The Grand Concourse is covered in snow. Our living room window overlooks the Concourse. It is stunningly beautiful outside right now, in that way New York only ever is during the first snow of the winter. Eight inches fell so far and there’s at least that much coming tomorrow. I want to wake up early
In response to a promotional email I received from Borders today: To: (ccare@bordersstores.com) Sent: 12/05/2003 8:49:26 AM Subject: Re: Save 15% for a Limited Time Only (Fwd By Digital Impact) In solidarity with your workers in Ann Arbor and Minneapolis, I will not be shopping at Borders (or Waldenbooks or Amazon.com) until management reaches an
Salomé’s going to kill me if I say I’m boycotting another of our favorite stores but, here’s some more Christmas spirit for you anyway: Support H&M Workers Hundreds of protesters and H&M workers rallied outside H&M outlets in New York City and Washington, DC October 24, exposing the Swedish clothing retailer’s global record of worker
In solidarity with the Borders workers who are attempting to unionize, I’m unlinking my Amazon.com wish list over on the right for the time being. From workers at Borders Books in Ann Arbor: Workers at Borders Books store #1 in Ann Arbor, MI are on strike as of Saturday, November 8, at 9:00 AM. We
Back to work this morning and no pink slip waiting for me. Couple of snarky comments, though. Considering I don’t remember the last 2-3 hours of the night, including the train ride home, that’s a good thing, I guess. I’ve always been a little coy about my drinking – for a long time even joked
Office Holiday party. Vodka and Tonic. Several. No memory of coming home. Called in sick. New Year’s Resolution: Stop drinking. :-/
Christmas time. Hmmph! I’m already sick of all the commercials for diamonds and Lexus and power tools. The diamond ones are particularly offensive as they make women look pretty shallow and encourage men to indulge that shallowness. Or guilt them into it might be more appropriate. I’ve always had a problem with the whole engagement
You are Christmas Time is Here, by Golly!, by Tom Lehrer. Hmm, you really don’t like Christmas, do you? From the moment they start playing carols in the shops in October to the appearance of the first Easter Eggs in the shops on New Years Eve, the rampant hypocrisy of the Christmas spirit sets your
A message from the ’80s for my generation and the one right behind us: …don’t you realize? The next time we see sky it’ll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it’ll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the bestest stuff for us. But right now they gotta
Last night was just plain stupid. I mean Stooopid! Like the younguns say it. It started off shaky as the quintet of drunken, rowdy firemen did much to make you forget these guys risk their lives playing with fire. I know it’s a stressful job and they need to blow off steam like anyone else