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Education Innovation: Austin’s PelotonU is Making Higher Education Debt-Free
Surrounded by people who have their Master’s degrees, I often feel like a friggin’ idiot toy with the idea of going back to school. Until I think about all the debt I’ll accumulate, which is a soul-crushing thought since I’ll essentially be debt-free this year. During undergrad, I was one of the lucky ones. College [...]
School bus becomes off-grid, transformable, tiny home
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It's Live: The One-Week MAX-Discount Mountain House Foods Sale, with FREE LifeStraws to Qualified Buyers!
This is a unique opportunity... a sale on Mountain House freeze-dried food in #10 cans at the maximum-permitted discounts, along with a special offer to our buyers club members of a FREE LifeStraw with every three cases purchased in a transaction--no limit!Of course everything ships free to lower 48, as well.Mountain House storage food has no equal. Show More Summary
PHOTO: Indie band plays show, wears MUST SEE outfits
As it has been well documented across the blogosphere, the indie band is gearing up towards their album release. They found themselves in a bit of controversy last week, but also will collaborate with a celebrated musician from the past. Show More Summary
Don’t Open This Blog Post and Walk Away From Your Computer
This weekend I set out to do nothing and that is exactly what I achieved. I laid in bed until 1 on both Saturday and Sunday, ate lunch with my Texas family and friends, took naps, watched Django Unchained at the dollar theater, strolled Town Lake, played bocce ball and had 100% non-work related conversations [...]
Subjugation vs. Liberty: The essence of the global struggle ... Will there be resistance?
It wasn't that long ago that a strong sense of personal morality was NOT the exception to the rule.In Western cultures, adherence to principles respecting personal liberties and the value of every individual were embraced with deep-seated feeling."Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"... Show More Summary
Childless Woman Taboo
When a woman reaches a certain age, she is expected to start thinking about having children. If she doesn’t, society demands an answer. (Telegraph) Sarah Rainey recently took up the much discussed and debated February Vogue article in which Dame Helen Mirren “confronts the final female taboo“: childlessness. Like many commentators, Rainey finds Mirren’s candor [...]Show More Summary
Childfree Celebrity: Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell) of Mad Men
Tonight is the anxiously awaited season six premier of Mad Men. While the show is always controversial, so are many of the show’s stars. Famously kid free and car free, for environmental reasons, Vincent Kartheiser just got engaged to co-star Alexis Bledel–his mistress on the show. (Big congrats from WNK!) Does that mean we [...]Show More Summary
Why Roger Ebert Mattered.
Goodnite, Sweet Prince. In heaven, every movie is a part of the Criterion Collection. Love always, pre-written obituary-wave content and the SteakNShake family. Brother 1: What kind of shake r u getting? Brother 2: I'll get the limited edition flavor "Sewage of the Midwest."
Indie band to release single and video with new diet energy soda brand
The indie band is every where right now. At the beginning of the week, they launched their album cycle with a fresh new song. The song found them in a mild controversy. But now the band is back with news that aside from their album,Show More Summary
If You Love Depeche Mode and Joy Division, You’ll Love Austin-Based Band Knifight
You know that special moment when you randomly walk into a bar, completely unaware of what musical act is playing there that night, and as you’re ordering your drink, you hear the most transfixing music pouring in from the back? You make your way through the crowd and find yourself planted in front of a [...]
Indie band to collaborate with influential, respected musician from previous era
Things have been EXTREMELY buzzworthy for the indie band this time of a year. Just a few days ago, they released their new hit song single, which the internet has been liking, sharing, subscribing to like it's sliced bread. It has been...Show More Summary
How to Handle Debt: A Personal Story
The other day, I posted on Hipstercrite’s Facebook page that I had just finished paying off my car, and in a several months, my credit cards too. I’ve written about debt before; like many twenty-somethings, I’ve been strapped with school loans, credit card and car payments for most of my third decade. When you’re facing [...]
Why No Kids? Dependent 20 Somethings!
In what could be an indicator of either a massive drop in teens’ financial prospects or the fact that teens today are getting more realistic about their financial futures, a new survey shows that the percentage of teenagers who expect to remain dependent on mom and/or dad until at least age 27 has doubled in [...]Show More Summary
Is the Kim Jong-un haircut 'the new Skrillex sideshave of 2k13'?
Story Summary: North Korean Leader has cool haircut, #trending with teens. He might be the real Unchill AZN Bro Hope he chills out. Kim Jong-un is 'totally hot right now', climbing up all the coolest blogs with his totally fashionable new haircut. Show More Summary
10 Ways the Impending North Korean Nuclear Attack on the USA can help you
Let's face it. We're in the middle of a shitstorm when it comes to Kim Jong-Un, dictator of North Korea. The guy reminds me of my ex-wife--I never know what the bitch is gonna pull. We are on a collision course for a North Korean attack on at least one major city during 2013. 1. Show More Summary
The Outmoded Pronatalist Marriage – Procreation Bond
With the Supreme Court taking on same-sex marriage (or will they-we shall see), marriage traditionalists have been out there touting the old notion that the purpose of marriage is ultimately about procreation. Old, indeed. And just...Show More Summary
Indie band caught in mild controversy after mildly controversial action
Yesterday, the indie band released a new song and accompanying video. But that may have come at a cost as they lead up to their forthcoming album on April 12th. In the new video, they used images which might not have been theirs, which...Show More Summary
