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Non-housing Alternatives

May 2, 2011 by David Mark Brown

What could be better than to live in a sustainable dwelling that, as far as the government is concerned, isn’t even a dwelling? You’d have no taxes and very little zoning codes to deal with, while at the same time treading lightly on this whimsical little sphere we call Earth. “Wow, RedneckGranola, how can such a thing be possible? Since you are so often full of organic manure, I just can’t believe you.”

Yes, yes. I know. I too was once skeptical, as yourselves, until I realized all you have to do is be considered a nutjob and such a storybook living can be within your grasp. I’m not talking about living out of a Vanagon or VW bus (I said nutjob, not hippy freak!). For starters, I’m talking about tree houses.

Take the Redneck Granola Personality Test

April 25, 2011 by David Mark Brown

The first thing you need to do to live a happy life is figure out where you fall on the redneck-granola-personality-test. Trust me, this isn’t as simple of a process as it sounds. As the original redneckgranola it has taken me over thirty years of my life to place myself accurately on the RGS (after making it up just now).

Since I realize you, kind reader, have less time for such matters, I have refined the process down to 5 questions of pure life-coaching genius. Today I offer the first four questions to you for free. The fifth question can also be yours for the low, low cost of reading the first four. Once you have read and answered these five questions truthfully all of your life’s decision making will flow smoothly from your RGS ranking. (Answer questions and then score yourself after.)

Twang Flavored Salts: a Gateway Salt

March 14, 2011 by David Mark Brown

Twang pickle salt packets — Twang's gateway salt: pickle flavor

I know it would be a first, but I’m afraid that the United States Food and Drug Administration has gone amiss in its regulatory duties. And with all the attention being given to gateway drugs over the past few decades, I’m completely shocked that the FDA has left it up to the RedneckGranola to blow the whistle on Twang.

Twang Partners, LTD. (not to be confused with the great blog, Twang Nation) has been targeting its flavored salts to children for the past thirty years. Hey, you might be thinking, lay off. It’s just flavored salt. You would be correct. And hypertension is just hypertension. Cardiovascular disease is just cardiovascular disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy is just left ventricular hypertrophy. Face facts America, salt kills.

And the fine people at Twang have been dangling their sodium death packets in front of children’s faces since the 80’s. I remember when