Posts by jb:
Like, totally Zen.
July 7th, 2011
It is quite easy to effectively blow the minds of many people simply by saying nonsensical things.
So take this sheet, fill it out, memorize what it says, and then commence blowing people’s minds.
I’ll also say that today’s update was most difficult as I wanted to say something about the Casey Anthony case.
There, I said it.
Comic from http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/
Green
June 28th, 2011
Some people will go to great lengths to reduce their “carbon footprint”. I suggest we just breathe a little less.
Our breathing accounts for almost 9% of all carbon emissions in the world.
But hey, what do I know.
comic from Roasty Toasty
Barefooten
April 5th, 2011( this was written a year and a day ago, take that into account…)
You’re not supposed to wear shoes tomorrow. You’re not supposed to, because there are underprivileged people living in underdeveloped countries who don’t have shoes. For this reason, you should not wear shoes tomorrow. This, and TOMS shoes found out a way to get some free viral marketing.
I’m cynical about a lot of things, thus this writing, including a for profit company selling pity. I understand there are many children without shoes, I understand that there are many diseases caused by this, but I still have no idea how not wearing shoes here helps at all. The reason people get diseases more in these underdeveloped countries has more to do with the fact that there is raw sewage that they are trekking barefooted through. You may not fully understand this while walking through the neatly groomed freshly mowed quad.
Is it too cynical to view this as pure marketing ploy? Of course. Is it too naive to view this as pure caring void of any motivation not caused by the sadness about the lack of footwear? Of course.
If you don’t wear shoes tomorrow, more power to you. I won’t go barefoot because TOMS suggests I do. If this makes you mad in any way, let me put this to you in another way.
Let’s say Uncle Ben’s had a “eat rice for every meal” day. You say, how does this correlate? Roughly 3 billion people (irra.org) depend on rice to have the proper sustenance to live. Meaning, without rice, 3 billion people would die. So we should eat rice for every meal one day to see what it’s like and, by golly, we’ll better understand their predicament.
I would think more people would cry foul at the Uncle Ben’s event, because there is no ‘friends of Uncle Ben’s’ non-profit that exists alongside the company allowing them to deduct the cost of that extra pound of rice that they would give away with the purchase of every pound of Uncle Ben’s.
I think Blake Mycoskie had a great idea, and it’s making him a lot of money. So maybe I’m just jealous. I mean, he saves money on marketing by use of weeping hearts, he saves money by deducting this marketing, and he’s viewed as the Mother Theresa of shoes.
My advice to those of you going out to buy some new toms, buy something cheaper, and then donate the same amount to soles4souls (http://www.soles4souls.org/). Say you bought a 30 dollar pair of shoes, then donate 30 bucks to soles4souls, you just donated 30 pairs of shoes. If you still want to buy toms, that’s your prerogative (they are stylish? I don’t know) but don’t buy into marketing aimed at pity.
UPDATE: You can get Argentenian made alpargata’s for $4. From Argentina. $4. I know the guy from TOMS went to Argentina on a reality show but really, $4.
How about this
March 30th, 2011
Weather seems to be the easiest thing to talk about with anyone. The reason for this lies in the fact that the weather absolutely affects EVERYONE. So, if we have something in common, it’s easier to talk about.
So when things get awkward, talk about precipitation. It’s been awfully dreary and misty the last few days here…
comic from http://thisisindexed.com/
Sounds good… Too good…
March 29th, 2011
I heard that by 2044 there will not be any internal combustion engines in production anywhere.
I think crazy projections just seem more plausible if they are 30+ years out.
“Green” technology companies just seem to make the most outlandish comments all the time, I say, get over yourselves.
comic from Dilbert.com/fast
