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       Freedom from cluttered lives and minds.
       
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    <description>An installation of creatively shaped benches in Belgium pushes the edge of urban sit-ability.</description>        
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    <description>Think an island-hopping cruise across the Pacific is only for the elite? Not if you take the slow boat. </description>        
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    <title>A Portlandia Sendup of Tiny House Living</title>        
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    <description>Portlandia’s Kumail Nanjiani visits a tiny house and asks some of the questions on everybody’s mind.</description>        
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    <description>Many of us believe getting more of the things we value will make us happier, but new research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.</description>        
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    <description>Spoons, sardines, telephone charades, and other activities to put a boost in your get-togethers.</description>        
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    <description>Video: Open Source Ecology has released free plans for building tractors, brick compressors, and other essential machines. Why pay more for stuff that's designed to fall apart?</description>        
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