I was bullied as a kid. I was a shy, geeky girl who would cry at the drop of a hat - a prime target for anyone who wanted to assert dominance over me. My childhood experiences are what influenced my advocacy efforts in adulthood. These days I have little patience for bullies whether they [...]
What do your clothes say about you?
I have really been enjoying the new Burlington commercials that share what folks' clothes say about them. I find them utterly charming. If you have not seen them, check them out - check them out here. I believe that there is a lot of truth in these ads, which is why they are so fabulous. [...]
Stupidity and recklessness…
Some things I read or hear about cause me to want to grab foolish people, shake them, and smack some sense into them. Such is the case with the woman who drove intoxicated with her three young children in the car. Jeanna Marie Fineday, age 29, was charged with three counts of child endangerment and two counts [...]
I am warming to the idea…
I have never had heated seats in a vehicle I have owned in the past. I really had no interest in having them this time around either, but they came with the Sorento I purchased. I told my daughter Sarah that I couldn't conceive that I would ever use them. She was pretty sure that [...]
60 days plus 10 weekends…
On February 19, 2012, Robert Tofstad struck and killed 85-year-old Ruth Brendel with his car. Ruth was walking to St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Winona, Minnesota. Robert Tofstad's car windows were covered in frost and he didn't see Ruth before hitting her. A breath test showed that 19-year-old Tofstad was legally intoxicated at the time he hit [...]
Please do allow me to introduce you to Poo-Pourri.
When I first saw the commercial for Poo-Pourri on the internet I thought it was a spoof. The product claims to contain all the odor from smelly bathroom episodes in order to help you save face (and eyebrows and nose hairs in particularly toxic events). There was no way you would have been able to [...]
Just how dangerous is tackle football?
I saw a fascinating piece on Frontline this weekend called League of Denial:The NFL's Concussion Crisis. The piece covers brain injuries in the NFL and what appears to be a purposeful effort by the NFL to dismiss alarming evidence that football players are sustaining long term injuries from hard hits and concussions. I must say, [...]
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