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   Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith
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   Weekly Companion © 
   Issue: Sunday, January 7, 2001
   By: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith 
   “America’s Premier Eventologist ® 
   adrienne@21stcentury.net

   RE: 2001: A Space Odyssey ® 
   The Saga Re-Defined ©01
   It’s a New Month. 
   It’s a New Year. 
   It’s a New Century. 
   It’s a New Millennium…officially…

   It’s a New Time in our Lives… 
   A New Page has been turned.
   Yet, I have the Tendency to go back and pull a Movie Title that was 
   popular in the 1960s or ‘70s. I remember going to the local movie 
   theatre in Mendota, Illinois, my town of birth and seeing “2001: A 
   Space Odyssey.” It was colossal. It was magnificent. It was a movie you 
   would watch, wide-eyed in total amazement… even without popcorn and soda 
   to accompany it! Accordingly, at that time, the Film was to portray 
   what was to come in the New Millennium, as some Futurists were 
   predicting what was to be. There would be Colonies built all over the 
   Star-spattered Universe…or something like that. I honestly forgot what 
   the plot was about, but always being into by-lines and catchy titles 
   and groovy special effects, the Name alone stuck in my mind and now 
   rears its colorful head in today’s Column.
   The Odyssey today is not in the Race for Outer Space Control and Conquer 
   but for Inner Space Peace, Quiet and Tranquility. It continues down 
   another avenue with the Race for Realtors to swipe up the virgin and 
   prime land (where location means; LOCATION) and build an assortment of 
   either Corporate Skyscrapers or Housing Developments. Life, as We know 
   it, has become a perplexing double-edged sword.
   Q: Where is Nature going to go?
   Q: Will Nature continue to flourish or will it be cemented over with 
   brick and mortar; glass and tar?
   I wish I knew thirty years ago that I would be(come) a ‘Combative 
   Writer’ penning this Column today, possessed and blessed with a HOVO: 
   Highly Opinionated Valued Opinion, as I would have started to save 
   facts and statistics about land, land mass and population explosions 
   throughout the decades since this Film debuted. I can only say through 
   common sense knowledge that land grows scantier and more deplenished as 
   more people take over. Abuse and Misuse seem to have been utilized 
   moreso than proper and careful “Use.”
   
   Books and magazine stories have been written and rewritten about this 
   subject. Civic Groups across the Globe have already been formed to 
   seriously look at this Problem and Social Issue. However, I strongly 
   feel that it is the minute “Random Acts of Environmental/Eco-Actions 
   may be undertaken by each of us EVERY Day so that our Planet continues 
   in a healthy state for ourselves and future generations. The word 
   “minute” is systematically used here for its dual meanings. Although 
   the litter may be “minute,” it is still categorized as waste and must be 
   properly removed and discarded. As a Reality Check, it only takes a 
   “minute” of time to do this Action Activity. For all the time that is 
   wasted in a Person’s Day, there is no reason why everyone can not 
   participate in this quick and easy, yet honorable Program.
   Therefore, what I profess for anyone’s New Year’s Resolutions are not to 
   necessarily:
   1. Lose weight and get “fit” 
   2. Keep a tidier homestead 
   3. Mingle more 
   4. Exercise on a regular basis and/or 
   5. Eat more healthily and wisely
   which, undisputedly, are great Themes to stick to, but realistically 
   are the top Resolutions broken by Day 11 of the New Year. What I 
   suggest is that every Day, People perform their own Anti-Litter 
   Campaign. It does not take much Time and Effort to pick up a styrofoam 
   cup or a piece of paper and throw it in a garbage bin found in an alley 
   or to stuff it in a plastic bag that you can begin carrying along with 
   you, specifically for this task. Not only are you keeping (y)our 
   Environment - (y)our Planet - (y)our only Home cleaner…but you are 
   Exercising. Moving, bending down and picking up litter or debris is, 
   literally “good for you” - not only for Nature. It indeed is a win-win 
   situation for all concerned about the Health and Wealth of the Land.
   That may be the healthiest and most popular Resolution any of us can 
   make. For the hard-core Statistics that are circulating these Days of 
   our Lives in the 21ST Century that talk about the brazen and 
   deteriorating Earthly Conditions our Planet is in, it is up to us 
   individually (one-by-one, person-by-person; adult-by-adult and 
   child-by-child) to take it into our own hands and pick-up the mess 
   that’s been laid before us.
   I guarantee that in a relatively short period of time, the Wonders of a 
   Collective Action as this will be monumental and something that all of 
   us can do no matter where We live or in what language We speak.
   After all, the Bottom Line is: We are part of The 21ST Century…this new 
   and exciting Era…our Legacy is one that We would want our Ancestors to 
   be proud of. Starting Today will make our Tomorrows much cleaner, 
   brighter and one where We can all be prouder than pie!
   2001: A Space Odyssey…it’s a nice title. Today, it has been revised to 
   create a New and (much) Improved Lifestyle. As a Campaign to mobilize 
   the Masses for our Land Masses, it’s even better still!
   2001: A Space Odyssey…Let’s live up to its Glory.
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   Contributor, Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith lives in Chicago, Illinois, USA 
   and is heralded as “America’s Premier Eventologist ®” by Washington, 
   DC’s Insight Magazine. Having created over 1,275 HOLIDATES TO CELEBRATE 
   ® since Wednesday, July 25, 1990, ASK believes “Every Day is a HOLIDATE 
   ®” and quite appropriately a Miracle & Blessing in and of itself.
   “ASK” may be reached at:
   adrienne@21stcentury.net
   for any Ideas and Concepts you will be doing with your Family, 
   Neighbors, Clubs, Co-Workers, Church-Synagogue Members, etc. to promote 
   this worthy Earthly Campaign. For those interested, ASK has also 
   created the following Eco-Environmental HOLIDATES ® and Campaigns:
   CUTE ® Day ©95 Clean Up The Earth 
   GEO-Days ©94 
   International BirthMark Day ©97 
   International Botany Week ©94 
   International Flower Days ©94 
   International Water Days ©95 
   International Water Month ©97 
   International Water Years ©94 
   Klose-Up Day ©97 
   “On The Rocks” Day ©96 
   PLATO: Plant-Life-At-The Oasis Day ©98 
   Stop & Smell Day ©94 - SAS Day ©94
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