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  2. 1. shield my son from commercialism
    31 entries . 137 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. continue to encourage the separation of church and state
    5 entries . 67 cheers     		23 people
  4. 3. become a published writer
    9 entries . 65 cheers     		192 people
  5. 4. ride the Alaska ferry from Bellingham
    1 entry . 27 cheers     		20 people
  6. 5. take an extended train trip
    1 entry . 29 cheers     		9 people
  7. 6. see the northern lights
    36 cheers     		16,367 people
  8. 7. learn to kayak
    22 cheers     		367 people
  9. 8. start having soup night
    2 entries . 42 cheers     		4 people
  10. 9. Go to sleep earlier.
    2 entries . 18 cheers     		469 people
  11. 10. declutter my house
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		914 people
  12. 11. learn how to drive stick-shift
    1 entry . 22 cheers     		4,421 people
  13. 12. see a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes
    33 cheers     		23 people
  14. 13. get in better shape
    18 cheers     		809 people
  15. 14. visit Finland
    1 entry . 31 cheers     		143 people
  16. 15. know everything about something obscure
    28 cheers     		30 people
  17. 16. have Strong Bad answer my email
    44 cheers     		46 people
  18. 17. adopt a dog
    1 entry . 40 cheers     		516 people
  19. 18. find a pen pal
    1 entry . 26 cheers     		538 people
  20. 19. go camping
    1 entry . 16 cheers     		2,428 people
  21. 20. Keep my HbA1C below 7.0 ALL the time
    6 entries . 12 cheers     		6 people
  22. 21. have a tree house
    26 cheers     		26 people
  23. 22. Stick it to The Man
    3 entries . 31 cheers     		268 people
  24. 23. visit Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (in Utah)
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		6 people
  25. 24. have my ring re-sized
    5 entries . 9 cheers     		3 people
  26. 25. Destroy the capitalist beast that resides within me
    2 entries . 14 cheers     		5 people
  27. 26. outsmart the raccoons
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		2 people
  28. 27. practice discardia
    10 cheers     		95 people
  29. 28. master the art of manifestation (quit talking and DO)
    21 cheers     		4 people
  30. 29. try orienteering
    9 cheers     		5 people
  31. 30. Raise my son to be a good man
    37 cheers     		35 people
  32. 31. See a moose in the wild.
    1 entry . 12 cheers     		17 people
  33. 32. stop using the refrigerator as a temporary cupboard before I throw food away
    15 cheers     		1 person
  34. 33. read more poetry
    13 cheers     		187 people
  35. 34. find vegan friends for my son
    3 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. make some new friends
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		169 people
  37. 36. finish writing my novel
    7 entries . 16 cheers     		134 people
  38. 37. wear a black armband in mourning for my country
    11 entries . 8 cheers     		2 people
  39. 38. be listed on Wikipedia's "People from Seattle" page
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. get my finger fixed
    3 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  41. 40. 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 . 8 cheers     		1 person
  42. 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! 20 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.”

Nov 04, 2007, 03:22PM PST | 1 comment


shield my son from commercialism (read all 31 entries…)
Crank Alert: Coloring books 2 years 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.

Jun 10, 2007, 09:07PM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


shield my son from commercialism (read all 31 entries…)
A revolting development 2 years 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.

Jun 05, 2007, 07:37AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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