From LifeHacker: Make your gifts more “green”: Re-gifting is a good way to “go green,” as long as you’re not re-gifting something awful that the recipient won’t like, of course. For kids, buy a family membership to the nearest zoo or science museum, so they can go anytime their parents will take them. It’s activity-based, […]
Water Plants
(This is a note-to-self) My aquariums currently have in them: Eustradis stellata Hygrophila sp. “ceylon” Banana lilly Duckweed Water Sprite Java moss Java fern Guppy grass Amazon sword 2 or three other unidentified plants.
“Raised Awareness”
Something I’m pondering and want to go on about. I just read the wishlist of a young woman who wants, for Christmas, to raise awareness about a couple of serious issues, like prematurity and domestic violence. Now, I’m all for dealing with serious issues, but I don’t think that raising awareness is really necessary for […]
Cat Training
A few months ago, I started training my cat Alladin to do tricks. This was motivated not by boredom or excessive zeal in pet ownership, nor was it prompted by a lack of children or dog to take the brunt of my training euphoria. No, it was self-defense. You see, Alladin is too smart for […]
Which video service is the best?
An amusing look at hype over at blogebrity: YouTube, Google Video, and Revver