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Don’t Buy: (Starbucks) tmtmtmtm

Everytime I walk down any street I see this huge (11/28) sign. It makes me think we’re going to have a terrorist attack on (11/28).
Here:
Do something good every day.

Buy: Glass, Shattered or Breaking

Breaking Glass: a 1980 movie about a Kate Bush figure (doesn’t record anything in her punk years, wears white face makeup that girls begin to imitate, signs a record deal that turns her music into empty new wave femme vocal tracks, band turns from band name to KATE) that lays out one/the transition between punk [...]

Buy: My 16 year-old self.

BuyOrDontBuy isn’t my first blog. Clearly. I had a xanga back in the day. And looking back over that xanga page, I realize I was awesome. (Granted, a bunch of those entries are about how I hate myself, but, hindsight is 20/20.) Anyways, I feel that me being older and potentially wiser makes me miss [...]

Buy: Journalistic Integrity

The only thing better than the leering way this reporter says ‘prostitute’ is the completely appropriate Arrested Development reference they shoehorn in for kicks at the end.

Buy: This is My Milwaukee

WARNING: THIS IS A POST ABOUT A VIRAL CAMPAIGN

Welcome to My Milwaukee. The internet is abuzz about this bizarre informational video promoting Wisconsin’s metropolis on the lake. It showcases all the city has to offer: Nightlife, Jobs, Smooth Jazz down at the docks! But a dark twist lurks only a few [...]

Don’t Buy: Jay Leno

Something light and digestible for Friday:

He sucks. A total lame cake. Yes, that video is funny, sure. But really what a block head. It’s really time for him to turn his show over to Conan, a man that can really connect with his audience. No body wants to go on Lame Leno, but it was [...]

Don’t Buy: World-Wide Puppy-Obessesion

I love puppies. Especially this one. But, really?
I don’t care what Obama picks for his first pooch. I know about past presidential dogs, but I was never involved or heard so much about them. I know Bush had a Scotty. The Clinton’s had Buddy. And other presidents had other dogs and Nixon had Checkers.
So here [...]

Don’t Buy: Sci-fi Psychobabble

[OR: "Nate reads The Writer's Journey and gets really pissed off"]

Watch the opening of this clip and tell me how it relates to any recognizable human behavior. Why would you drive a car all the way into to a giant hole and then jam the brakes and jump out of it at the last minute?
Oh, [...]

Don’t Buy: iClaudius

Okay, Apple. We get it. You are our Lord and Savior. You have single-handedly converted the whole international population from IRL to URL. We’ll all drop $400 every time we get a sad face icon in order to keep feeding the addiction. Well, almost all of us.
In an attempt to win over the last percentage [...]

Buy: Valerie Jarrett

Smart, amiable, well put together, seemingly conscious? Wait, this woman works for the government? OUR government? Valerie Jarrett is one of the co-chairs of Barack Obama’s transition team. In this video she talks a bit about lobby reform as it pertains to the ethics of the new transition team and cabinet.
As [...]