Of Candace Parker Throwing Punches, Hills Hoists, and Just Showing Up

It sounds like the game between the Sparks and the Shock ended ugly last night. Candace Parker, Plenette Pierson, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Rick Mahorn were all ejected after a melee broke out in the final seconds. Meanwhile, in what could be a significant loss for the Shock, Cheryl Ford, who was trying to […]

Red Blazer and the Greening of Concord

The Red Blazer is a restaurant that’s graced the scene in Concord, NH for quite some time. I’ve visited it on occasion through the years - mostly for work-related events. I definitely haven’t been a frequent flier - but their efforts on the sustainability front definitely make me want to support them more.
Here’s […]

Of Google Alerts, and Oikos, and Big Bill’s Pettiness

I’ve been meaning to write for awhile about this very neat on-line tool that I’ve been using lately … Google Alerts! This is a free service whereby you can enter any number of keywords or search terms that you want, and receive alerts from Google by e-mail, whenever those terms pop up as the […]

Explicating the Eighteen … and Other Stuff

Lindsey Dolich (of ESPNsoccernet) has posted her analysis of the USWNT 18-woman Olympic Roster. I love the “battle cry” that she cites, as Pia continues her transformation of this team.
Embrace change. Be brave.
A profile of Pia went up on the NBC Olympic Site yesterday and I was interested to note that she debuted for […]

Something Green

A friend sent me some informaton about a site called Catalog Choice which lets you identify catalogs you want to stop receiving … and which apparantly actually WORKS!  I guess you select the catalog you want to cancel, enter your customer number from the catalog mailing label, and the site will contact the source … and voila.  Nifty!  […]

At a Loss …

It’s Saturday … and a busy one at that!  I don’t have a topic for today, and need to go do the food shopping for the week.  Well - how about this?  Here’s a copy of our weekly staples list for your perusal.  Take it, adapt it, and use it if you like!

Just do it … Just show up … Just … Just … No JUST about it!

Okay, here it is.  It’s 1/14/08 and my exercise regimen (the one I wrote about before the holidays) is almost non-existent.  Meanwhile chocolate calls, blogging calls, football still calls … and with football there’s the whole beer and pretzels thing … and you get the picture. 
I thought I had it licked, stepping back from “just do it” […]

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