July 2008

As a couple with several computers and gadgets in our lives, Ted and I go through a lot of batteries. My digital camera uses AA batteries, and it runs through them like candy. Ted also loves his Wii, and those remotes eat up batteries constantly. We’ve experimented with rechargeable batteries before, thinking we’d be doing [...]

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This month marks the second anniversary of The Sustainable Scoop’s creation, which was two years and five days ago. I’m always one to celebrate with music, so in honor of the site’s two-year-old birthday, I’ve created a summer playlist for you guys to listen to. I tried to include a good cross-section of what I [...]

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As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been doing some intense gardening. At this point, it’s actually more like landscaping than gardening. I’ve been digging down to about twelve inches to reach the root systems for the mass of blackberries that have monopolized our side yard for some time, and now I’m tackling an old, rotten cherry [...]

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I wrote a post a while back about watching movies via download rather than on DVD because of the environmental impact. The one downfall to this, I noted, was that it sucks to watch amazing movies on a small laptop screen. Well, now this isn’t a problem for those of you with an Xbox 360 [...]

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MAIN DISH: Massaged Kale (“CHUD”)
SIDE DISH: Quinoa
DESSERT: Coconut Milk Ice Cream
MUSIC: Toots & the Maytals, 20th Century Masters

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Hi everyone, I’m back! I had a great time in Mexico, where my lovely sister-in-law married her new husband in a beautiful ceremony. I’m still catching up with work and housekeeping stuff, but hopefully I’ll be able to post the (insanely belated) Monthly Meal for June sometime today. I have a lot of other good [...]

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