Yep. Plenty of “ethical shortfalls” in the Teams, and I agree with *** regarding the “you ain’t cheatin’ you ain’t trying” problem. It sure affected me, and I still struggle with myself (not just the students) every day with that attitude. The story you told me about not stealing toilet paper from Yosemite has stuck […]
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****, Good to hear from you, it has been a while since that fireside chat over at ****‘s place many moons ago. The short version of my long, rambling, and mostly about me answer is: Grab something you think you like by the balls and do it. If you don’t like it you’ll know pretty
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****, For greywater you can’t go wrong with Art Ludwig’s “Create an Oasis Out of Greywater”. I used it for my system and it was more than enough info. For rainwater check out “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond” by Brad Lancaster, it’s a good overview. If you’re going to build a cistern you could
Yep. I like the simplicity stuff. With that said, I did just buy 2 more hand planes off a guy from Craigslist. I love fine tools. Wrote this the other day for our Paleo Treats FB page: “Had a workout the other day where I had a 1,000 reasons to be anywhere else, and only 1 reason
****, Just finished up Farm City by Novella Carpenter. A refreshing book on urban farming that didn’t have the usual holier than thou horseshit that seems to permeate the prose of every fucking new foodie writer who sticks their head up out of the lettuce (excuse me, arugula) patch. Am into books on dryland irrigation and
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Great read, love this quote: A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as “state” and “society” and “government” have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame… as blame, guilt, responsibility are matters taking place inside human
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Ok, revisiting “where I stand” inre. the “money for manners” /“tribe of uncles” idea. Some thoughts: ‑host it on the kyk13 site. I like the name. ‑keep developing the idea and putting down only what feels totally good to us, i.e. linking to the mystance article, posting prices of $300k for 2 weeks (or whatever), writing
****, you knew this was coming. 🙂 Another idea that just wouldn’t let me sleep through the creativity of the morning hours. Between 3 and 5 am I give all credit for my work to unknown muses. Jesus I’m lucky! In short: A course for the sons of the ultra-rich teaching them the meaning of being a
Folks, Am facing significant resistance on the homefront to the idea of.…well, I’ll define it in a minute (resistance email is at the bottom.) I think of it as Shangri-La, but I also think shitting in a 5 gallon bucket for compost is totally the right thing to do. If I’m truly serious about this, I’ve
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****, excellent recommendation. Just read these lines from Chatterton’s experience as a medic walking point in Vietnam. They ring true with my own limited experience. Dig it. ‑If an undertaking was easy, someone else already would have done it. ‑If you follow in another’s footsteps, you miss the problems really worth solving. ‑Excellence is born of
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