Archive for the 'American Culture' Category
Attention Bluetooth wearers.
I’m not talking about the people who put on their bluetooths to drive, I am referring to the people who think it’s acceptable to wear it all day long, every day.
Seriously why? Are you so important that you must be connected to your phone at all times? Do you think it commands respect or something? [...]
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Tags: bluetooth wearers, fashion statement, headset
Buy Nothing Day
Tomorrow, the day after Thanksgiving, is the biggest shopping day of the year in America known as Black Friday. The name comes from the heavy traffic on that day, although most modern uses of the term refer to it as the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black at the bank.
As [...]
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Tags: anti commericalism, anti consumerism, black friday, Environment, shopping
Thanks
Thanksgiving isn’t really my holiday - after all I am not American, but I do live here and relish the two days off work as well as the sentiment of the holiday. It has always struck me as a nice holiday - about giving thanks for the good things in your life and not about [...]
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Tags: charity work, Environment, grateful, hope, human rights, making a difference, protecting animals, recycling, thanks