Archive for the ‘Three Green Rs’ Category
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
A couple of weeks ago our electric water heater began leaking out the bottom. I had an older copy of Black & Decker Complete Home Repair and it told me a couple of things. First, there was no repairing mine; it needed to be replaced. Second, it appeared that I ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
There is a silver lining to the recession: gas is about half as expensive as it was just a year ago. (It's just north of $2 per gallon around here.)
It didn't seem to get high enough for people to change their driving habits drastically -- people were still sitting in ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
(Fair warning: rant ahead! Check out some really cute puppies or join MyPoints if rants aren't your thing.)I think I knew that Earth Day was coming up but the real reminder came when I checked Google today. They changed their logo's primary colors to a happy, huggy lush ...
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
A couple of weeks ago we went to IKEA to pick up some light bulbs for some of our lamps. I was a little surprised to find out that IKEA had started charging a nickel apiece for plastic bags. We don't go to IKEA often, and the bag ...
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