Safeway can wait June 17 2008 at 12:19 PM

There's a group of people in San Francisco called The Compact who
vowed to (sorta, pretty much) go a year without a buying anything new. While at first glance the idea sounded completely insane to me, it's amazing to read about the waste they were able to avoid and, ahem, the money they were able to... More

FW:FW:FW:FW:FW:FW: A sort of Heloise June 10 2008 at 12:00 PM

Beauty magazines say you can make great face masks from oatmeal, avocado and honey. TLC has 100 shows about how I can make a sidetable from an oak tree. The Food Channel, a personal favorite, shows me how to make souffles from the paltry ingredients in my pantry. But in reality, I'm not very likely to... More

All good things to those who wait May 29 2008 at 12:00 PM

I bought a crock pot a few years ago because I’m lazy and read that it’ll cook dinner for you while you’re at work. And you know what? It does. It may take a whole day, but what you get when you come home is good.

Which mix tapes from high school do I still listen to (yes, I still own a Walkman)?

I’m not laughing with you, I’m laughing at you May 27 2008 at 12:00 PM

We all need to laugh…especially at ourselves. And while I tend to provide myself with plenty of fodder – spilling things on white T-shirts, tripping over nothing – I prefer to laugh at myself when someone funnier than I am points out a certain silliness. To wit, I present my favorite eco-friendly... More

It’s a crude, crude world May 4 2008 at 4:53 AM

Sure driving a Prius would be great…if I had an extra $25,000 hidden in my couch cushions. In the meantime, I’ve got a 13-year-old car that runs great (wood, knocked), and would prefer to drive it til the tires fall off rather than put a whole new (granted, smaller) car out on the road.

Surely... More