• Gizmodo: “Dry Your Shoes Off And Come On In”

I’m all for shiny-red doo-dads that dry/warm your shoes. Looks really pretty, eh? Your technolust is rising, eh?

However, having had many — many — days where I’ve come home from a wet day of Ultimate with an absolutely soaking pairs of cleats. And I have yet to require a shiny-red doo-dad to get them dry for the next day. Instead:

1. Take some old newspaper. (I love using the multitude of flyers that are delivered to my door twice-a-freaking week. That way, I feel like they’re not a complete waste.)
2. Bunch them up into a plethora of wads.
3. Stuff the wads into the liquid-imbued footwear.
4. Wait.
5. Remove.
6. If you so choose, depending on the level of liquidity and on your own time requirements, repeat.

Result = dry shoes.

Cost = nuthin’.

[Ed. note: Did I eat a thesaurus or something this weekend? “Plethora”? Somebody smack me.)

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