One of my favorite blogs to keep up on current issues is this one, from this magazine. Today they posted
an intriguing post about women’s issues.

At the Seattle Times, Alicia Mundy ponders a disappearing phrase in politics: “women’s rights.” Explaining why the phrase has only cropped up in a handful of public talks given by female senators and congresspeople, Mundy notes:
“…the battle to control the dictionary and define the paradigm is crucial to the partisan power struggle in D.C. Espousing women’s rights can get even the most mainstream female lawmaker marginalized …

From
New Scientist Breaking News – A future with no bananas?

Go bananas while you still can. The world’s most popular fruit and the fourth most important food crop of any sort is in deep trouble. Its genetic base, the wild bananas and traditional varieties cultivated in India, has collapsed.

Who knows if there is any truth to this at all, but even the thought has me a little worried.
When I was younger I loved bananas so much that I had to have one everyday. One day my parents ran out …

I’m continuing to read David Allen’s Get Things Done system and I’ve come to a difficult decision point. David makes a few interesting suggestions that make a whole lot of sense. First, he suggestions,especially when starting out, to write one task per individual sheet of paper to put in your inbox. All I’m thinking is “What about all the trees?” I like the idea of writing one idea per notecard too, but then I’d go through a lot of notecards, and even though I have a closet full of them, …

I’m updating this post because Skype (which this used to be about) is no longer free to make outgoing calls (except 800 numbers). The paid version of Skype is actually really well priced, but if you need a free option, follow the instructions below.

Download and install Gizmo Project
Join Grandcentral (It’s in Private beta right now)
Add your Gizmo SIP number to Grandcentral
Add Contact number your trying to call
Use the call button on your contact list to call your Gizmo project and connect the call for FREE!

P.S. If you comment below, I’ll …

I know the folks who read this blog are probably the completely wrong people to answer this question. But I don’t understand Grills. I’m not talking about the ones you cook on, I’m talking about sticking expensive stuff on your teeth. To be fair, I don’t really get why sticking fatty diamonds on your fingers, ears or neck is cool either.
The grill thing bothers me cause kids who are dropping out of school on their way to a life of poverty are getting “grills.” for their teeth.
Definition at Urban …

I watched The Constant Gardener after a number of friends raved about it when it first came out. I enjoyed it and put on my list of things to do: Find out the facts behind the Constant Gardener.
Well I finally got around to it and read up on the sad but true story that the movie is based on. I fear too often we watch something like that and it just becomes another piece of Hollywood for us, rather then affecting our lives and encouraging us to take action …

My dad has been talking to me about USANA. I’ll be honest, like most of these sorts of things, I was pretty skeptical at first. USANA sounds like just the latest multi-level marketing scheme trying to feed off people’s desires to be rich and healthy. Then I heared quite a few things that started to impress me. I’ll share three of them with you.

USANA was ranked #5 on Forbes list of Best Small Companies. You definitly don’t make it in the top ten by being a gimmick.

Dr. Wentz, the founder …

Maybe this is just a naive observation, but I’ve been to the DMV here in Nashville a number of times and the majority of those times my general impression is 95% of those people are low income.
Is this just my impression or is there some truth behind it? I can think of some reasons why, but I’m just not sure they are good reasons.
What do you think?