Gleaned from comments in a friend's posting. Did you know that Donald Rumsfeld was chairman of the company that owns the rights to Tamiflu? The very drug that we're told probably won't actually help with the avian flu, and yet is being purchased in massive amounts by the US government and is being touted by the White House as "the answer" to avian ( Read more... )

I was thinking of taking my family to a Seattle Storm game. I thought it would be good for my 6 year old daughter to see the positive role model of professional female athletes. Especially after this weekend, when during the Formula 1 race she asked me "How come there are no girls in Formula 1?" I replied that girls could race, but there just weren ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, i picked up Guitar Hero. I was in a mood for retail therapy, and I had played it in a store and it seemed really fun. So I did my usual thing, and debated for days whether or not to get it, trying to justify spending money on myself for something as silly as a toy. But I went ahead and made the purchase ( Read more... )

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I saw a quote at the Everett Children's Museum on Saturday that really appealed to me. If you know me, you probably have know why ( Read more... )

Communication has always been very important to me. I've prided myself on my ability to write. I've done live theatre, improv, and sketch comedy. I've lectured to rooms from 2 to 200 people. I've had one of my pieces performed on NPR. I have even used my skills to earn a rental car upgrade. And yet ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up to a junk fax in the fax machine. Somebody was trying to sell me a new mortgage. Or so they thought ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I took my daughter to a birthday party. Afterwards, we were in Seattle Center for some food and there was an event where a number of summer camps were advertising their programs at booths. On the stage were the kids from choir camp ( Read more... )