A Hobo Stole our Winnebago!
By jeff | November 19, 2008
In my dream, at least.
I’ve got a wild imagination…but it mostly comes out when I’m asleep and have no control over it. Last night, I had a doozy.
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Quick Reminder, Tomorrow’s Event
By jeff | November 14, 2008
Just sending out a reminder for our event tomorrow night.
Saturday, November 15th - 6-10pm
Callis Family Boat Yard in Seal Beach.
700 Marina Dr
Seal Beach, CA
The Society of Interested Persons Bi-Monthly Salon.
Featuring: The Hobosoul, Dan Callis, Avi Buffalo Music, The Bro Futurists Mobile Art Van, and more.
Free Admission, Free Beer, Free Wine, Free High-Fives!
Extras:
Hobo Stew - cooked fresh to order - $5 - Come hungry and with money!
The Hobosoul T-shirts - custom screen printing on site - made to order - $12
Shirt and Stew - $15
Custom, made to order Beer Koozie - $2
Free T-Shirts by Delve to first 50 people who show up
Cash and Carry Art Sale in the Bro Futurist Van - all work available for under $20 each
Forward this to your friends even if you can’t make it tomorrow.
Post it on your blogs, now, please.
Thanks, hope to see you all tomorrow night!
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Fundraising Begun
By jeff | November 12, 2008
As part of our initiative to be a green company, we started a recycling program. We collect cans anywhere we can - at work, from friends, from friends at work, from friends at their work, anywhere. Periodically, we’ll turn these in to raise money for our first feature. So we’re not only saving the environment, we’re saving up to save the world with our movies…(?)
A few months back, we turned our first load of cans in (two truck loads, in fact), and here’s the story.
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The Society of Interested Persons Salon
By jeff | November 6, 2008
Got some gospel goodness for you in less than two weeks:
The Society of Interested Persons Salon takes place every other month and comprises a unique setting for an artist, musician, literary person, and a lecturer to come and share their share-worthy things to a group of interested persons. Come on out on November 15th and participate in that group of interested persons.
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Stuff For Free When You VOTE.
By vern | November 4, 2008
Why just vote when you can vote AND:
1. Get a FREE Coffee at Starbucks.
2. Get a FREE scoop at Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream.
3. Get a FREE donut at Krispy Kreme’s.
4. Get a FREE chicken sandwich at (select) Chik-fil-a Restaurants.
That’s a full FREE meal with TWO deserts. The choice is yours.
And yes, it is illegal to entice people to vote by giving away free things, but the companies have figured it out and it doesn’t really matter to us regular hungry/thirsty folk. Just show up and ask for stuff.
Starbucks is expecting to lose 2.25 million on free coffee today — let’s make it 3!
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Winnebago Lawsuit
By vern | October 30, 2008
This is the case of Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who sued Winnebago when he crashed his motor home to make coffee at 70mph:
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Walden
By jeff | October 28, 2008
A while back, I read Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, or Life In The Woods. Not only was he brilliant, he was also pretty tough. Here’s the general story: in the 1800s, he got tired of ’society’ and chose a life in the woods.
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A Wise Investment in Shaky Times - BEER
By vern | October 24, 2008
This little blessing of a tip comes from our friend Eric Trine and, I think, his mom (???).
If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00 today.
If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00 today.
If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $0.00 today.
Here it is:
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The Famous Homeless
By vern | October 24, 2008
Here’s a list of now-famous ex-homeless people. On the list are names such as: Jim Carrey, William Shatner, Charlie Chaplin, Halle Berry, Kelly Clarkson, Cary Grant, and David Letterman. Missing is the great Clark Gable who actually hoboed from Texas to Portland where he married a woman 17 years his senior who surgically had his ears pulled back, and his teeth straightened, and before making it big in Hollywood where he would marry 5 times and die of a triple heart attack from his role in The Misfits, and, perhaps equally, from smoking 3 packs of unfiltered cigarettes, cigars, and 3 bowls of pipe tobacco a day.
Here’s the list from Homelesstales.com
Thanks to the great Pat Brumfield at Normalcy.net
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“Tiny Homes” - Not Quite House, Not Quite RV
By vern | October 23, 2008
For those that either can’t commit to this “crazy” RV lifestyle — the masses have spoken and a new breed of residence has been born. These are “Tiny Homes” and they average 100 - 200 sq. ft. in size, come with wheels, and cost between $36,000 and $47,000.
The idea behind Tiny Homes is to offer people a way to live free of daunting mortgage payments (although I still don’t have $36,000 laying around) and a more resourceful lifestyle.
OR you can go to Mexico with $2500 and drive home a vintage one and really live life.
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Possum Nights
By jeff | October 22, 2008
The other night, I heard a rustling outside the Winnebago. It sounded like a person, lurking around the back. Come to think of it: I’d heard this noise before. Never sure what it was, I decided to lay low, let whoever, or whatever it was, be. I could take it no longer.
The new nighttime neighbor. Should I name him too?
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For the “Fraidy Cats”
By jeff | October 17, 2008
(This is a post that I wrote back in April but never got around to posting…the sheets are still up, enjoy)
In a continued effort to keep light in the Winnebago, we’ve added some duveteen above the windshield where the front curtains hang down.
This is in addition to the white light proof sheets we’ve had in the rest of the windows since November.
These four five sheets allow us to turn the lights on whenever we please without being detected. It also makes it easier in the morning if the cops do knock…there is really no place for them to “peek” in at us…to see us hiding under our sheets.
Click for pics of the rest of our defenses.
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Homemade Compost
By vern | October 15, 2008
Though the word “homemade” instantly disassociates myself with a hobo, the fact of the matter is I DO have a home, and so I WILL make homemade compost.
Recently we found out Long Beach is 2nd in the state for city wide recycling (I couldn’t find the resource for that) and local groups are throwing composting classes (the next one is on Oct. 18, in Long Beach - here). So, my wife and I have decided that our pathetic garden needs something. It needs a bowl of rotting fruit that will eventually turn into a beautiful garden power supplement.
“Basil, Banana Peel, Garlic Husk, Cantaloupe, Walnuts in Pre-Compost Stage”
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CBS Hobo TV Special - “Riding the Rails”
By vern | October 13, 2008
Here’s a video piece CBS’s Bill Geist did on the 2008 Hobo Convention. It talks about all things hobo. It’s a bit cheesy at parts but well worth it for the good parts. We actually have a lot of the same footage from when we went last year, just there seemed to be more drinking involved. Enjoy and thanks CBS.
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“What The World Needs Is More Hobos”
By jeff | October 8, 2008
I was sent this article recently (August) and I have been meaning to post it. Maybe I did already, but I came across it again, and thought it was important to do so.
The article is about hobos, the ride-the-rails hobos from the Great Depression. In essence, the hobos back then had a great work ethic, and wouldn’t take a handout. The hobo worked. Living near the tracks, Gil Jones would witness them as they hopped on and off the trains and when they came to his house, inquiring about food in exchange for work.
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