Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
A lot of times, people ask me, "Paul, how can I not buy stuff?"
Well, here's how.
(By the way, I know the video is extending into the right-side blogroll and stuff. I know how to fix it, too. I chose to sacrifice my weird little blog description for higher video quality. ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
I once bought a used book at Myopic in Chicago. Don't ask me what book it was - too nerdy to admit.
Inside the book was a Post-It Note (brand name ownership example #1) with a phone number for a man named Noel who lived in England.
How cool is that? You ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
(Public domain Oliver Twist illustration. Source: Wikipedia.org)
Damn. It would be so easy to post links to the news articles linking consumerism and childhood depression in British children.
I could say something smug about how I knew it all along. Then I could stop blogging for the day and make a sandwich.
But ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Here's an object lesson in research:
For years, I've worn New Balance shoes because they have good arch support and, I thought, they're made in the USA.
Turns out I was only partially right.
True, New Balance does manufacture some of its shoes in the USA. But not all. Not my green, yellow ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
I would like you guys to take a few seconds and look at this posting on Lifehack.org. It's called "How to Avoid Being Enslaved by Consumerism."
Seriously, take a look. I'll wait here.
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Oh! You're back. I swear, I ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
(Public domain image. Source: Imageafter.com)
OK, so I'm just putting it out there - when I was a kid, I thought everyone on the entire planet was poor except for in the US and western Europe.
Seriously, I thought the world was a bunch of tempest-tossed, starving refugees, some British guys and ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A brief diversion from the usual topic today.
The National Catholic Reporter did a story on nuns going green.
Hmmm. I wonder where they got that idea?
Dang religion reporters ripped me off.
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
(Source: Renegade Handmade Flickr account. Used with permission.)
In the sea of hip known as Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, there is a modest consignment shop where a person can buy plush bacon and eggs, buttons with owls on them and posters and shirts made by artists and crafters from Korea to, ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
The Things You Carry goes audio, debuting what will hopefully be the first of many audio interviews.
You have been warned.
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Meet Edward Bernays.
That's him. He looks a little like Walt Disney, huh? Happy guy. I bet he's got a cute, happy quote to describe the worldview that makes him so darn smiley.
Here it is:
"If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control ...
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