pat loughery

The mood in this country regarding Obama is getting scary.

As technology rapidly increases and the information age expands, our identities are at an increasing risk for being stolen. But it’s not a hacker trying to steal your social security number that should be causing you to lose sleep. It’s the ownership of your mind that’s at stake.

Most of us work at boring jobs, doing the same thing day in and day out. We’re trying to liberate ourselves from these dead-end pursuits (that’s why you’re here right?) but it’s not always easy.

The answer society has given us is to buy more things:

The answer we’re given is not a change of attitude or perspective, but a product. What they’re really saying is: “If you have this thing you’ll finally live up to the image of who you think you should be, or rather, who we think you should be.”

Statistics and trends about charitable giving (of finances) in the USA. Lots of analysis of these trends from a variety of perspectives.

Todd collects an excellent set of resources on living in suburbia