Comments on: Good and Bad Ideas

By: Science Heroes

Science Heroes — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:41:48 +0000

Yeah, but I said: SUCK IT!

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:54:22 +0000

Maybe it’s cliche, I never thought of them as a FD gift.

Hammocks are brilliant ’cause you get a comfy place to lounge or sleep off the ground for virtually no investment (from an energy/time perspective).

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:26:09 +0000

As I was reading, I was thinking, “He’s got to have hammocks on the good list.” I got a hammock for Father’s Day. So cliche, but so sweet.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:23:12 +0000

I didn’t put Lists on the Good List, so…

By: Science Heroes

Science Heroes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:48:38 +0000

SUCK IT!

By: Science Heroes

Science Heroes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:47:58 +0000

You that right, suck it Josh.

By: Science Heroes

Science Heroes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:47:34 +0000

Here’s a bad idea: lists.

By: meg

meg — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:44:59 +0000

something in me needs this list to expand. i just don’t know how it ever will.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:13:19 +0000

Oddly, backpacks almost made it on the good ideas list, but then I decided they were only a good idea relative to not having a backpack. There has to be a better idea for carrying stuff.

I have thought about that sort of life, and it was the genesis for the list. southern Europe would probably be the ideal place to do it.

If boating were to make it on the list, it would be muscle powered boating, but I think it is better left on the Bad Ideas list. That doesn’t mean it’s useless, just fraught with consequences and peril, and really, we could live a pretty good life without it.

Thanks!

By: Josh Crews

Josh Crews — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:47 +0000

I think your Good list is comprehensive. Perhaps wind-powered boating could go on there, but I’m not committed that your list needs revision.

If you really wanted to live the Good life, you could backpack around southern Europe with your hammock, living off bread, wine and cheese; sharing stories at night with your portable musical instruments; and slowly moving between volunteering on organic famrs. Many have entered that life and never looked back.