Hey, Writers, Remember the Baseball Strike?
Posted on November 14, 2007 - Filed Under Rants, Consumerism, Current Events, Writing/Editing | Leave a Comment
I admit it, this whole Writer’s Guild strike rubs me the wrong way. Everything about it just reeks of privilege and sour grapes on both sides. Don’t get me wrong, I get the whole capitalism thing, and I get the need to stand up for your rights about what’s fair, but maybe the request for […]
Read More..>>Writer’s Piece of Pie Already Gone
Posted on November 13, 2007 - Filed Under Consumerism, Current Events, Writing/Editing | Leave a Comment
Last week I discussed the idea of why the Writer’s Guild is striking in Does This Mean Bloggers are Scabs? In light of week two of the Writer’s Guild strike, I wanted to find out where the negotiations stand regarding the writer’s request for a larger portion of the digital media products such as DVDs […]
Read More..>>Does this Mean Bloggers are Scabs?
Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under Consumerism, Current Events, Writing/Editing | 1 Comment
In light of the Writer’s Guild strike, I thought I would check in to some facts pertaining to the failed negotiations, and wow, they are pretty technical. Everything I read sounded overly complicated, perhaps intentionally(?), so I couldn’t really get a grasp on what the writer’s want, other than just more money. Because who in […]
Read More..>>The Deep Green Anti-Consumer Plan
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Health, Deep Thoughts, Mother Nature, Green Goods, Consumerism | Leave a Comment
A few months ago I wrote a post about how my husband and I decided to follow an anti-consumer plan this year in an effort to green our lives and live a more meaningful existence with less stuff. We are allowing ourselves to purchase new items such as toothpaste and socks, but anything that is […]
Read More..>>Practicing Your Work-Life Balance
Posted on July 9, 2007 - Filed Under Health, Deep Thoughts, Consumerism | Leave a Comment
Okay, so we all know that more isn’t always better, but do we actively practice living more simply? I was reading an article in The Washington Post titled, “Breaking Free of Suburbia’s Stanglehold” this past week and was pleasantly surprised at a change that is occuring in the DC Metro Area. Families were discussing how […]
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