Americans arriving in America after having lived more than one year overseas inevitably complain about how there is too much to choose from. Case in point – Schick offers at least ten different kids of razors.
Strictly from an environmental viewpoint, this veers into the overkill zone. The time, energy and resources spent in producing so many different kinds of razors is a waste.
I do understand that Schick’s desire to give the consumer choice (and thereby drive them away from Gillette) is an attempt to grab as much of the market as possible. But I contend that this is just fueling the great American consumption machine. I’d suggest using those resources elsewhere. Designing better mosquito nets to prevent malaria? (Kind of a stretch, but you get my point.) Or have a “red” razor line (that is the same as one of their other lines) where the motivated buyer willingly pays extra to fund initiatives like that.
On this day of thanksgiving (in North America), I am thankful for you, my dear readers (all over the world).
For the first time in my life, I was on a jury. It was for a man accused of unmentionable crimes. The evidence was truly shocking.
So it just died.
Saturday, I spent a little time throwing things away.
Amazon has a new initiative that seeks to reduce and simplify packaging. They are working with several vendors to ensure that the packages stuff comes in is easier to get into: “
This lovely door handle broke. Toyota took almost two months to ship us a replacement. I thought that length of time was amazing.
My Aunt Mary gave us a set of kids records with companion books. Rachel, our 8-year-old, loves them.
Boston has a great public underground 
So, you see, we had this bit of Adobe software installed on Heather’s Toshiba laptop. It was getting old and s-l-o-w, so we decided to get a newer computer for her. Being a Mac person, I leaned that direction but never dreamed that she would be willing to go that way. She did! But that meant her Adobe 
