11/3/09

If you're only ever going to do just one thing, do this: Vote. Offer to carpool your co-workers or an elderly neighbor to your respective polling places to make sure your voices are heard loud and clear! (And always leave voter registration forms in obvious places and file for an absentee ballot if you know your plans will take you out of town on Election Day.)

11/2/09

Instead of using the electricity-sapping Stairmaster at the gym, why not make use of your apartment building, office or the hotel you're staying in? Whenever I travel for work, I always request a top-level hotel room; for my workout, I simply warm up by walking down the stairs to the lobby and get my cardio by running back up the stairs.

11/1/09

After Halloween is over, recycle those spooky pumpkins into something tasty for wildlife. Crack open a pumpkin with a hammer and leave it outside; wild animals and birds will enjoy the tasty flesh and seeds. Or bury large chunks of it in the ground by shrubs; come springtime, it'll degrade naturally and become beneficial compost for the plants.