When ‘Convenience’ Isn’t Convenient: My Battle With Online Ordering, and Robotic Customer Service”

I guess that's ok I understand lots of folks love shopping online, and That’s fine. There’s lots of crazy folks in this world. You know ‘You Be You’ and all that crap. However, for me online shopping is akin to showing up at the mouth of a cave with a case of spicy-brown mustard, smacking …

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Bizzare Buys in the Modern Digital Economy

Purchase history When my father was ten-years-old, he went to my grandfather and asked him for ten dollars to buy a game. You might have heard of the type, cardboard playing space with cards and various plastic pieces. So much for the ancient history class. You probably weren’t interested in this fact at all.  And …

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Serving Size: The Hidden Evil in Your Food Label

Early History A thousand years ago, in an obscure unnamed temple in the highest mountains of Tibet, a scrawny monk was meditating. Actually, the guy meditated a lot in his obscure temple. There’s not a lot to do in the highest mountains of Tibet. Especially when you’re a monk who’s taken a vow of silence …

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