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Day 162- If It’s Too Loud, Then You Are Too Old
I bought a music CD for the first time in quite a long time. I average about one CD per year. There just aren’t that many groups out there that I would freely part with $11.99 of my hard earned money. Back in college, before the digital age, a ...
Day 160- Cell Phones for Soldiers
Each year, millions of cell phones are retired but I found statistics that say less than 1% of these phones are recycled. Granted I have only had three phones in my life. I more than likely would still have my last one if I didn’t drop it so I ...
Day 157- The Great Garbage Patch
There are quite a number of patches that I am aware of: Cabbage Patch Kids, pumpkin patch, anti-smoking patches, patch quilt, patchwork, eye patch, software patches, Patch Adams, contraceptive patches, and the little green patch. I could go on, but y...
Day 155- Bulk Up
I am not a real good shopper. I tend to over think the process a bit too much. I am OK when it comes to general shopping for a couple of specific items, but you can just about forget it when it comes to multiple lists and multiple stores. I can safel...
Day 154- Free Office Supplies
No matter where you work, there is always a supply closet or area. Some are organized and are controlled by an overprotective employee; while others can be an inventory nightmare and have just about everything you don’t want, but rarely something t...
Day 146- The Pen is Mightier
I don’t remember the last time that I actually bought a pen before yesterday. Just like your weird friends, they just seem to always be there. To tell you the truth, I really don’t know where I get them, but upon closer inspection they all seem t...
Day 145- Oh, Baby Baby
A few years ago, Beanie Babies were all the rage. I didn’t get into collecting them myself, but I know that there were a few friends of mine that went nuts over collecting them. There were even little plastic things that protected the tag. I c...
Day 142- Greeting Cards From the Edge
We spent the weekend taking down our indoor holiday decorations. I still have the outdoor things in the yard since it has been raining here for the past few days. I really do not want to put them away while they are still wet. I have them unplugged t...
Day 141- This Pair of Pants for Your Shirt and a Blouse to be Named Later
More and more people are swapping relatively inexpensive things like sports cards, comics, and event tickets. I have seen even more expensive things being swapped like houses, apartments, and wives. Yes, wives are expensive. I really do not know what...
Day 136- Testing, Testing, 1, 2……3
It seems that we put up our Holiday decorations earlier each year. About five B.C. (before kids), I was just happy to get a small potted Norfolk Pine tree with a couple of ribbons. My wife kindly reminded me that it looked like the Charlie Brown Chri...
Day 134- How to Really Green Your Thanksgiving Part Two
The turkey is ready, the Detroit Lions are on their way to another resounding loss, most of your guests have arrived and amazingly there have been no family arguments yet. So far so good. As the house heats up with the oven and stove, crack a window ...
Day 132- Turn Back Friday Into a Green Friday
It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is just around the corner with Black Friday right on its heels. For those of you in different countries, here in the United States the Friday after Thanksgiving is typically known as Black Friday. The term...
Day 129- Shoe Recycling
I never knew that there were so many ways that you can recycle shoes. I’m not really a shoe person to begin with, so maybe that’s why I never looked into it before now. A lot of people are writing about the new program that Nike has laun...
Day 122- Hi, My Name is…….
I went to an event the other day where we all had those cheap plastic name badges. You know the ones–the 3×5 plastic holder with the safety pin on the back and the generic card stock with your name on it. Those who forgot to register (or ...
Day 121- Only 62 More Shopping Days Until Christmas
It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is just around the corner. Well, 63 more days to Christmas to be exact. It seems as though retail stores start decorating earlier and earlier. Pretty soon, stores will have holiday stuff for sale ...
Day 117- ‘Cause All She Wants to do is Dance
Many of us have seen and heard of gyms that use their machines to generate electricity, but have you heard about a dance club that uses the dance floor to generate electricity for itself? According to Sustainabledanceclub.com, the “Sustainable...
Day 114- Admit One
There are a lot of events going on where I live this weekend. There are a number of NASCAR races, concerts, special outdoor events and other things that I usually end up missing on a regular basis. One thing that we could not miss was Disney on Ice...
Day 110- Where Did the Music Go?
Technology in the music business has come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. Just in my lifetime, I have personally been through albums, cassettes, 8 tracks, Digital Tape, Cd’s and now music files. I still remember sticking lit...
Day 110- Prescription for Disaster
It’s a daily ritual around the globe every morning. The alarm goes off, you hit snooze a couple of times, stumble to the restroom, wash up, take your medication (prescription or other), get dressed, maybe grab a bite to eat or coffee and it...
Day 104- Green Shopping Cart
I did a search for green shopping carts the other day and only came up with a million results of green ideas and things that people put into shopping carts like vegetarian dishes, reusable bags and organic foods. Although those are great topics, I a...
Day 103- A Little Off Target
We went to our local supermarket/ big box store this morning for some groceries and other random things for the week. Although we brought our own bags, like we usually try to do, we ended up not having enough and using a few plastic bags. I noticed ...
Day 101- Single Use Crayons?
Going out to dinner with three kids between ages three and five is difficult to say the least. After many tries, it seems that the later it gets, the more difficult it is to corral the troops. Breakfast and lunch are OK, but dinner is pretty much o...
Day 96- Get Your Learn On
A long time ago, there were special buildings where people would go for information and to do research on a topic for class or personal interest. Some of you of a certain age will remember these buildings. They were called libraries. Gone are the d...
Day 95- It Doesn’t Stink That Bad
Back in my college days, I would do the old sniff test to see if I could get away with wearing something again before spending valuable going out money on a load of wash. If it didn’t outwardly stink or have some mysterious stain on it, I woul...
Day 94- That’s a Bright Idea
Quick, how many light bulbs do you have in your house? I had no idea that I had so many. I have a total of 87. I at least have a fan and a lamp in each room which brings the light bulb minimum to five. My coach lights outside use three each, [...]...
Day 93- Last Blast of the Summer
It’s hard to let go of Summer, but we have one more weekend before the kids go back to school. Our journey has just begun. Our oldest is starting Kindergarten full time starting on Tuesday. When did Kindergarten become so rigorous anyway? T...
Day 92- Be a Real Guitar Hero
Everywhere I turn, all I see is Guitar Hero and Rock Band stuff for every game system out there. I have to admit that it is pretty neat, however there is something lost in the art of actually learning to play a real instrument and having the ability...
Day 91- French Fry Power
I read a pretty cool story this morning about a local man who is running his car off of used cooling oil. It’s not a very new story, but you still see a few of these floating around every so often. They always have the user saying something l...
