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Marketing to the Young, Naïve, and Impressionable

Posted in Book Review, Economics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on Sunday, 26 April 2009 | 4 Comments »

In Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser tells the story of the fast food industry. He covers various aspects from history, to marketing, to artificial (and natural) flavour, to slaughterhouses, to why French fries taste so good. Although most us know fast food is not healthy, I suspect most of us do not know how fast [...]

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Frivolity of the Word

Posted in Theology, tagged , , on Friday, 10 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few weeks ago in our alternative newspaper Tucson Weekly, Tom Danehy posted this article about the third commandment. (Or second commandment since he is a Roman Catholic.)
I found it amazing that a Tucson alternative newspaper actually has a good discussion of what it means to take God name in vain. (A better translation would [...]

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Baby Food Web Article Link

Posted in Fatherhood, Technology, tagged on Friday, 3 April 2009 | 4 Comments »

My wife found this link about the quality of baby food: Cheating Babies: Nutritional Quality and Cost of Commercial Baby Food. Enjoy.

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