• Green: Shoe Recycling

    Now that I’m heavily back in to the running thing, I’ve gone through a handful of pairs of shoes in the past couple years. After ~300 miles, they’re still in very good shape. Typically, I reuse them as walkabout or chore shoes, but with my stepped up mileage, they’re beginning to pile up. Solution? Recycle

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  • Finance: Housing As “Forced Savings”

    This is a common argument I see from the proponents of purchasing a home. In keeping with the recent trend of home hating, I wanted to share this article. For those of you not looking to read the whole article, I can summarize it in one line: If you live in an area with outrageous

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  • Updated: Movie List

    It’s been a year and some change since I last updated it. We’re 100% up to date and I’m happy to announce only one movie, True Romance, has gone missing since then. I’m going to guess Gerald “borrowed” it since I recall chatting with him about also being a Tarantino fan… It’s gone for good 

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  • Green: Programmable Thermostat

    Got to it today… twice! Ran to Home Depot this morning, picked up a RiteTemp 8030c, a 7-day programmable, touch-screen jobber for $50. We needed the 7-day since the ladies in the house have odd schedules, putting them at home on certain weekdays. The other 7-day jobber? $100. I arrived home, pulled off the ancient

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  • Bonds Might Boycott HoF

    According to ESPN, Barry Bonds has announced that he’ll boycott the Hall of Fame if the owner of his record breaking home run ball, Marc Ecko, defaces the ball with an asterisk and sends it to be displayed in The Hall. My response… Really? Reaaaally? A guy whose entire CAREER should be marked with an

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  • Who are you?

    Last night, I had someone come pick up my old mattress that I had listed for free on Craigslist. This is the second time I’d listed it; breath of fresh air to not have to deal with flakers. Can you believe someone actually had the nerve to suggest I deliver? Argh. Anyway, the claimer spurred

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