tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post821092384332040119..comments2024-03-27T07:18:39.229-05:00Comments on In Medias Res: Simplicity BlegUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-4691862634491645092011-05-14T21:27:24.230-05:002011-05-14T21:27:24.230-05:00I was curious, so I looked up the definition of &q...I was curious, so I looked up the definition of "bleg":<br /><br />Whenever hot sweaty balls stick to the inside of your leg effectively becoming one body part. This usually requires peeling your ball bag from your leg.<br /><br />Wish I hadn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-23891280489379089732011-05-13T15:17:32.799-05:002011-05-13T15:17:32.799-05:00Oh, and Rob Walker and co.'s Unconsumption blo...Oh, and Rob Walker and co.'s Unconsumption blog maybe of interest: http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/Wmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-53024416981112150532011-05-13T15:11:39.068-05:002011-05-13T15:11:39.068-05:00I'd suggest taking a look at "Buying In&q...I'd suggest taking a look at "Buying In" by Rob Walker. <br /><br />http://www.murketing.com/journal/?page_id=1061<br /><br />The book will help your students understand how they negotiate their choices as consumers. It also deals with some of the major threads of the simplicity movement, including DIYism. You can't really address simplicity without addressing marketing -- or as Rob Walker calls it -- murketing. Walker does a good job of exploring and trying to get at some of the core psycholog of consumer choice rather than condemn or endorse the tactics of modern marketing.<br /><br />My GoodReads review goes in to more detail: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18636982Wm Morrisnoreply@blogger.com