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Ashes | Hazardous Times
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O-three-hundred hours. Admiral Gas and Tobacco was still open, with the same pot of coffee that had punched in four hours earlier. Jay shifted over to counter, coffee in hand. No Pack of Marlboros. The cashier reached upward, and then glanced down with eyebrows raised. Box or soft? There were way too many things nice things for someone living hand-to-mouth. Rooting through the top drawer, he found a scarf. It was Rochelle’s. He pressed it against his face. And then, in a couple months, it was over. An to...
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Reclaiming the Golden Rule from Discover It Card | Hazardous Times
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Reclaiming the Golden Rule from Discover It Card. February 3, 2014 in Advertising. In honor of the Superbowl, I’m going to talk about commercials. A particular series from the Discover It Card has been appearing on the boob tube for over a year now, with the slogan, “We treat you like you’d treat you.” I’m sure many of you readers have seen them. I’ve probably seen them about ten thousand times watching hockey games. But Beelzebub is in the background…. With the FICO credit score service, you have the ad...
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Sweeny’s Garage | Hazardous Times
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Of course the job fell to me. I was there at the bottom, the only one left to catch the odd jobs come down, of which anybody was capable but nobody was willing to do. And so forth. I shouldn’t have taken them so seriously. But I was young and sensitive and quickly developing a personality fraught with misanthropy. On that account, I fit right in there at Sweeny’s. Where would she get the cash for the operation? Couple more weeks round here’ll take care of that, Dave deadpanned. And so it was. A coupl...
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The Almighty Dollar | Hazardous Times
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September 26, 2011 in money. Recently, I heard a news program on the radio posing the question, “What are we going to do with all the silver Sacajawea dollars? 8221; Nobody’s using them, apparently, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. When was the last time. The problem, I am told, is that people don’t use coinage over 25 cents or that paper money is easier to use. That answer, though, just begs another why. I know why, but it doesn’t have anything to do with paper vs. metal. Waiting to Inhale,. And then...
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A Parade of Protest: The Dingees Rebel Soul Sound System | Hazardous Times
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A Parade of Protest: The Dingees Rebel Soul Sound System. February 1, 2014 in Consumerism. This album came to me via. Free trade, which is a more apt usage of the term than its common one; that is, I didn’t pay for it and in lieu of any money spent on my part, I suppose I got this on the condition that I review it. A regular review, though, will not do. But just because some reviewer in nut-hugging jeans (dis)likes a record really shouldn’t matter so much, should it? Test the Champ The Hardest Game.
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Rothaus Record Collection | Hazardous Times
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Barry Manilow: Greatest Hits. The Beach Boys ’69: Live in London. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles Abbey Road. The Best of Don Williams. Billy Joel: The Piano Man. Billy Joel: 52nd Street. Billy Joel: The Stranger. Blood Sweat and Tears: Child is Father to the Man. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run. The Carpenters: A Song for You. The Carpenters: The Singles 1969-73. Christmas with the Rat Pack. Chuck Mangione: Children of Sanchez.
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Mistaking Services for Goods and People for Insurance Companies | Hazardous Times
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Mistaking Services for Goods and People for Insurance Companies. May 7, 2014 in Advertising. While it was simply a. They offered. Well, we were both right, depending on how you view the thing that an insurance company would actually sell. Something you can hold is novel enough. That the commercial creates associates Progressive with other hard work, the results of which are the production of goods. Working at sunrise in Winecountry, etc. All who would wear these aprons make goods. An insurance company do...
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Is Disney Family Friendly? | Hazardous Times
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Is Disney Family Friendly? December 3, 2013 in Families. Some of my best friends and I were camping last month, and as we were traipsing through the woods in sub-zero temperatures, we stumbled upon a curious phenomenon about Disney and their non-traditional approach to families. That discussion wound up being a great conversation-starter for my students, so feel free to make the same observations to your own classrooms or friends. To start it, pose this question:. As far as we know, Alice from. Peter Pan...