Look at This: Volume 4

It is Wednesday again and with it comes the desire to point out all the interesting stuff I’ve come across during another week’s web indulgence. Fortunately for all of you, I was able to struggle through my debilitating sinus issues and make it to the chair in front of my computer every single day. As a result I have a nice handful of links to point at and say look at this . . .

• I guarantee that no one in this village runs the dishwasher, microwave, 42 inch flat screen and Dolby surround sound stereo at the same time. Is it possible to live when I can’t charge my phone, surf the internet, blend a smoothie and take a scalding hot bath at the same time?
• I believe I said something recently about the unexpected benefits of higher gas prices. Could this be yet another? I think it might.
• As some of you might be aware, I do not own a TV. This lack of television is not really a statement of any kind. I am as quick as the next person to stare at the flickering box if there is one in my vicinity. I simply don’t have one in my house, but I might make room for a pile of them if they were assembled like this.
• There is rocket fuel in our water, and apparently, this is not as freaking cool as some of us super-hero hopefuls would like to believe.
• Save the planet - entomb a tree.

Nic Darling is a writer, marketer and fiddle admirer. He can’t play the fiddle, but he sure can admire the hell out of it.