the whole (foods) story...
FINALLY a case against whole foods! i don't know why exactly this chain bothers me so much...probably a combination of several factors, some more logical/reasonable than others:
- everyone talks about this place as some sort of mecca of grocery stores. i'm sure it looks fabulous on the inside, but i don't ever plan on entering. too much hype over this has been enough to drive me away. that and i don't really like grocery shopping anyway...which is probably why my space in The Tank fridge consists of orange juice (tropicana no pulp of course), fruit yogurt, and a bottle of pickles that has crossed the border from damon's side. i fully plan on eating those pickles.
- the organic factor. there are so many holes in this 'positive' aspect of the story and entire concept that i just can't wrap up in one entry. that and it will detract from the article i am about to link to. oh yeah, i also make it a point to only talk about 'serious' issues in this beast only once in a blue moon (the astronomical phenomenon, not the ice cream from meijer).
- back in the day when they were constructing this monstrosity, i (and jeremy too) really wanted this to be a movie theater. i don't know why, because as some have pointed out to me, ann arbor is FULL of movie theaters and it doesn't really make sense. i think i was just thrown off by the tall doors and windows and figured it would be perfect for a cineplex. maybe one that shows spider-man, jurassic park, and harrison ford or kristen dunst movies all the time...
- anyway, before i get too far off track (which i think this blog has been since entry #1...but that's the point) we'll get to the point.
as many of you know, i use hotmail for all my many email addictions. the umich system has improved over the past many years but i still think our U's cutting edge technology sucks in terms of spam filtering and options, so i use the good old hotmail account i've had for the past 6 years. every day they have links to a variety of articles in the 'today' section, and the latest section definitely caught my eye...the caption was: "Whole Foods and the dark side of the organic trade." finally something that may both interest me and give purpose to my somewhat misplaced (or irrationalized) dislike for the store. that and the 'today' section is usually about dating tips for people who live in new york or madagascar or exercise tips for people with poodles.
so without further fanfare, i give you the article (linked of course) which really made me feel good about not liking whole foods. i'm not a huge fan of wal-mart, don't get me wrong, but having toed the line between health sciences and environmental sciences and time-wasting sciences for many years, this brought up some very interesting points. oh yeah, and i didn't realize it until i finished reading the entire article, but it was taken from The New Yorker...but more on that sort of thing later.
Is Whole Foods Wholesome? - The dark secrets of the organic-food movement
enjoy.
on related note, i had always wondered about the first track on the Grey's soundtrack and recently (a few minutes ago) finally decided to get to the bottom of the mini-conundrum. the track is 'Such Great Heights' by The Postal Service. its one of my favorite tracks, and the lead singer sounded strikingly (pretty much exactly) like the lead singer for Death Cab (you can see where i'm going with this, because auditorily i am sane, but in some ways i just ignore occam's razor). And yeah, you guessed it, it's because they ARE the same person. the style of music is somewhat different than classic Death Cab, but very cool nevertheless. i'll also credit all initial interest and introduction to death cab to my "Relatively Obscure Music Advisor" (aka Kara). i like a wide variety of music, but there aren't many of which i jumped on board with so soon after introduction. so go download Plans by Death Cab (maybe pirate some of their older stuff too) and Postal Service for some extra tracks as well. If you don't like it sue me, i also like ACDC, The Who, and 50 Cent.
now its time to run some non-parametric ANOVAs <:>< 
the 'curtain fig' tree in Australia. not bad for a parasitic plant...definitely an impressive site in person.
boat ride through an estuarine crocodile infested lagoon...yes, i was right on the other side of the glass. every aspect of this trip was phenomenal...i hope to go back soon :)
- everyone talks about this place as some sort of mecca of grocery stores. i'm sure it looks fabulous on the inside, but i don't ever plan on entering. too much hype over this has been enough to drive me away. that and i don't really like grocery shopping anyway...which is probably why my space in The Tank fridge consists of orange juice (tropicana no pulp of course), fruit yogurt, and a bottle of pickles that has crossed the border from damon's side. i fully plan on eating those pickles.
- the organic factor. there are so many holes in this 'positive' aspect of the story and entire concept that i just can't wrap up in one entry. that and it will detract from the article i am about to link to. oh yeah, i also make it a point to only talk about 'serious' issues in this beast only once in a blue moon (the astronomical phenomenon, not the ice cream from meijer).
- back in the day when they were constructing this monstrosity, i (and jeremy too) really wanted this to be a movie theater. i don't know why, because as some have pointed out to me, ann arbor is FULL of movie theaters and it doesn't really make sense. i think i was just thrown off by the tall doors and windows and figured it would be perfect for a cineplex. maybe one that shows spider-man, jurassic park, and harrison ford or kristen dunst movies all the time...
- anyway, before i get too far off track (which i think this blog has been since entry #1...but that's the point) we'll get to the point.
as many of you know, i use hotmail for all my many email addictions. the umich system has improved over the past many years but i still think our U's cutting edge technology sucks in terms of spam filtering and options, so i use the good old hotmail account i've had for the past 6 years. every day they have links to a variety of articles in the 'today' section, and the latest section definitely caught my eye...the caption was: "Whole Foods and the dark side of the organic trade." finally something that may both interest me and give purpose to my somewhat misplaced (or irrationalized) dislike for the store. that and the 'today' section is usually about dating tips for people who live in new york or madagascar or exercise tips for people with poodles.
so without further fanfare, i give you the article (linked of course) which really made me feel good about not liking whole foods. i'm not a huge fan of wal-mart, don't get me wrong, but having toed the line between health sciences and environmental sciences and time-wasting sciences for many years, this brought up some very interesting points. oh yeah, and i didn't realize it until i finished reading the entire article, but it was taken from The New Yorker...but more on that sort of thing later.
Is Whole Foods Wholesome? - The dark secrets of the organic-food movement
enjoy.
on related note, i had always wondered about the first track on the Grey's soundtrack and recently (a few minutes ago) finally decided to get to the bottom of the mini-conundrum. the track is 'Such Great Heights' by The Postal Service. its one of my favorite tracks, and the lead singer sounded strikingly (pretty much exactly) like the lead singer for Death Cab (you can see where i'm going with this, because auditorily i am sane, but in some ways i just ignore occam's razor). And yeah, you guessed it, it's because they ARE the same person. the style of music is somewhat different than classic Death Cab, but very cool nevertheless. i'll also credit all initial interest and introduction to death cab to my "Relatively Obscure Music Advisor" (aka Kara). i like a wide variety of music, but there aren't many of which i jumped on board with so soon after introduction. so go download Plans by Death Cab (maybe pirate some of their older stuff too) and Postal Service for some extra tracks as well. If you don't like it sue me, i also like ACDC, The Who, and 50 Cent.
now its time to run some non-parametric ANOVAs <:><
random pics:
the 'curtain fig' tree in Australia. not bad for a parasitic plant...definitely an impressive site in person.
boat ride through an estuarine crocodile infested lagoon...yes, i was right on the other side of the glass. every aspect of this trip was phenomenal...i hope to go back soon :)
posted by Solomon at 1:55 PM
3 Comments:
whoa whoa whoa...meijer carries blue moon ice cream? i think you could be mistaken.
i was thoroughly convinced the the mustang mart was the only retailer left who carried such a delicious flavor of ice cream.
keep me posted.
What the heck--there is blue moon at the stang mart?! I will hit that up this weekend---And Solomon, I have had the postal service CD for like 4 years--I KNOW you have heard it before. Don't be such a chump. That's all. bye.
i probably didn't realize you had the CD since i didn't think you actually owned any CD's of your own! and to think i could have bummed a CD off YOU for once! and for the record, i'm not even a fan of blue moon, but i am amused by the excitement it has generated. good to see all the sibs posting to one entry <:><
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