We wish the weather would hurry up and get a little warmer. Here in California we just got a nice taste of some spring like weather and then - wham - right back into winter.
It just makes us want to crawl in under the sheets.
And, we really like the fact that there are more [...]

In a report yesterday, Mattel has decided to replace all nickel-cadmium batteries with nickel-metal hydride.
Toys “R” Us, Inc., has also gotten into the act and asked all manufacturers that produce toys exclusively for them, to stop using nickel-cadmium batteries. We say that’s a good thing.
Nickel-cadmium batteries are extremely toxic to produce. The [...]

The news is out today that the CDC and FEMA have found excessive levels of formaldehyde in the post Katrina trailers.
This is a tragedy that adds to the already sizable burden of Katrina tragedies.
But, it also brings out into the open the dangers of formaldehyde in building materials. Not just in the Katrina trailers. [...]

We like flowers. Yes we do.
It would be especially cool (hint, hint) to get some nice organic flowers that are pesticide free. Since pesticides can bother that little thyroid of ours. And, nervous system too…
Check out Organic Bouquet or California Organic Flowers. Or, if you don’t mind doing a little leg [...]

I remember when I was a little kid growing up, it was a treat to go out to the drive up broasted chicken place on Saturday night. We used to sit there in our car seats, where it smelled vaguely of gasoline and interior vinyl treatment. I can still remember the taste of [...]