Last saturday, I had an unintentional hypocrite day. In the morning, I finally made it out the Anarchist Book Fair, which I have been meaning to check out ever since I moved to this city. I went with my seven year old (who had one of those days where she seemed ducktaped to my hip)Continue reading “A few astute political commentaries from my seven year old”
Tag Archives: consumerism
Wire Monkey IN The Customer is Already Right!
Plot synopsisAfter only three weeks of owning her nice, new black parka with the faux fur lined hood, little six year old (we’ll just call her six for short) puts it on one morning to find that the zipper is broken. Now, the day when Wire Monkey purchases said parka was a blustery, rainy dayContinue reading “Wire Monkey IN The Customer is Already Right!”
Consumer misdaventures
In some perverse twist of eastern philosophy, shopping only works when you are not actively seeking the object . We all know that if, for some horrible reason like someone crept into your place at night and stole all your jeans and it just happened to be casual friday at work the next day andContinue reading “Consumer misdaventures”
Lina Branter 