I have a confession: occasionally I read mommy blogs. Very occasionally. I stumbled upon them way back when I was paying off Sallie Mae and googling about for tips on how to save money by hoarding toilet paper and tampons, and not because my biological clock is ticking. I have no maternal instinct: just ask [...]
Archive for August, 2009
4 Aug
A consumer’s report
There’s a commercial for a big-box office supply store that, to a soundtrack of “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” depicts a middle-aged dude gliding gleefully through the store’s aisles riding a shopping cart, followed by a pair of miserable children dragging their feet in funereal gloom. It’s back-to-school time! For obvious reasons, that [...]