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Posts from ‘October, 2008’

A brief status update

I just noticed it’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote anything here, so here’s a really brief rundown of what’s been happening on the home front:

It’s getting cold. Pretty dang cold. Tonight’s nighttime temperatures are in the 20s. Goodbye garden!
The house is still progressing. But I’ve recently accepted the fact that I won’t [...]

America, the economy, fascism, and more!

There’s a lot of shit happening out there. The economy is in shambles, and it’s just now really starting to show.
Members of Congress have been threatened with martial law if the $700 billion bailout bill has not been passed. In this video, Representative Brad Sherman reports the threat of martial law if they voted no [...]

Cook with a hot box and save energy

Whenever I cook rice, I use a hot box. I boil the rice for five minutes, and then throw the pot into an insulated hot box for about three hours, and then have perfectly cooked rice for dinner. It’s a no-brainer way to use less energy.
I wrote up an article for Planetsave about how to [...]