American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Danger Alert

You know that friend of yours, the one who is always wearing Crocs and talking about how comfortable they are when folks try pointing out that they are god-awful-ugly?
Well, that friend may be in danger, especially while riding escalators. The Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has issued a warning to the public about [...]

Tired of ebay

Are you tired of Ebay? The idea of auctions intrigues you, but you prefer live interaction with people, the thrill of raising you paddle and out bidding other folks in classic auction style.
Actually being able to see and touch what you are bidding on rather then just have a cheap picture taken with some ones [...]

Own Your Own Jet Pack

This one has actually been sitting in my “To Write” box for a while and really I just haven’t gotten around to it because there have been so many other things that have popped up to write about (I actually have about 15 other things sitting in the “To Write” box as well, I [...]

Non-Electric Catalog

I don’t even know exactly how to tag this one- Is it “Green?” Maybe “Nostalgia?” Do we have an “Irony” tag?
I present to you Lehman’s Catalog, for all your non-electric device needs. Lehman’s was “Founded by Jay Lehman in 1955 to serve the local Amish and others without electricity, Lehman’s ships old-fashioned, high-quality merchandise [...]

Online Comparison Shopping… By Phone

It’s just a mobile phone day around these parts-
I am a comparative price shopper. I will spend a day pricing a single item at 3 or 4 different stores, return to the second store, you know, the one that had the cheaper price, and then decide to wait until I check how much the item [...]

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