bean bag chairs

I really want to get some bean bag chairs for our basement, and maybe some for our office at school. I wonder if I could make bean bag chairs by making or buying the covers, and filling them with styrofoam "peanuts" (shipping material), which seems like it would be easy to find. ideas?

I am also on a mission to acquire scraps of carpet left over from new carpet installations, with which to carpet the bomb shelter (hey, if we have to stay in there for the next 10,000 years, we might as well make it cozy).

rochester co-op

So, I think it's time to get moving with starting a co-op in Rochester. An ambitious project, yes, but it needs to be done. I am going to get started with seeking out connections in the community and looking for a group of true believers. I am also going to contact existing co-ops in the region and ask them about their experiences, details of incorporation, etc. Here are some upstate NY co-ops:

• Nickel City Co-Op — Buffalo, NY

• Triphammer Cooperative, Von Cramm Cooperative — Ithaca, NY (Cornell University)

• Beta Sigma (still a co-op?), Folwell House, Sill House — Geneva, NY

• Bunche House, Ecology House — Hamilton, NY (Colgate College)

• others, without web pages

Also need to start crafting the "vision"... My own includes elements of USCA co-ops, the Swedish Nations, and TEP house (at MIT). Any ideas on what to name this entity and/or its house? "Rochester Student Cooperative Association" could be spiced up a little. Oh yeah, if you're thinking, "What is a Co-op??" then you should read What is a Co-Op? from NASCO. Then let me know if you want to be part of this endeavor. (-: