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I went to buy milk Saturday morning. Just milk. A gallon of milk. 2%. Not a hard task, right?
Right.
But I wasn’t going to the grocery store where we usually go. I wasn’t going to Lord Waldemart. I was actually going into a convenience store (and whoever started this thing of [...]

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Ben Witherington has a great article today on the expensive cost of cheap goods. Read it. It’s worth your time.
When I was a teenager in the 1980s, it was common amongst Christians to hear the complaint that “we’ve become too materialistic”: that we’d become just like the world with respect to seeking [...]

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Sonic, you and I have a problem. And I’m not just talking about the HFCS in your soft drinks.

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When I was really young, I watched Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood on NET (now I’m really dating myself). NET was succeeded by PBS (who picked up the aforementioned programs). My mom used to watch The French Chef (with Julia Child) on PBS, as well as many other “educational” programs. But [...]

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Especially to certain municipalities.
http://www.tipthepizzaguy.com

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“That’s how they get ya.” That’s something we say ’round here a lot. I’ll admit it: I’m easily amused sometimes, and it really amuses me to find ways that retailers “try to get ya” to pay more for something than you should. There must be a lot of people who fall [...]

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I feel as if I’ve known you for such a long time. Maybe that’s because I was in line behind you for approximately 12 minutes today, Keisha. It was there that I learned your name, because it was emblazoned across the vanity tag of your brand-new, shiny black Ford Expedition with the gold frame around [...]

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Last night on the news, the anchorwoman told us all how a thief “snuck” behind the counter at a jewelry shop (actually I think she said it was a “Jew-lery shop”) and stole some diamonds.
My six-year-old knows better than to say “snuck.” There is no such word as “snuck.” The past tense of [...]

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Fall is coming, which means fair food is just around the corner.
(Lapsing into Grumpy Old Man mode:) Now, back in my day, fair food wasn’t what it is now. Nosiree Bob. We had some good, edible fair food. And we liked it! We loved it! Sure, there were some [...]

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In the words of Graham Chapman (as Mrs. Bun), “I DON’T LIKE SPAM!”
Almost every time I check this blog, I have comments to moderate. It’s almost always Spam. I don’t want to play Texas Hold ‘Em online. I don’t want to buy Hoodia (or any other pharmaceuticals, for that matter) online. [...]

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