i'm enjoying everyone's improved regard for efficiency :)

neat, what's inside household appliances

can you eat on one dollar a day? you can! great -- we need more experiments like this to discover unusual alternatives and practical boundaries for living.

From the page: "When you realize it only takes one minute or ten minutes to do something, it doesn't seem so bad!" Buddhists might say that it's one's aversion to doing a task that makes the task itself seem unpleasant... as a matter of fact, what a great reminder.

heh heh, is this the product of a time-and-motion study

From the page: "Hoarding against an uncertain future reveals a lack of faith in the ability of the Universe to provide what you need at the time you need it. The antidote is to focus on gratitude for all that you now have, and for all the ways in which you are already being provided for."