Commerce (re)defined

Make Tea Not War
A few weeks ago, Sub-Evil Boy amused himself greatly with his new, improved definition of vending: “Buy crap, sell crap, eat crap”. Short and to the point, eh?

In that (not entirely) grand tradition, we’re here to flog our first foray into the land of unhindered commerce with our new, improved (huh? there was nothing there before…) Unhindered By Talent Cafe Press shop! You can use this venue to purchase really spiffy “Make tea not war” gear, calligraphed by yours truly. You can’t eat our crap, but you can wear it, and help spread an excellent meme in the process.

Mags Make tea not war photo from Flickr
This all started with Mags’ excellent photo on Flickr, which I just had to show to WeatherGirl. Her immediate response was that she wanted that sentiment on a shirt for her birthday, which seemed an excellent idea to all. I then squandered my opportunity to do the work over the summer, and ended up doing the calligraphy in a crazy rush the weekend before her birthday. Once we got it all sorted out, it became clear that we would all need to get “Make tea not war” clothing, and once we’d started down that road a Cafe Press shop was pretty much the unavoidable outcome.

So, there you have it. “Make tea not war” on a dizzying array of random stuff.

Or, to (mis)quote one of the great minds of the 21st century (at least among those minds that regularly hang at our house): “Buy crap. Sell crap. Wear crap.”

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Big icicles on our house in winter
Yesterday the missive below came from our Chancellor (Sam Schuman). That’s a nice bit of pro-active thinking, getting on top of it before it’s a complete mess. Now one wonders what kinds of similar thinking is happening at the community, state, and federal levels? I can certainly imagine this being an enormous problem for people skating on the edge of homelessness or people (like many elderly) on fixed incomes.

As we all know, costs of fossil fuels of all types are going up dramatically. This is, of course, obvious at the gas pump. It is, at this point, less obvious when we think about heating our homes and offices. We are monitoring this situation carefully, in terms of UMM buildings, but we are also concerned for students (and other members of our community) living off campus.

Students living in rental housing who are responsible for their heating bills should anticipate costs that are about DOUBLE those of last year! We are worried that this may pose a very serious fiscal challenge to many of our students.

Shortly, the Financial Aid Office will be staffing a table at the student center with information about this issue, and materials for seeking supplemental funding to help with unanticipated heating costs. I’d personally encourage all students living off campus to mull this situation, and take appropriate steps deal with this new challenge. If there is any way I or any of us can help, let us know!

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