Posts Tagged ‘Cousins’
Hydroponic Vegetables
by Damian Jackson Growing your own hydroponic vegetables is great, it’s a fun hobby and you can make money on the side. Take a look at the following reasons for growing your own hydroponic vegetables. 1. Hydroponic vegetables grow up to 50% quicker than there soil grown cousins. This is because you have full control over the growing conditions which you will have manipulated to be optimum for whatever you’re growing. 2. Because you’re not using soil, you’re not limited to a garden. So if
So Long, Paper Bags
Do you miss those plastic bags that have been banished from San Francisco? Well, boo hoo! Get ready to say good bye to paper bags as well. Attractive young Supervisor Ross " Boots " Mirkarimi introduced legislation today that would send paper bags packing after their forlorn plastic cousins . The ban would affect the same grocery stores and pharmacies that have been forced to abandon plastic. This is an ordinance this writer can support, but only if it includes a requirement that the v
Fight FAT with Fire
You’ve heard the saying “fight fire with fire.” Here’s a new twist on that old adage – Fight FAT with Fire . Let me explain. When I was little, I was a bit chunky. Okay, a lot chunky. The kids in the neighborhood, my cousins, and other school chums would all take pot shots and poke fun at my weight. “What’s Up, Skinny Vinnie?” “Wanna play on our team Skinny Vinnie?” Even some of the parents in the neighborhood had a field day with my pot belly. One day, when I was 8, I had
Kids Can…See the Big Picture
I’m getting older. I realize this because the arrival of summer just doesn’t matter as much as it did before. Beyond serving as an indicator for when I can stop wearing sweaters and when I need to start giving up my weekends in favor of weddings, summer brings little in the way of day-to-day change. That’s not the case for the younger kids in my life—little cousins, nieces, nephews. To them, summer is the light at the end of the tunnel. There are no weddings (or at least, nothing they need to