Archive for April, 2008

Links: Recession Edition

By Michelle at 28 April, 2008, 7:07 pm

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It seems as though people are writing more an more about the pending recession each day. It’s not without reason: The Dow is tanking today, people around the world are rioting for food, gas is around $4 where I live, it hurts to buy basic groceries, the unemployment rate is inching up, and McDonald’s [...]

Best Fitness Blogs

By Michelle at 25 April, 2008, 8:50 pm

What’s great about the internet, is that you can really expose yourself for the world to see. Because of this, setting goals for yourself (like dropping a few or finishing your first 10k) is a great thing to do in blog form, since it keeps you accountable to others and yourself. Some of the bloggers [...]

A little too fierce

By Michelle at 25 April, 2008, 7:56 pm

Here’s a reason to stop running your mouth during Top Model: a gaggle of women got together at a friend’s apartment in Seattle to watch America’s Next Top Model. An argument broke out because one of the women could not keep her mouth shut…so she was stabbed. Fortunately, she should be alive to watch [...]

McCain: More education, less equality

By Michelle at 25 April, 2008, 2:30 pm

While the Senate was deciding on a bill to ensure equal pay for women, Republican presidential nominee John McCain stayed on the campaign trail. While he wasn’t able to vote, he asserted his thoughts on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act:
“I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of [...]

Danica Patrick wants to be known for her driving, dammit

By Michelle at 21 April, 2008, 3:16 am

You know, when I first heard about Danica Patrick, I thought she was going to be an awesome bastion of equality in sports and male-dominated fields such as NASCAR racing and stuff… until this exchange in Newsweek in 2006…

CD Review: Kylie Minogue’s X

By Michelle at 21 April, 2008, 12:37 am

Back in the day as a Kindergartner, I was obsessed with doing the “Locomotion.” Then 15 years or so later, I couldn’t get her next U.S. hit, “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” …well, out of my head. The dance track summed up a of the feelings I had for a special someone, though [...]