Spiral

I recently started to focus on buying organic food. Since reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser while on vacation in 2005 (totally not a vacation book, by the way), I’ve been worried about the hormones injected into our food by the mega-farms to hasten the growth process of the animals we eat. While driving [...]

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It’s all in your hands

I’m about to spend money. Yes, I’m trying to fill the hole in my heart, the gulp in my throat, left from a tumultuous week as well as the would-be 10 year anniversary of my wedding. Forget that it’s slightly dysfunctional that I chose to buy large ticket items when I’m depressed. I never spend [...]

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Drooling over Surlys

I don’t know, guys. I know on the poll results reflected a conservative approach to my spending, but damn, I’m majorly jonesing for this bike. Especially after talking to Derrick at Century Cycles and getting a quote and a general description of the components he would suggest using… I’ve done some reading online about steel [...]

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All my toys

With the weather weird, I’ve been spending a lot of time amusing myself with various toys. Last night, while simultaneously ripping my entire CD collection to my new external hard drive so that I can use the music on my new iPod, I installed a new bike pump on my road bike (which is still [...]

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Economic Stimulus stimulates my philanthropy…

Now that Bush has signed into law the economic stimulus bill, I’ve already decided how I’m going to use my money when it’s returned to me: all of my favorite charities are going to get a piece of the action. The idea occurred to me today when one of my friends announced that he had [...]

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Canceling credit cards

I have about five VISA cards. Yes, I know. It’s a sickness. I love getting free stuff from those points programs they run. I don’t carry a balance on any of my credit cards–I always pay everything off at the end of the month–so I’ve got control over my consumerism. Lately, though, a bunch of [...]

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More bitching about new name of Indians’ ballpark

Marketing people suck. I’d like to get my hands on the publicity genius who thought that this was a great new symbol for Progressive Park–or “Regressive Park” as Diane has been calling it. C’mon… surely you could have made a cooler symbol…? This looks so cheesy and half-assed. I’m a technical writer; I know the [...]

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Corporate America rears its ugly advertising head on another defenseless public arena

Today I had to drag my tired ass grudgingly out of bed for work only to hear the news on my radio alarm clock announce that Progressive insurance has bought the naming rights to Jacobs Field, the ballpark of the Cleveland Indians. We Clevelanders knew for months that the contract for the naming rights was [...]

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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend…?

This is the time of year when you become inundated with commercials, backed by a popular Christmas carol (it’s particularly ironic when it’s a religious one), suggesting that the only way to your [insert: significant other/spouse/child/friend/cousin/dog]‘s heart is through the wise purchase of a specific product. As if your unconditional love is actually conditionally attributed [...]

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