What to Do With Junk Mail and Shredded Paper

...l Weave baskets. Fold it into origami. Fire bricks with junk mail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=i-_MQgYK6c0 Shredded Paper Animal bedding. Packing material. Make your own paper. Fire bricks with shredded paper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHgBCvQ_-Qg I’ve also been pondering the possibility of making lumber with junk mail and/or shredded paper bound together with resin. I’m not the only person who’s had this idea but, unfortunately...

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No Tools? No Problem

...ils,, and chewing it with his teeth, in much the same way one tackles corn on the cob. “I got a few splinters along the way, but in ended up working out,” with all his teeth intact. Here’s the video to prove it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPIexiGO3_k And another video where Bentel becomes an entire (NSFW) furniture collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgpBBv6tkgI Who needs Ikea? You can find Bentel at All Purpose Nik....

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On Moon Bases, Free Parking and One Hell of a Grim Swedish Science Fiction Movie

...make it less likely that we’ll walk, bike or take public transit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIlE9R00ik Now on to the tangentially related subject of moon bases. My primary objection to manned space travel in general is that it gives a false sense that there is something else in this universe for us other than the paradisaical planet we currently call home and that we can screw things up here and escape to space stations, mars or other sola...

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My Marie Kondo Obsession

...mine too!), we watched Kondo take on an American family with kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21sWodZgFxM As usual the kids and the man of the house seem to have disappeared while the decluttering was taking place. In fairness, Kondo addresses this issue. She suggests soldiering on in spite of reluctant housemates in the hopes that your new clean habits will be infectious. I suspect there will be some grumbling in the comments about this thou...

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