simplicity

08.31.07

11 Things Buffy Taught Me About Frugality And Simplicity 11 things in the kitchen sink, eleven things, frugality, goals, goat-free simplicity, humor, livejournal, simplicity | (10)
Following up the smashing success of last week's 11 Things post, I thought I'd bring you another goofy pop culture reference. As you probably already know, Buffy the Vampire Slayer practically defined pop culture while it was on, and has indelibly marked our social landscape and language. But what can a blond college dropout with superpowers teach us about frugality and simplicity? From southern Florida we go to southern California just in time for... well, you know. 1. Question the dominant paradigm. Sunnydale was a lovely suburban town in southern California (with the unfortunate luck of being positioned right over a ...
08.24.07

Thank You For Being A Friend eleven things, frugality, lifestyle, simplicity | (2)
Every Friday is 11 Things day at Living Behind the Curve. I was sitting here, staring at a blank screen a couple of hours ago. The inevitable finally happened: I couldn't think of a damn thing to write. Dani was going up to bed, and I told her as much. She responded by turning to the DVD collection, because she is brilliant. "Why not mine lessons from your favorite shows?" So, of course, I hop on line and see if my dear friend Kate had any ideas. Because Kate is a TV junky and also brilliant, she had a whole bunch ...
08.23.07

Simple as ABC goat-free simplicity, life hacking, lifestyle, self help, simplicity | (1)
Every Thursday is Goat-Free Simplicity day at Living Behind the Curve. Do you remember learning how to write in school? You probably don't, since it didn't exactly happen in one day. For the first six or seven years, you're locked in mortal combat with the English language, fighting to cram more and more meaning and information into your writing. You start out seeing Jane run, then Jane starts running quickly towards a pretty blue flower, and finally Jane rushes to try to stop Dick from picking a flower, because she doesn't want to see such a beautiful thing die. Have ...
08.16.07

Simply Amazing! gadgets, goat-free simplicity, humor, simplicity | (0)
Every Thursday is Goat-Free Simplicity day at Living Behind the Curve. Infomercials are sort of awesome. Admit it, every once in a while, when you're drunk or tired or the level of cynicism in your blood is a little low, it's damned entertaining to watch loud men cut through soda cans with table knives. They appeal to our basest instincts on purpose -- if the sparkling, 1 dimensional entertainment doesn't suck you in, it's hard not to gloat a little at the morons the advertisers insist exist that can't seem to accomplish simple tasks without this amazing new invention. They promise ...
08.09.07

500 Bucks Was Apparently Optimistic emergency fund, goat-free simplicity, home improvement, simplicity | (11)
Every Thursday is Goat-Free Simplicity day at Living Behind the Curve. Since Thursday is simplicity day, I've got a real simple post for you. Remember the door we were supposed to buy? We didn't buy it yet. We got an $800 dollar estimate from Lowes, and after several weeks and some breathtakingly bad customer service, I went over to Home Depot to see what they could do for me. The door guy came out and looked at it, and gave me a call to say that it'll take a little more than the standard installation fee to get the door installed, ...

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