I froze my overdue library book before returning it, cause the library froze my account due to previous late return fees. They charged for the whole book saying it was ruined. I tried arguing that I was doing them a favor by preserving it like they did Walt Disney. They didn’t find it amusing.
I don’t suggest you do this prank on your public library, but… next time you pay a parking ticket, freeze your check, put it on some dry ice, put it in a little styrofoam container, and send it in. That’ll show em… sort of.
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Filed under 021 The Library Prank, intss blog by on Sep 15th, 2008. Comment. 
What would you do with this caged space above this ticket booth? Best answer wins a bag of goodies!!! Reply in comments.
Taken outside of the geffen contemporary in la and Sent from my iPhone
Filed under 001 Imagination by on Sep 12th, 2008. 13 Comments.
Paris based Nuke Magazine has asked me to contribute to their upcoming edition, themed chance.
Rather than write a boring article or take more pointless photos, I thought I’d ask you guys a question about chance on TCFIL site and then publish your answers.
To participate and be published in a magazine in Paris (which WILL make your freinds jealous) visit http://thecenterforimprovedliving.blogspot.com/2008/09/question-305.html and answer the question.
Thanks for participating!
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My Trip across America is Complete!!! Tune in for the last episode! A game show involving a 9 foot tall ice pyramid with a briefcase frozen inside, a water chugging competition between two 9 year olds, and a crazed girl throwing mayonnaise. This is not to be missed!
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Filed under 040 Signature Series, intss blog by on Sep 12th, 2008. 1 Comment.
I found this ad in a women’s magazine this past winter – it’s so good I had to throw it up finally. I guess this series of ads is supposed to appeal to the ever growing schizophrenic housewife market.
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Filed under 001 Imagination, intss blog by on Sep 11th, 2008. Comment.
This is sort of something I stumbled upon by accident while waiting for a phone call. It is very easy to execute and brings one much pleasure. All you need is a ceiling fan and a roll of toilet paper. I would suggest that you have hardwood or concrete floors, but I think short carpet would work too.
Here is the easy-to-follow 10-step process for creating a TP Tornado for yourself:
1) Grab a roll of 2-ply toilet paper, open it up (if wrapped).
2) Unravel about three or four feet of the TP.
3) Give it a throw up in the air so it goes over TWO of the fan blades (if it goes over just one blade, gently pull it off and try again). This the most crucial step.
4) Once you have the TP roll over the TWO fan blades, then unroll the rest of it. You can throw it around a bit more if it brings you pleasure. Whatever you do, don’t break the stream – REMEMBER ONE SOLID STRIP OF TP!
5) Once all of the TP is unrolled on the floor, remove the cardboard roll, and make sure the toilet paper isn’t too tangled up.
6) Start the ceiling fan on medium to medium high speed and watch the fun began!
7) As the toilet paper twists up like a tornado, help it ravel up a bit by feeding it some of the toilet paper on the floor.
8) Once the TP tornado has sucked up almost all of the TP, turn off the fan.
9) Run back to the tornado. As the fan slows down, gently lift up the main TP twist (as pictured) to alleviate some of the stress at the top. Do this until the fan stops completely.
10) Slowly release your grip and step back to enjoy your personal TP Tornado!!
Show your friends and loved ones. Take a picture and send it to me. I’d love to post a collection of TP tornados from around the world.
Yeah yeah, the tornado is technically up side down but who really cares?
Filed under 018 TP Tornado by on Sep 11th, 2008. 1 Comment.
As some of you know, nearly everyday The Center for Improved Living (TCFIL) will post a new question. All you have to do is participate and see where it takes you. Complete any question at anytime.
Just click on the link below to answer the question:
Today’s Question – What was the thing you had too much of?
and click here to subscribe to the feed so you get the question everyday!
The Center for Improved Living is a silly organization.
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We all have wishes – big and small, be it things we’d like to own, people we’d like to meet, things we would’ve done differently, hope for global change, desire for the perfect mate, or simply a cold soda on a hot day.
This project is dedicated to you and your wishes. Simply COMMENT TO THIS POST answering the following questions:
1) State your name (first name only is fine)
2) Where you’re from
3) And what you wish for!
My plan is to broadcast your wishes into outer space. Once there are a few hundred, I would make a recording of me reading them all. For example, Josh from Bakersfield, California wishes he had a 2000 foot slip and slide going from his home to his school. Nancy from Cleveland, Ohio wishes for President Bush to fall in a gigantic hole and never come out. Bob from Portland, Oregon wishes he’d never given up on his high school sweetheart. And on, and on.
I would then give the recording to someone like Sent Forever who would broadcast the recording into the furthest reaches of space.
Additionally on a more earthly level, I’m going to go to The Grove here in LA and read all your wishes through a megaphone
I really don’t know what this image is, but it seems like the perfect “wishes in space” gif
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Filed under 016 Wishing Space Project, intss blog by on Sep 10th, 2008. 4 Comments.
Studying errands is no small task. Everyday people are faced with the necessary errands – grocery lists need to be checked, tires need more pressure, credit cards need to be paid, new phones need to be acquired, broken things need to be fixed, dogs need their vitamins, sailboats need a specific polish, gifts need to be purchased, and everyone needs new underwear.
Common problems that can occur while fulfilling errands include: loneliness and alienation, boredom, impatience, anxiety, frustration, lethargy, hunger, flatulence, humming a Neil Diamond song, encountering stinky children, head bumps, and thoughtlessness.
In an effort to solve some of the aforementioned problems and create new and exciting ways of running errands, I have designed a two-part feasibility study:
Phase I: Running errands with others
Phase II: Running errands on a pack mule
Phase I: I run errands with strangers. I offer advice on which brand of cereal to buy, help folks fold laundry, determine the best quote on auto body repair.
Phase II: I do the same thing as Phase I, but now I’m on a donkey.
My studies determine that, if one desires to be spiritually fullfilled, errands need to be more than just a menial task. This can be achieved in many ways: go on your errands with another person, or in a group, wear some silly shades and a wig while doing your errands, walk backwards through the store, carry a really big boom box playing your favorite music, dress-up in a tux to go to Walgreens, if you don’t take the bus, take the bus to do your errands.
Go out and start an errand support group in your neighborhood or initiate group bill-paying sessions. The possibilities to make errands more communal and more appealing are endless.
This is a project I did a bit back, but it’s such a classic, I had to “re-release it”
Click here to read the San Francisco Chronicle Story
Filed under 005 Errand Feasibility Study, intss blog by on Sep 9th, 2008. Comment.
I covered myself in shaving cream, then removed it with a vacuum in reverse suck mode.
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(from the ineedtostopsoon.com archives)
Filed under intss blog by on Sep 7th, 2008. Comment.
