In America, the Thanksgiving turkey is really just the warm-up meal. It’s part of the preparation, the feast before the real festival. That festival commonly known as Black Friday.
This is the festival of mass consumerism, a ritual meant to drive sales figures into the black and debt into astronomical amounts. A great rite, if you [...]
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So Michael and I walk into a furniture store …
Wait, let me back up a little bit. Michael got a fat bonus from work, a really fat bonus. And we decided to spend part of it on a new bed for the boys. At the old house they each had [...]
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In case you didn’t know, today is the start of No Impact Week. One week to try to live better, be happier, and reduce your impact on the earth. If you haven’t already you can sign up here, and download the free pdf with daily challenges here. You can also join [...]
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During the swelling of the Nestle storm I read a lot of comments from people saying they just didn’t have the time to research every company out there, so fuck it they’ll just do nothing expect be pissed off at us so-called “perfect” people. At first I assumed they were just being [...]
