This is not my... Week 7 08
14/02/08 - Happy Valentines!
12/02/08 - Spam
14/02/08 - Happy Valentines!
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Say it with... |
intriguingly shaped chocolate crispie cakes...?
Have found the perfect creation.
Not only are chocolate crispie cakes energy efficient to bake (since - technically - they require no baking whatsoever) but they are incredible easy.
So yesterday was spent making heart shapes (or, in my friend Jamie's case, phallic shapes that belie the fact he is turning thirty in two weeks).
Which is brilliant because hopping on-line this morning I find that the Government of Utah (no less) recommends baking as a way to have a Green Valentines.
Other recommendations involve e-cards and taking your date out using 'mass transit'.
So make sure you get the email address of the hot young thing you have your eye on, sling it out for the back seat on the bus and have an amazing Valentines!
x
12/02/08 - Spam
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No - not the tinned variety... |
Got home yesterday after a weekend away and found a ton of spam in my inbox.
The most entertaining of which was entitled: "Unlease that watering hose inside your pants."
Hmmm - even if I were a man - I am not sure that would be that enticing an offer...
Anyhow, I mention it only as the amount of energy it takes to create and send this generally deleted spam has to be quite high.
Not entirely sure what I plan to do about this (no initial thoughts can justify the financial outlay on viagra they might involve...) but getting rid of posted junk mail is a little easier.
All you have to do is Register with the 'Opt out of Junk Mail' Royal Mail service at: optout@royalmail.com
Simple.
Right - best be getting along.
Just after helping this poor Nigerian doctor with his banking troubles....
Have a good one.
Susie x
This section will be a daily, well - Monday to Friday daily, editorial. (Have to keep some time aside to keep up the ritual wine drinking / dancing as if being chased by bees.)
I promise to make it my mission to investigate something each day on exciting forays to find new stuff, fun stuff, ethical stuff and anything involving break dancing men with extremely toned physiques.
Let me know if you think of something I should go and visit or if you have any great ideas or information. (Any dodgy suggestions will be politely declined... or not so politely, depending entirely on what they are!)
For today, though, please just have a look below to find out how this whole thing came about. I hope that you are having a lovely morning.
See you tomorrow,
Susie x
Background to This is not my...
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What is this site all about?
Well, as all good ventures do, it started in the pub with the ominous words "I know, why don't we...?" |
What was different, though, was that it still seemed like a good plan in the morning (and somewhat less injurious than trying out extreme ironing, the other suggestion...)
Anyway - once again we had been supping beers and putting the world to rights when someone mentioned the unmentionable, despite our disaffection with the state of the world, none of us was actually doing anything positive to change it.
Whether this was complacency or apathy, who knows - but we were definitely leaving it to others to make decisions and take action for us on issues about which we felt strongly.
We live in a free society, but often things seem to happen as a fait accompli. The war in Iraq, ID cards, the fact that we will eventually succumb to watching some of Big Brother no matter how hard we try...
And we just go along with it. But that is ok, right? I mean, we aren't exactly encouraging the abuse of others - are we?
Ok - so maybe my new top might have been made under less-than-perfect conditions and I suppose that means I am supporting those conditions, but - I have to buy something to wear, so what other choice do I have?
And that was the problem. What - and where - are the choices?
So we decided to investigate. Surely in this free society we have other options; we just need to know how to find them.
So we went online. There are some great directories already for ethical and/or environmentally friendly products, but for us these didn't go far enough. We were on a bit of a roll and decided that these products deserved more active promotion.
We wanted to make as many people as possible aware of the practical things they can do to live life in a better way.
So on this site we will provide information about easy, positive and ethical consumer choices. These are choices that won’t necessarily cost you more, either.
In our directories you will find environmentally friendly and ethical companies and products across the following categories:
Clothes
Energy
Food and Drink
Health and Beauty
Home and Garden
Office
Recycling
Restaurants
You will also find plenty more to lure you back to the site on a regular basis. So come back to have a wee look.
Plus we will be working on video's, events and curious antics to keep important issues in the public eye – and provide us with much entertainment and amusement at the same time.
Give us a shout if you want to get involved!
Anyhow - take a look. Explore… investigate… probe away.
We hope you like it; we hope you use it.
