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Let’s Blog Off: If money were no object

Ahhh, another Tuesday and another Let’s Blog Off… “For a lot of people, this week brings with it a whole host of thoughts about money and about giving. While it is true that love and time together cannot have a price tag assigned to them, in 2010 it is assumed that objects with price tags […]

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Holiday Pet Safety Reminders

This week’s Safety Sunday article is brought to you courtesy of our newest dog – Jasper. Jasper is about a year and half-old Collie mix, and was a rescued dog that we got about 4 months ago. Yes, that is him on the right, while Ziva is the one messing around on the left. You […]

Energy Myths & Why the ball needs to be carried!

“Truths, half-truths, and nothing but lies”, “are they blind, wearing shaded or rose colored glasses”, “is it a myth, misconception, or…”, are just a few terms you might here from someone that is either really involved in or looking into the “green” arena. In many cases, it can be hard to tell as many of […]

Guest Post: Introduction to RRP and Lead Certification

Well this is a first for me, instead of writing down my thoughts, I did a 30 minute podcast with James Dibben of the Blue Collar Coaching & Radio Network. James is a pretty interesting guy who not only still puts on the tool belt, but decided back in March to try to help other […]

Safety Sunday: Five Quick Christmas Tree Safety Tips

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, oh no… As most everyone knows, there are generally three types of Christmas trees available on the market; the artificial tree, the “Fresh-Cut” tree, and my favorite a Live tree that I can plant later. No matter what type of tree you get there are a few common sense […]

Recovery through Retrofit: The Workforce Guidelines

While I was originally planning to do a Clif Notes version of the Workforce Guidelines, that idea was looking less & less likely after hitting two pages of notes. When I was less than 200 pages in & a computer problem destroyed over three pages of notes, the idea officially hit the scrap bin. As […]

Predictive Maintenance: For work and home

If you have done maintenance work in the commercial arena, you quickly learn about at least two of the three standard types of maintenance work; Reactive & Preventative. For many homeowners and business, the feeling is “if it’s not broken don’t fix it,” which falls under the reactive maintenance category. (i.e. the icemaker line broke, […]

Safety Sunday: Traveling the Interstates & the Information Superhighway

Needless to say, as the Holidays fast approach, many parents are out cruising the stores, or flying through the mystical Ethernet searching for the newest toys or gadgets which leads us to this week’s topic on travelling. While the two may appear completely different, in many ways the advice is similar, so let’s see if we can […]

Alabama & the RRP: Shafted Part Deux

Interior Designers, Home Designers, Architects, “Consultants” and those already affected by the EPA’s RRP regulation – life just got more complicated & expensive if you work in Alabama. Unfortunately my sentiments after the first Public Comment meeting were correct, but none of the required or promised follow up ever occurred. Amazingly, last night was the […]

Safety Sunday: Toys and your kid’s safety

It’s that time of year again, where everyone is out seemingly shopping for those perfect gifts for Christmas. Unfortunately, for some parents, those seemingly innocent toys can & have turned into a nightmare. So before you wrap up those toys with the required batteries (you did remember the batteries right?), why not take just a […]