To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate
Now that I have your attention, I will clarify that I’m specifically referring to the H1N1 vaccination, not all vaccinations. In keeping with the fact that I am a moderate (I actually fall at the intersection where the Left/Right axis intersects with the Authoritarian/Libertarian axis on the Political Spectrum Quiz – it says that I [...]
Read more...Something To Make You Smile
Thanks to Deanna for sharing on FB.
Read more...A Story in Contrasts
Filed under General
This week, I posted a link to this article on my Facebook page, thinking that it was refreshing to finally see someone (a prominent German fashion magazine even) rejecting the distorted image of unhealthy, underweight woman as models. I thought maybe the tide was turning, but alas, it is not. Today on Yahoo news I [...]
Read more...I Can’t Imagine Who Would Want To See Their Baby on a Dinner Plate
But Martha Stewart apparently thinks there is a market for babies dressed up to look like dinner. I would make this a full blog post, but honestly I can’t think of anything to say about this creepy costume.
Read more...Do What You Enjoy
I’ve been interviewed a few times by reporters interested in how people start entrepreneurial businesses, and there is one thing I always share: Don’t look for a business ideas that have earning potential, take something that you love or in which you are interested and figure out how to make it a business. Is there [...]
Read more...Some Things Are Just Too Outragious To Ignore
Filed under School
This story in the NYT left me momentarily speechless, then I found my tongue. Zachary Christie was suspended from his school in Newark, Delaware. “Zachary’s offense? Taking a camping utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon to school. He was so excited about recently joining the Cub Scouts that he wanted to [...]
Read more...What’s Wrong with Conventional Food Processing
Filed under Conventional Food
Trail of E. Coli Shows Flaws in Inspection of Ground Beef – Meat processing is a scary industry. Crowded feed lots where animals stand in their own manure greatly increase the chances that E. coli will contaminate the meat. Poor conditions in the slaughter houses, who are pushed to process more and more animals/hour, provide [...]
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