October 2012

Kate Hashimoto Dumpster-dives for all her food, doesn’t use toilet paper or do laundry, and hasn’t bought toiletries in 10 years.

She doesn’t have to live this way she’s an employed CPA.

“I’ve always been frugal, but it was when I was laid off in the dot-com crash that I became extreme,” Hashimoto explained.

via The Atlantic

October 16, 2012

via Boing Boing

October 15, 2012

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October 15, 2012

The Ham Dogger.

Mark Frauenfelder offers some perspective:

Billions of years from now, in the final seconds before the heat death of the universe snuffs out life for all eternity, the last living creature can take comfort in the fact that we didn’t fade away before creating the Ham Dogger. You can experience its magic today for $6.77

Boing Boing: Magical appliance turns hamburger meat into hot dogs

October 12, 2012

Amazing. Inventive. Watch:

via Logan (obvs)

October 12, 2012

“Tonight it may even dip into the 30s,” added the cozy autumnal personage, who at several points wrapped both hands around his warm container of coffee and inhaled deeply. “Perfect weather for building a fire.”

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt

via Logan

October 11, 2012

Rob Delaney

October 10, 2012

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This Bad Lip Reading version makes more sense than the original …

October 10, 2012

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via Liz

October 8, 2012

INTO THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE celebrates the uniqueness of childhood and the nonexistence of limits to a child’s imagination. In an outdoor nursery in the woods, children create their own individually constructed worlds and can test out the boundaries of reality.

Directed by Anna Frances Ewert.

October 7, 2012