Most of us are unsuspecting chemical addicts, and one family is helping to educate us.
The Goode family are stars of the documentary Chemerical: Redefining Clean for a New Generation. For three months the Goodes were documented as they replaced all their cleaning products with the old-fashioned stuff: baking soda, vinegar, borax, and combinations of [...]
Robert Culp, the actor who teamed with Bill Cosby in the TV series I Spy, died Wednesday after collapsing outside his Hollywood home. Culp was 79.
Sources said that the actor was on a walk when he fell. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead just before noon. It is suspected that a [...]
I have personally always considered the % of sale pricing used to sell houses as being unfair to me as a consumer. In my case, I have sold every house I owned without the help of an agent. I determined pricing by either paying for an appraisal, or if possible, doing my own appraisal based [...]
Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
A family spokesperson said Parker, who was also TV’s Daniel Boone and later a major California winemaker and developer, died at his Santa Ynez Valley home. His death came [...]
Grandpa Richard is a techie, yet did not realize that most modern office photocopiers have a hard disk inside. Would you like to guess what is on that hard drive?
Yes, it has an operating system, since the photocopier is controlled by a small computer. It also has lots of information on its platters. Potentially confidential [...]
Perhaps he would not have heard anything regardless, but another iPod listener has died following an accident. In this case, the victim was listening to an iPod as he was jogging along a beach. A small plane made an emergency landing, hitting and killing the jogger in the process.
As the plane’s engine had died, [...]
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Now that people are forking out hundreds of dollars for strollers, they have become a hot commodity for thieves.
The Toronto Star has a story this morning about a couple who saw their stolen stroller advertised on Craig’s List and set up a sting operation. They got their stroller back, but police discourage the technique. Instead, [...]
I am an environmentalist at heart. I am not perfect, but I try to do things the right way. A way that helps preserve our environment for future generations.
Due to my philosophy, I am encouraged by the new time-of-day billing system for electricity use. Use hydro at peak times, and pay more. Use it off-peak, [...]
Some employees of the Ontario Provincial Government are getting new jobs with the Federal Government, as well as severance for losing their old jobs.
Yes, a blatant case of double-dipping, but do not blame the employees or their union. Blame the government negotiators who gave them such a sweet deal without some additional “but only if”s.
According [...]
