Justin Fenwick

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$300 richer!

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅

The rebate check came into the account today (yours may be $600). I’m supposed to spend it on none-debt like things in a trained consumer kind of way. Grumble…but I have debt, loans, and some decent foreign ambition (which costs some money). Fueling casual consumption will only be a short-term boost to an economy that [...]

We have the power, the influence, for another way

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ March 26, 2008 ⋅

http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Watch the above video (click the link). Awards won and such, it’s just a god damn good message to hear and internalize. Another Way : 10 Little and Big Things You Can Do 1. Power down! A great deal of the resources we use and the waste we create is in the energy we [...]

A Chinese cookie fortune frees me from life’s maze

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ March 4, 2008 ⋅

“You emerge victoriously from the maze you’ve been traveling in.” Life sure does feel like a maze, does it not? Wandering looking for the right direction, knowing at any moment we might walk right into a wall. The worst part is that we are often doomed to back-track. At best, we find ourselves busting through [...]

The child-man, gay-infant, and adult-girl

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 26, 2008 ⋅

Are adults made? A recent article by Kay Hymowitz from City Journal suggests something about young men today in our society: Today’s single young men hang out in a hormonal limbo between adolescence and adulthood. Child-Man in the Promised Land by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Winter 2008 The suggestion is that for various social [...]

Oranges over minorities

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 13, 2008 ⋅

This entry is coming from an interesting experience I had yesterday. Shedding light on my cultural background and growth I realized that your environment can really influence impulses. I found myself wondering why I picked oranges over minorities. I’d just enjoyed some nice gulps of water, post workout. I was waiting for my fair weather [...]