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Please make this post into a series, or perhaps a regular on AT! I love it.

I also think that that figurine is, indeed, ultra-glam.

My husband and I started this process (and it IS a process, not a purchase) nearly two years ago. We ripped our entire DVD library (nearly 300 titles at about 30-60 minute processing time -- each) onto our Apple Time Machine and use his desktop comp as an iTunes gateway for the AppleTV, then started the slow process of selling/trading/donating our movies away. We still have about 30 sitting in a box.

We also canceled our TV service and switched to Hulu and other streaming options, unpaid versions. The Apple TV can handle this, but not without being hacked to run XBox Media Center. We save around $80/month without our dish subscription, and now I cannot IMAGINE going back!

Now we're down to a TV, Apple TV, audio box and PS3 (not counting the computers and time machine as they are separate both physically and functionally), but still have the furniture to fit an additional two box units and DVD collection. Downsizing that mess will come next.

Like I said, it's definitely a process...

I had to laugh at the idea of dogs actually confusing these for real, live grass. Come on, people! They use their sniffers to differentiate, not their eyes. They won't be fooled by a green shag rug.

Unless, of course, they ALWAYS pee on shag rugs.

Oh my gosh -- love this post! I feel like it was written just for my astronomy-lovin' self :)

I wish we did more, and we're working on it.

Here in SoCal, it's relatively easy to buy locally as the weather allows for a lot of produce to be in season year-round. So I'm a farmer's market devotee.

Even though we've had temperatures nearing 100, we've resisted the urge to run the a/c this year... thus far. We're trying to do the whole year without heat or a/c. It's hard, especially because we have a dog who cannot take cool-off steps as easily as we can.

Walking as much as possible, and we rely on hubby's Prius otherwise. Public transit in our city is not great.

Other little things, like swapping out plastic garbage bags for compostable, not purchasing if it can't be recycled, switching to lower-energy-usage plumbing and appliances. There are other things we would love to do, but can't, because we're renters (like a vegetable garden, replacing doors that don't seal well, fixing insulation, etc.).

I don't feel like a green person yet... but like I said, we're trying. Hard.