365 Days Of Trash: 6/15/08

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Day 172 - Saturday 6/21/08

Today's Haul:

1 plastic cup PS 6 - recycle
1 plastic plate - recycle
2 napkins - worms
1 used q-tip - worms
1 plastic fork - re-use
1 plasticoated bag of pasta - garbage

Day 171 - Friday 6/20/08

Today's Haul:

1 plastic drinking cup w/top - recycle
2 chips bags - garbage
2 drinking straws - recycle
1 sticker from fish place - garbage
1 plastic cookie tray - recycle
1 metallicy cookie wrapper - garbage

Day 170 - Thursday 6/19/08

Today's Haul:

3 paper plates - worms
1 waxy pizza tray cover - garbage
2 glass snapple bottles w/tops - recycle
2 pieces scrap paper - worms

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

PUKE

If you are following closely, you may notice a post in today's haul that lists 3 plastic bags and aprox 20 paper towels being disposed of due to health reasons with no further explanation.

So lemme 'splain.

Today was the last day of school for my eldest daughter and she went home with a friend for the afternoon. I showed up to pick her up and after ringing the door bell twice, the other girls mom came to the door looking a little concerned and said "Your daughter just threw up all over the floor."

Good times.

Poor thing must have eaten something bad and then played a little too rough. I went into the house and found her in the bathroom, probably 5 minutes after the incident, calmly cleaning her shirt. Total pro, i couldn't have been prouder. Seeing that she was ok, I then surveyed the scene and realized that she had been in another room when it happened and tried to make it to the bathroom, but travelled through two other rooms and a hallway in the process. On top of all this, it was quite apparent that they had been given some sort of purple good humor type confection just prior to the incident.

Well, I felt horrible as did the other girls mom and offered to help clean up as it was a pretty unsightly scene.

Now, when you are in your own home, or out to dinner, or even in certain situations in someone else's home, there is a certain kitsch involved in explaining that you are saving all of your trash in the basement and asking if you could use cloth instead of paper. However, being the quick thinker that I am, I assessed the situation and gladly accepted the paper towels and chemical cleaners that she offered, figuring this might just be one of those times that it was best to go with the flow as it were.

We cleaned everything up pretty well and I was then offered three plastic bags for the ride home, in case things got ugly again. I bristle at the thought of accepting and using plastic bags, but again, for the sake of the situation and my daughters comfort, thought better of it. Well, the bags are now in the garbage out front so needless to say, it was probably a good idea that i took them.

So there you have it. Just goes to show you, you can try and plan everything, and sometimes, things just happen.

By the by, any of you parents ever noticed that your kid has always just eaten something really colorful before they puke? It never happens after a day of fasting and a glass of water, but instead right after a huge glass of Kool Aid or chocolate pudding cup. Is this just me?

Dave

Day 169 - Wednesday 6/18/08

Today's Haul:

3 plastic shopping bags - disposed of due to health reasons
Aprox 20 or so paper towels - disposed of sue to health reasons
1 can tuna - recycle
2 sugar packets - worms
1 phone book - recycle
1 cardboard cereal box - recycle
1 plastic cereal box bag - recycle

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Agggghhhhh Phone Books!!!!!

So I opened up the door today and found a phone book sitting on the doorstep. Agggghhhhhhh!!!!!!! These things frustrate me and quite honestly, I hadn't thought about them until this monring. But now, here I am, a proud new owner and about to head it down to the basement.

If you're like me, you don't use telephone books anymore as you pretty much look everything up online. Now I'm not saying that there is no use for these things as some folks are bound to remain old school in this department, and some are not online, but it should be easy to opt out of these things. Well, as i found out, it is and it isn't.

I called the phone book company and told them my dilemma and while they were happy to take my info, they couldn't promise that the books would stop coming. Interesting side note here: Why is it my problem to stop them and not theirs?

Anyhoo, I found a great online resource at the Huffington Post on how to deal with phone books. Here's the abridged version.

Call the number on the front of the phone book (each is different usually) and tell them you want out.
Sign this petition to make it possible to opt out of phone books altogether (this is good for the US, UK, Australia and Canada).
Write a letter to the Yellow Pages Association and tell them what you think.
Make sure to either use the books you do get to insulate your house, or at least recycle them when you are through.

There ya go. Good luck and let me know if you have success!

Day 168 - Tuesday 6/17/08

Today's Haul:

1 plastic gnocchi container - recycle
1 paper cover from spaghetti sauce jar - worms

Day 167 - Monday 6/16/08

Today's Haul:

1 cardboard blintz box - recycle
1 cardboard veggie links box - recycle
1 frozen juice concentrate container - garbage

KROQ Radio and a theme song

Trying like crazy to catch up on all sorts of things, but thought I'd post this quickly as I haven't in a while. I've been on Kevin and Bean's show on KROQ here in LA at the beginning of every month since January and as of June, they made me a theme song, which totally cracks me up.