Like to eat fish that hasn’t been genetically modified into frankenfish? Tell the FDA. Massive mutant GMO salmon, genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as wild salmon, are coming to a table near you if you don’t act today. On September 3rd, a panel of three Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials declared that [...]
Want to see where I dry most of my clothes? Well, here you go: Yes, I have a dryer, and yes, I use it on occasion. But most of my clothing, towels, and cleaning rags go on this rack or on hangers to dry. We aren’t allowed to put anything on our porches to dry [...]
This past weekend I had a friend visiting from out of town, and as such we ended up playing tourist here in downtown Denver. One thing I noticed, however, is that there are not any recycling bins around the tourist areas – only trash cans full to the brim with both trash and recyclables alike. [...]
If you happen to walk by a business late at night, I guarantee you will see computers left with their monitors on. I don’t understand why people do it, but many, many employees leave their monitors “on” all night and all weekend long. Whether it’s because they think their backup systems won’t work or their [...]
Did you know that depending on where you live, your electricity costs might be cheaper at night and on weekends? Yep, it’s true. Here in Denver they don’t differentiate, but in most areas they do. I randomly picked the state of South Dakota and looked up their chart from Xcel Energy, and this is what [...]
We’ve all been there – you run into the store to buy 1 or 2 small items, and the clerk bags them up for you. But did you really need the bag to carry an apple and a 1/2 gallon of orange juice? Not really. So next time you are in the store and you [...]
