Here are some great tips:

Drive the speed limit. “Every five miles per hour above 55 is like paying 14 cents a gallon more for gas,” Fons says.

Play it cool. You use more fuel when you accelerate hard and slam on the brakes.

Inflate your tires to their maximum rated pressure. Fully inflated tires create less friction with the surface of the road, reducing the amount of work the engine has to do.

Get the junk out of the trunk. Carrying extra weight makes the engine work harder, and that can add up to a lot of wasted gas.

Tune your engine and clean your air filter. Good maintenance means better burning.

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The first is a very cool DIY project that involves a block of wood and some basic carving skills. Check out the How To’s here.

The second is a horn phone stand/speaker that works like the above without any need for sharp tools. On sale for an incredible five bucks here.

Our society has found humor in these increasingly common bouts of forgetfulness with the term ‘Senior Moments’. But when you are relatively young and you are cognizant of the very real change in your brain’s capacity to remember things, it’s worth a little investigation.

There seems to be quite a bit of research on memory boosting exercises and supplements but it seems that these things would be treating the symptoms and not the cause. What could possibly be the cause of so many 40 -50 year olds having Senior Moments?

One possible explanation that fascinates me is what I heard Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn (currently treating Pres. Clinton) say regarding mini strokes happening to even young and otherwise healthy people. You can be driving, sleeping, working, and not realize that anything has happened. Moreover, you will not see any real symptoms because you still have the capacity to redirect function to other parts of your largely healthy brain. Watch this clip of Dr. Esselstyn from minute 27 to hear it explained by this renown physician.

With low blood pressure and no cholesterol or weight issues, I thought I was safe from cardio-vascular illness. This is definitely not the case. With the brain and heart inextricably connected in function and wellness, improving circulation in the veins and arteries through diet makes a whole lot of sense to me now. Pass the broccoli and hold the fried chicken!

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Here are the facts:

A typical computer uses 300 Watts of energy, the equivalent of 3 very bright lamps!

Turning off your computer when not using could save you up to $219 a year. Even if you are using energy saving down mode, you would still save over $100 if you actually turned it off.

Read more about how energy computers and other electronic devices use at How Stuff Works.

A medium sized wrapping scarf in your bag will take care of all your small everyday purchases. Bring your own bags to the grocery store and make a quiet but strong statement every time you check out. Go Earth!

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1. Most Fun: Use a retro handset from Moshi Moshi or Yubz.

2. Most Practical: Use a wired headset

3. Easiest: Use the speakerphone

4. Smartest: Wait until after making connection to put phone to your ear. The most radiation occurs when phone is making contact with cell tower.

5. Cleverest: Teeter totter the phone: phones emit much less radiation when receiving than when transmitting. Every millimeter counts so teeter phone away from your ear as you talk.

6. Safest: Don’t put phone to your ear when in a moving vehicle. Not only does the phone emit more radiation when in motion, but talking while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk.

7. Most Fashion Forward: Don’t put the phone in your chest pocket or pants pocket. Not only do you have an unattractive bump, you are also exposing your body to more radiation than if you put it in your purse or briefcase.

Full article at the New York Times.