While raising my son I’ve tried to emphasize experiences over materialism. Thankfully he’s on board. And even before he was born I was a fan of Buy Nothing Day to to replace Black Friday. I feel a sense of relief when I see these ideas gaining traction. Like this:
The no-pressure holiday gift you won’t even have to wrap. Here’s a holiday gift idea: Take someone you love to an art museum.
Five More Good Things:
- Another topic near and dear to me. Important new work on autism could change interventions. Autistic people want to socialize, they may just show it differently.
- LOVE HER. Meet the Woman Who Volunteers as a ‘Stand-In’ Mom at Same-Sex Weddings: It’s a ‘Complete Joy’
- File under: for fucks sake. Education Department To Erase Debts Of Teachers, Fix Troubled Grant Program
- “Once Upon A Deadpool goes too far and defends Nickelback in new teaser.” My son and I got a kick out of seeing a grown Fred Savage in his Princess Bride bedroom.
- As an early blogger, I’ve been a long-time fan of Anil Dash. It makes perfect sense for him to host a podcast and naturally it’s tech based. So far there have been seven episodes and I’ve enjoyed them all. But the latest episode about the rising labor movement and activism in tech really got me in the feels. Give it a listen.
As much as I rail against consumerism, I’m not totally opposed to gifts and gift giving. Something appeals to me about a Secret Santa situation. This Friday at work I’ll participate in our annual Yankee Swap, which is always a fun time. And this year I’ve signed up for my first ever Reddit Gift Exchange. Reminds me of the good old days on a music message board that was active for over a decade. A good portion of our members were local so we could arrange for elaborate Secret Santa drop-offs. I often got the short end of the stick, having someone draw my name who never followed through. But I enjoyed the gifting part. The same thing could happen again with Reddit but the giftee I was matched with is someone I understand. We have so much in common that assembling their gift package has been easy peasy.
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