Category: rampant consumerism
Darren Facebooked earlier today about his disappointment at seeing Canucks-branded bottled water in stores recently – you know, given that bottled water is a “lousy, wasteful product,” (or, as I like to say – bottled water is bullshit). Just the other day I’d been in Save-on-Foods and saw the exact product he was talking about […]
My boss: I stubbed my toe on my ironing board this morning and it still hurts. Me: This is why I never iron anything. I have long had a hate-on for ironing. No matter how hard I try, I cannot master the art of ironing. I just end up putting more – and more stubborn […]
Since I broke my hockey stick in my playoff game the other day, I’ve been using my back up stick. The thing with my back up stick is that it’s too small. I used to use it for ball hockey and it was fine, but when I’m on skates, it’s just not long enough. And […]
My recent executive decision to run the Scotiabank half marathon (in late June) instead of the BMO half marathon (in early May) has given me the chance for a do-over of my half marathon training, which wasn’t going well because of my aversion to winter weather. Well, I’ve decided to embrace this chance for a […]
A couple of weeks ago, when McDonald’s was giving out their coffee for free, a colleague and I were acquiring some of said free coffee at a McD’s near our office when I noticed a sign indicating that Shamrock Shakes were back! So I got all excited and squeed about said Shamrock Shakes and my […]
I couldn’t help myself. It was buy one pair, get the second pair for half price! The photo isn’t very good ((note to self: perhaps you should have bought a new camera rather than new shoes?)), but the pair on the left is actually purple. Purple, seems to be a colour that appears often in […]
The other day in the dressing room as I was struggling with the busted zipper on my hockey bag, my teammate, Karen, looked at me and said solemnly, “Beth, it’s time.” And it true. My hockey bag had seen better days. It was really more duct tape than it was hockey bag at this point. […]
I don’t think they are doing this intentionally, but doesn’t this ad kind of point out how bullshit buying bottled water is?
I had such grand plans to go for a run today after giving my guest lecture. My lecture went just smashingly ((Rachel’s students = tres awesome. I’ve already asked to come back and give this guest lecture again next year!)) and since I had a few hours to kill while Rachel taught for the rest […]
So, being a single person, I don’t often go to Costco. I mean how can a single person really eat a Costco-sized amount of anything on their own? But most of the people I work with have families, so I’m always hearing about all the awesome things they get at Costco. Like hummus that is […]