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Tag Archives: retail problems
Sea Change
For the weekend after Thanksgiving, it was fairly calm at my Costco. We were steady on all three days; we hit 3,000+ members each day, but it didn’t feel tremendously busy. Supposedly, the real action was online, with a record-breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, Costco, retail problems, Walmart
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Weekly Reader: Vol 2 Issue 49
It’s time once again for news and views that you can peruse. It’s time once again for your Weekly Reader! Got some hot links, blog posts, or articles from a local paper you’d like to share? Head over to the … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Reader
Tagged Abortion, Andrew Yang, birth control, books, coronavirus, COVID-19, domestic abuse, Grand Nagus, Grand Nagus Trump, healthcare, how to be tone deaf in one easy step, infectious diseases, Japanese Internment Camps, Racism, Recession, reproductive rights, retail problems, Social Distancing, the journey of grief
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Weekly Reader: Vol 2 Issue 32
It’s time once again for news and views that you can peruse! It’s another edition of your Weekly Reader! As always, if you have something you’d like to share, drop a link in the comments! The more articles, the better! … Continue reading
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Tagged "big pharma", Abortion, adoption, anti-science, bees, Black Friday, child abuse, children's rights, Christmas, Dinosaurs, grifters, health, Holidays, honeybees, knowledge, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Net Neutrality, Pennsyltucky, Racism, Religion, reproductive health, reproductive rights, retail, retail problems, sexual health, STIs, The hell that is Ohio, traditions, vegetarian diets, war on agency
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Weekly Reader: Vol 2 Issue 26
It’s time once more for all the news and views that you can peruse! It’s another Weekly Reader! As always, if you want to be part of the action, drop a link or three in the comments! Sharing is caring, … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, Agriculture, Animals, Atheism, Baseball, Coca Cola, corporations behaving badly, David Silverman, domestic abuse, Genetic Disorders, healthcare, Intellectual Dark Web, Lyft, outer space, retail, retail problems, Science, Steven Pinker, Target, the environment, Uber, Vaping, Walmart, worker's rights
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Seven Quick Takes: A Question of Agency Edition
1) Current mood: 2) Shopko’s last day was Sunday. All of the stores are now officially shuttered here in Wisconsin. I don’t know how to feel about it, honestly. It’s one less store to check for Transformers, but the prices … Continue reading
Weekly Reader Vol 2 Issue 7
It’s time once more for news and views you can peruse. It’s your Weekly Reader! If you’ve got something interesting to share, head over to the comments and drop a link. Sharing is caring! ❤ The Real Origins of the … Continue reading
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Tagged "sincerely held beliefs", Abortion, anthropogenic climate disruption, child marriage, conservative rage machine, Dave Ramsey, Extremism, free speech, Freeze Peach, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, incels, misogyny, Politics, Purity Culture, Rape, Religion, Republicans behaving badly, retail, retail problems, Science, sexual abuse, Sexual Assault, the environment, The Holocaust, war on agency
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Spring Thaw
We get spring when Cobra says so. No exceptions. The snow is melting now; it wasn’t doing much last night, other than sticking around and causing problems. If I recall correctly, we were hit with a massive storm around this … Continue reading
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Tagged Random Thoughts, retail, retail problems, Weather
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Shuttered
On Friday, after Prime and I hit city hall to vote, I managed to take a look around my local Shopko. It’s pretty picked over; although there is some merchandise on the shelves and pegs, it isn’t a lot. Granted, … Continue reading
Second Verse, Same As the First Redux
Here we go again: Sears is closing more stores. For your convenience, the list is right here: ARIZONA • Sears, 10001 N Metro Parkway, West Phoenix, AZ CALIFORNIA • Kmart, 910 North China Lake Blvd, Ridgecrest, CA • Sears, 100 S … Continue reading
Morning Coffee: Cup Twenty-Five
Current cup: Raspberry Chocolate by Michael’s Gourmet Coffee. It’s time for another Morning Coffee post, where I pitch some word stew onto my blog and see if I can find anything of substance. Let’s get started, shall we?
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Tagged Bill O'Reilly, Blogging, Bumblebee, coffee, Ducktales, Facebook, Faux News, Geek, medical follies, Music, Pokemon, Pokemon Moon, Random Nerd Shit, retail problems, Weather, Weird Al, Wonder Woman
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