Monthly Archives: July 2007
Take a vacation, if only for perspective.
Just returned to the so-called “real world” after a week camping at a festival. Well, car camping. We had running water, a little shack happily selling us gyros, port-a-potties, and garbage collection. So we weren’t really roughing it. But happily, … Continue reading
So how many online communities do we really need?
A friend invited me to yet another social networking site. Now I’m on MySpace, Friendster, LinkedIn, Doostang, Gather, and probably a few others I can’t remember off the top of my head. So when is enough enough, already? Simply filling … Continue reading
When you define life as war, you get hurt.
Wow. Walking through the airport, I saw a sign: Shell Oil says: When Mother Nature doesn’t back down, we have experts up to her challenge. Think about that framing! Shudder. That’s the framing of extinction. Mother Nature, dear Shell Oil, … Continue reading
American Express usury highlights an economic culture gone very, very wrong.
Today’s project: apply for a “Get travel points” American Express card and cancel my generic American Express card. The whole experience was an eye-opener. But apparently only to me. It points to a company gone sadly wrong, and even worse, … Continue reading
Have you seen Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty?
I’ve totally internalized the media images of the Ideal Male Body. Abercrombie & Fitch, galore. So, in a very 21st-century way, I often feel inadequate with my body. Like every time I walk past a mirror. Especially in summer. The … Continue reading
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