I started a new website to blog and track my progress of becoming healthy and self sufficient, Fat and Crunchy. I’m still not quite sure, but I think I’m going to blog solely on that site. So, I just wanted to let you know.

I’m going to use this website as a portfolio. Slowly (but surely) I will be transitioning it to showcase my various works. So get ready for that! Thanks for following along all these years. I’ll see you at F&C!

I wanted to make a wine bottle glass for a long long time. I bought the bottle cutter from Green Power Science and followed Dan Roja’s advice for using boiling water instead of an open flame. It broke apart on the line beautifully. I then sanded the lip down using normal sanding sheets. I can’t wait to make more.

Wine Bottle Drinking Glass

Here is some Almond Milk. I combined Almonds (that had been soaking overnight), Water, and Vanilla… blended… and drained out pulp.

Blurry Picture of Almond Milk

On Sunday, I helped my friend Bob shoot a movie scene. The scene took place in a bar. The band playing at this “bar”, is the real life band, Charley & the Cynics. During the downtime, I was able to shoot my own footage on the T2i and make this video. Overall, it was a great day of chill’n and movie make’n.

The thing is, the technology is already here and we know it’s better for the planet. Why can’t we move beyond the knowledge stage and get this implemented?

This led me to think about dish soap, of all things. Dish soap has long been a pet peeve of mine, and it’s a tiny example that encapsulates my entire frustration. Here’s the scenario: You go to the grocery store because you’re out of dish soap. You want a soap that costs a reasonable price, that smells good, and that cleans well. Why is it, that when a majority of people get to the dish soap aisle, they buy a brand-name soap when the green variety costs the same amount, cleans just as well and smells nice, too?

There is no reason not to make this switch – not cost, not effectiveness, not smell, not hand-softness, nothing. So why aren’t all the other brands out of business by now? Of course, it boils down to product loyalty and advertising budget, but that’s just plain stupid. It shouldn’t take an act of government to get chemicals out of our dish soap when we know they are bad for ourselves and the planet. We as consumers should be making this happen. The same argument can be made for solar panels and green roofs and geothermal water heaters and porous asphalt and a host of other proven and comparable green changes.

I fully agree.

via Week 32 – The Green Garbage Project

“I’ll always love you.” he said as I put my shoes back on. That’s about the time I realized I was a song writer.