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14 Jul 2012

Are You A Hot Mess? Here’s a Quiz to Find Out.

We all know someone who is a hot mess of a person. Is that person you? Are your friends secretly wishing you’d just die already? Is even your sweet, loving Nana ready to take you out back and beat you like a dirty rug?  Take this handy quiz to find

Donna Rose - Bankrupt Blonde 0
13 Jul 2012

BA of the Week: Author Linda Olle

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
13 Jul 2012

Broke-Ass Mom Leftover Chicken Ideas

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about how you can make all Broke-Ass moms proud across the world with my simple recipe for Chicken Broth.  If you haven’t read it, read it here. But today I realized that using the contents of your refrigerator plus leftovers from

Jennifer White - Mommy No Bucks 0
13 Jul 2012

FREE Poetry Chaos: 16th and Mission

Every Thursday night on the southwest corner of 16th and Mission, a crowd begins to gather. A woman will kneel down and take out sidewalk chalk, patiently tracing a sprawling pastel circle on the concrete. At 9:30, the first poet will step into the chalk and let loose a yawp

Scott James - Paperback Pundit 0
12 Jul 2012

Win a copy of the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book from Chronicle Books

I’m teaming up with the fine people of Chronicle Books to do some cool giveaways. As you can probably guess by the picture above and the title that says “Win a copy of the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book”, the first giveway we’re doing is the Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
11 Jul 2012

Tale of the Gutter: What Makes a Gutter Punk?

All this talk of gutter punks has been forcing me to question what exactly a gutter punk is. Upon reflection, I started to feel like an asshole for generalizing and stereotyping this certain sect of homeless. Upon investigating, I started to realize I didn’t even know how to identify a

Angela Zimmerman - Sit/Lie Surveyor 0
11 Jul 2012

DIY Paint By Numbers Projects

Among the many things from my childhood that I will inevitably someday foist upon my children (a list that currently includes cassette and video tapes, a Ramones t-shirt, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Polaroid cameras, and Sesame Street) is paint-by-numbers art, which help make anyone feel like an artist. While

Amber Bouman - Crafty & Cashless 0

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