They tell me it’s free money. They tell me there’s a guaranteed return on investment. They tell me it’s a win-win scenario and I’d be stupid not to participate. “They” say a lot of things. My boss regularly harasses me…
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Free Money? My Foot.
Tagged with: capitalism, economy, living small, living tiny, minimalism, recession, retirement
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
In the Face of Ridicule
My co-workers think I’m nuts. That’s nothing new; I’ve always worked blue collar jobs with rural type folks. Salt of the Earth kind of people, some would say. I’ve never fit in. My opinions on politics, human rights, environmental concerns,…
Tagged with: collapse, conservation, environmentalism, minimalism, over population, sustainability, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Corollary to a Sun Tracking Tiny House
I must get these ideas for a sun tracker out, so I can move on to more pressing matters. I simply feel the need to develop an idea, and then set it aside for possible implementation in the future. Yesterday,…
Tagged with: "passive solar", "solar tracker", "tiny house on wheels", minimalism, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, Tiny House
Sun Tracking Tiny House
One of the great advantages of a tiny house on wheels, is that it can be moved or reoriented to suit the needs of the occupants. Don’t like your view? Spin that thing around! I believe this unique feature is…
Tagged with: "solar heating", "solar insolation", "spinning house", "tiny house on wheels", minimalism, tiny house
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Philosophy, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Rentals – Renting in a Tiny House Community
By their very nature, tiny houses on wheels are mobile. This has probably stemmed from the zoning laws and building codes tiny house people have been trying to circumvent. Also, some folks just want to own a home, but aren’t…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", "tiny house on wheels", communal living, community, living tiny, minimalism, rent, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Meiosis – Propagating Tiny House Communities
A tiny house community, such as Noodle Soup Village – Lite, which is based on the grander Noodle Soup Village – A Tiny House Community, is a model that could be reproduced elsewhere. Even though all of this is just…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", communal living, community, cooperative, minimalism, rv living, sustainability, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Village – Lite
As much as I’d like to build a tiny house community, like Noodle Soup Village, zoning and legal definitions of what is habitable are going to inhibit that dream. A large scale endeavor like that is also wildly expensive, due…
Tagged with: "tiny house community", collaborative consumption, communal living, community, minimalism, rv living, tiny house, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Edification in a Tiny House Community
A tiny house community such as Noodle Soup Village, offers the opportunity to create a small society within the larger one where respect for one another and the Earth is priority number one. In order to develop respect, one needs…
Tagged with: "portland, "tiny house community", communal living, community, rv living, squatch, wisdom
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Tiny House
Noodle Soup Village – A Tiny House Community
For twenty eight years I’ve been searching for something. A mission, a purpose, a place to call home. I’ve been searching in myself, in others, in culture, books, careers, and geographic locations. I seek a lifestyle in which my actions…
Tagged with: "cooperative consumption", "lending library", "navy shower", "portland, "solar panel", "solar thermal", "tiny house on wheels", "urban living", "washing machine", carshare, communal, communal living, commune, community, composting, composting toilet, conservation, dehumidifier, food storage, gardening, hot water supply, humanure, minimalism, or", refrigeration, RV, rv living, tiny home, tiny living, village, zoning
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
Posted in Dehumidifiers, Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator, The Squatch, Tiny House, Water
The Appearance of Minimalism
Minimalism is concept I’m trying to embrace fully. But, like so many ideas, it means different things to different people. Most minimalists would agree that however you define it, material possessions encompass most of the concept. Getting rid of stuff,…
Tagged with: "navy shower", "water conservation", minimalism, minimalist, motorhome, RV, rv living, squatch, tiny living
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Water
Posted in Dwelling, Hot Water, Humanure, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch, Water
Stewards of the Earth
Some folks view technology as a sign of changing times. Of impending unemployment by displacement, ubiquitous colorful screens, a phone thats beeping and buzzing, makes you just want to give it a good chuck sometimes. But, you don’t do you?…
Tagged with: climate disruption, entropy, evolution, extinction, life, stewardship
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy, The Squatch
Intellectual Property Of The Universe
Not only do I believe all media, books, music, movies, technological designs, and other expressions of human culture should be freely available to all people; I think it should be the intended goal of humanity to broadcast this information into…
Tagged with: alien intelligence, extraterrestrial, free information, intellectual property, public domain
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Organized Entropy Expansion, Personal, Philosophy
Proud Pooper
Toilets are gross. That nice clean porcelain throne you do your private business on is a staple of modern society. Sanitation is a great achievement of technology. Before there were sewer systems, human waste washed into the streets, plugged up…
Tagged with: composting, humanure, responsible living, sanitiation, urine collection
Posted in Humanure, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Humanure, Personal, Philosophy
Share Your Passion
I’m a shit writer. Yep, that’s how I’m starting. I write in order to organize my thoughts in a coherent manner. If I were writing this in a text file no one would see, I would quickly get bored, the…
The Prodigious Purge
I’m loving the purge! It feels so good to rid myself of unused items, unappreciated furniture, and redundant clothing. The books are a hard one. Some, I’ve read and won’t pick up again so, donating them to the library is…
Tagged with: collapse, downsizing, living small, living tiny, minimalism, minimalist, motorhome, rv living
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Minimalism By Distillation
I’m going small and it feels good. We’re in the process of finding a suitable motorhome to live in. A beautiful Class C to modify for our purposes. A remodeled rear bedroom for storage, a composting toilet in the lavatory,…
Tagged with: collaborative consumption, downsizing, living small, living tiny, minimalism, motorhome, RV fulltiming
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
A Winnebago For The End Of Days
I love ridiculous titles! We’re back to RV shopping again! Winnebago, because they are very popular and among my favorite models of motorhome other than Lazy Daze. End of Days, because anyone with a frontal lobe can see things aren’t…
Tagged with: collapse, composting toilet, human compost, humanure, minimalism, motorhome, RV, small living
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Personal, Philosophy
Fight Or Flight In A Culture Of Rot
I don’t know about you, but I have very little invested in United States capitalism, United States empire building, or really anything to do with the United States. I am human. I am an Earthling. I think, feel and metabolize…
Tagged with: capitalism, collapse, democracy, environmentalism, global warming, society, survival
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Dwelling, Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Freedom to Choose Your Tyranny
The practice of an established monarchy is largely dead; the ideology of feudalism, although more common than you think, is met with hostility by most citizens; so, what makes you think capitalism and representative government is the pinnacle of freedom…
Tagged with: capitalism, government, money, political economy, tyranny
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
Posted in Marxism, Personal, Philosophy
musings on entropy 