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FootFace's Life List

  1. 1. shield my son from commercialism
    31 entries . 142 cheers     		1 person
  2. 2. continue to encourage the separation of church and state
    5 entries . 69 cheers     		23 people
  3. 3. become a published writer
    9 entries . 66 cheers     		180 people
  4. 4. ride the Alaska ferry from Bellingham
    1 entry . 30 cheers     		16 people
  5. 5. take an extended train trip
    1 entry . 33 cheers     		9 people
  6. 6. see the northern lights
    36 cheers     		14,615 people
  7. 7. learn to kayak
    22 cheers     		332 people
  8. 8. start having soup night
    2 entries . 45 cheers     		4 people
  9. 9. Go to sleep earlier.
    2 entries . 18 cheers     		437 people
  10. 10. declutter my house
    1 entry . 21 cheers     		844 people
  11. 11. learn how to drive stick-shift
    1 entry . 25 cheers     		4,216 people
  12. 12. see a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes
    33 cheers     		22 people
  13. 13. get in better shape
    18 cheers     		744 people
  14. 14. visit Finland
    1 entry . 33 cheers     		125 people
  15. 15. know everything about something obscure
    32 cheers     		27 people
  16. 16. have Strong Bad answer my email
    44 cheers     		44 people
  17. 17. adopt a dog
    1 entry . 46 cheers     		449 people
  18. 18. find a pen pal
    1 entry . 32 cheers     		474 people
  19. 19. go camping
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		2,103 people
  20. 20. Keep my HbA1C below 7.0 ALL the time
    6 entries . 12 cheers     		6 people
  21. 21. have a tree house
    28 cheers     		26 people
  22. 22. Stick it to The Man
    3 entries . 31 cheers     		271 people
  23. 23. visit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (in Utah)
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		5 people
  24. 24. have my ring re-sized
    5 entries . 10 cheers     		2 people
  25. 25. Destroy the capitalist beast that resides within me
    2 entries . 19 cheers     		5 people
  26. 26. outsmart the raccoons
    1 entry . 21 cheers     		2 people
  27. 27. practice discardia
    10 cheers     		100 people
  28. 28. master the art of manifestation (quit talking and DO)
    22 cheers     		4 people
  29. 29. try orienteering
    9 cheers     		5 people
  30. 30. Raise my son to be a good man
    39 cheers     		32 people
  31. 31. See a moose in the wild.
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		16 people
  32. 32. stop using the refrigerator as a temporary cupboard before I throw food away
    15 cheers     		1 person
  33. 33. read more poetry
    13 cheers     		170 people
  34. 34. find vegan friends for my son
    3 entries . 21 cheers     		1 person
  35. 35. make some new friends
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		149 people
  36. 36. finish writing my novel
    7 entries . 17 cheers     		117 people
  37. 37. wear a black armband in mourning for my country
    11 entries . 8 cheers     		2 people
  38. 38. be listed on Wikipedia's "People from Seattle" page
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  39. 39. stop reading all the comments on blogs about issues important to me and then getting mad and feeling like I just HAVE TO respond so they all see how stupid they are!
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  40. 40. get my finger fixed
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  41. 41. find parents of kindergartners assigned to Kimball (Seattle) for the 2007-8 year
    1 entry     		1 person
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shield my son from commercialism (read all 31 entries…)
Spontaneous rebellion! 10 months ago

So last week some time, my son strats drawing on himself (not a rare occurrence). After working at it for a few minutes, he shows me his handiwork: McDonald’s-style M’s, on the backs of his hands and on his legs. And each one: crossed out. I asked him what he had drawn and what it meant. “Those are for McDonald’s and I hate McDonald’s.”

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shield my son from commercialism (read all 31 entries…)
Crank Alert: Coloring books 1 year ago

We had our basement redone recently, by a company I will not name. (They employ a certain pinkish panther as their advertising, um… thing.) Okay.

So.

As part of the remodel deal, we agreed to let them show people the job they did on the basement. That went fine. No one came into our actual house, just the basement.

But a couple days later I found some (company)-branded, pinkish panther coloring books down there.

I don’t want those things in my house. They are now in the recycling pile and I have done my part for world sanity.

No, really. I have.

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shield my son from commercialism (read all 31 entries…)
A revolting development 1 year ago

Read this, about the possibility of more product placement in commercial television.

The solution is simple: continue with the no-commericial-television policy for my boy.

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