Step It Up!
New Year’s fitness resolutions tend to come in all shapes, sizes, and colors: I want to eat more wholegrains, or more protein, or more of those top ten antioxidant-rich foods. I’m gonna eat more red, yellow, orange foods; I’m gonna eat less white or brown foods. I want to lose x pounds by y date. This year I am going to train to run a 5k, 10k, half marathon, full marathon, heck I’m gonna climb Everest in 2011. We tend to have a “go for the gusto”... Read More
PC is just BS
I know this may be a politically incorrect thing to say, but I think PC is BS! Many linguists believe that the language we use influences the way we see the world. This maybe the strongest argument for advocating the use of political correctness as a standard for public discourse. As I understand it, the term PC refers to language, spoken or written, that is proper, neutral, non-discriminatory or non-biased and is used to ensure that speech that may demean a group of people... Read More
Hey ladies!!! Are you male chauvinist pigs?
My mom was horrified when I told her that I wanted a female OB/GYN for my first pregnancy. ”How could it be possible that I was going to take such a risk with her first grandchild?” she asked. Impossible! I had to find myself a male doctor. I chalked up her old-fashioned reaction to the generation gap between us, and promptly proceeded to ignore her. Shortly thereafter, it was my turn to be horrified when a friend of mine had exactly the same reaction as my... Read More
Faster Planes
I wish…the airline industry would focus on building faster planes, not bigger ones, and cut flight travel time in half. Read More
