StumbleUpon is a great way to lose hours of your life.  Luckily, I braved the Internet vortex so you don’t have to.  This week I found these especially interesting websites:

1. Fully-Customizable Tiny Homes Start at an Affordable $22,000
   Cut to:  Tricia, hyperventilating.  I WANT A TINY HOME SO BAD.  These are adorable.
2. To the New Culture Cops, Everything is Appropriation
   As a tumblr user, I see the term “cultural appropriation” a lot.  I really liked this article’s balanced view of the subject.
   “At one time, such critiques were leveled against truly offensive art — work that trafficked in demeaning caricatures, such as blackface, 19th-century minstrel shows orethnological expositions, which literally put indigenous people on display, often in cages. But these accusations have become a common attack against any artist or artwork that incorporates ideas from another culture, no matter how thoughtfully or positively.”
3. 14 Cool Psychology Tricks You Need to Try
   This is basically just manipulation tactics, but…..I still find them extremely interesting.  My favorite (that I hadn’t heard before) was the suggestion that you can end a repetitive mental song by intentionally remembering the end of the song, since closing the loop allows our brain to stop latching onto unfinished things.
4. 14 Brilliant Re-Imagined Names For Everyday Objects We All Need
   Hahaha!  I like the “people shelf” and “t-rex deer.”
5. 14 Stories that Prove Animals Have Souls
   I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying.
6. You May Not Need These 19 Things, But You’ll Definitely Want Them Pretty Badly
   There has never been a more accurately named post.  Give me that divided frying pan immediately!!
7. A Fast Food Purse
   Um, this is GENIUS.
8. Here are 20 Animals That You RARELY Get to See as Babies
   The bison!  And reindeer!  And that little chameleon all curled up into itself!!
9. Witnessing Beautiful Autumn’s Transformations
   Excellent documentation proving that autumn is the most beautiful season.
10. 10 Fun Movie Facts
    “Because Bruce Lee was so fast, they actually had to run his films slower so you can see his moves.”