Archive for October, 2010

NFL going solar?

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Seems appropriate given that they’ll be facing Favre and the Vikings tonight… While I’ll never be a Jets fan, I do certainly applaud their green initiative. Not just their jersey colors, the Jets are moving toward becoming the greenest team in the NFL. At the end of September they completed the solar overhaul of their [...]

The dirty truth about detergent use

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

You may as well be putting literal money down the drain. Because there’s no way (or reason why) that much laundry/dishwasher detergent is necessary. A New York Times article from March dared explore what many have thought when the time has come to open the wallet for these sudsy wonders. We don’t need a full [...]

Horrors of Halloween

Friday, October 8th, 2010

No, this is not going to be a lecture about all the high fructose corn syrup that runs rampant in this season of serious candy eating. Instead, I wanted to share the eight creepiest Halloween candies around. May they bring joy to all the little monsters in your life… Overall, it’s a pretty good list. [...]

Squeeze it in…

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

What a novel concept. Every day life can be your workout? Indeed. www.squeezeitin.com maintains that no, you don’t need an expensive gym membership to take steps toward better physical fitness and health. You just need to be creative with how you spend your time. The 10-minutes you spend blow-drying your hair in the morning can [...]

Spicy Thursdays with Sandwiches from Heaven

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

I can still hear both my parents saying: Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. So it’s not really surprising that under that adage I’ve developed tastes for “weird” foods. Not just in the veggie/vegan realm, but in general. I enjoy Iceberg lettuce with salt and green Tabasco sauce, as well as curry powder on [...]