Archive for the ‘Consumerism’ Category

Less Than 2 Hours

I pay my credit card bill online. The good part about it is that I can wait until the last minute to pay my bill if necessary. The bad part is that if I forget the due date, I get smacked with a $39 late fee.
Here it is 1:40AM and I just paid the thing, [...]

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Here I Come to Save the Day!

Lots of people are trying to save the planet. I’m not entirely certain that the planet needs to be saved. At least, not in the way they mean. Oh sure, socialist and communist and downright stupid ideas seem to permeate most every corner of the globe. And we certainly need to save the planet from that. [...]

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One Step Too Far

When they invaded HGTV and Food Network with “green” shows, I sneered. When they staged ”Earth Day” and turned off the lights for an hour, I laughed. When they shoved pseudo-science at us, I shoved right back.
They’ve insisted on impossibly low emissions, funky eye-killing migraine-inducing light bulbs, nasty oily recycled paper, expensive cloth grocery bags, and a million [...]

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Shoe Porn

Oh my. I love those shoes. I don’t know what it is, but I love pumps that have a slight masculine style to them but still maintain an ultra-feminine sexy look. And if it’s a classic pump with a slight platform to the toe and a sharp stiletto to the heel, so much the better. [...]

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Acworth Books-A-Million Sucks

Alternately Titled: The Curse of the Book Club Membership
So yesterday, I went to Books-A-Million here in Acworth (3372 North Cobb Parkway) to get the three books I’ve been drooling over this past week. I found the books easily enough (they were new releases) but, as usual, I had problems at the checkout. 

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