Lawyer Catches Facebook Cheaters
Yesterday was “Quit Facebook Day.” People pledged to quit Facebook due to concerns about their privacy. In recent weeks there have been many concerns raised regarding Facebook’s privacy policies, but one group of people who benefit from the openness of peoples’ online information is divorce lawyers, as reported by CNN: “Facebook is a great source […] Read More >
Apple Says No to Porn, Kinda
Pornography is a multibillion dollar industry, but you won’t find it on your iphone, at least not officially. Several sites, include Techland.com (a subsidiary of Time) reported a series of emails between Apple CEO Steve Jobs and one unsatisfied customer, Ryan Tate. In the emails Tate asks Jobs what he think Bob Dylan (a hero […] Read More >
Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun
Secrets secrets are no fun. Secrets secrets hurt someone. Everyone has secrets. I don’t care who you are; you have one, possibly two. But who are you keeping your secrets from? In a recent interview, well-known and beloved children’s author Robert Munsch shared a secret with the world. Munsch’s books like The Paper Bag Princess […] Read More >
Looking for Solid Ground
We’ve all had moments when we’ve wished the ground would open up and swallow us. For one family in Quebec that’s exactly what happened. According to reports on CNN.com a 500 yard sinkhole opened up threatening five homes in the town of Saint-Jude. One home was sucked into the hole and a family of five […] Read More >
Happiness = £42,000?
“What’s the price of happiness? For an average Briton, it’s a home worth 500,000 pounds and an annual salary of 42,000 pounds, a new study has revealed.” (rediff.com Business) For some perspective, the Global Rich List website tells us that a person earning £42,000 per year (approximately $62,500US) is in the top 1% richest people […] Read More >
Crying Out for Help
People are generally encouraged, and expected, to be strong. Driven to succeed by cultural pressure (and even family pressure) the means to become a success is understood to become strong. And being strong sometimes leaves little room for needing help. According to stats from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, women cry approximately 5.3 per month, which […] Read More >
Easter is a Restoration
When you think of Easter do you think of bunnies and eggs? Chicks and baskets? Possibly a cross or a church or spring dresses? I think of hundred year old houses. It’s a little random, I know, but at the heart of it, Easter is all about restoration. You don’t have to look far to […] Read More >
Attainable Goals DO Exist
New Year’s Resolutions used to be my enemies. Why is it that we as humans even have this tradition in place? It inevitably results in failure for me almost every year. Except for this one. This year, I have actually attained the goal that I resolved to attain. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles! My […] Read More >
Time to Change: I’ll Go First
I used to work with a very wise woman named June. June had seen a lot of life and I loved listening to her stories. One thing that stuck with me the most had to do with change. She said quite simply “Don’t try to change other people. The only person I can change is […] Read More >
Disabled, Not Broken
From a distance, “disabled” always seemed like an innocuous word. It was simply an adjective that described a set of physical circumstances. It’s a word I’ve often used, never aware of its power. But when a friend used that word to describe someone that I love I had a startling realization. Up close, “disabled” sounds […] Read More >
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