Vincent Gable’s Blog

October 4, 2008

The Decadent Future

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― Vincent Gable on October 4, 2008

…the average American consumes so much energy every day, it would take 200 slaves to reproduce his lifestye. Modern industry makes such luxury possible.

At least according to my television. It’s nice to live in the future.

August 23, 2008

Don’t Buy Down Pillows

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― Vincent Gable on August 23, 2008

After I saw duckling’s jumping out of trees (from Planet Earth), I had to try some down pillows. And they are great, except that the tips of the feathers eventually work their way out of the pillowcase and poke you. The pokes are so disruptive that they ruin sleep more then a slightly-less-comfortable pillow. I’m sure there’s a good metaphor in there somewhere.

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