Archive for December 2008
Green Funerals: Getting Techie
Posted by: Anca on: December 29, 2008
Fascinated by the concept of green funerals.
“Embalming became popular in the United States during the Civil War and is still a significant source of groundwater pollution today. Arsenic gave way to the less toxic formaldehyde as the favored embalming solution around the turn of the last century. However, formaldehyde poisoning can still be fatal and [...]
How to help my career and stop being bored
Posted by: Anca on: December 24, 2008
Being unemployed is boring and all this time just sitting here is bad for my career (and sanity). I have several ideas to combat this.
1. Apply to work as a part-time intern, possibly unpaid. Right now I have one place in mind, a self-employed sustainability consultant in Portland.
2. Take some online courses, especially in LEED.
3. [...]
Balanced portfolio tool?
Posted by: Anca on: December 24, 2008
The search for and compilation of mutual funds (etc) for retirement accounts is messy and tedious. And once you have some picked out, more than you can afford to buy yet, how do you keep track of them?
I searched fairly thoroughly and did not find a useful tool. But I did find that Fidelity has [...]
Progress…?
Posted by: Anca on: December 17, 2008
Well, I faced my fears and sold my first item on eBay and Amazon Marketplace. They were easier than I expected (something I should have expected!). Heck, trying to figure out which shipping option you want at the post office is (slightly) more difficult.
On the job hunting front things are a bit depressing. I don’t [...]
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