Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I really want to go see Food Inc at The Flicks but I am so broke right now.
Here’s a great review of Food Inc …
Food Inc. makes two points very well that are worth repeating and then I’ll shut up. One: wherever and whenever, try to know or find out the source of your food. And two: every time you buy food, it’s a vote for more of that food; if it’s excellent, you’re asking for more; if it’s shitty food, you’re asking for more.
I can’t embed, but please take 2 minutes to watch the YouTube movie trailer.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
I’ve been dying my hair for a while. For a time I would go to a salon to have it done but that costs a lotta lotta money so I do it myself. I used to use the usual suspects off the shelf of your local grocery or department store. No big deal. Got the job done.
But I’d get headaches for a bit after I’d done it. Made me wonder. So about four months ago I was at the Co-op (sort of a local one-up Whole Foods, I guess; been around since the ’70s when it really was a co-operative and you had to put your time in weekly with the bins of bulk grain, etc.). And I asked what they’d recommend (beside the henna track).
I ended up with a couple of shades of Naturcolor. Two boxes (5N, 5R), two bottles, I used one set to mix up for one session and another for the next session. It’s nice. No stink. No scalp burning. No headache. And the color isn’t flat; it seems to pick out individual strands to color different shades. My hair seems fuller and not so traumatized.
I don’t even need to use the whole amount, so I think I’ll get a dye brush and pot and use just half a portion each time. That’ll mean the price is less than or comparable to the grocery store prices.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
I just have to report that SockDreams is, indeed, “the best stock store in the known universe”.
They have a huge selection of socks, tights, men’s socks, over-the-knee, yadda yadda yadda. From “normal” and sedate to really strange and creative items. I’ve bought from them twice and their shipping is fast.
But this last time there was an error in my shipment (an item missing). I sent a snap of my invoice and what I received and they fell over themselves with apologies and shipped my missing item in record time. If you want cool legwear of good quality at a range of prices from budget to “investment”, this is your place.
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