Slog - Comments on Mudede's Freestanding Pile of Trash Very Important Things http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very As you might have heard, we're having a cleaning-up-the-office day here at The Stranger. We're throwing away broken chairs, swastika-shaped CD racks (remember CDs?), our Knute "Skip" Berger memorial doll, several thousand stacks of police reports, a busted TV, more books than you can imagine, a pink plastic flamingo, etc., etc.--and while we're at it, we're tearing down some cubicle walls. Here's what we found when we took down one of cubicle walls at the entrance to Charles Mudede's area. Yes. That is a freestanding pile of trash. Stuff just standing there of its own accord. This picture does it... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:55:13 -0800 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:50:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cochise. what does it smell like?

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949414 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:53:18 -0800 Comment by NaFun I want to read Charles doing an architectural review of that pile.

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949415 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:53:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Tao Bungalows are always my fave.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949422 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:58:27 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways you do realize that both your insurance company and the fire department might have to declare your offices a fire trap...and what with your deathtrap elevator and bum blocked fire doors, you're all doomed in case of a fire.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949425 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949425 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:59:56 -0800 Comment by troll As intellectually sloppy as most of CM's arguments are, this should hardly come as a surprise.

]]> troll http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949426 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:00:00 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe That's actually a pretty nice pile of trash. It could be worse, you know.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949431 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:01:08 -0800 Comment by elenchos I believe the freestanding pile of trash is the post-use culmination of the original monument to Capitalism, the Solid Gold Toilet®. "Freestanding" as in the trash is the only thing in a capitalist society that is ultimately "free", as both the bourgeoisie and labor are enslaved by the capitalist system and the only freedom comes after you have been cast off, and "standing" because the inhuman alienation of capital actually upends the natural state of trash, which would be to fall, to decline, flowing down into the earth from which all things come. The trash stands up as a kind of monument to waste. Digging into and tearing apart the capitalist systems freestanding mountains of trash provides the clearest insight into how the system operates and what it delivers, and fails to deliver. The inevitable collapse of the freestanding pile of trash under the weight of its own internal contradictions parallels the ultimate collapse of the system of global capital, which will likewise spread its component parts across the surrounding landscape, and from which will grow the future society that will replace it.

Thank you. Thankyouverymuch.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949446 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:07:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf That was good, Elenchos.

Are you having a rummmage sale? Because I know I could find a few things in that pile I want; that copy of The Seattle Bungalow, for starters.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949489 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:12:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Hey -- all those books on that back shelf are library books, aren't they? What do Charles's fines look like?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949499 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949499 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:13:42 -0800 Comment by Jonathan Golob This looks like my desk and bench at the lab. Terrifyingly so.

I think the piles on my desk are now structural elements of the building--a part of the seismic retrofitting.

]]> Jonathan Golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949514 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:14:58 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 And wouldn't that tub be postal service property?

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949520 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:15:39 -0800 Comment by Nay Go to Value Village to pick up some goodies from the purge.

And it's EDITORIAL that's having the purge, not the whole office. :P

]]> Nay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949527 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:16:37 -0800 Comment by Dominic Holden Fnarf @8, I'll thumb-wrestle you for it.

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949553 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:20:19 -0800 Comment by superyeadon honestly, I figured that the zoom-in would reveal mountains of mid-80s porn.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949572 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:23:41 -0800 Comment by Tim Rhodes This just makes me love Charles even more!

]]> Tim Rhodes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949592 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:28:48 -0800 Comment by charles mudede dudes, that bungalow book is mine. it's destined for the architectural section of my personal library, which i just paid a fortune to move to a new location.

]]> charles mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949598 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:29:59 -0800 Comment by Fnarf What's your address, and what time are you going to be away from home?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949642 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:42:41 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Give it to a dead guy and bury it.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949656 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:45:56 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Wake me when they're throwing out copies of The Seattle MegaHouse

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949658 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:46:56 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways If Charles isn't careful, he'll be featured in "Library Police Beat"...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949665 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:48:43 -0800 Comment by Todd Fascinating, but how about instead of throwing it away you take it downstairs to the Value Village.

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949709 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949709 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:07:28 -0800 Comment by Todd Never mind @21, didn't see the earlier post saying you were doing exactly that.

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949714 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:09:09 -0800 Comment by Snarky Girl Is The Weekly giving away free papers while you're doing that ?
Oh wait.

]]> Snarky Girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c949721 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:10:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @23 - no, ECB uses those to roll her "green" cigs.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950004 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:43:18 -0800 Comment by Eric Good to see some He'Brew there, the chosen beer.

]]> Eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950158 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950158 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:15:13 -0800 Comment by magic bullet The real question is, will it blend?

]]> magic bullet http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950229 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:33:24 -0800 Comment by CP
Beaten as a child, Charles?

; )

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950274 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:46:01 -0800 Comment by violet_dagrinder @7:
Nice. LOL

Oh, yeah, and:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/01well.html?emc=eta1

]]> violet_dagrinder http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950329 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:28:38 -0800 Comment by Matt F. Come on Stranger! Return those mail bins!

http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-new-york/1031603-1.html

]]> Matt F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c950429 Housekeeping Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:48:57 -0800 Comment by David Letterman I do not understand your strange sense of humor. Please explain.

]]> David Letterman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c951224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c951224 Housekeeping Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:48:20 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis I'll tell you what is impressive and freestanding...an enormous penis!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c951650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/mudedes_freestanding_pile_of_trash_very#c951650 Housekeeping Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:50:44 -0800