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Two deliberate vagabonds—one a self-professed pirate named Dirty Fred, the other a peak oil fanatic named Bruho—eke out a marginal, madcap existence by looting off-season vacation homes in the Catskill Mountains. Their commitment to the lifestyle is challenged, however, when they admit a runaway...

;) -------- Your Body Is Surrounded by Clouds of Skin and Fart Bacteria Everywhere you go, in everything you do, you are surrounded by an aura of microbes. They drift down from your hair when you scratch your head, they fly off your hand when you wave to your friend, they spew out of your...

Very image heavy Imgur set of an epic trip. (Not me, fwiw) Description: "Around this time last year I finally returned home and had a bath with a big bottle of beer to celebrate driving 17132 miles through 24 countries over 58 days. You see, last year myself and a friend drove a tiny little...

Saw this movie last night and wow. Powerful. --------------- Arielle Holmes was a homeless junkie when she was “discovered.” Now she’s the lead in a movie based on her own life, and thinking maybe she’ll give this acting thing a go. As discovery stories go, it’s not exactly Lana Turner at...

Not sure how many through hikers we have here, but as a person who does a 4-6 month PCT every 2 years, I can attest to the growth in the numbers of hikers I am seeing on the PCT. I also have friends who do the AT regularly and they report a growth of foot traffic year over year. On the one hand...

How about some good news for a change? :cool: We all need sleep, which is a fact of life but also a legally important point. Last week, the Department of Justice argued as much in a statement of interest it filed in a relatively obscure case in Boise, Idaho, that could impact how cities...

Hahahaha. Found this on Imgur.

Note: As a kid I loved nothing better than sitting in the backseat and watching the scenery roll by and am quite certain I never asked: "Are we there yet?" but I know other kids who did it constantly. Still, this is funny. Every child who had ever had the nightmare of going through a long...

There are few things more quintessentially American than a road trip. The country's vast size, the diversity of different regions and the incredible landscape make experiencing the U.S. from the road something you need to do at least once in your life -- or, perhaps, every summer. "Every...

FWIW, I am not posting this as a partisan observation. I am a equal opportunity ignorer of all political parties. No, I post this because it's an example of just plain shitty human behavior. ======= The Republican Party’s relentless and inexplicable war against the poor took a bizarre and...

Link: http://goo.gl/uUVtct The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday is scheduled to consider making it easier to break up homeless encampments, which have mushroomed across Southern California. Two measures before the council would reduce to 24 hours from 72 hours the warning time homeless...

Apparently this is a thing. I googled around and found it's more common than you may imagine. =========== LINK: http://goo.gl/GOKQ4G A stowaway on a British Airways jet was found dead after falling on a roof as the plane approached London Heathrow Airport, authorities said Friday. It's...

I've read this book and can therefore recommend it. It has some interesting ideas that stimulated some thoughts in my head about some possible future endeavors. ;) (Hope this is the right place to post this) ================== Dignity by Ken Layne A packet of hand-scrawled letters found in...