I actually found it hilarious that Graham held up mystery novels as examples of adult fiction. I mean, are we talking Dorothy Parker, here? Because modern mystery novels are where literature goes to die. I'm sorry—I tried, but there is some of the most wooden, terrible writing I've ever seen in the mystery section.…

Yeah, but five years ago all of the people voraciously devouring YA were saying, "Oh, I don't read." So I say stop concern-trolling them.

Oh, fine. I actually agree with a lot of your choices. I would just NEVER put John Hamm above Moss. NEVER.

1. Richard Ayoade.

My husband:

Me too! Glad I am not alone. Also, you made me laugh.

Thank you! I came in here to say just that.

Oh but why? Russia russia russia! I mean, unless you want to go to Spain or something instead.

GAWD I don't even remember! I blocked it out, I think.

This family is just the best family.

Thank you for this comment. I think that what you say here touches succinctly on the invisible class issues embedded within minimalism. Rich people have been buying more expensive stuff for hundreds of years and there's nothing new about that. Guess what? More expensive boots last longer, so you can brag about how…

I guess it's the "get off the treadmill and start living LIFE" sort of thing that accompanies this stuff. Like, have you seen this short animated film "the story of stuff"? The author makes a really great point about the amount of trash we put out as a society but also there's this message of "you work really hard…

Congrats, congrats! I am sort of a miser so I would probably sack away about 1/2 of it in a mutual fund with some stock options like via vanguard or something, but I would definitely use the other half to go on a really awesome vacation to Prague or something.

!!!!!!!!!! *dies of cuteness*

Um, that's adorable. Was your bunny like, "yup, living the life"?

YUP. This this this.

Do you remember that white guy who decided to be homeless for a little while and then wrote a book about bootstrappin'?

OOOH those people. They don't own a TV but they have smart phones and computers and still consume all the media and spend 100 hours on the internet per week bragging about their minimalism.

Thank you for saying everything I think about when I see articles on tiny houses. Home ownership, even of the $16K variety, is waaaay out of our price range, and we'd have nowhere to park our tiny house anyway! We can't just shower at the Y because we can't afford a gym membership.