New decade/year. New design for the blog. New resolutions.

• Reduce (overconsumption?) by about 35%.
  Partly because I’m trying to be more environmentally conscious. Partly because, although I knew the cheap stuff I bought probably meant someone was being under-paid to make it, it didn’t resonate loud enough until I heard Annie Leonard, in The Story of Stuff, say “I’m not paying for the things I buy”. I’m a proud person. I don’t want other people to pay for my things (by being exploited).
  I’m not going for Voluntary Simplicity this year, but I’ll try to develop better buying habits.
• Continue to give blood.
• Go to a festival. Hot-air balloons, western, whatever.
• Become better-informed about environmental issues.
• Eat less meat. (Meat pollutes. Heck, meat kills animals.)
• Start to give small chores to the kids, for them to help out around the house.
  So far, I’ve asked them to put away the cereal boxes after breakfast, sort the silverware from the dishwasher, and take out the place mats for dinner. Any other ideas?
• Find a physical activity that is useful (ie. motivating…).

PS. About the new design: it’s going to look super if you’re using Google Chrome (CSS3, yay!), good if you are using Firefox, and ok if you are using standards-carefree Internet Explorer. (Seriously people: IE is dragging its feet in adopting the standards, do yourself a favor and upgrade to an alternate. You will find the web looks better than you thought.)