Y’all know how I love writing a recurring series. So let’s start another, although I can’t promise it’ll be as regular as my previous one. We’ll call it “Little Luxuries.” Little luxuries help you make it to the end of each day. Self-deprivation, even when you have no money to spend

Summer is here and that means festival season has arrived! Being broke-asses and all, it’s not like you can afford to go to every “festi” that comes to your neck of the woods. Whether you are going to The Bounce Festival this weekend, High Sierra over Fourth of July Weekend,

Even Einstein was a self-professed “lone traveler”. You’re in a strange town or city all by yourself. Maybe you’re “on business” (Doesn’t that sound douchey?) or attending a mandatory family reunion. Either way, chances are your Holiday Inn room smells like human piss, and you may or may not have

  Currently, I’m on the coast of Oregon, land of blackberries, loggers, and oysters. My cousin just graduated from high school and most of my family was drawn–by the magnetic pressure of my aunt–to her graduation party, complete with tents and two bands. I’m getting old and my brain is

Remember that story from a few years ago about the so-called Hipster Grifter in Brooklyn? I even wrote a sort of jokey thing about it. Of course places like New York and San Francisco are veritable hubs for these sort of con artist/grifter types– so much so, that I’m sad

It’s Spring, finally! Yay! It’s time to drag out your Converse, and get hem ready for the summer. Option 1: Follow this how-to video from the Converse website involves baking soda, detergent, and quite a bit of elbow grease. Option 2:  If your kicks are in relatively good shape, and

What the fuck are you gonna do with your life now? Happy Graduation! Now what the hell are you going to do with your life? A few of my degenerate friends just graduated college. Here’s some advice as to how to survive in the “real world” after completing whatever useless

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Wearing sunscreen is the cheapest way to fight off aging skin. Wearing sunscreen on a daily basis can help prevent your skin from showing those pesky signs of premature aging like fine lines and wrinkles, hyperpigmentation (skin discoloration), capillary damage