When I arrived home from work yesterday, I found that one of my tomato plants, the one that is now officially taller than me, had fallen over from growing well above its wire cage. For some reason, there were absolutely no long stringy (rope, twine, string, etc.) things in my house yesterday. None. Zilch. Absolutely nothing I could tie up a tomato plant with. I had also run out of padded 9″x12″ envelopes with which to send things through the mail in. In addition, I had been meaning to …

Just a few days ago the United States Social Forum had their conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I heard about it only now, and I do not believe there are any further official events planned for the year. However, I figure it’s never too late to write about a good thing, so please make sure to jump over to the USSF site and check out what they are doing. Here’s a little about the event/organization. (There is also plenty of video and audio (thank you, Karlos) out there available from the …

I just got done reading a great article by Don Fitz at ZNet.comwith a sort of checklist of “It ain’t green if…” observations about green building. I’m not convinced that I agree with every item one-hundred percent, but I do agree with the wide premise of the article, that as with everything that comes with the promise of being  green, organic, natural, and eco-friendly, it is important to scratch the surface and see what is really going on.

Fitz has done a good job of stepping back from all the …