Be a diamond
January 4, 2007 | No comments yet
You’ve probably heard it before: A diamond is a chunk of coal that stood up under pressure. If you feel like a chunk of coal, well, there’s hope. You have the makings of a diamond!
Tag: change
Your destiny?
October 5, 2006 | 2 comments
Can you relate to this quote that came across my screen yesterday? (With no author to credit) “The more precisely you plan the harder destiny hits you.” I can think of times in my life when I had every little
Too thin models
September 21, 2006 | 2 comments
“Thin is not in—at least in Madrid,” AP reports. Fashion models with a BMI of less than 18 were turned away from Madrid’s Fashion Week show recently because they were unhealthy and promoting an image that young girls try to
Drug ads sell disease
August 29, 2006 | No comments yet
Check out an insightful csmonitor.com article on how drug ads sell sickness to promote their products. The article reports that in the effort of pharmaceutical companies to create new disease markets, they’re frightening people into taking more prescriptions than they
Testing the depth
July 10, 2006 | No comments yet
“Never test the depth of water with both feet.” The above proverb caught my attention on a reader board I saw in Spokane, Washington, this weekend. If wondering how deep a pond is, you don’t jump in with both feet