Category — Microblog Mondays

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I am both obsessed with and saddened by the site Worse on Purpose. People are tracking which brands have changed over the years, either due to new ownership or materials/process. Hint: They usually change for the worse, hence the name.

They have four categories you can peruse as well: Approved (worth buying), Watchlist (things to know), Former Great (brands that have changed and there are now issues with products), and Avoid (the worst of the worst). You will be surprised when you look down the Avoid list. My mattress is on there, and my favourite shoes. And it actually did make us feel good to see Josh’s jeans on the Former Great list and realize it wasn’t just us who were having trouble with holes/seams ripping.

This is just one source as you research a purchase, but I’m grateful someone out there is tracking this.

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Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I recently read about dopamine sites, which mimic online shopping, except no actual purchase happens. It’s like window shopping, but you go through the motions of clicking on the product and adding it to a cart and fake checking out. Just nothing actually shows up at your house.

I’ve said the same thing before about the library. I sometimes went when I wanted the high of buying a new book, but I didn’t want to spend money. I would take a stack of books home—for free!—and pretend they were mine for three weeks. Anyway, it’s an interesting article about these sites where you can buy items or order food, spend zero dollars, and feel like you got to choose something.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.

Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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I was today years old when I learned that the word “hello” became a standard greeting due to the telephone and the fact that you could be speaking to someone in a different time zone. So if you said good morning, and it was their afternoon, it would be strange. So Edison encouraged people to use hello.

But now, with caller ID for phones or the fact that most people text, saying hello is kind of pointless. You’re not asking who is there because you know who is there. So you just jump straight into the conversation (e.g., “What’s up?”).

I still say hello. But how long will that last?

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Not sure what #MicroblogMondays is? Read the inaugural post which explains the idea and how you can participate too.

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The Wolvog passed this game along, and it amused me. You get shown an item from Costco every day, and you have to guess (within a few cents) how much it costs. It tells you if you’re close (yellow instead of red) and whether you need to go higher or lower.

I’m terrible at it. Perrier sparkling water — started my guessing at $6.59 for the case. It was $19.99.

What would make it even more joyful is if it told you with the answer how much the same item costs at your local grocery store so you could see how much you saved.

Try it.

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I’ve found another game. Rung gives you five chances to guess the daily answer to a series of clues, but there is a catch. If you guess wrong, you drop two rungs. If you skip giving an answer, you only drop one. If you drop two, you see the clues you would have gotten along the way. If you’re not certain about the answer, it pays to skip instead of guess. The whole thing takes under 30 seconds to play, so it’s a welcome addition to my evening games.

Enjoy.

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Are you also doing #MicroblogMondays? Add your link below. The list will be open until Tuesday morning. Link to the post itself, not your blog URL. (Don’t know what that means? Please read the three rules on this post to understand the difference between a permalink to a post and a blog’s main URL.) Only personal blogs can be added to the list. I will remove any posts connected to businesses or sponsored posts.