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Thanksgiving,Part 4: [/end rant]
Meanwhile, the feeding frenzy continues, with roughly half the nation participating. Some bring weapons. Is it a sign of moral decline, or just hard times? Remember all those manufacturing jobs that went overseas because the American firms couldn’t compete on price, because the big retailers (looking … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part 3
(Author’s note: I am indebted to Thomas Princen, author of “The Logic of Sufficiency”, for crystallizing for me some of the ideas I explore in this post. Also to Robert Frost and Henry David Thoreau, who first got me thinking along these lines.) … Continue reading
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Tagged black friday, capitalism, shopping, thanksgiving, wal-mart, work
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It’s Worse Than I Thought
I just received this link from The Research Department, and it seems I’ve under-stated the problem: Thanksgiving Day 2011 Store Opening Times for…All Major Retail Chains – Complete List of Stores Open on Thanksgiving Day November 24, 2011 in the U.S.. … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part 2
So, where was I? Ranting about the holidays again? Right. There is this other thing that starts right about the same time as Thanksgiving. Lately, it’s been infiltrating the holiday more and more, as the run-up to Christmas takes on ever greater urgency. … Continue reading
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Tagged black friday, retail, shopping, thanksgiving, wal-mart, work
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Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part 1
I didn’t expect Thanksgiving to be as difficult as it was. Not the cooking; that went off with nary a hitch. Nor the guests; they were lively, friendly, and quite pleasant. The family was fine, the power stayed on, and … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, francis of assisi, poverty, thanksgiving, wealth
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Gobble Gobble Hey!
While I’ve been scurrying around the Inter-web collecting precious bits of data for my research, something large and ominous has crept up behind me; now it lurks, ready to pounce and wreak its own special kind of havoc. Yes, the Winter Holiday Season … Continue reading
Opening Day
Some opening days are marked ahead of time on the calendar, like for baseball or fishing season. Others are less specifically noted, but make themselves apparent nonetheless. When the air has a certain crispness to it, and breakfast goes off … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, garden, lasagna gardening, opening day
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Talkin’ Turkey
In all the hubbub about breakfast, oats, and blogospheric elitism, I let The Great Thanksgiving Triumph escape my attention for a precious few days. As I previously mentioned, we got a frozen store bird at The Big Supermarket, losing valuable … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, food-miles, local, shopping, thanksgiving, turkey
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