so i finally went through and got an amazon prime membership. why? because in my many marathon sessions of randomly clicking links because my body was tired but my brain was not ready to sleep i wind up finding a lot of really neat really cheap stuff on amazon (and porn!). in my tired state i often think "i'm going to buy this widget because it costs $2 and even though i'll never use it or even really look at it, i just have to buy it because it's $2." it's kind of like my friend brian's theory on t-shirts "if a t-shirt costs $5 you have to buy it."
the problem with my wanting random widgets is that while the widget may cost $2 shipping is often $6 or $7. amazon prime takes care of that.
today my random clicking led me to the 2010 history channel this day in history calendar which for $2.53 will make a lovely part of my cousin danielle's christmas present (SURPRISE!!). that click led me to the living green calendar. which led me to the whole point of this post. a two line joke that thinking about it, isn't all that good…
living green. 365 ways to make a difference.
step 1: waste a piece of paper every day…
tada…the aristocrats!
and yes i know i owe youse the week 5 fallout post. in short, i sucked. in less short, i sucked bad and have been busy with stuff and think i posted more interesting shit this week anyway. we'll recap soon.
When sleep doesn’t come easily, I think the worse thing you can do is either surf on the net at shopping sites, or turn on the boob tube and watch the unimformational infomercials. My wife loves to buy gadgets, only God knows why. They do amazing things on the commercial. 95% never perform up to the standard they show on the commercial, unless of course they come with the British guy who demonstrates how to use all the many things it can do. What is it with all these British and Australian accents anyway? Is there a special effect they have on us Americans to want to open our wallets quicker, to buy this junk?
you’re absolutely right, it’s the worst thing you can do when tired. but it’s so much fun!
you make a good point about the british guy though. i got sucked into watching an infomercial for the bullet express last night, and even though i knew in my heart the product was crap i was mesmerized by it.
i really do think there’s an inverse ratio between the presenter’s enthusiasm for his product and how well it works. if he’s screaming and jumping, you know it’s crap.