Justin Fenwick

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Plastic panic! Avoid, trash, or keep? The plastic truth.

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 14, 2008 ⋅

Have you seen the news reports recently? Ever? There is new intensity building over the fear of plastics. It seems the recent surge– we have all had concerns about plastics for a while– is because specific conclusions have been made by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the Canadian government. [...]

Beef eaters and milk suckers should stop walking!

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 11, 2008 ⋅

“It is clearly better for the environment to walk to the corner store rather than to drive there. Right? Now even this seemingly obvious conclusion is being called into question by Chris Goodall via John Tierney’s blog. And Chris Goodall is no right-wing nut; he is an environmentalist and author of the book How to [...]

It’s job hunting season, three tips

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅

Post from Brazen Careerist – Penelope Trunk with some personal commentary, quotes from What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? by Cynthia Shapiro 1. There’s one trick to all trick questions. “All trick questions, even the really scary psychological questions, are crafted so that you will give a negative answer.” [...]

$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 [...]

It is weird to empathize with George Bush

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ May 1, 2008 ⋅

Like how Iraq was mission accomplished 5 years today, I too felt accomplished. I was just about to finish high school and I hadn’t even decided on a college. I was though flying high, mission accomplished. I had recently regained trust by my parents and summer “adult” freedom was ripening on my tongue. I forgive [...]