“ Above all, they can’t process information well, which confounds what should be routine decisions about discarding or organizing.
August 24 2010
January 15 2010
City life = professional hoarders.
December 25 2009
“ Stuff-after-stuff-after-stuff-dot-com.
December 23 2009
“ The scariest reading of “Hoarders” is that these freakish piles of stuff it documents simply reflect what plenty of us consume as a matter of course; our ability to dispose of the evidence properly is what makes us normal. “The line between the people on our show, who have very severe cases of the disorder, and, you know, most of the population,” Sharenow says, “is kind of thin.
December 20 2009
December 12 2009
Hoarding behavior
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FACT: Good things come in small packages.
FACT: Condiments are expensive.
CONCLUSION: Hoarding condiments like a squirrel is not only an economical practice, but an aesthetically satisfying one as well.
Soy sauce and ketchup are the easiest condiments to hoard. The trick is to make a habit of grabbing extras whether you need them or not. Always take mustard, especially if it is a nice grainy Gulden’s Mustard.
Even if you take your coffee black, always pinch a few packets of Sugar in the Raw for later usage in cookie dough or yogurt. Sugar in the Raw in particular has a satisfying heft to it; a pocket loaded down with packets feels like a pocket full of actual currency.
Honey is the coup of hoarded condiments. Like silks, spices, and concubines, it has connotations of exotic luxury that make for an extremely satisfying hoarding experience. Whole Foods is a good bet for honey. Sometimes I sit upstairs at the flagship store on Houston and nurse a single bottle of water (fifty-nine cents; buy it downstairs) for hours while working and collecting honey packets.
There’s something lightly criminal—or at least dishonest— about lifting condiments when you don’t truly need them. But tough times call for Robin Hood measures. Think of it as an act of equitable redistribution.
—Molly
December 5 2009
gary card and henderson mccue at home in london
via www.theselby.com
December 4 2009
Neighbours said Mr Stewart’s home had been accumulating rubbish for at least 10 years. This week, plastic bags were clearly seen piled across his front window, while outside further bags, broken furniture, computer parts and even an old TV set spilled over his front lawn.
Daily Mail :: Loner who built network of tunnels out of rubbish in his home dies ‘after getting lost inlabyrinth’
November 14 2009
» What's the deal with "cat ladies?"
They found that two-thirds of the obsessive collectors were women and that 70 percent were single. Cats and dogs were the most commonly stockpiled pets, and women were proportionally more likely than men to acquire cats.
I find this totally fascinating.
November 12 2009
