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I had packed my work clothes up the night before, so all I needed to do when I ( Read more... )

This post is part of the Blog Action Day initiative, where more than 15,000 blogs spend the day posting about the environment and how it affects their lives. If you have a blog, join in with the rest of us today and let your voice be heard regarding something that affects all of us.

From March 2000 to August 2007, I worked as a government contractor ( Read more... )

From Comcast "news" (which is sort of like Fox News, only without the journalistic integrity and tireless fact-checking):

Blind People: Hybrid Cars Pose HazardThe gist is that the National Federation of the Blind is worried about the fact that hybrid cars make much less noise than regular cars, since blind people - quite understandably - rely on ( Read more... )

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Trelina and I have been trying to get the house ready for visitors for the last couple days, but we found out today that said visitors - who are in the process of moving from Florida to Maine - probably aren't going to be able to stop by after all.

This is a drag... but I consoled myself by hitting a massive sale at a local comic store. I am to ( Read more... )

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- The Teaching Company - purveyor of non-credit college courses on audio and video disc - has put up a complimentary audio lecture on the Jamestown Settlement. It's 45 minutes long. There's no form to fill out or anything like that. You just click on the link and download the file as an MP3 or an M4B.

- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is ( Read more... )

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The Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future may not be too far away...

According to the New York Times, Dr. Richard Gross is developing a vegetable oil polymer that can be used as a wrapper or container, then when it's fulfilled its purpose, can be easily converted into biodiesel fuel.  Garbage into oil!

(This is especially useful to the military. Several ( Read more... )