June 28, 2012
Sorry, I’m not going to add my somewhat useless two cents worth to the discussion of the Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act. You can get that from almost every other blog on the interwebs today. I still hope we end up with an option beyond being forced to pay the highly profitable insurance [...]
Tags: "stand your ground", alien invastion, austerity, Colorado Springs, crime, guns, health insurance reform, Libertarians, Mitt Romney, polls, President Obama, Supreme Court
Posted in Interesting Tidbits
June 27, 2012
Maybe you remember a while back that I ragged on Paula Deen for the hypocrisy of hyping cake on the same magazine cover proclaiming she was going to talk about living with diabetes. Well, that’s still bad. But at least she seems to be getting her own dietary house in order. This week’s People Magazine [...]
Tags: cancer, diabetes, diet and exercise, Fast and Furious, guns, health insurance reform, Paula Deen, People Magazine, protest, schools, sunscreen, weight loss, women's issues
Posted in Eat, Drink, and Move That Body!
June 26, 2012
My wallet needs a little cleaning out. It’s got a little cash, a couple credit cards, some loyalty cards for various businesses, an ATM card, a couple business cards, some old receipts, and a drivers license.* You know what it doesn’t contain? Proof that I am a United States Citizen, legally entitled to work in [...]
Tags: ACLU, airport security, Arizona, birthers, bullying, censorship, citizenship, eminent domain, Mexico, Mitt Romney, parenting, War on Drugs
Posted in Random Thoughts
June 25, 2012
Ok ok, my guilty pleasure is that I like Pitbull. Here’s Mr. Worldwide himself. You have to admit he’s a snappy dresser: But thanks to these guys, I can’t help but notice the “Dollys.” It cracks me up:
Posted in Music Monday
June 23, 2012
The Things One Finds: Roman beads in ancient Japanese burial mound. Well, we all gotta go sometime: Ok, sure, we have more heart disease and cancer. We also have a whole lot less tuberculosis, flu, gastrointestinal infections, and diphtheria. Because the real purpose is to make Chertoff a nice chunk of change: Not a single terrorist has been arrested [...]
Tags: ACLU, airport security, archaeology, cars, Catholic church, crime, death, family planning, fast food, food, health insurance reform, Hillary Clinton, Japan, Jerry Sandusky, job creation, news media, poverty, privacy, Rome, Supreme Court, SWAT Team, That Asshat Michael Chertoff, TSA, USA Today, whole body scanners, women's issues
Posted in Shorties
June 20, 2012
According to the current conservative narrative, the unemployed and underemployed are what they are because they are lazy. They’re not doing what it takes to get a job. They’re not willing to get educated for the so-called Jobs Of Tomorrow. They’re not willing to step down to take a job that doesn’t pay enough to [...]
Tags: airport security, animal research, avocados, Dr. Oz, education, exercise, role models, science fiction, Shaun T, underemployment, unemployment, women's issues
Posted in Markets, Business, and the Economy
June 18, 2012
When this song was popular way too many years ago now, I originally mistook the lyrics as “The harder rock and roll is in Cleveland.” Oddly enough, that almost was the song. It doesn’t help that the Rock and Roll Museum chose to build in Cleveland just 2 years later. Coincidence or destiny??
Posted in Music Monday
June 17, 2012
Today’s Life Well Lived question is this: What are your favorite resources (Products, Apps, Books, Websites, etc.) to help you get organized? Join the discussion here, and don’t forget to enter the current sweepstakes! I’m simple when it comes to resources to get organized. I’ve tried lots of things over the years. I’ve got at [...]
Tags: BlogHer, censorship, Eric Holder, Google, Life Well Lived, Michigan, organization, War on Drugs, women's issues
Posted in Interesting Tidbits
June 16, 2012
Well, I had no idea that my lunchbox could impact the taste of my lunch. Any readers want a taste that doesn’t make sense? Anybody? This Japanese food transport system was found in my local Asian grocer. I have no idea what the original brand name was, since Japanese doesn’t have an L sound. Gurit and [...]
Tags: 50 Shades of Grey, age, Anderson Cooper, Apple, books, Calcium, CBO, food, Gilbert Gottfried, health insurance reform, Japan, math, Mitt Romney, obesity, pain medication, Robert Reich, Vitamin D, War on Drugs
Posted in JapanFilter, Picture This
June 13, 2012
So here’s my iPhone. It’s ok. It’s way too easy to take a screenshot, unless of course you want to take one. As you can see, just by looking at the main screen, I can tell what time it is, how much signal I’ve got, battery life, unread emails, even how many items are on my [...]
Tags: 5th Amendment, Android, business, cell phones, Depak Desai, exercise, funny pictures, government, grammar, hoodies, iPhone, weather
Posted in Interesting Tidbits