Ken Ilgunas
May 1, 2009
A-Team
While attempting to take a nap, someone walking past the van—unaware that I was moments away from wafting into slumberland—remarked,...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 22, 2009
Tax Return
This past weekend, I received a whopping $1,600 tax return. Between the golden ticket that Uncle Sam was kind enough to slip in my bank...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 18, 2009
Images of resourcefulness
When my pots and pans drop below-standard, I take them to a secluded bathroom to wash. I knew it was time when something began spawning...
Ken Ilgunas
Apr 5, 2009
Throwing up in the van
I must preface this entry by acknowledging that throwing up in a van isn’t much different than throwing up anywhere else. I’ve decided,...
Ken Ilgunas
Mar 25, 2009
Six days on the Appalachian Trail
I first learned of the Appalachian Trail from the book, A Walk in the Woods by travel writer Bill Bryson, who attempted to hike all...
Ken Ilgunas
Mar 1, 2009
So my mom knows about the van….
She’s known about it for quite some time now. In fact, I told my mom about my idea to live out of a van months before I was even accepted...
Ken Ilgunas
Feb 18, 2009
Eating Part II: The Spartan Student Cook Book
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2007 the average person spent $6.47 on food a day. After a month and a half of radical...
Ken Ilgunas
Feb 16, 2009
Eating Part I: Cooking in the van
I’ve always had a voracious appetite. My fondest food memory took place about six years ago—during my eating prime—when my friend Jon...
Ken Ilgunas
Feb 11, 2009
Bums and Chums
I’m a little over a month into radical living and I’ve spent every dollar as carefully and as frugally as possible. That is, until today....
Ken Ilgunas
Feb 5, 2009
What’s that smell?
This past Sunday it poured all night. I was warm and dry—content in my vehicular abode—watching the raindrops run down my windows like...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 28, 2009
Desperate times call for desperate measures
I knew when I arrived in North Carolina I had to find a job right away because of pressing financial needs. After paying for the van and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 16, 2009
Dealing with the cold
Last night it got down to 10˚ F, which is freakishly cold for North Carolina, even in winter. After a late night in the library, I ran to...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 14, 2009
Thoreau’s Disciple
If you’re not familiar with Walden, to sum up: Thoreau, a nineteenth-century philosopher from Concord, Massachusetts, left town and built...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 8, 2009
Pimpin’ (my van out) ain’t easy
Actually it sort of was. After purchasing my burgundy beauty I had to put in a habitable condition. The following renovations were made...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 6, 2009
A man and a van
So begins what I will heretofore call “radical living.” Before flying into North Carolina (and yes, I'm purposely remaining ambiguous...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 1, 2009
Other Travels
These are tales of my other travels, along with a few miscellaneous entries. 3/25/09- I hike the Appalachian Trail with my friend Luke...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 1, 2009
Privacy Policy
Organization: Dare Mighty Things Scholarship Foundation Address: Box 93544 / Durham, N.C. 27708 Contact: DareMightyThingsScholarship@gmai...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 1, 2009
Hitchhiking
Click here to read my “How to hitchhike FAQ” I have been on two cross-country hitchhikes. The first was in the summer of ’07 when I...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 1, 2009
Vandwelling
I've been living in my van at Duke University since January of 2009. I've pledged to not take out loans or borrow money from anybody....
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 1, 2009
About
(That’s a dead mosquito near the side of my mouth.) I started this blog in January 2009 to share my experiences as a grad student in Duke...