Tiny Houses

I got to read this rather long and fascinating article in the New Yorker Magazine while waiting 45 minutes at the doctor's office yesterday. The tiny house movement has it's coding and zoning challenges, and the groups that are taking to them most are older people who wish to downsize, those who have defaulted on mortgage, and the small footprint crowd.


My kid got to see one at his elementary school last year, the owner was able to bring her house over for a viewing. 


http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/25/110725fa_fact_wilkinson

http://www.squidoo.com/waste-naught-well-like-worm/151882535-slug-vs-worm?utm_source=mapshare&utm_medium=waste-naught-well-like-worm&utm_term=duel&utm_campaign=facebook


Ok Northwestern Experts, here is your chance to awe the web with your slug stories!  The link above will take you to the duel module in Squidoo.  If you want to further dig into worm behavior, there is more ....

Slug vs Worm

Who is the slimiest?

From the lens waste naught well like worm.

There are many slugs in my area and I have yet to find one practical use for them.

What has more appeal, the slug or the worm, and why?