I love this quote from a Slate article about why Easter has never quite caught on with marketers of presents quite like Christmas has. In comparing the two:
Despite the awesome theological implications (Christians believe that the infant lying in the manger is the son of God), the Christmas story is easily reduced to pablum. How […]
Ever wonder where those plastic bags and bottles people just toss out often end up? In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, aka the North Pacific Gyre, evidently.
This would be laughable, if it weren’t so true.
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An interesting examination of the new report from from the New England Journal of Medicine on obesity, courtesy Slate, and on the conclusions reached therein.
A quick video guide on saving energy in your home.
Hooray for Madison Avenue, and a healthy dose of Photoshop.
And, of course, it all comes back to consumerism.