Unplug your Dracula electronics and save

Clark is guilty of leaving his cell phone charger plugged in, along with a lot of other equipment that sucks up energy when not in use. These so-called Dracula or vampire electronics account for 5 cents on every $1 you pay for electricity. Clark's staffers recently made him look lousy during a meeting when they admitted they unplugged chargers that are not in use. And he's supposed to be the cheap guy! So think about what you can unplug and do it. Both your wallet and the environment will benefit.

On a related note, there's another environmental nuisance that you can now take charge of for free. Clark's mailbox around the holiday season has stacks and stacks of mail-order catalogs, most of them addressed to his wife. Now he's learned about CatalogChoice.org, a new website where you add your name to a "do not catalog" list. You probably won't be able to stop the influx of catalogs this holiday season because it takes about 10 weeks to process your request. Previously Clark only knew of a site where you had to pay to get your name taken off catalog mailing lists. CatalogChoice.org is absolutely free. Americans receive 19 billion catalogs every year. If you're an environmentalist, that's 53 million trees per year. The USPS also makes huge revenue delivering all these catalogs, so they'll be hurtin' for certain if everyone were to remove their names from the catalog lists.