Word: lawns
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...others I got. And since you're posting questions to people who just like being helpful--instead of professionals billing by the hour--the exchange can feel as friendly and personal as leaning over a picket fence and asking a neighbor how he keeps his lawn so green. It also means you might get some pretty weird answers--or none...
...more space, the house and yard will shrink to a more supportable size; when people can find their privacy in the virtual world, those wasteful "setbacks" between neighbors will become less important. Cyberspace will, at the same time, become the arena for conspicuous consumption, relieving the home and front lawn of that responsibility. Meanwhile, the physical neighborhood will be freed for parks and other community gestures...
...Energy Source Machinery that runs the house will be powered in part by the homeowner's manual exercise. Pedal away, and watch the dishwasher and lawn mower...
...created a married couple whose newborn baby gets taken away by Social Services. The parents had left their child out on the lawn and watched soaps all day while the kid wailed in vain. Another day I made a pair of bored, unemployed roommates--one a neat freak, the other a slob--and watched them get into fistfights as flies buzzed around heaps of garbage in their dingy living room...
...spice things up, Zeff and Gabel added small touches, like the POW/MIA sticker on McCain's racer and gold lettering on Forbes' chauffeur-driven limo. As for realism, Zeff went so far as to enhance the textures of the racetrack and infield with digital photos of his driveway and lawn. "We never cut corners. In some ways it's idealistic--in other ways it's idiotic. But it's definitely...