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When I was in school something like this would have resulted in a large fine for fire safety issues.

Many houses would be improved with murals of things that are awesome such as:

Vikings
People with swords
Dragons
Rocketships
Lasers

Or perhaps the most awesome thing: Space vikings riding dragon shaped rocketships with laser swords.

Time for the tough love. If you describe yourself as a "poor person" you should not be buying a $3000 sofa. Poor people should also not buy $40,000 cars, $2,000 watches, or any other expensive things for which more economical versions are available. People who are poor should be spending their money on food, shelter, and things that will enable them to not be poor any more (like education and job training and paying down existing debt).

Now, maybe you are not really poor. Maybe you are simply a person who does not currently have $3000 to spend on a sofa. In this case the solution is easy, and is listed above. Save $3000 and spend it on a sofa. You may be surprised that once you actually have the $3000 the idea of spending it on a sofa is not what you really want to do with it. Or you may spend it on the sofa and be very proud of yourself for doing it all on your own. In either case, you win!

If someone asked me what position I slept in, unless I was hoping they would join me, I would be creeped out.

If I were keeping a person prisoner under my bed, I'd probably not lock them in with 32 rifles and 70 handguns, plus ammo.

I've often wondered about the SaSi and all those. The $40 Hitachi Magic Wand may not look like a Brancusi but in my mind it's brilliant design: reliable construction, one switch, not a single non-functional aspect. It perfectly executes the job it was designed to do.

I'd love to see more of this, but the photos don't give a good feel of the layout.

If someone used these on my seat, I would accidentally spill a large beverage on their lap. And when they went to the restroom to clean up, I would be very tempted to pee in their carry-on bag.

If you don't want me to recline my seat, ask politely. We'll work something out.

So for this to work I always have to store books of the same dimension in the same spot, and I need to conceal the ends by putting the dust jacket on the book once it's been put in it's elastic holder?

Pointless and irritating.

Actually, check out his book. If everyone does a "tiny" bit then we'll accomplish... a small amount.

It's a pain in the ass to do things like unplug everything when not in use. You are far better off deciding to not buy one thing that comes in a box. That one decision will net more green benefit than plugging/unplugging crap for a year.

But people would much rather go buy a bunch of things to "green" themselves. If your green consultant drove (even a hybrid) over to do your consult you probably just blew the benefits.

Walk, take public transit, buy less stuff.