Month: November 2005

The Things You Find

You never know what you’re going to find in a morning’s click through a chain of links. Today’s unexpected find was Vassar Blogs.

Looking at the list of fellow Vassar bloggers, I realized I vaguely remember a guy named Taegan in my class, but until today I had no clue he was THE Taegan Goddard of Political Wire.

The list is highly skewed to the Class of 2000 and younger, but it’s still a neat little resource for us Vassar folk. I hope the list continues to grow.

Tip of the Day: Freecycle

I know a lot of people are extremely fond of Craig’s List, but I’ve found Freecycle to be as good as, or even better than, CL when it comes to finding a new home for stuff. The ‘catch’ is, you can’t get cash for your stuff. You have to give it away. I suppose it’s deeply “hippie dippy Californian” but it works.

Goodwill is excellent for rehoming many things (plus you get a nice tax deduction), but there’s some stuff they don’t take. Moving boxes, for example. I hate throwing perfectly good (and not inexpensive) boxes away when a move is done. Twice now I’ve tried posting ads on CL to get rid of our boxes after a move, and didn’t get any takers. Today, in less than three hours, I found a willing taker for all our extra boxes on Freecycle. And the nice guy who took them promised to Freecycle the boxes in his turn after his move was done. So, the boxes get reused, I feel good and get some space in my living room back. All is well.

If you’ve got some stuff you don’t want to just throw away, and can’t find a new home for it on your own, take a look at Freecycle.

Buh-Bye, Bag

One of the straps tore off my school knapsack today. Considering how heavy my laptop is, I’m not too surprised; it was bound to happen sooner or later. But I’m bummed because it was my PalmSource knapsack, and it’ll be a long time before I see nice schwag like that again.

Liar Liar

Which one of these is NOT a liar?

A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.

No wonder they didn’t want to be under oath in front of Congress.