Archive for April, 2005

1. It’s Robby’s first day at his first job. 2. He got a haircut, shaved off the peachfuzz goatee, cleaned his ears and clipped his fingernails. 3. His girlfriend is off with her best friend, so I’m home alone. Yippee! 4. Our beloved mayor has resigned. Thank God. Now, maybe the woman we actually elected [...]

Blogger’s block

In: Blog

25 Apr 2005

That’s what I’m suffering from–blogger’s block. It helps to put a name to one’s ailments, I think. Doesn’t sound as important as writer’s block but it’s just as aggravating. I don’t know why I can’t think of anything to write about. Life is happening here, just nothing I want to spend time describing. Okay, I’ll [...]

The quality and range of America�s daily essentials is being dictated and degraded by a powerful network of Brand Name Bullies and Big Box chains. By �outsourcing� from sweatshops in the factories and fields, by cutting corners on public health and the environment, and by sucking up billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, business behemoths [...]

Now that I’m committed to podcasting an hour-long health show once a week, I am in panic mode. I keep searching the web for health news, research, anything that might make a good first show–and I am in information overload. I can’t make up my mind, not only about a first topic but about the [...]


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