those last 40 lbs

if you’ve made it this far (5 whole days and counting!) with your new year’s resolution to drop some pounds , here are some incentives/inspirations you might want to check out:

healthywage.com is a free website that will pay you to lose weight. you can win $100 or up to $1000 if you put in some [...]


the big ball dropping event

like everything else, the times square ball is going green this year with the replacement of some older halogen bulbs with new led lights. rain is in the forecast this new year’s eve so if you were planning on heading to see it in person, you might want to rethink it and choose one of [...]


this year, consider giving a real hamster

before you start wrapping the holiday gifts, consider that that the green gift guide goodguide.com has identified a few gifts you may want to return (if you kept the receipt).  here’s the list:

zhu zhu pets – the robot hamster (apparently this year’s cabbage patch kid) contains too much of some chemical called antimony so does the [...]


what about the king of pop?

his sudden death shocked the world.  they just released his song. his movie’s coming out at the end of the month.  it surprises me that he didn’t make the top 10 list of costumes for halloween as identified by the national retail federation’s last week.  the federation’s report says that of the 47M grown-ups and [...]


how to get your house egged and tp’d this halloween

the mother nature network has identified some eco-friendly halloween candy choices in case you are interested in serving the neighborhood kids fair trade and organic candy choices. hopefully when the kids come to toilet paper your house, they’ll use seventh generation.  but seriously, here are some suggestions:

sjaak’s fair trade vegan peanut butter bites ($65.00 per [...]


have enough family time?

in case you didn’t, here’s a holiday clip from the daily show to get you ready for next year and more importantly, to get your morning off right.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Easter & Passover Highlights

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a dozen roses and a large fries

that’s what you may be getting for valentine’s day next year because the mm mm delicious treat that is chocolate may soon become as rare as caviar in the next 20 years. howard shapiro, global director for plant science and external research for mars said that we need to do something to prevent a chocolate [...]