Earth Hour is Tonight

Ack! I did not know about this until I went to Google to do some research on my previous article. Tonight is Earth Hour in which everyone is encouraged to turn out the lights in their home and otherwise not conserve energy from 8pm to 9pm your time. This is to encourage energy conservation and raise awareness of the, sometimes catastrophic, climate changes that have been going on in the last decade.

I will be participating. Will you?

Male Pregnancy: Has Science Gone Too Far?

There is currently an experiment going on where, through the miracle of IVF a man, Mr. Lee Mingwei, is pregnant.

I wish I could say that I was open enough to accept this and intellectually I am. I understand that this is just another step in human development. I predict a time when pregnant men will become a fact of life. It will be another thing for couples to decide on. Volvo or Volkswagen? Ranch house or Colonial? I have the babies or you?

I also understand that there is a lot that we do not know about our beginnings. The physical evidence of our existence goes back only so far. Who knows what information has been destroyed by time, natural disasters, human ignorance and greed. Maybe at one point men were able to have babies but for some reason, lost the ability to do so and this experiment is simply closing the circle.

Collaborate: Save Money by Tapping Into Your Network

The gas squeeze is officially on. I recently read an article about gas prices going up and maybe hitting $4.00 per gallon before they sink under the $3.00 mark again. Things are so bad that I actually found myself reminiscing with my boss about gas costing only $0.79 per gallon when I graduated high school. You could fill up with a ten spot and still have money left over for McDonalds. Unfortunately, those days are gone and I’m certain we’ll never see them again so you might as well plan on trading in your car for a hybrid.

With the recession about to hit us (despite what the politicians say), it is important that we get a grip on our expenses. The pooling of resources has always been a good way to ensure that everyone in the community survives harsh times as well as experience a better quality of life. Here are seven ways that you and your network of friends, family and neighbors can come together to save money, increase buying power and successfully surf the rough ecomonic waves.