This fancy title is just academese for wedding showers. What purpose do wedding showers (and baby showers) fill? Sure, on the individual level they help new couples just starting out by pooling resources from the community. No one individual gives everything, but through the contributions of most everyone in the couple’s community, they end up with most everything they need. Call it small scale Marxism: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” (more…)
Last night me and my roommates watched There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Academy Award winning amorality play. I was stunned at the depth, power, and intensity of the story. There were several scenes that left me physically shaking and emotionally shredded. (more…)
Several weeks ago my fellow tellers at Third Federal Bank gathered around a toy that my assistant manager had bought for her little girl. The toy was a cute plastic polar bear that could poop jellybeans upon demand. The toy was cute and cheap, costing about the Pennsylvania hourly minimum wage [although jellybean refills made to fit the required specifications cost nearly as much as the bear itself].
Seeing that toy made me think about two realities: (more…)
