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Situation in Japan
One of my friends at work is from Japan. She's got an update on the situation, and a plea for donations to Red Cross:
As some of you know, I was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. Japan is where all of my family lives, and I have many friends throughout Japan including areas that have been devastated by repeated earthquakes and tsunamis. While my ( Read more... ) -
Canadian Economic Practices a Good Example?!?
Growing up in Canada through the 90's, the US felt like the rich dare-devil cousin with more money than sense. I always saw our southern neighbor as that irritatingly lucky person who has wild ups and downs, but always lands on their feet well enough to have another long spendthrift cycle of easy money.
I never expected Canada's boring, make-sure- ( Read more... ) -
Help! Need Computer Monitor.
I need one for work. My company will give me such things when I'm in the office, but when working from Campus I'm on my own ( Read more... ) -
Grass-fed and Wild Meat
I made the leap this year to avoiding factory farmed meat with rare exceptions. (Sometimes I'm not too picky about my fish, but I'm moving towards sustainable fish too).
I eat out a lot, so I was thrilled to find a list of restaurants that serve grass-fed meat: http://www.eatwild.com/products/washingtonresources.htm
(half-way down the page)
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Guys want love and romance too
Its past time for people to stop telling girls that all guys want is sex. I remember getting this message over and over again when I was young - especially in my early 20's ( Read more... ) -
Support Wayward
Wayward coffee house had a burglary last night. If you can get out there, now would be a good time to show support and buy coffee.
http://www.phinneywood.com/2009/11/09/wayward-coffeehouse-burglarized-overnight/
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SteamPunk Cakes!
Ripped from the Seattle Steamrats Google Group:
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/10/sunday-sweets-steampunk.html
Mike's Amazing Cakes is right here in Seattle, and Clever Cake Studio, based in Auburn, will be opening an Etsy store in November.
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Environmental Dry Cleaning
I found a good article on the more environmental alternatives to perc dry cleaning: http://www.sprig.com/Your_Dry_Cleaning/output/print
Perc is toxic for humans and the environment, but has been the only way to get dry-clean only completely clean for a long time. Until recently, the best solution was to use as little as possible (also best for the ( Read more... )