Abbie

Stores used to ring up your groceries, bag your groceries, take them to your car, and load them up for you.

Now they’ve got you convinced that if you aren’t doing their work for them for free, you’re violating some sort of implied social contract.

In a similar vein, one of my favorite charities is The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation:

The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is an award-winning international charity dedicated to planting fruit, nut and medicinal trees to alleviate world hunger, combat environmental degradation, strengthen communities, and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water.

I usually cut in with a comment like, “I know a little about this because it interests me, too.” Since it’s a common interest, you do still have a topic to talk about.

In addition to the previously linked SomaFM and RadioParadise, I use ReListen to listen to the Grateful Dead and a lot of other recorded concerts.

“I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that… day.” ~Mitch Hedberg

Or Oliver Hardy if they’re of a certain size.

Two of his later albums were almost “Johnny Cash and the Heartbreakers.” Most of Tom Petty’s band is playing backup for him, and on this song you can hear Tom Petty himself singing harmony.

Two glasses of wine and some Iocane powder.

I like SomaFM and RadioParadise. They’re free/listener supported, and both have a multiple channels and a wide selection to choose from.

The Bhagavad Gita– not because it’s a religious text, but because it’s a very different philosophy than what most Westerners are exposed to. (The translation by Ranchor Prime is especially accessible to beginners.)

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