Monday, June 16th, 2008

Read Someone Else’s Book

Kansas City library parking garage. How many books are on your bookshelf?

Of those, how many have you read?

Who cares.

How many do you plan to read?

Who cares.

How many do you plan to read, and then go back and read or reference again after that? Those are the ones that I think are probably worth buying. The rest you probably could have gotten from the library and been just as happy.

Yep, the library. Remember that place More…


Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Ride the Heat Wave

Stove off Pot onGot an electric stove? I do, unfortunately.

I hate the thing — mostly because when I turn it off, it doesn’t cool off. Not for a few minutes anyway. Way inefficient.

But I’ve recently realized I can at least make the most of that annoying electric-stove characteristic by shutting it down a little early and riding the heat wave home to the finish line.

Tonight’s noodle soup, for example, required holding the soup at a boil for 3 minutes after More…


Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Reduce and Reuse, Too

Coffee mugAhhh, “reduce” and “reuse” — the poor stepchildren of “recycle.” Truth is, the grand green triumverate starts with “reduce” and “reuse” for a reason.

Recycling is nice, I suppose, if you’ve absolutely got to use and dispose of something. But the recycling process still uses up a lot of energy — and it’s nearly impossible to say how efficient the process is in More…



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