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Quoted in LocalShops1

Pretty cool! Just found out I was quoted in the LocalShops1 Magazine! For the unfamiliar, LocalShops1 is a cool organization whose mission in Tampa Bay is to connect local businesses and community-minded shoppers.

Link to a Photo of the Magazine

 

 

 

Women Deserve Better

Culturally-diversified bi-racial girl,
with a small diamond nose-ring
and a pretty smile
poses beside the words: “Women deserve better”.

And I almost let her non-threatening grin begin to
infiltrate my psyche-
till I read the unlikely small-print at the bottom of the ad.
‘Sponsored by the US Secretariat for Pro Life Activities
and the Knights of Columbus’
on a bus, in a city with a population of 563,000.

Story of Stuff

I’ve been trying really hard to avoid news that pisses me off and/ or upsets me lately. Dodging Glenn Beck’s lies, propaganda, histrionics, and nonsense on Reddit is like trying to walk on the beach and not end up with sand in your shoe…

Tonight, I noticed this post from the Story of Stuff Twitter: “Bully Glenn Beck attacks Story of Stuff: http://tinyurl.com/2tcnwl“. What really upset me though, is all of Beck’s minions rushing onto the internet posting hateful, ignorant comments on her YouTube videos. They’re also Twittering about it like crazy…

So here’s my request:

My First Crochet Project

If only she had opposable thumbs, maybe she could help me.

If only she had opposable thumbs, maybe she could help me.

Rant of the Day: Selfishness Vs. Abortion

It pisses me the hell off when people say that getting an abortion is selfish.

Granted, sometimes people should have been more responsible or decide to not keep their baby for convenience-sake, but just because you can get pregnant does NOT necessarily mean you are going to be a good mother or should become one. That’s just as stupid as saying every woman who should become a mother will get pregnant…


Reminded me of this for some reason:

[a woman with her son comes over to Dr. Cox and Jordan and starts talking to their son, Jack]
Woman: Hi, cutie! Since you have so many balls, and too many toys can be overstimulating for an infant, Brantley here was wondering if he could borrow one to play with.
Dr. Cox: Oh, that’s funny, because Jack here was just wondering why the crazy lady who just spent the last hour chain-smoking and talking on her cell phone while her kid ate sand, would come over to two complete strangers and give them parenting advice.
Jordan: Oh, he also thanked me for not naming him Brantley.
Dr. Cox: Yeah.

Favorite TED Talk: Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives