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Things That Piss Me Off

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

1.)  Beauty Pageants for Children – VH1 has some crap on today about these little girls competing in beauty pageants.  I would never do this to my child. It disgusts me how these young girls are objectified like this.  Especially in the bathing suit portion of the competition.  There is absolutely no reason a 6 [...]

A Matter of Life and Death

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

At first it seemed like a good story to tell my friends. Then, I got to thinking about it. The more I thought about it, the more guilt that started to build up inside me. I was on the Blue Line yesterday coming back from a downtown job interview. It was late morning, so there [...]

Job Hunting Debacle

Monday, April 30th, 2007

I’m currently in the market for a *good* job, and my resume on Monster has gotten me tons of replies. Some good, some bad. I have something on Thursday that I’m particularly excited about. But with all the good responses, I’ve experienced a lot of what I’d call “trickery” in job postings. Why aren’t companies [...]

Double Standard?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I want to start this out by saying that I don’t condone what Don Imus said about that women’s basketball team. To call them “Nappy-haired ho’s” is inexcusable and deplorable. Don Imus is right there with Rush Limbaugh in Douchebag-land. But, Bill Maher raised a good point on his show. Was Imus excercising free speech? [...]

Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Just thought this was worth mentioning here.  I discovered Vonnegut in 9th grade, and have continued to enjoy his writing ever since.  If you’ve never read anything by him, I highly recommend his work. Read it here:  Kurt Vonnegut Dies At 84

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