I woke up in a cold sweat this morning, knowing there was something I forgot to do before falling asleep. It didn’t take long to remember. My darling wife reminded me that it was recycling day, just before she hurried off to work. Recycling day comes every other Friday around here, and seeing how I missed the last date, my office was overflowing with paper–from printouts of geekbook manuscripts to old software marketing collateral …

As I scrambled to get everything–and I mean everything (we have to recycle paper, cardboard, batteries, glass, plastic, aluminum, and tin)–up to the curb, a couple of the paper bags ripped. Junk mail spewed all over the garage floor.

After locating some heavy-duty paper shopping bags, I began dutifully loading them … and then it hit me …

Recycling Wake Up Call, continued