Winston 1 Environment Zero

Yesterday at work was "Zero Trash Day". It is an initiative to make us reflect on the amount of trash we create every day. We are supposed to take home with us any trash that we make during the day. To ensure this the trash bins are taken away for the day.

There are some exceptions. Wet trash such as food waste can still be disposed of. It has a separate bin. Paper and other recyclables can still be put into their recycle bins.

I’ve unofficially labeled “Zero Trash Day” as “Hide Trash in One’s Locker Day”.
Today is unofficially “Double Trash Day”.

The Movie Maven
Kingdom of Heaven
I liked it. Kingdom of Heaven reminded me a lot of Troy. Big battles, charging horses, strapping men hacking each other into quivering bloody sushi. It certainly delivers in the area of CG battle scenes.

But it also tells us that Muslims and Christians should be able to live side by side like ebony and ivory on a piano keyboard. If only more would listen to Maco and Whacko, I mean Jacko, the world would be a better place.

And Kingdom of Heaven is not content with the subject matter of religion, as it also mixes in a dose of politics. With a bit more sex it could have had something to offend everyone.

Orlando Bloom obviously bulked up for the role, but doesn’t flex his acting muscles as he plays the character as the strong, silent type. I would have liked to have seen a few more than zero soliloquies from him meditating on the nature of faith, but probably that’s just me. It’s a movie that I’d like to see an extended version of as I felt that there were scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor.

For those who want to take a rolliking Middle Eastern History 101 Lite.