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On Waste Not, Want Not
@sheistolerable Very true! But I will say this: my sister has friends who believe really strongly in reducing waste, to the point where they don't buy *anything* new. Everything they have is either secondhand or a gift from friends. They boke just about everywhere (this is VT, so I don't know about the winter). And both husband and wife have low-key jobs (maybe part-time, or maybe they switch off, I don't know the details) as a part of their de-emphasis on consumption. But they aren't blogging about it and they don't have a book deal; it's just their lifestyle. And of course their house is not nearly as magazine-ready as the one in this article. So maybe it appears to us to be a movement of bored, overeducated, wealthy women, simply because they are the ones who get articles written about them, because they are photogenically seeking attention for it.
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On Waste Not, Want Not
This reminds me of the documentary No Impact Man, which I still think about. I do try to reduce the waste I create (I bring a tote bag everywhere, use the back of printed paper, etc.) but somehow we still end up with a full trash bag twice a week. It seems like this kind of lifestyle could easily turn into a full-time job.
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On A Maker? A Taker?
And of course the comment section is full of the nastiest people on Earth.
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On College Prestige vs. College Affordability
@seaermine Yup, Rutgers has an honors program. A good friend of mine went there and is now quite successful, at least by my standards (making good money *and* helping people).
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On I'm Sticking With the Alt-Labor Group That Isn't a Union But Is Kind of Like a Union
“We’re taking the momentum that we’ve built organizing workers in communities,” said Working America Executive Director Karen Nussbaum, “and beginning to organize a community in the workplace.” That's my aunt! She's pretty great.
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On Do You Have a Uniform?
I had a friend in college who kept to a strict uniform of black jeans and white t-shirts. That was literally all he brought to campus, wardrobe-wise: three pairs of black jeans, nine white t-shirts. It was impressive. He gave it up after freshman year, though.
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On The Business of Freebies
I always end up buying ice cream on Free Cone Day, because I get all excited about free ice cream and then I get to the scoop shop and realize that: a) I want ice cream even more urgently now than I did an hour ago and b) I am more than willing to pay a few bucks to not wait on this godforsaken, interminable line. P.S. Mint Chocolate Cookie is also my favorite flavor! Except when Coffee Heath Bar Crunch takes that honor.
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On A Thread That Is Open
How much did I love meeting so many Billfolders last night? Wish I could have talked to everyone! In money news, I came home to an email from Jeopardy! inviting me to an NYC audition in May. We shall see...
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On Come Hang Out With Us Today After Work
Happy birthday! If this were at five, I'd definitely stop by, but six is just a leetle beet too late for my schedule. I'll be there in spirit!
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On Waste Not, Want Not
@Michelle Yes! It's like the whole concept of Real Simple magazine.