Archive for November, 2006
Buy Nothing Day
In: stuff
24 Nov 2006Today is traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year, but you don’t have to join the insanity. Stay home, relax, enjoy your Thanksgiving leftovers, and celebrate Buy Nothing Day. Think of it as your little contribution to saving the planet.
Frugal but happy
In: Noteworthy
22 Nov 2006Making Pennies Squeak. You’ll be a LOT happier if you take this advice.
Darryl Hannah’s EcoVlog
In: Noteworthy
22 Nov 2006I love to watch Darryl Hannah’s [sort of] weekly videos about the environment. She’s the real deal.
I’m just an old hippie. There, I said it.
In: Crafty Goodness
22 Nov 2006I’ve been using this purse, made out of the leg of a pair of Robby’s old jeans, as a sampler to learn embroidery. [See it unadorned here.] But the bright yellow threads contrasted with purple on the blue denim background seemed just a tad bit too colorful for me to actually wear. I’m one of [...]
Funniest catalog ever
In: stuff
17 Nov 2006If you’d like to be entertained while you do your cyber Christmas shopping, This is the catalog for you: American Science & Surplus. Plus, the prices are amazing. One of my favorite items: Digital Suspension Device We’re using semantic obfuscation to crowd this plastic finger hook into a scientific category. It really doesn’t cut it [...]
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