On Monday I was listening to an interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross that really resonated with me. Terry was interviewing Bob Sullivan, a correspondant with MSNBC, who has just written a book called “The Red Tape Chronicles.” In it he details how corporations have worked to include more and more hidden fees into [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘consumption’
January 9, 2008
Target is opening! I could just wee myself!
The Target being built across the street from the Columbia Heights metro stop is finally opening! March 3rd is gonna be the beginning of something great!
January 9, 2008
High Def TVs are Cool
For anyone’s who’s ever watched a bootleg movie (hehem) going back and watching the same movie off of a REAL DVD always seemed high def to me. Now we’re supposed to understand that DVD-quality means plain old “Standard Def.” and if we want to show off our pretty not-so-little HDTVs we’ve got to upgrade to [...]
