We just got home from Pig Out in the Park where Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. and the MGs fame) played a gig. As I’ve previously pointed out, many of the artists that I like aren’t touring anymore. When I found out that he was playing (for free!), that was all I needed to…

Thanks to Nicole for pointing this out to me. So here’s the deal: Today is BlogDay. The idea is to link to five interesting blogs so that readers can be exposed to other cool blogs. LG reminds me a lot of my friend AJ. If only a lolatini were a real drink. Hey LG, we…

After six years, it’s finally happened. I’ve added advertising to my website. For a long time, and for various reasons, I was strongly opposed to having ads on my site. However my hobby has been an expensive one, and I’d like it to start paying me back. There are many professional bloggers, and the freedom…

The idea that everyone everywhere should go carbon neutral is unrealistic, but the idea that everyone everywhere could significantly reduce their carbon footprint is both realistic, and something that can be done immediately. Two of the main arguments against attempting to reduce one’s carbon footprint are that the steps to do so will be expensive…

A small debate as to the validity of the claims that global warming makes has, unsurprisingly, broken out in the comments section of my post, Ignoring the Global Warming Debate. There’s some good stuff in there, so instead of letting it stay hidden in the comments, I’ve decided to post some of the comments here,…

The first sentence of this article is all you need to know: Antibacterial soaps are no more effective than plain soap and water for killing disease-causing germs. Morah wanted me point out that the above statement is true as long as you wash your hands properly.

I’m getting a little sick of hearing all these differing viewpoints on global warming. For as many people as say that it’s a real phenomenon that we have to deal with immediately, there are just as many people who claim that there’s nothing to worry about. I recently watched two documentaries about global warming: An…

My sister was on the news, and there’s video of it online: http://www.krem.com/video/localnews-index.html?nvid=168834&she=1

Congratulations to Byrne Reese, product manager for Movable Type, who happened to post my 1,000th comment!

I remember a time when I was in school — it must have been around fourth or fifth grade — when “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” was the mantra being drilled into our heads. These days, you rarely hear about reduce and reuse, but recycle is more famous than ever. Reduce, reuse, recycle are in that order…