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Uniontown: Charming brick Federal-style home for rent. Lots of historic charm. 3 BR, 1.75 baths, hardwood, modern kitchen, nice yard, lots of windows, family room. Pets maybe. Security deposit; references required.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Just Stop Buying!
I'm in. This from the New York Times, 2/24/07:
Read the whole story here.
By M. P. DUNLEAVEY: "It sounds like something that would happen in San Francisco. In 2005, a few friends gathered for dinner and started bemoaning the fate of the planet, the environmental impact of consumer excess — and ended up challenging one another to not buy anything new for six months...
Yet for such a simple and not terribly sexy idea — to buy nothing new, other than food and other absolute essentials — the Compact has managed to build a groundswell of supporters."
You are allowed to buy new socks and underwear, as needed.Read the whole story here.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Power of Roses
Amazing how a dozen (or 14) roses in a vase can accent the clutter in this house. Makes me want to clear everything out so their beauty can have the full stage without distraction. At least got me to pick up a little.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
I knew it!
Regular Midday Snoozes Tied to a Healthier Heart
Taking a nap after lunch may be good for your heart. This splendid news arrived in the form of a study published Monday in The Archives of Internal Medicine.
In a study of more than 23,000 Greek men and women ages 20 to 86, researchers found that napping at least three times a week for a half-hour was associated with a significantly decreased risk of death from heart disease. After controlling for factors like smoking, body mass index, physical activity and diet, the researchers found that people who regularly took a siesta had a 37 percent lower coronary death rate than those who never napped. The effect was even greater in working men.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
The Blind Leading The Blind
Take my hand. There are two of us in this cave.
The sound you hear is water; you will hear it forever.
The ground you walk on is rock. I have been here before.
People come here to be born, to discover, to kiss,
to dream, and to dig and to kill. Watch for the mud.
Summer blows in with scent of horses and roses;
fall with the sound of sound breaking; winter shoves
its empty sleeve down the dark of your throat.
You will learn toads from diamonds, the fist from palm,
love from the sweat of love, falling from flying.
There are a thousand turnoffs. I have been here before.
Once I fell off a precipice. Once I found gold.
Once I stumbled on murder, the thin parts of a girl.
Walk on, keep walking, there are axes above us.
Watch for the occasional bits and bubbles of light —
Birthdays for you, recognitions: yourself, another.
Watch for the mud. Listen for bells, for beggars.
Something with wings went crazy against my chest once.
There are two of us here. Touch me.
The sound you hear is water; you will hear it forever.
The ground you walk on is rock. I have been here before.
People come here to be born, to discover, to kiss,
to dream, and to dig and to kill. Watch for the mud.
Summer blows in with scent of horses and roses;
fall with the sound of sound breaking; winter shoves
its empty sleeve down the dark of your throat.
You will learn toads from diamonds, the fist from palm,
love from the sweat of love, falling from flying.
There are a thousand turnoffs. I have been here before.
Once I fell off a precipice. Once I found gold.
Once I stumbled on murder, the thin parts of a girl.
Walk on, keep walking, there are axes above us.
Watch for the occasional bits and bubbles of light —
Birthdays for you, recognitions: yourself, another.
Watch for the mud. Listen for bells, for beggars.
Something with wings went crazy against my chest once.
There are two of us here. Touch me.
by Lisel Mueller
from Alive Together: New and Selected Poems
© Louisiana State University Press
from Alive Together: New and Selected Poems
© Louisiana State University Press
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Microwave Your Sponge!
This was covered in one of my very first posts, and now there's more research to confirm it. It does make you wonder, though, what microwaving might be doing to your food. This, from Dr. Weil.com:
Microwaving Decontaminates Sponges, Scrubbing Pads
No doubt about it, sponges and scrubbers are common carriers of bugs that cause food-borne illnesses. Kitchen pathogens from uncooked eggs, meat and vegetables get from the foods onto countertops, utensils and cleaning tools and from there to the sponges and scrubbers used for cleaning. Now a new study has demonstrated that zapping your kitchen sponges and scrubbers in the microwave will kill any bacteria and viruses they may harbor. Researchers at the University of Florida soaked sponges and scrubbing pads in dirty water containing a disgusting mix of fecal bacteria, viruses, parasites and bacterial spores, including pathogens that can survive efforts to destroy them with radiation, heat and toxic chemicals. They then zapped the filthy, wet sponges in an ordinary microwave for various lengths of time. Results showed that two minutes at full power killed more than 99 percent of all the bad bugs (however, hard-to-kill Bacillus cereus spores needed four minutes). The researchers advised microwaving your sponges and scrubbers every other day. Make sure the sponges and scrubbers are completely wet before you zap them. The study was published in the December 2006 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.
Microwaving Decontaminates Sponges, Scrubbing Pads
No doubt about it, sponges and scrubbers are common carriers of bugs that cause food-borne illnesses. Kitchen pathogens from uncooked eggs, meat and vegetables get from the foods onto countertops, utensils and cleaning tools and from there to the sponges and scrubbers used for cleaning. Now a new study has demonstrated that zapping your kitchen sponges and scrubbers in the microwave will kill any bacteria and viruses they may harbor. Researchers at the University of Florida soaked sponges and scrubbing pads in dirty water containing a disgusting mix of fecal bacteria, viruses, parasites and bacterial spores, including pathogens that can survive efforts to destroy them with radiation, heat and toxic chemicals. They then zapped the filthy, wet sponges in an ordinary microwave for various lengths of time. Results showed that two minutes at full power killed more than 99 percent of all the bad bugs (however, hard-to-kill Bacillus cereus spores needed four minutes). The researchers advised microwaving your sponges and scrubbers every other day. Make sure the sponges and scrubbers are completely wet before you zap them. The study was published in the December 2006 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health.
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