CHET: First time I've seen you at the soup kitchen.
LEONARD: First time I've come.
I like this place. Humble. Not a lot wasted on decor.
Very NEW FRUGALITY.
CHET: That's that MOVEMENT I've been hearing about.
LEONARD: Oh, yeah. Everyone's doing it, ONE-UPPING each other to see WHO can live the CHEAPEST.
You know -- saving energy, eating HERE FOR FREE, things like that. Trying to cut out DISPOSABLES.
CHET: Sounds great.
LEONARD: We use HANDKERCHIEFS now, instead of Kleenex. And washable COTTON RAGS instead of paper towels.
CHET: Ooh, that's a HEALTH HAZARD. Wet cloth will mildew pretty quick.
LEONARD: We wash everything DAILY. We HAVE to, ever since we decided to go ALL THE WAY.
CHET: ALL THE WAY?
LEONARD: Reusable toilet paper.
I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a LOT of work for our housemaid Gabriella.
But MAN are we the ENVY of the community garden!
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then you'll LOVE the soup--it's recycled too! (by my kidneys)
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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