History and Science - like long lost brothers (or sisters).

Podcasts are great. While cleaning the car today, I listened to a new one - Stuff you missed in history class (itunes link). In one episode, they were talking about alternative theories about early [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:46:30

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Can You Keep Your Sewing Machine Running?

by David Trumble Imagine buying a brand new Lincoln Continental or BMW or Cadillac ... and maintenance. You would never go year after year on your car without changing the oil or cleaning off ... between $79.95 and $129.95. If you need your sewing machine serviced several times a year, the costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:47:04

Detail Your Truck

For 4×4 enthusiasts, there is a special pride when you have a nice, clean, well detailed truck, SUV or Jeep ... . Truck Cleaning Detailing Starts with Great Supplies Today, you can walk into most auto parts shops ... your car.  There are plenty of exterior soaps, waxes, cleaning equipment, shampoos, tire cleaners [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 19:49:14

You are so Envious.

I apologize for the lack of posts this week, but it’s been a pretty busy week with hiking, a new puppy, lots of cleaning and laundry, ... are piling into the car tomorrow and driving the ten hours to Washington D.C. to sit for hours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:43:30

Forget the front desk: Hotels go high tech

There’s nothing like a bit of luxury when staying at a nice hotel ... service, set a wake up call, request your luggage, dry cleaning, or car (or if you’re going [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 22:01:19

Homemade Windshield De-Icer Fends Off Frost [DIY]

Life in a snowy winter climate without a garage includes a yearly sentence of months wielding an ice scraper to clean off your car. Make winter less arduous with these handy DIY de-icer recipes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:00:00

Ashton Kutcher's 'Spread': The Plight Of The Los Angeles Asshole [Spread]

Spread—in which Ashton Kutcher graphically screws his way to the middle in Hollywood—is surely one of the most commercial films at Sundance this ... hookup, Kutcher nudges Levieva at the crack of dawn. "I gotta move your car," he says. "It's street cleaning." [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:45:05

that's where you'll find me

new york trilogy - II central park from gabriele vinci on vimeo.i was sitting in the car waiting for j to pump gas and cleaning out my wallet when i found ... . i'm eager to try ippudo ramen, and our favorite brick oven pizza at lil' frankies. hoegardens on tap [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 22:00:00

10 Tips for Better Gas Mileage

Gas prices have gone down but with the bad economy every little bit of saving counts ... for high performance and luxury cars. 4.    Keep up the maintenance: A clean air filter can increase [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:11:53

Subway Window Ads Alarm Some Riders

The fact that this is all being promoted under the guise that it is to cut down on Scratchiti is a little perplexing. By Jennifer 8 ... graffiti on the windows. Scratchiti has become more popular over the past decade as more cleaning ... windows reduce the amount of hot sun that enters subway cars. “The car equipment people have for a long [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:53:33

Custom Detailed Cars

Custom Detailed Cars POSTED BY Tina on Jan 17 under Home Improvement: Cleaning Tips and Tools Look around at the other vehicles, ... but the litter box? Does it seem like all of your spare time is spent cleaning stains out of the carpet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:29:26

Beware of Flood Damaged Cars

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured into the Houston area ... damaged cars. Many of these cars were also trucked across the country where they were given clean ... into the market soon - and quite possibly to your area, even if you live thousands of miles away. How [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 12:02:35

Pamper Your Vehicle

From the start we are told that we need to take care of our belongings ... . The inside will also receive a deep cleaning. They will vacuum your upholstery and mats ... with a car cleaner and a soft cloth. They will be sure to rinse and dry your car by hand to eliminate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 15:13:32

Where are the cupcakes?

A quick note: A co-worker gave me a scented oil diffuser for Christmas - you know, a bottle of oil with the decorative reeds coming out of it ... . Now they just get angry that I don't have cupcakes.) And as a side note, I had a dental cleaning this morning ... that the driver-side door of the car next to mine had smashed into my car. I turned around and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:51:35

peep, peep

little bleats from absolutely small 09:21 All day yesterday, painting and worrying that I should be plushing. Today, quite pleased with the little half-done paintings. Hmm.17:27 I am a cleaning machine! 2 gunky windows down, complicated espresso machine, porch, car interior...who's next? Stand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:27:00

Coming soon to Iran: Gender-segregated cars!

Coming soon to Iran: Gender-segregated cars!: superhamburgeramerica: ... of a slender 30-something in sweats cleaning up carpet stains her adorable toddler makes and being ecstatic that she’s finally found a cleaning product that has enabled her to live the antiseptic suburban [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 17:43:00

aafes new car sales vehicle

truck mount carpet cleaning.. aafes BY Your Heart The diplomatic automobile sales New have to &acirc... [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 17:41:54

Family update

Finally! Some more pics. We are all hanging in there ... I am up for about an hour each time, feeding, cleaning her butt, then going to the bathroom myself ... ILoaded car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:58:00

Progress Report

A VERY informative demonstration and talk on snakes was the first item on the agenda at the meeting ... person’, re the removal of car wrecks from the salt marshes as promised,after Clean-up Australia Day [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 05:04:57

Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman

This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41

Who’s Who in Green: Josh Dorfman

This week’s Who’s Who in Green focuses on the accomplishments of Josh Dorfman, a green entrepreneur and media personality with his own radio show, ... water waste, and for Green Works, the new line of green cleaning products by Clorox. Josh ... into a nation of a billion car drivers. Since then, he’s made it his goal to help people maintain [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:17:41

Audi Sportback Concept

Debut in Detroit: Audi is unveiling the Sportback concept show car at the 2009 North American International Automobile Show ... TDI clean diesel almost completely eliminates nitrogen oxides. This engine already meets the emissions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:19:00

Picking up a few smashed plates

Blimey. We certainly didn't intend to take a six week sabbatical from blogging. Can't imagine what we were doing over the past month or so.. ... these are tested to breaking point. Any flaws are horribly exposed. Like steadily accelerating a car ... such as returns, accounts, general de-Christmassing and shop 'deep cleaning'. However, that's not exactly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 22:23:00

No Justice…No Peace! ~ Oakland Riots After Senseless Police Violence

A peaceful demonstration turned into a riot Wednesday night in Oakland, California ... downtown were cleaning up, dealing with the aftermath of smashed windows and cars. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:52:45

How To Brain Dump Tasks To Increase Your Productivity

I’m going through Eben Pagan’s Wake Up Productive (currently closed) video training program (Eben is fast becoming my favorite mentor) ... , and needed cutting. My house needed a good clean. I had to buy food, pay bills, sort out my car [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:27:23

Tulsa Tuesday - Haunted Places in Tulsa

Sometimes I kid in my posts, but I’m not joking about this. I don’t know what that blue light is in the above photo ... or a janitor cleaning.* 8. Train Tracks Some believe that if you park your car in this location [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 11:36:45

2009 Audi Sportback Concept Official Detail

Audi is unveiling the Sportback concept show car at the 2009 North American International Automobile Show ... TDI clean diesel almost completely eliminates nitrogen oxides. This engine already meets the emissions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 18:53:00

Callala Bay News, November 2008

 Summary from the Progress October General Meeting: ... person’, re the removal of car wrecks from the salt marshes as promised,after Clean-up Australia Day [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 05:26:55

Gutter cleaning (well, hiring gutter cleaners) time again

When I first bought my duplex, I was aware that gutter cleaning was one of those things that responsible homeowners did every fall — to prevent ice ... , or onto my car, or anything else that could be broken. I quickly decided that gutter cleaning wasn’ ... for about four years. I found some yard and garden services advertising for gutter cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 16:38:52

Federal regulation for toxic coal ash

Each year, U.S. power plants generate enough coal ash to fill 1 million railroad cars ... . But the regulations would prevent the much larger cost of cleaning up massive spills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:01:05

SKILL MAIDS: CLEANING HOUSES IS SEXY!

Shirley Ann M. sent in this picture of a car advertising Skill Maids: She says, ... , is that there is no more better outfit to wear for efficiently cleaning a large house than a dress and heels. See ... I was blown away by the blatant sexual stereotyping in this picture: the maid in high heels, bent [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 04:40:11

Dell Latitude XT dropped, tossed, soaked & run-over in the name of stress testing

If the Samsung SSD drop test video set you shivering, we’ve another test video that might similarly affect you ... grass, then onto gravel, before cleaning up with a quick shower before being run over by a car ... coming soonDell Latitude-based Tablet PC caught on cameraLatitude Notebooks Available without Windows [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 11:44:03

Great Things Do Come in Small Packages

I'm in the home stretch of getting ready for my vacation to see the Civil War battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg ... my car for the first serious road trip would be an understatement.I finished cleaning the house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:20:00

FS: CLEAN! 01' Integra F7|Hondata|SRR|ITR|S2 & more!

I love this car and thought i would never sell it! But i have a chance to make a big move and I'm gonna take it ... water pump GReddy Air duct plate Blox cam cap ITR FULL exhaust 8K HIDS Yellow high beam bulbs 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 19:28:27

Auto Bailout Designed as Rebates for Buyers?

by Mary Steve Benen talked about a proposal written up in the Washington Monthly which says instead of bailing out the auto makers, ... model, and adding millions of cars to the road that aren't exactly efficient, environmentally-friendly ... while cleaning the air and helping prop up the auto industry. Mary [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 07:42:38

Vacation part 2, Texas

Cruise follow-up: Mary Beth posted her cruise photos on Picasa.  Margaret posted her photos on Kodak ... to read my book. I picked up my rental car and headed to Julia’s apartment. She had worked hard at getting it cleaned up, including  renting a carpet cleaner, due to pet issues with the carpet. I think [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 06:30:13

General Hospital RUMORS & SPOILERS Nik Breaks Up With Nadine? 1.19.9

#fullpost{display:inline;}It’s a quicky today, I’m not in my regular surroundings. Can we say GRANDKIDS??!! ... out we heard RUMBLINGS about a few weeks back?RUMORS over the weekend have Maxie in a car accident ... up for a job for Johhny while Johnny’s spotted at Jake’s cleaning up. After Carly comes through for Lulu [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:32:00

W. David Shaw - One More Time

Nothing new to add in the way of information on W. David Shaw.. ... this artist any time soon, I thought I'd do a little 'house cleaning'.First up, a pretty wild double ... the otherwise mundane photo of a car on a white background needed something to create some visual interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:28:00

Burn, Baby Burn!

by Capessa, on Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:44am PST Let’s face it. Now is the time of year that you want to kick that calorie burn into high gear ... 238 vacuuming 119 cleaning house: general, light 87 decorating Christmas tree 85 food ... preparation 136 Unloading car 102 LOW BURN ACTIVITIES CALS BURNED IN 30 MIN. reading: sitting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 23:43:09

Great Things Do Come in Small Packages

I’m in the home stretch of getting ready for my vacation to see the Civil War battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley and Gettysburg ... my car for the first serious road trip would be an understatement. I finished cleaning the house [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 22:26:33

Antique Car Discovered by Relatives

Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr, a Holy Grail for car collector’s were shocked at what they found when he past they began cleaning out the garage of his Gosforth home in Northern England after he past [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:27:41

Mazda Kiyora Concept Makes Waves

Kiyora Concept Rumor has it that as spacey as this concept looks, its design points to a future city car from Mazda, due out in 10 years or so.  The Kiyora (Japanese translation: clean and pure) may not look production feasible, but beneath its wave-like exterior are several innovations that are or will soon be employed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 13:01:01

The Passion of the Everyday

It's New Year's Day. A day both reviled and praised for its insipid power to make people introspective and to arouse a need for revision in one's ... for me as losing ten pounds and cleaning up the basement might be for you.Two of the activities ... hero or blind race car driver, but their zeal nonetheless comes across ebulliently. Neither Julie [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:18:00

Mommy Wore Combat Boots, Week 27: Self improvement, not resolutions

Trying to drag us all back on schedule has been almost as hard as getting 60 women to work as a team ... to work. Keep in mind, we have one car, and ours is not a public-transit kinda town. But this week ... shopping, cleaning, and cooking an actual dinner have all become more important than they were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:33:33

Luca Technologies Raises $76M for Coal Biotech

Colorado-based biotech firm Luca Technologies has raised a $75.9 million round of Series C financing, the company confirms with us today ( ... Perkin’s new “Green Growth Fund” and $40 million from One Equity Partners. Coal and natural gas ... have to do with cleaning up energy production? It’s a Band-Aid fix at best, but as Green Car Congress [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:00:32

I Woke Up in My Car With Cookie Crumbs Everywhere

It was 10:30 on a Thursday night. I'd cleaned out my house, any food that wasn't part of my new plan had been thrown away ... meltdown happen two more times before I locked into a rhythm of eating clean. Here's the ultimate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:02:16

Biz Donations to VY

It might be time to pick a different car dealer, gas station, cell phone store, carpet cleaner, and insurance agent ... s Best Carpet Cleaning, Sioux Falls, SD - $200Olson Oil, Sioux Falls, SD – $20,000Olson Oil owns ... Machine Works, Bismark, ND - $200Wollman Construction, Sioux Falls, SD - $1000DLO, Inc., Sioux Falls [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 16:28:00

Taking Care of the Kids - CPSIA Style!

If the government can overreact, so can I! It’s time to clean house and make sure there are no toys, books, ... has been tested; how do I know my children are safe? The only solution is to start cleaning it all out. After ... all for each of my kids. Then there’s the stroller and car seat. Not to mention my other kids’ beds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:30:44

checklist

1. Car seat inspected by the fire department- check2. Baby bag packed with clothes, diapers and everything else she could possibly need- check 3. My fancy car seat has arrived that I have been patiently waiting for- check 4. My house is clean- check 5. The carpet and Gracie's chair has been steam cleaned- check6. My hospital bag is packed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:00:00

Bad mum forgot about the Australian sun

This has been a bad went, with lots of medical bills and then our car goes and kicks the bucket ... and valcuumed more often. Basically I have to be come a cleaning lady lol. Seriously though our house ... aren't fussy where they live mostly in upholstery. Hopefully once under control [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:01:00

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