How and why to buy food for your whole family for $300 a month.

First of all, buy bulk.
Buying bulk foods are not only significantly cheaper than regularly packaged food, but they are also more economic(they have less packaging).
Stick to non-name-brand foods.
It's okay, there's no shame in buying something thats fifty cents cheaper if it means buying something you haven't seen in a television ad.
You can even try doing the 'pepsi test' with different foods of different value, you won't taste that big of a difference, if any. Look at the ingredients of the 'heart healthy' quaker oats, compared to the off-brand oats. See?
Don't do super gourmet cooking more than once a month.
It's definitely encouraged to make your own food, and make it healthy too, but don't make fifty dollar meals every day of the week. Don't listen to Rachel Ray, she is insane, as well as filthy rich.
Keep meals basic.
My friend can make fantastic fried chicken with no more than four ingredients that are very cheap.
Buy healthy foods.
did you know that unhealthy foods(twinkles, chips, pop,etc.) actually add up to a much higher price than what you originally planned? This is because they are not needed, and you will usually stray from your delicately made shopping list to grab... Whatever happens to look good.
The people that design and make those giant groceries stores actually make them so that you have to walk past the things just listed above before you get to the milk, or eggs, or whatever you happen to really need.
Free range foods.
This one is up to you, and you should do a little research(and ethical decision making) for yourself: is free range food worth the extra money?
In my personal opinion, if you have enough money, "have at it." But if you are, say, a collage student with very little extra money, I would say "save that money for a rainy day, that chicken is already dead, you can't help it now."
Again, it's your food, and your choice.
Eating out.
Eating out is not a bad option in some circumstances. Imagine yourself as a twenty year-old living with a few buddys, at a low paying job, you work hard hours to come home not wanting to cook.
How about Chinese?
The average restaurant's food costs about five dollars(pretty cheap) per plate, that will cost $240 a month, plus another $80 for the stuff you will actually cook(about three or four days a week).
Comes out to.....
$320 a month for food for a family of three.
And what if you divide that money with your room mates?
$106 a month!
And what if you cook the whole time?
Way cheaper!
And has anybody ever tried this?
A Shout Out To Eating Garbage: Dumpster Diving
Thats all for now, please leave a comment.
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The Weekly Cheek

How to make: The Crusoe Raft.

Danger level: Not Dangerous.

The Crusoe can carry(depending on the size) up to six people.
All of the tools necessary are:

1. An axe or saw.
2. A hatchet.
3. A knife.
4. A mallet.
5. A drill.
   

The supplies:

1. Seven logs about ten feet long(not water logged) and about one foot thick. The longest log should not be more than sixteen feet long, and they should also be tolerably straight.
   
2. 2x4's
   
3. Dowels, or sticks about one inch in diameter.
4. A pole 10 feet tall.
5. Canvas.
   

Select two logs as nearly alike as possible to lie on both sides of the center log(the longest).
Make the two logs on each side of the center one pointed not to the middle of itself, but to the middle of the center log.
After all of the logs have been trimmed and sharpened using the same step as above roll them into the water and rearrange them in order and drill holes through the 2x4's and the logs so that the dowels may fit in snugly(they will well with water).
Drive the dowels into the holes that have been drilled, they will hold more firmly than iron nails because they swell.
Also drill a larger hole in the middle part of the raft, near the front. This will be for the mast.
Drill a few holes in the side of the raft about 1/2 inch in diameter, these are for erecting saplings for the skeleton of the raft's cabin.
You should also erect a stout post with a paddle fastened to it (this will be placed on the stern(the back) and used for steering).
Two extra stout poles should be driven into the sides, near the front, that become narower at the top, these will be used for ore stands(see illustration).
To make the ores, get a pole about five feet long, and fasten a plank to it(this will be the blade).
Ores can be bought somewhere else.
A flat stone, or something similar, can be used for a fireplace.
cracks in the floor should be sealed, or even floored with 2x4's.
Cover the skeleton with canvas.

How to make: War kites.

Danger level: High.

To make a fighting kite you must gather:

1. A sheet, or similar lightweight material.
2. Sticks, or dowels, about three and a-half feet long, and a quarter inch thickness.
3. Glass bottles.
4. Wax.
5. Leather.
6. String.

First you must build the kite, take the dowels and fasten them together to make a cross shape.
Then sew the fabric onto the frame so that it is taught.
to make the 'cutters' break the glass bottles with a lightweight hammer and select a few pieces that are thick on the inside edge, but are sharp and keen on the outside edge. This may take some time, practice, and lots of broken bottles, be very careful with the broken glass, stitches are not fun!
Use wax to fasten the glass onto the string, make sure they are facing in different directions.
Cover the wax from the previous step with leather so that the glass does not fall out!
Fasten the string to one of the corners of the frame, make sure it is tight!
Tie string to the middle of the kite(where the dowels intersect), this is the line that you will hold to keep the kite from flying away.
Flying the kite will take as much practice as takes to build, so don't give up!
Make sure that you have friends that are armed as well, as knocking someone else's unarmed kite out of the air is no fun.
Also make sure that your kite is in a big field clear of trees and power lines.
Be careful, for obvious reasons.

Theses are 'cutters'.

The title of this post...

The title of this post will certainly not be "hello world", due to the fact that this blog is not about the common things that people already think about, or even the things we don't think about thinking about.
This blog will be about... Whatever I want it to be about.
I will include updates on DIY: things(possibly dangerous), Why we should make an effort to save the world, and why we shouldn't.
To tell a little about myself, I design buildings and vehicles that are more efficient, less costly, and more useful.
I am interested in industrial and architectural design. I also enjoy seeing the side of life that is hidden from us because it has become an eyesore to those who do not appreciate life, or it's qualities.
I will open this page to almost any post that is appropriate for this blog, that includes inventions, thoughts, lost ways to hurt small children of the fifties, pictures of the papratzie(we are allowed to make fun of them just as much as they do celebrities), or anything else that is not necessarily healthy, nor helpful to everyday life(aside from the cheap laugh or two).