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Lately I’ve been really into eating more natural foods and less processed ones, and I recently started baking bread again. I don’t know if it’s the books I’ve been reading (Omnivore’s Dilemma, Animal Vegetable Miracle), my change of diet to vegan, the economy, or the fact that I’ve been working a lot from home, but […]

OK, now that I’ve gotten your attention. You’re thinking “finally, she’s giving us the reason!” Turns out there is more than one reason why I am so irritable, here is the short list of what’s grinding my gears:

People who drive while talking on cell phones. Period. They say that we could lose up to 20 […]

Some of you have commented on my attempt to not use plastic bags this year–thanks for your support! It’s going pretty well. Some of you have also started using less of them yourself–congrats! I have two cool items that I found to help:

One thing that thwarts my efforts is when I go shopping unexpectedly, and […]

You probably heard the news story about San Francisco banning plastic shopping bags. They also recently banned bottled water for the city staff. Call SF our moral conscience when it comes to what’s good for the planet. I saw this Wired Science story that almost every sea creature that is opened up now has […]

We have an interesting situation that has unfolded over the past few years in Mira Mesa, the posh neighborhood where I live (ha). There is a vacant lot that was created in 1979 by one of the home builders, Pardee, and it has been donated for the development of a new school, the Jonas Salk […]

There was a 1982 made-for-TV-movie called Mazes and Monsters that made an impression on me. In the movie, Tom Hanks plays a college student who gets involved in role-playing games (RPG), and ultimately cannot separate real life from the game, and ends up believing that he is his game character for the rest of his […]

I have told some of you that I’ve decided to become a vegetarian, and I know that leads to further questions, so I thought I’d create an FAQ for you, as I know I’ve asked vegetarians many questions in my past. Here goes:

Why did you become a vegetarian? I have always been a veggie lover. […]

A few months ago, I joined a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm. This is a local farm which delivers organic fruits and vegetables to me at a neighbor’s house. It’s very very cool, because the food is organic, and very fresh. Also, its good for the environment to buy local produce, because there is less […]