When a gift is more than a gift
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| The bumper sticker. |
We all get happy when it’s obvious that someone has put a lot of thought into their gift for us. The GreenTech Geek gets doubly — make that triply — happy when it’s clear that the gift-giver has not only though about me in selecting my gift, but also about the larger world in which we live.
So you can imagine my giddiness when I opened the following presents on Christmas morning two days ago:
- Purple ‘Peace’ Bumper Sticker — My nieces in Eugene, Oregon — home to all things good for the Earth — have a tradition of sending me bumper stickers for Christmas, always containing messages intended to keep me connected to wholesome liberal thought processes so easily chipped away at lollygagging in it’s-all-about-the-sun San Diego. This year’s offering: a bold purple ‘Peace’ sticker from an interesting place called Peacemonger.org that sells all number accessories laden with messages reminding humanity of its better nature.
This gift served an additional awesome purpose: reminding me of the a little music video I put together a few years ago called The Bumper Stickers Did It. It’s about the power of the bumper stickers of Eugene, Oregon to lift my spirits during a difficult time in American history, when a Presidential election was stolen, Bush ruled the land, and unjust war was raging.
Click here to have a look — and check out a couple more amazing gifts I got — at my latest weekly GreenTech column over at the popular San Diego-based blog, Tea With Lemon.
