February 2011

How to Make Sustainable, Ecofriendly Household Cleansers

February 28, 2011

The conversation over how to strategize a more sustainable lifestyle kicks off still more of what passes for thinking around my household. In a comment, Frugal Scholar pointed out the irony that discussions of sustainability often entail buying things. That certainly does seem to be the truth! Case in point: after learning that CFLs are [...]

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Live-Blogging from Elm Street…

February 27, 2011

4:00 a.m. sharp: Burglar alarm goes off. Sumbitch. Someone’s trying to get in the westside Arcadia door. My pistol’s not loaded, and even if it were, the ammo is so ancient it would probably blow me to Kingdom Come before it did in the burglar. Dial 911 while re-securing the side door. Can’t see anyone [...]

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Another Rainy Day Roundup

February 26, 2011

This weekend another wet storm is drifting in from California. We’re supposed to get rain tomorrow, though it looks suspiciously like we could see that today. And once again the hysterical talking heads on the Play-Nooz tell us to expect cold…ohhhhh! even SNOW IN PHOENIX! Eek. {gronk} I suppose this means I’ll have to haul [...]

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Annual Windfall Arrives

February 25, 2011

The state direct-deposited the $4450 it owes me for this year’s installment on my RASL (retiree unpaid sick-leave). Very nice…but what to do with it? I’d figured to put $2500 of it in the Roth IRA and invest the rest in the brokerage account. This would plump up my retirement savings by another few thousand [...]

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Thinking about Sustainability

February 24, 2011

On the way home from yesterday’s interminable visit to the Mayo, I dropped by a friend’s shop in mid-town Phoenix, a serendipitous little brainchild that morphed from a nonprofit thrift store to a wonderful design, clothing, art, and gift store featuring nothing but sustainable crafts and products. More about my friend Loral later: I’d like [...]

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Gasoline Costs Putting a Crimp on Life

February 23, 2011

{sigh} I had to turn down an invite to meet SDXB and NG in the West Valley on Friday. They want to go to some goofy event at the Ben Avery Range where enthusiasts of antique guns get dressed up in Wild West clothes. I’m sure it’ll be fun, but I just can’t afford the [...]

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