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Tips for a better life

ManInTheIvoryTowerManInTheIvoryTower
edited January 2014
Cut your internet bill in half with a phone call, call Comcast and tell them you want the "Economy Internet". You will most likely not notice a difference and your bill will drop to ~$40.

Sick of getting that wet turd of a free weekly delivered to your front yard/driveway/porch from the Oregonian? Call 503 221 8240, hit option 5, wait 20 mins, then give the slightly cranky lady your street address.

Look up Tofu Pumpkin Pie on the interwebs, so easy and good and you can eat it for breakfast!

Take naps.

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  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    seems like solid advice. I would add

    stop washing your hair

    you can put leftover bread from dinner in the freezer and then it doesn't go stale, just pull it out and eat it whenever you want more bread



  • 000000
    Just erg'ed out my work situation and life seems more manageable already! Save your back/neck, put those monitors in a healthy position.

    Also the driver's seat... ERG IT OUT. Who cares if you look like a weird grandma while driving and Mike makes fun of you?

    Backs, and how to not become more aware of them.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    drink water every day

    THE BASICS
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    http://monofonuspress.com/how-to-live-like-a-king-for-very-little-by-thor-harris

    The tone is consciously assholish/self-righteous but I agree with several of these tips.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I love a lot of these!
    Too bad about the classic "fuck dostoyevsky" route, as well as the classic incorrect past-fetishization. Oh, cooperation is how the world worked before money? Uh, try SLAVERY AND FEUDAL SERFDOM actually. I mean I'm no fan of money but lets not glamorize pre-medieval Europe, that shit SUCKED

    Plus that list was contributed to by Amanda Palmer, one of the world's biggest jackasses

    Still, pretty tight list

  • 000000
    THANKS YT, just refilled! I want a desktop water carafe.
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    edited January 2014
    I'm trying to figure out whether the Amanda Palmer reference is a joke or not.

    Cause yeah, FUCK that. And yes, fetishizing the past is weird.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    I haven't washed my hair in so long and it seems fine. I don't even do the baking soda and apple cider vinegar thing, although I'm considering giving that a try to see what happens.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I do baking soda every once in awhile. Never vinegar. Everything is chill.

  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    the only thing cool about the past is DINOSAURS
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    I wash my hair once a week and it seems chill. Does shampoo make your hair fall out early or something?
  • kdawgkdawg
    the amanda palmer thing is not a joke, Thor was in her band on the last tour.

    Thor is a REALLY NICE GUY. i met him in my walla walla house show era.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    edited January 2014
    shampoo just brutally strips oils away from your hair, so then your scalp is like "HOLY SHIT" and goes into overdrive producing oils again. Over and over you do this! Once you stop washing and your scalp adjusts, oil production goes back to normal and you can just mostly rinse.

    I think a once a week wash is mellow. Think of the 70s, when everybody had thick lustrous shining hair. We know they didn't wash their hair every day, and I also don't think they were generally using a ton of product, at least not the hippies with the long gorgeous hair that I'm thinking of. Also they (the women anyway) spent a ton of time just straight-up BRUSHING. You were supposed to brush your hair 100 strokes every night before bed, etc. Spreading the oils around, making everything shiny and soft.

    My scientific conclusion is that washing your hair less and not putting junk in it makes it look better and be healthier. SCIENCE DATA
  • 000000
    One time I didn't wash my hair for three months; everyone said it looked good, but it felt and smelled weird. More down with the once a week plan.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    I have never been able to get past the hump with this business. I go for two days without washing and my hair looks and feels so disgusting I can't stand it. I'm okay with washing. BillMc doesn't wash and his locks seem great.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    you do have to be willing to go through a few weeks of your hair adjusting and being oily and weird. But it does adjust!

    You can do the baking soda every day at first and then slowly taper off. That's what I did and I never really went through a super gross period.

    I do think that just stopping shampooing cold turkey with no baking soda or anything will probably be a bit disastrous
  • kdawgkdawg
    I am imagining someone shampooing a cold turkey. Like sitting with a live turkey in a washtub of cold water, trying to massage the suds into its feathers.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    emo!
  • 000000
    I did powder my hair, but I don't remember what with... something recommended I imagine., but it just felt like oily, powdery hair. Maybe I have too much hair for this business. After I buzzed my head I definitely didn't use shampoo for at least a year with no consequence.
  • LucyLucy
    I have been using baking soda and ac vinegar for about 3 months. My hair looks awesome and has grown 6-8 inches (crazy for my thick mane)! Highly recommended, I dilute them with water and keep in condiment bottles in the shower. You can offset the weird in-between phase by changing the ratios to suit your needs.

    New tip - blend and freeze spinach into cubes for smoothies if you can't eat it all before it wilts
  • LelandLeland
    Wait. Don't wash the hair....?

    Room... spinning... air.. need... hot..... the light.... fever... angels.... laughing .... laughing...laughing... bells... the abyss....




    Really?

    Fascinating.

    Seems impossible. Wow.

  • LelandLeland
    edited January 2014
    Ice Cream Pizza:

    Freshly toasted bagel spread with 1/4-inch of ice cream, fresh orange slices and 1 Tablespoon Sriracha. Eat with knife & fork!


  • Cherry_PieCherry_Pie
    You crazy Dr.J!
  • LelandLeland
    Mint chip. It was so good!
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