Tag Archives: Church of Stop Shopping

Here’s wishing you and yours a very YouTube Christmas

By Mark | December 24, 2012

Posted in Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1939, 1955, Christmas, Jack Benny, Jingle Jangle, K Gordon Murray, Penguins, Reverend Billy, Santa Claus, Scrooge, Star Wars Holiday Special | 12 Comments

I love New York, but the corporate pornography of Times Square leaves me flaccid

By Mark | June 16, 2012

After attending the Netroots Nation conference in Providence, I spent $23, and took the Megabus to New York. (I’d wanted to take the train, but I couldn’t justify spending the additional $90.) I met up with Linette and the kids there, and we took over the Brooklyn apartment of Linette’s brother, Neal, forcing him to [...]

Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, anti-consumerism, Barbie, Brad Hodgins, candy, Centrak Park, Cindy Sherman, Clementine, consumerism, ear buds, Hannah Montana, John's Pizzeria, M&M, M&M World, Megabus, MoMA, Neal Lao, Netroots Nation, New York, New York City, Princess School, prostitot, rectal prolapse, Reverend Billy, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Toys R Us, WWII | 16 Comments

Happy Buy Nothing Day

By Mark | November 27, 2009

Happy Buy Nothing Day…. Or as we call it in the Maynard-Lao household, Buy Nothing but a Chick-fil-A Sandwich and a Movie Ticket Day. Seriously, however far along the anti-Black Friday continuum you are, here’s hoping you have a wonderful day, not being trampled with your family. [See also Reverend Billy and the Church of [...]