to entertain ennui

And I won't ever play it cool so I won't ever once be bored

 

Oh, I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard

That pale and scrawny was the latest fashion trend

And I'll still be a geek after nobody thinks it's chic

Because I don't require approval in the end

 

In aught-four, D-Kwon's Dance Grooves swept the country

And suddenly old moon boots were Italian haute couture

Time magazine reported that our time had finally come

I guess they didn't know that we already run the world

 

I have been a nerd since my first five syllable word

And no TV series or movie changes that

And I'll still be a geek now Vote for Pedro's so last week

I do not care whether Milan endorses plaid

 

I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard

That thin and scrawny was the latest fashion trend

And I'll still be a geek after nobody thinks it's chic

Because I don't require approval in the end

 

I have been a nerd since long before anyone heard

That thin and scrawny was the latest fashion trend

And I'll still be a geek after nobody thinks it's chic

You will find that I have nothing to defend

 

No, I don't need your approval in the end…