After a long and consumptive holiday hiatus, OG is back on the soapbox.
I feel a need to offer penance after a holiday like Christmas. On this blog, and in my life, I love to go on about consumerism, planned obsolescence, and unintended consequences. But, on December 25th, these things are abandoned, shouted down by cultural fiat.
My family has made some attempt to address the true meaning of Christmas, instituting a five-dollar limit on gifts. This is great, but it doesn't help my own craven failings . . .
I went to the mall last week.
I'm not proud of it. But hey, I needed some things, and there were sales, and sometimes you need to try things on . . .
And so the penance. A New Year's purge has cleared closets and enriched Goodwill. Insufficiently sated, I went on a repair binge.
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