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Category Archives: Stuff
Sell Your Used Bike
I just got an email about the expanding business of this used-bike-buying company. They’ll buy your used bike, but also buy from dealers who accept bikes on trade-ins. No word on how they sell them, though ebay is a good … Continue reading
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The World’s Best Pants
I’m a thrift store dresser through and through and believe secondhand wool to be the styliest, comfiest bargain in winter ready-to-wear fashion today. So I suprised myself a bit by getting some pants from the manufacturer instead of Sally. Damn! … Continue reading
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Surely You Have Some Extra Towels
Have you ever thought that your excess homestuff would be not just needed, but URGENTLY NEEDED by someone just a UPS jaunt away? Spring is nearly upon us; no time like the present to begin the year’s decumulatory gesturing. Now … Continue reading
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Shampooey Hooey
In the spirit of decumulation, dematerialization, and just generally getting out from underneath the heap of crap that seems to fall endlessly from the heavens (help us), I imagine a post-shampoo existence. Those that know me and my hair well … Continue reading
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Fat as Fuel
The Xtracycle/Ginger Ninjas motor vehicle, Millie the Millennium Van, was first put on a diet of recycled fryer grease beginning in 2002. Millie is a ’74 schoolbus outfitted for bringing the show on the road, as she has been faithfully … Continue reading
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The Fine Art of Decumulation
Most people end up with more stuff at the end of a particular day. Many natural and cultural forces conspire to fill our lives with an abundance of things, and to keep filling, even when appearances would seem to suggest … Continue reading
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Where to Buy Books
While we’re on the subject of book buying….before I joined Ross to launch Xtracycle I was thinking of starting a dot-com like everyone else I knew. It would be like Amazon but instead of putting little bookstores out of business … Continue reading
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What do diapers and airplanes have in common?
I don’t know. But they both remind me of one of my favorite books. Probably one of the first books any aspiring environmental impact minimizer should buy, read, and read again in a couple of months. It’s called the Consumer’s … Continue reading
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Options for the Non-T.V. Afflicted
So you want to watch our show but you don’t have a t.v. or you don’t get MTV. What to do? I’d feel bad if we became a force for more people having TVs! But good if you took this … Continue reading
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The Ass Pilot ™
Our New Campaign to Take Over Personal Communications I got tired of losing all my addresses in one fell swoop when my address book disappeared. And I don’t fancy carrying around some gizmo that I could easily lose to keep … Continue reading
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