Mayor McMahon's Wall of Shame

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:12:05 -0400

The Mayor of Reading, Pa has put up a new website dedicated to targeting blighted properties throughout the city. What do you think? It’s an interesting concept, to say the least. What are his motives? In essence, it’s a great idea. Embarrass people into taking action to get their properties removed from the list. I’ll check back in 6 months with the progress to see if the list grows or if it is working.

Woman Wears 6 Items Of Clothing For A Month -- Nobody Notices

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:02:22 -0400

atariboy:

Interesting test in frugality and how observant humans are(‘nt).

During her experiment — something called a “shopping diet,” actually — which ended on Wednesday, Ms. Brennan made do with the following: a black blazer and pants from H & M; two button-down shirts, one black and one pink; a pair of Old Navy jeans; and one well-worn pink T-shirt.

How she settled on those items was complicated by the fact that she has two young children, a golden retriever and three cats, and that she was starting a new job last month with an hourlong commute. She said she needed “six items that are animal-hair-, kid-, food- and wrinkle-resistant. I need these items to be professional, but also work for playing football with my son and tea parties.”

She agonized the longest over the T-shirt — the button-down shirts and suit separates were for work, but the right T-shirt could be worn casually with jeans or dressed up with the blazer. Her revelation at the end of 31 days, after her husband still had not noticed, even when she wore her floral-printed pajamas to do yard work: “Obviously, I didn’t need all of these clothes.”

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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:37:40 -0400

where did Benny Buys Houses go?

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Woman Wears 6 Items Of Clothing For A Month -- Nobody Notices

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