Water Disinfection

September marks the 100th anniversary of chlorine disinfection. Boonton Reservoir in Jersey City, NJ was the first to add chlorine to drinking water to protect us from waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
Please visit this website and take the quiz (the answer is D): http://www.americanchemistry.com/100years/. You'll help people in West Africa receive free chlorine to disinfect their water.

It's only a matter of time...

...until someone breaks the 2 hour barrier for the marathon.
Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record to run a sub 2hr 4min marathon today in Berlin. People - that's a sub 4:44 mile, on average, for 26.2 miles!

Follow the Rainbow

Look - the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...Congress must be approving the bail out!

:(

All About the Cats

The kitties got a new toy yesterday...
Dilly "What is that thing?", Lisa "I'm not sure, but it tastes good"



"Look at how big I'm getting!"

"Look at how big I still am!"

Awww - yes, they are really napping that close

Who wouda thought - Ginger is a Nats fan...

Happy Birthday Jack!

The Sun and Moon

Gorgeous sunset yesterday! A nice end to Adams Morgan Day. View from my bathroom window...

And then a beautiful almost full moon this morning out the same window...

Feed the Hungry

Yesterday I volunteered with a group of fellow students at the Capital Area Food Bank (http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/). It was a very interesting experience, amazing how much food they push through their warehouse! And surprising how much food 15 people can bag up in 3 hours too!

Participate in their upcoming program "Skip a Lunch, Feed a Bunch" on Wednesday, September 17th.

She finally did it...

...Dilly popped my exercise ball!

(see that sinister look in her eye)

Interesting...buy LCD (not plasma)

Did you know that August was Digital TV Awareness Month?

So, don’t waste energy on TV...

Take the step: With the switch to digital TV coming in 2009 (for more information, see http://www.dtv.gov), many people may be buying new, digital-ready TVs. If you must shop for a new television, look for an LCD (liquid crystal display) screen instead of plasma.

Why: Plasma screens can use up to six times the energy as LCD screens. But each TV model uses a different amount of energy, so always look for the Energy Star label, which indicates that the TV uses at least 30 percent less energy than conventional TVs. Philips recently launched its new Eco-TV, an LCD model that saves energy by dimming the screen when the TV sensors tell it the room is dark, among other measures.