The day after writing my article on How to Save Money This Holiday Season, in which I basically suggested spending as little as possible, a Pulitzer prize-winning writer for the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman, told us that the best thing we can do for our economy is: “Go Shopping.”
Hmm, I guess this [...]
I’m as affected by the state of the economy as anyone, and it’s caused me to really curb my usual spending for the holidays. I have family and friends all over the country, so I have the added financial burden of having the majority of my gifts shipped - which this year means I [...]
I’ll save you some time during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: In reading several blogs regarding breast cancer and its prevention, and in reading several nutrition books lately, it boils down to eating less animal foods, eating more vegetables and fruits, and exercising frequently.
- Research shows there is almost no breast cancer in populations [...]
I don’t have enough time or energy to express how tired, to the bone tired, of this election I am, and how many weeks do we have to go? Does anyone else hate listening to these horrid ads that say nothing? And the equally predictable and maddening responses to the ads? I [...]
There are countless carbon footprint calculator web sites on the web now, and like a bad toe fungus, calculators of other types are inevitably springing up and spreading to all areas uncontrollably.
You can calculate your food footprint, your water footprint, your plastic footprint, your lifetime consumption footprint, your house footprint. How about [...]
As one who was young when her mother died, I send out a greeting and hug to everyone who has lost their mom and who are missing her on Mother’s Day. I send it out because the nicest card I have ever gotten in my life was a Mother’s Day card, though I’m not [...]
Being that yesterday was Earth Hour Day 2008, it inspired me to reflect on what I’ve read recently about climate change and going greener, to look at how I’m doing with going greener, and it made me wonder how others are evolving (or not) into a greener lifestyle.
This is the third article I’ve [...]
Okay, I’ve been quiet for a while, so I thought I’d try to talk about it. I am not quite sure what to say, really. The demise of Eliot Spitzer totally threw me for a loop, and now the fall of Bear-Stearns. And the ongoing attempt by the Bush administration to undermine [...]
Scott Kerkmans has landed the position as the Chief Beer Officer at The Four Points by Sheraton hotels chain. Yes, it’s the world’s first known CBO.
Before you get too excited and start searching for CBO positions, take note: Kerkmans doesn’t earn a salary. Could be a problem, but he does get [...]
I don’t take days off from work very often, but when I do, here’s my list of favorite things to do, although I don’t usually do them all in the same day off. (If I tried, then it would feel like work, and then I would be mad, and the day would be ruined. [...]