Archive for May, 2007

Lighter impact

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

If you’re looking to produce a lighter impact on the environment, Lighter Footstep is a site worth reading.

Recent entires include tips such as:

  • 10 ways to run a cheaper refrigerator
  • how a programmable thermostat can save you $150 bucks a year
  • and, how you can brew a more sustainable cup of coffee.

All interesting, all reducing the impact on the environment.

Hog wild

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Alabama has gone hog wild. At least in the eyes of an 11-year-old hunter who bagged a 1,000+ pound, 9-feet-4 inch wild hog. The animal was shot on a hunting preserve near Oxford, Alabama.

Listen to the podcast of the taxodermist charged with mounting such a beast.