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Mar.31.2013 Our Schitzo Consumer Age Values My 20 dollar haul from Bulk Barn, wheat germ, Scottish oats, spelt spaghetti and millet. Far be it for me to poop on the Easter Bunny, that dentine-detesting harbinger of Spring. But hey. This morning, I drove to the nearest Bulk Barn , hoping that their spelt spaghetti was less...	Jan.03.2013 Kingdom of Bicycles: China 1993 Crowds are rushing to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum these days to experiece the amazing display of China's Terracotta Warriors: the Legacy of the First Emperor. Much more has been uncovered in that vast burial site since we were in...
Sep.03.2012 Return Policy in Human Relationships Consumer culture connotes those patterns of human outlook, thought, behavior, and preference that are the outcome of the mighty forces which are dismantling barriers to consumption, sweeping away residues of restraint, and feeding unrelenting hunger that has infinite sources of instant and...	Aug.23.2012 Waste More, Want More: Americans Still Throw Away Good Food SAN FRANCISCO--When I was young, I used to eat food taken from a supermarket's garbage bin. We first came to America from Vietnam in the mid 70s as refugees, and my eldest brother got a job working in a supermarket across from our crowded, ramshackle apartment. Among his many chores he...
Jul.19.2012 Can't Beat Harper's My slowly emerging view of Harper's Magazine is a good one. While NEWSWEEK has turned into an unholy marriage of Cosmo and People, and Atlantic Monthly seems headed toward being a blog-like argue-fest, Harper's mixes in-depth reportage (are you listening, Tina Brown?), whimsical asides, decent...	Jun.30.2012 The Problems & Challenges It's a cool summer day. Rain is forecasted. Now would be perfect for walking. I want to walk but I didn't get up until 7:30, started writing, thinking, then posted some thoughts. Now it's coming up on 9:00. I have errands and chores planned for the day. I'll need to walk later, walk out some...
Jun.27.2012 Foreign E-Book Sales Increase 333% For U.S. Publishers \| Digital Book World It's hard to say why e-book sales are taking off in Europe. Part of the reason may be their relatively inexpensive cost on a cash-strapped continent. And...sad to say...Europe seems to be ahead of the U.S. in the use of most things technological - even when these tech things are invented in...	May.16.2012 Nun-the-less If you cannot get your daily bread, is joining a convent the answer? What about the call of god as a spiritual experience? The recession seems to have hit the women hard in UK and reports say they are choosing to become nuns. Although the figures aren’t alarming, the reason for the choice...
May.12.2012 The Evolution You know how you see something and you know roughly its time period? Take bellbottoms and paisley shirts. Polyester leisure suits. Platform shoes. Console televisions. Phonographs. Computer monitors. Telephones. Cameras. Cars. We have in our possession a loaner juicer. My wife has discovered...	Mar.21.2012 Giving up a car is a new American responsibility Published on ShanghaiDaily.com (http://www.shanghaidaily.com/)http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article//Opinion/2012/03/20/Giving+up+a+car+is+a+new+American+responsibility Illustration by Zhou TaoGiving up a car is a new American responsibilityCreated: 2012-3-20Author:Andrew Lam FOR the...

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