Al Gore is awesome. My husband has always said so, and for any of you who doubt it, go watch his guest appearances on Futurama.

Fry: “Who are you people?”
Al Gore: “I’m Al Gore. And these are my vice presidential action rangers. A group of top-nerds whose sole duty is to prevent disruptions in the space-time continuum.”
Fry: “I thought your sole duty was to cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate.”
Al Gore:“That, and protect the space-time continuum. Read the Constitution.”

Like I said. Awesome.

Anyway, the husband has been pushing me to go see Gore’s enviro-documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. I really want to see it, but I’m afraid that it will just leave me hopelessly depressed. However, I’ve heard from friends that, while sad, it’s also really uplifting, because you learn what you can do to help the environment. And as someone who drives everywhere, rarely recycles, and throws away too much paper, I need to sit up and pay attention. Sometimes I have a little fantasy of moving somewhere like Portland, where I become a hardcore recycler and bike everywhere. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll actually do it. But until then, I need to see this movie and start fighting for (but not on!) this planet we all share (hear me, George W.? Share. Look it up, and stop fighting, already). So here’s my demand: Go. See. It.