Here's a "visited countries" meme to spread.


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If you want any of this stuff, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, email umundane@yahoo.com. If you're willing to pick it up and/or pay for it, it'll be more likely that you get it. But even if not, don't let that stop you (I don't have time to drive stuff all over, but maybe I'm coming by anyway). It's all going to be donated to the local ( Read more... )

...Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.
But you are life and you are the veil.
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

-- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

(I was going to dedicate that poetic excerpt to Figbash until she attributed to me the sponsorship of pop cheese.)

I don't post here very much because I feel guilty filling up your browser window -- I mean, if I write three lines then someone else's three lines won't fit, you know? But today I've decided, you know, my three lines are just as important as the next guy's (although not the next girl's, as they're usually better at writing personal stories with ( Read more... )

Take a hammock hitch-hiking.

If you find yourself in a city at night, climb a tree in a park and sleep in the hammock. No-one will see you there.

(This tip courtesy of Jed, a kind Rainbow brother I picked up on my way to Eugene for Christmas.)

In two days at this time I'll be driving through Arizona in a silver Saab ( Read more... )

Tuesday morning, Anna will pick me up. Me and my backpack. Anna's this girl who's driving to Washington D.c. I found her on Craig's List, and met her a few days ago. She's actually on her way to Central America, but is stopping by the east coast to visit her friends and family first. So we're going try to drive across the country in three days ( Read more... )

Truck stops often have showers that you can use for a small fee, or for free if you sneak in ( Read more... )

Store your jar of Adam's Natural Peanut Butter (or any other peanut butter with no emulsifiers) upside down to avoid getting a layer of peanut oil on top.

(Inspiration for this tip, as well as the catchy title of this soon to be famous practical advice column, came from Darcy.)

Bonus! Hippie Word of the Day:

dank - adj 1. very good "Hey man, ( Read more... )

Stuff is the bane of my existence. It weighs on me, weighs on my thoughts. It tethers me down, binds me to the earth. It seduces me with ideas of "need" and "mine," but they turn out to be a facade of fictions covering a barred cell. There is no need, there is only want. There is no mine, there is only have. Need and mine are the hypothetical ( Read more... )