1:15 PM Cat Houses FTW!

As you all know, I have a few cats. I guess a few is an understatement when you add in the various fosters I care for now and again. But the point is that I have cats. And those cats Love their carpeted Tower of Power. I've actually set it over next to the most frequented doorway and they enjoy swatting people or begging for attention whenever someone passes by. That tower is nearly 7 years old now. And it's pretty darn shabby looking. It also won't hold more than one cat at a time. So I've been considering purchasing a second Tower of Power, this time with a little house in it for hiding. But the cost of such pieces of pet furniture is generally Cost Prohibitive in this economy. Actually, in Any economy for my budget.

So you can just imagine that I was Tickled Pink today when someone sent me a link to Caboodle Cardboard Cat Furniture!!!!! This little recyclable unit seems to answer my prayers for additional cat furniture. The size is right for the remaining cats to be accommodated, the height is right for gazing out the window, and most importantly, the Price is right for my pocket book!

One of these days maybe they'll engineer a taller Caboodle and I can get rid of the nasty carpeted beast once and for all. I'd go ahead and do it now, but I think the cats would revolt.

8:46 PM VHS Tape Recycling

Like most people I know, I still have a collection of VHS tapes. And the only reason I've held onto these tapes is because there was really no place to dispose of them except for the landfill. And we all know that if they go in the landfill, they'll be there for ETERNITY! Yeah, there's not a whole lot in this world that Eternal Life will bring something positive to.

Thankfully, today I stumbled upon a company that will take care of my VHS Eternal Friends. GreenDisk will recycle just about any kind of Techno Waste, but the biggest help to all of us, since there are other means to dispose of TVs and Computers and such, is that they'll take in, and dispose of correctly, all forms of media from CDs to DVDs to VHS tapes. If you're lucky enough to have a drop box around you, then this is as easy as dropping the items in a box for someone to ship, however, if there's not a drop box around you, they also take items in your own box up to 30 lbs. The only negative is that you have to pay regular postage on top of their small intake fee. So I would consider just ordering the TechnoTrash official box which covers shipping in the cost as Postal Service costs can be pretty high if you have a lot of stuff to send.

It's so important these days that we think about what we are stuffing into our trash bins as much of this stuff will never break down. I am happy to see that there are companies out there trying to accommodate us with solutions to the problem. They may not be perfect solutions, but they are a start. Now the next step is to make sure we are all purchasing recycled products. Even if we are recycling, we Must do our part to make sure recycling stays a viable industry.