Amazon.com, The Lazy Consumer’s Friend

Happy Holidays or whatever! I’m keeping it casual because it’s a recession year and I’m still not sure that the holidays are actually here yet. They are, of course, but this year’s cheer feels a little half-hearted. Maybe I’ve been ignoring all the ham-handed retailers pitching me on the “most wonderful (shopping) time of the [...]

Answering the Call of Duty

Fight on, fair soldiers, fight on! I’ve been In The Shit™ these past two weeks. I’ve crossed continents to kill legions of enemy troops, gather intelligence, plant explosives, and snuff the life from men with my bare hands—silently—in the middle of a blizzard. I’ve been struck by countless bullets, fragged by all variant of grenade, [...]