Adam Shepard reduced his life to a small bag, $25, and the clothes on his back to see if he could get a car, a furnished apartment, and $2500 in savings in a year.
To make his quest even more challenging, he decided not to use any of his previous contacts or mention his education.
(Via Kottke.)
A list compiled by The BEAST of it’s 50 most loathsome people in America, number 9 being “you”:
Charge: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system, and reject all empirical evidence to the contrary. You know the difference between patriotism and nationalism — it’s nationalism when foreigners do it. You hate anyone who seems smarter than you. You care more about zygotes than actual people. You love to blame people for their misfortunes, even if it means screwing yourself over.
Sentence: A gradual decline into abject poverty as you continue to vote against your own self-interest. Death by an easily treated disorder that your health insurance doesn’t cover. You deserve it, chump.