From the monthly archives:

October 2009

When a Plain-Jane Rain Barrel Simply Won’t Do

October 19, 2009

Saving water is stylish now! And a consequence of that is more high-design products with which to stylishly save water! While that DIY-hacked, second-hand barrel you dragged from the dump [...]

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We have met the Numptee and He is Us

October 18, 2009
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Well, didn’t we have a rousing good time writing about Mr. Numptee, the bumbling red-lipped character in Yorkshire Water’s “Bin In, Don’t Flush It” campaign. Mr. Numptee finds himself in [...]

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h2o mp3: Pouring Water On A Drowning Man – Otis Clay

October 16, 2009

Otis Clay is 67 years old and still serving up the soul, performing his brand of R&B and gospel all over the world. Mississippi-born but now a long-time Chicago resident, [...]

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Fact-o-Pic: The Green Green Grass of Home

October 15, 2009

It’s hard to believe that just a few years ago,  many desert dwelling suburbanites viewed lush green lawns as de rigueur–a defining symbol of the American dream. Not any more, but [...]

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In Full Surround! L.A. Mass Freak-Out over Rain

October 14, 2009

It almost never rains in Southern California, but when it does… “We’re going to have a mass panic on our hands.” Comedian Mark Iverson’s movie parody, Rain: H2O…NO pulls out every widescreen cliche [...]

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Mysterious Fruits of Water: Lychee Fruit

October 13, 2009

Installment #4! The world’s most esoteric fruits are helping marketers de-commoditize bottled water with mysterious, value-added flavorings. I shelled out $2.50 just so I could share this Borba Water with Lychee Fruit with you! The [...]

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THE WORKS Toilet Cleaner Blows!

October 12, 2009

In an incident sure to go on their permanent records, four South Carolina college students were arrested after detonating several “Works Bombs” in an around their dorm. A “Works Bomb” is [...]

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h2o mp3: I Love the Rain the Most (When it Stops) – Joe Purdy

October 9, 2009

We’ve had a wet few days here in my ‘burb, but now it’s clear…an ideal time to share American folk artist Joe Purdy’s song I Love the Rain Most (When [...]

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You Always Go First at All Nippon Airways

October 8, 2009

Soon, will your airfare include an additional fee for “holding it?” Maybe, now that Japan’s All Nippon Airways has started asking passengers to go to the toilet before boarding because…they [...]

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When Protozoa Came to the Big Screen

October 7, 2009

Fierce and cannibalistic! The battle to the death will be primitive and unmerciful! This is not a sensational film coming to your local multiplex, but a way-back look back at 76-year [...]

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