Consumption Junction

Buying things, or just consuming them.

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September 21, 2011 in Consumption Junction by Ben | 2 comments

I was at the grocery store recently and happened to purchase a pineapple.

At the checkout line, the girl at the register asks “Is it really cheaper to buy a whole pineapple instead of the one’s that are already cut up?”

For reference, sliced whole pineapple (in a nice little plastic tub) was $7.00 at this store; a whole pineapple (free range version) was on sale for $2.98.

I told her yes, it was a lot cheaper.

“Is it hard to cut up?”

She was being serious, so I explained how to cut up a pineapple. I guess I could have just said google it but that didn’t seem like a very nice way to reply. I also resisted any reference to Sponge Bob.

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pops

September 2, 2011 in Consumption Junction, Educational by Ben

I’ve been lousy about posting; I’m not apologizing but I am acknowledging it P

Anyway, here is a really cool story about a truck that gives out ice pops and solar information for free

I feel this sort of thing is important. I once sat in on a college presentation (to a journalism class) by an oil company lobbyist who convinced most of the students that the best use, ever, for solar power was highway signs in the middle of nowhere that needed a yellow flashing light. I’m not making this up, they were writing his bullshit down as fast as he could spit it up.

Ice pops created with sun power

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light bulb…

August 15, 2011 in Consumption Junction by Ben

…to quote Gru.

I ran across this (I’ve heard similar stories elsewhere but couldn’t be bothered to look it up):

The team found that alcohol increased heart rate and interfered with the restorative functions of sleep — and the more alcohol the participants drank, the greater the effect.

Sleep – I’m doing it wrong.

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Muttley crew

May 16, 2011 in Consumption Junction by Ben

I say, and you think…

  1. Code :: breakers
  2. Brothers :: in Arms
  3. Immigration :: status
  4. Heavy :: Metal
  5. Bracket :: March madness
  6. Murder :: Dial M
  7. Neighbor :: good fences
  8. Collar :: neck
  9. Onslaught :: movie
  10. Eyebrows :: bushy

Free association is described as a “psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content.” Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That’s an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we’re just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I’ll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

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