Month: February 2012

Congressional Birth Control Hearing Involves Exactly Zero People Who Have a Uterus Today on Capitol Hill- the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform assembled a panel to discuss the birth control mandate in President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

If you want to give ABC's Happy Endings a try- last night's episode was a perfect example of the breezy- crisp comedy. The episode is online: http://abc.go.com/watch/happy-endings/SH55116425/VD55171548/everybody-loves-grant Everybody Loves Grant Full Episode – Happy Endings – ABC Watch full episodes of Happy Endings online at ABC. Stream Everybody Loves Grant instantly.

More sex policing from Santorum – remember folks they aren't just after gay sex – they're after all sex that doesn't lead to babies: "One of the things I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country- the whole sexual libertine idea… It's […]

No gymt his morning. Marketing never sleeps: The 2012 'Love Your Customers' Awards After last month's Community Manager Appreciation Day party and the release of our insights survey- we decided to take keep the celebration going. The Love Your Customers awards celebrate daring feats of customer empowerment and support- the awards recognize companies and individuals […]

Commentary on Someone Like You from Metafilter (connected to the NYTimes piece on anatomy of a tear jerker): "When she gets to the bridge ('nothing compares') she sings the melody over a 5 bar sequence- instead of the far more common pop structure of 4 bars of 4/4 (or 8 bars of 4/4 as per […]

Boston Globe profiles Elizabeth Warren: A girl who soared- but longed to belong – The Boston Globe The seeds of that worry- that fear of not having enough- were planted on the Oklahoma plains. Money- to Warren- has always been about much more than dollar bills. It's been shorthand for security- acceptance- and family stability. […]

Sasha Pasulka: "So I want to say this to anyone who is listening: This is not okay with me. A man hitting a woman in anger is unacceptable and is not easily forgotten or forgiven. A man who hits a woman in anger deserves to be reported to the authorities and prosecuted to the fullest […]

Give them all the rope they need to hang themselves: GOP Ups The Ante- Introduces Legislation To Allow Any Employer To Deny Any Preventive Health Service Earlier today- in response to criticism from Catholic groups- the White House altered its regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide no-cost contraception coverage as part of their health […]

You should know Glenda Watson Hyatt: here's her latest post on streamlining her work day http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2012/the-4-hour-work-day-a-work-in-progress-but-looks-promising/ The 4-Hour Work Day: A Work in Progress But Looks Promising (Photo credit: Darrell Hyatt) Feeling drained- tired- unmotivated for months – no amount of dark chocolate or extra large mochas helped for long – led me to implement […]

Scrape- scrape- scrape. Oh look there's more at the bottom of the barrel: Mississippi Rep. Wants The Gulf Of Mexico Renamed The 'Gulf Of America' A lawmaker in Mississippi is pushing to change the name of "the body of water located directly south" of the state- the Gulf of Mexico- to the "Gulf of America."