It’s been an interesting week so far, and it’s only Monday. First of all, something seems to have been dislodged in my brain, that thing that keeps me from processing stuff I don’t feel like, like paperwork and phone calls (wah wah wah, First World white girl) and from finishing things I’ve started, like work. [...]
consumerism
the rolling blackouts have started and my building is dark or will be when the sun sets no power for the two old ladies who have lived there since it was built way, way back in ’59 not that they have A/C or insulation or even the magic of cross-ventilation (that’s not how they built [...]
When you calibrate your afternoon not by the subtle changes in the play of light through your office window but by the shifting of the shrill Judge Judy into the ‘shucks, ma’am’ sucker punch or Dr. Phil… When you feel your ire rise as basket-base-football cuts into The Simpsons and back-to-back repeats of King of [...]
A couple of days ago, I read a brief article/interview with Tim Robbins in this month’s issue of Los Angeles magazine. Mostly it just reinforced my impression of Robbins as a smart, talented guy whose impressions of himself are exactly the same, only more so, but there was one item which caught my eye. Despite [...]
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As if the disturbing display of consumptive zealotry to the left above (found at Drudge via my new-favorite blog, Gawker) wasn’t enough incentive, an excellent post this morning on Eschaton has me pondering the heretofore unthinkable: a gift-free holiday season. Hecate’s point is to use a shop-out in protest; as he says in the headline [...]
