Suddenly, a nearly instant gratification factor will be available through Amazon, and that removes an incentive to shop local and shop independent. Why buy in person when you can get it cheaper, and almost as quickly, over the Internet?
amazon
i am a crochety curmudgeon
Smile baby guy thinks he’s sergeant of the mood police, and it’s his job to keep things ship-shape and Bristol fashion.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
I am a crochety curmudgeon,
i hate your face too,
ladies aren't here to look pretty for you,
smile baby,
smiling
Feb 15, 2012 at 10:00am | 143 comments
glee
So, “Glee” did a school shooting episode. My first reaction was “Of course it did.”
kids
During the summer between 8th and 9th grade, I piled into the back of a truck with some other kids at 5:00 a.m., paper bag lunch in hand, and rode to a wet, humid cornfield to earn some money.
Somer Sherwood in
Family Drama,
kids,
kids with jobs,
I grew up in the middle of nowhere,
first jobs,
teenage jobs,
teenagers,
parenting,
I am a crochety curmudgeon
Oct 10, 2012 at 11:30am | 86 comments
feminism
People often assume I’m feminist because of my politics, but I’m not, and when I point this out, people seem to think their assumption should be taken as a compliment.
feminism
People often assume I’m feminist because of my politics, but I’m not, and when I point this out, people seem to think their assumption should be taken as a compliment.
grimm
There’s a lot of violence against women in the show, and it’s specifically violence against helpless, hapless women who need to be rescued by the nice police officers. I get quite enough of that sort of thing in my pop culture, thank you.
footnoting
My use of footnotes appears to have sparked quite a rebellion amongst the commentariat, which seems to be evenly split on whether they are excellent or an offense against nature. As a natural response, I got a tattoo.
