Various permutations of the word “fuck”—clusterfuck, fucktarded, unfuckingbelievable, ad infinitum—are completely insufficient to describe the apoplexy that overtook me when I first saw Let’s Build a Fucking Bridge. Because the biggest threat to the church is waiting in your fucking car for too long. Edit: Thom Turner writes the kind of stuff I would have if I’d […]
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I’m not much of one for giving gifts. I receive no great delight in the act of procuring or receiving them—especially not the shopping bit. If you find the “love language” system helpful, gifts are not mine. I am also in agreement with the premise of Buy Nothing Christmas, which thinks that the spectacle of orgiastic […]
Make Something Day is a response to Adbuster’s famous Buy Nothing Day, which is itself a response to that high holy day of American consumerism called Black Thursday. Buy Nothing Day resists consumerism with buying nothing. The people behind Make Something Day have a better idea: In response to the over-consumptive habits of western culture, Adbusters […]
Richard Florida’s work on the connection between good urbanism, creativity and economics is interesting, convincing and timely. He has given an excellent overview of the historical and cultural causes of the current financial crisis that I have seen at the Globe and Mail. If you need a quote before you read it, here’s one: The real […]
Why is it that the types of Christians most comfortable with thinking of themselves as different than the world are most inclined towards unquestioning consumerism and war-mongering? Note: I have no research to back this up, only impressions, perceived patterns and, no doubt, prejudice.
The bagging lawnmower is an irrevocable sign of our impending doom. I am tempted to let you figure out the rest, but I would rather enjoy spelling it out. The first and most obvious reason is that your lawn clippings should stay on your lawn as plant material to keep the soil rich enough to support […]
