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Romance & Finance Part II: The trust issue11 comments

Brandon St. Randy wrote 5 days ago: So gosh. Folks really were feeling some kind of way about the last issue of the B St. Arrruh Chronic … more →

Tags: adultery, atlpics, bottle service, gold diggers, Kelis, Lamborghini, Louis Vuitton, romance and finance, sotomayor

New books

kip1981 wrote 1 week ago: Here’s a public commitment: I’ll soon post book reviews of The Illusions of Entrepreneur … more →

Is conspicuous consumption being replaced by conspicuous expression?

scottj1898 wrote 1 week ago: I’m not sure I’m buying their argument in its entirety, but Stephen Linaweaver, Brad Bat … more →

Tags: Advertising and Marketing, facebook, social networking, twitter

Poll: On the big screen

8junebugs wrote 4 weeks ago: The new TV comes in today. Assuming I don’t need to call in reinforcements to help me lift the … more →

40 inches of Farsi!4 comments

8junebugs wrote 1 month ago: Y’all, I finally gave up and ordered a new TV. And because I would very much like this TV to l … more →

Tags: All the livelong day

Bloggin On the go

noahms456 wrote 1 month ago: I never thought I would give in. I got a new doohickey the other day. And I am able to blog from it … more →

Tags: Mobility, Gadgets

The dog who cried "Man!"

Anthony Bosco wrote 1 month ago: If you keep a large dog in a small house or apartment – you deserve to have it bite you. And y … more →

Tags: Life, News, pop culture, Social Behaviour, animals, Dogs, Hong Kong, housing, Humanitarian

Stepping off the hedonic treadmill? We'll see.2 comments

Colleen wrote 1 month ago: New York magazine recently had a thought-provoking cover story with the teaser headline “New Y … more →

Tags: Unemployment, Self Awareness, Atonement, New York Times, Lifestyle, Economics, Resources, New York Magazine, recession

In between calculating grades...1 comment

rethoryke wrote 1 month ago: As the review puts it, this is the litterbox they would use on the Death Star.  I don’t know w … more →

Tags: Backstory, gardening, My brain, tactless observations, choosing to work, display consumption, environmental consciousness, Environmental resources, Minimalism

Conspicuous Consumption--Thorsten Veblen would be proud

worddreams wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: capitalism, Economics, Thorsten Veblen, YouTube, Video

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?*3 comments

8junebugs wrote 2 months ago: I have never missed my grandparents’ farms as much as I do this week. I am totally comfortable … more →

Tags: Tastes Like Chicken

Bling, bling...

LW wrote 2 months ago: Designer Alexander Amosu’s $100,000+ suit In these days of economic challenge, parsimony is th … more →

Tags: Most expensive things, mad magazine, Mad, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

David Croy wrote 2 months ago: Ahhh… now this is what I think about when I think about Fortune magazine. Liveried drivers, co … more →

Tags: Fortune Magazine, 1935 Lincoln Willoughby, Double decker, car ad

Dear Summer, Are You Here Yet?

simplywanderlust wrote 2 months ago: Where I am currently located, it has been over 90 degrees for the past four days. What ever happened … more →

Tags: North America, Travel, united states, New England, New York, Rhode Island, The Hamptons, recession, summer

What Are We Doing to the Earth (3) Resource Depletion

toeism wrote 3 months ago: “Oil depletion and climate change will create an entirely new context in which political st … more →

Tags: 2. The 21st Century & Beyond, biofuel, depletion, development, Fish, fisheries, Fresh water, Oil, Oil depletion

SEO: "similar to "graham web" [sic] making waves"

8junebugs wrote 3 months ago: Sorry, dude. My stylist told me at my last appointment that it’s been discontinued. and you … more →

Tags: Big Pimpin'

Happiness and the Capitalist Way

toeism wrote 3 months ago: Capitalist Happiness and the Single Minded Pursuit of Pleasure People have a problem with the word … more →

Tags: capitalism, Community, consumerism, Envy, Fame!, happiness, Marketing, marketing type, mortgage

Word Play

catherinehilker wrote 3 months ago: For those who know me well, they know I love to play word games like Word Whomp.  Word Spy is a fun … more →

Tags: clutter, new words, definitions, garbage

And on that farm he had some chicks.10 comments

twoladiesinwaiting wrote 3 months ago:     Now back to the regularly scheduled doodle portion of our program.  That up there is a fresh pi … more →

Tags: The Bods, Good Friends, Nonsense, boddington, Goldendoodle, Hartford, Robin, linden, Mont Tremblant


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