You could argue that I’ve been selfish for the past thirty years. But this year it was in earnest. This year I really made an effort to be hedonistic, gluttonous, and a consummate consumer. I …

Last year I bought a house. I burned less than fully seasoned wood in smoky fires. I sprayed my front walk with Round-Up. I fertilized the grass and killed grubs with god-knows-what kind of chemicals. …

Douglas Rushkoff, author of Playing the Future: What We Can Learn from Digital Kids and Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out, understands the power of media, and particularly new media. To …

There is an anecdote I’ve often told about how one time during high school -  and it’s because I was known as a bit of a slacker or maybe a stoner, though I was neither …

Recycling is great- do it. With that said- recycling fails. Decycle.
de-cy-cle (dē-sī’kəl): tr.v. -cled, -cling, -cles. 1. to take stuff that you have out of circulation. 2. to stop putting things into circulation.
Stop buying shit.
We …

There are very few people who loved to smoke cigarettes as much as I did. Up until about four months ago, I had been a pack-a-day smoker since I was 15 years old. In other …

Remember when you could drink all the booze brewed, distilled and bottled, and not worry about your girlish figure? Those halcyon nights are long gone, my thirty-something friends, and rather than mourn their loss, let’s …

I am a freelancer. I work at home. I wear my pajamas all day long. And I’m getting just a little bit fat.
When you work in the world you burn calories all day long without …

Activities, are important. They define us. They are integral to our identities. They echo our hopes. They reflect our values. Where we don’t, strictly speaking, need many of these activities, pastimes, or pursuits to survive, …