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Square Foot Gardening

We picked up Mel Bartholomew’s Square Foot Gardening book last year with the intent of planting a small vegetable garden,...

April 8, 2010
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HTPC Results

[This is the final part in a series on building your own HTPC] The primary reason I set out to...

March 15, 2010
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Home Theater PC

When you start the research, like I did, on building your own Home Theater PC, you inevitably come across a...

February 28, 2010
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Green vs Green

If you want to “go green” for environmental reasons, that’s great. If you want to do it for financial reasons,...

July 2, 2009
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Back to Normal

He we are at the end of another 30 days. I won’t talk about how difficult it was — I...

June 30, 2009
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Michael

Last year at this time, almost to the day, I was remembering George Carlin after his passing. Yesterday, the universe...

June 26, 2009
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Time Wasters

I usually save links to post to my other site, but these don’t really fit that well, so I thought...

June 25, 2009
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Hulu on the Wii

Last year we bought a Wii. Shortly after we downloaded the Internet Channel for it, one of its biggest limitations...

June 21, 2009
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Grade School Reunion

I told a few people last week that I was planning a reunion for members of my 8th grade class,...

June 17, 2009
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Schmittel’s Nursery

Last week I wrote about our new trees. We bought them from Schmittel’s Nursery in Maryland Heights, and paid them...

June 13, 2009
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Chalkboard Door

In addition to the updated spice rack, we also recently remodeled the basement door. My wife has had the idea...

June 12, 2009
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Our New Patio

Between increasing state tourism and boosting consumer confidence, we were already doing our part to stimulate the economy, but now...

June 7, 2009
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A Poem Lovely As A Tree

It’s been a year since I last wrote about the torturous sewer project that transpired in our back yard. There...

June 3, 2009
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Free Energy

Last summer when I wrote about our solar water heater installation, I was anxious to see how it would function...

March 1, 2009
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The End of the Road

Well, here we are at the end of 30 Days of Blog. It was fun, but I must admit that...

June 30, 2008
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I’m Cheating

Fridays are the hardest. Whew. When I accepted this challenge, I wouldn’t have guessed that one day would be harder...

June 27, 2008
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It Ain’t Over Yet

Looks like I might have spoken a bit prematurely last month when I said that the end was in sight....

June 20, 2008
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Going Solar

As I mentioned previously, I was considering installing a photovoltaic system this year to offset some of our home energy...

June 9, 2008
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Time in a Bottle

When I graduated college and started working full time, it was a bit of a shock initially. You never realize...

June 2, 2008
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I Accept the Challenge

One of my friends from college (who blogs at the curiously named site Numb Trolley Bus) has issued a challenge...

June 1, 2008