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UberPest on May 9th, 2010

WalletPop.com had two of their reporters (Adam Kaufman and his girlfriend, Katie Lorah) go to a bulk food store to stock up on supplies to fill drop boxes on their Pacific [...]

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UberPest on May 2nd, 2010

Since I got back from Louisiana a few weeks ago I’ve had: minor injury (Ranger), major illness (Beau), minor illness (me), and another minor injury (Ranger again).
This got me thinking: I [...]

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UberPest on April 22nd, 2010

Since today is Earth Day I thought I’d share some more eco-friendly stuff:
Ruff Wear has a line of eco-sensitive dog equipment.
Aquamarine Power’s Oyster is a possible future form of harnessing energy [...]

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UberPest on April 21st, 2010

My friends Mel & Jeff run Training Tracks Canine Learning Station. Last summer they put together a couple of training videos that are now available at DogStarDaily.
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UberPest on April 20th, 2010

Here’s another tip on what you can do for Mother Earth, courtesy of Tim Minchin. (NSFW for one second at 2:08).
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I have very little interesting going on in my life this week on account of getting prepped for a dog-oriented road trip that starts in 3 days, and also [...]

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UberPest on March 14th, 2010

Technically the first day of spring is about a week away, so this was the last hike of the winter.
My paying gig has kept me busy this week, and the weather [...]

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UberPest on October 16th, 2009

Back in February I gave some tips on how to save energy in the home. Due to the arrangement of how my energy bills are paid, I do not see how [...]

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UberPest on August 1st, 2009

I stumbled upon an interesting set of instructions for something that reuses a bucket, a toilet seat, a milk crate, scrap wood, and zip ties and makes a toilet that will [...]

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UberPest on June 2nd, 2009

I am heading out with the dogs to the UKC Premier next week. Because my Jeep no longer has functioning air conditioning, and I am camping the entire weekend, I wanted [...]

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