Posted in Bloggies on December 31, 2010 by Free Radicals
2010.
I'd say farewell, but I don't wish you well. You have been a shitty year and I don't regret telling you so.
You were filled with friends and customers losing jobs, friend businesses going out of business, 3 deaths in my family, loss of friends and family, a shitty economy, and a general malaise.
Dear 2011,
I won't ask much of you, but lets see if we can't do better this time.
Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year and lets rock 2011!
nan
Posted in Bloggies on December 07, 2010 by Free Radicals
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"Do people shop here?" (nope. we are just for show)
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"Do a lot of people shop here?" (well, its no GAP...but we are still open so that implies some business)
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"Why haven't I heard of this place?" (um, we've all been keeping it a secret from you!)
Posted in Bloggies on November 21, 2010 by Free Radicals
Black Friday, My Ass
As we do every year, Free Radicals will be closed on Black Friday. Why in the minor gods' names would a retail store support Buy Nothing Day? Are we anti-capitalists? Are anti-consumerists? The answer is a resounding...maybe, but that is another issue for another day.
The fact is, when we as consumers buy things, we are casting a vote. While statistics may vary on the subject, many sources1 agree that around half of working Americans are employed in the service industries. What does that mean for all of us? If you primarily spend your money at big-box or national chain stores, in time, those chain stores will be the only employers left! If we all shop at Wal-Mart, someday we will all have to work at Wal-Mart.
This year, try to think of Black Friday (and every day, for that matter) from your point of view as a worker... not a customer. If you think its insane to ask people to get up in the middle of the night after Thanksgiving, leave their home and their families just to ring up items that could be purchased the next day, then don't take part! What would happen if NO ONE showed up to the mall on Black Friday?
As for Free Radicals, we (and the zombies) vow not to spend a dollar anywhere on Black Friday. We hope that in time, less demand on Black Friday will mean less people have to work on Black Friday. We hope that people will try not to spend money with companies that they would be unwilling to work for (good thing there are no monopolies, right...) and that in time, we will send a message: That we are ALL workers.
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY DAY! WE WILL RE-OPEN ON SATURDAY, NOV.27th
1 Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 45%. Census bereau estimates 48%.
Posted in Bloggies on December 06, 2009 by Free Radicals
There is a crazy looking hobo walking up the street and in his shopping cart there is a giant wooden cross. This thing is erasily 8 feet tall! So, I wonder if the hobo has a little woodshop somewhere and crafted this cross? Or did he steal it from one of the local outdoor nativities? What does a hobo need with a giant cross? Hmmmmmm. I think jesus might be mad about this one.
Posted in Bloggies on December 04, 2009 by Free Radicals
Some 70 year old holier than thou hippie just started an argument with me because we don't carry anarchy stuff. I explained that buying corporate made in china items with an anarchy symbol on them kinda defeats the idea and he should grab a sharpie and make his own. He didn't get it and called me a facist before stamping out in a huff.
