Are your credit cards smoking after a busy Black Friday and Cyber Monday? There's one day left: Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. The great thing about Giving Tuesday is that you don't have to spend money if you're all tapped out. You can also give the gift of time. Two of my favorite holiday traditions... Continue Reading →
Day of Listening
I prefer to think of the day after Thanksgiving not as a day of manic consumerism, but a Day of Listening. StoryCorps proclaimed the day after Thanksgiving to be a national day of listening a few years ago. I think it's a great idea. I celebrated Thanksgiving early because flights were much cheaper the week... Continue Reading →
No-Vacation Nation
Did you know that the United States is the only developed country that doesn't legally mandate that workers receive paid time off? Whenever I'm reminded of this, I want to go picket outside the White House or call up politicians and rant and rave. The United States doesn't even mandate that employers provide paid holidays!!... Continue Reading →
One of My Favorite Holidays
Tomorrow is one of my favorite holidays!! Yes, folks, it's International Left-Handers Day! It's a happy day for 15% of the world's population. Here's a cool infographic. I'm boggled by the fact that I am left-handed, seeing as males are twice as likely to be left-handed and two right-handed parents only have a 2%... Continue Reading →
Eat Less Meat and More Plants Tomorrow
During my lunch hour the other day, I was innocently paging through a slideshow about making the 4th of July "greener" when I came across this slide. It provides a link to undercover video footage at one of the country's biggest pork producers. As I pushed the "play" button on the video clip, I... Continue Reading →
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