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cough cough…

August 4th, 2008 No Comments

– Richard Crowson / Wichita Eagle (August 3, 2008)
Also along these hazy lines, have a look past the propaganda and dig into the data points that prove that the pollution will continue unabated.  More drastic measures will certainly go into effect.  How about surrounding the city with Made in China vacuum cleaners with HEPA […]

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vitamin (D)eath

July 9th, 2008 1 Comment

–Originally posted on scrolldowndigital.com (my original blog) Feb 2008
UPDATE (July 2008):  An even purer source of Vitamin D located at “Ki Nature and Sante“. The only issue however is that this is a single drop solution, meaning you need to dilute the D in either his food or a bottle of milk/formula.
You have a […]

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environmental racism

July 9th, 2008 No Comments


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tag this

June 24th, 2008 3 Comments

Westmount needs a graffiti enema.

I love that sometimes I don’t need to wander far for a quick story…  here’s one.  Megafun productions across the way was having graffiti removed this morning.  Yes on June 24th.  Amazing.  Oh and the garbage crew did a run as well, trying to fool half the population who would have […]

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cool contract

June 12th, 2008 4 Comments

How do you paint a building the size of Imperial Lofts phase 2?  Well, like this of course.

Wait for the sunny days, fill your lift with buckets of paint and some rollers… and start painting.  One guy, one standard roller, one coat.  No primer.  I’ll update this post if they drop a second coat on […]

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if only they didn’t exist

June 9th, 2008 No Comments

Bugs that bite.  Can’t stand them.  I’m pretty sure they reside at the very top of the food chain.

- Larvae of Culex Mosquitoes (wikipedia common license)
When DEET (being a four letter word and all)  is a non option for a baby, where do you turn?  Citronella?  Crap.  Doesn’t really work well, and you need to […]

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sigg style

April 22nd, 2008 1 Comment

These are by far the coolest reusable bottles on the market.  But before I pick one up I just need to know…

click for treehugger post.

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dear phillips / avent

April 17th, 2008 No Comments

— green514 welcomes Veronik to the front page —

What are we going to do with our potentially toxic and completely non recyclable baby bottles?  Turn them into musical instruments, little planters, pencil holders? Fortunately for our son’s health, this topic came to light early enough for us to find a better solution.
I called […]

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