Where all the technical assistance folks we talk to on our service calls will be shopping:
Apparently social movements in India are protesting this. . . but the Beast is relentless. . . and just found a “huge market” to expand in.
We hope! See the article America’s Election: Daddy’s swagger vs. Mommy’s Care for analysis of what Ruth Rosen hopes is a change in political tenor from macho swagger to real family values. I don’t like her framing of it as Daddy vs. Mommy (since men can be caring and women macho too) but overall she hopefully is right about the shifting political tides. . .
Just not the stuff I had hoped to get done! Spent 3 hours today looking over templates to change the look of my blog when I was supposed to be working on a grant proposal and other work due this week. . . Its funny how interesting other tasks become when you have really pressing things to do! This seems to be the story of my life this semester.
So, who knows if this darn proposal will go out on Wednesday like it is supposed to. . . but, wow, I looked at every single one of the 64 pages of templates available on WordPress.
PS: This isn’t the look I’ve settled on but it will do for now. . .
Not the movie (it sucked) but the book?
In any case, there’s a character in it who is a kleptomaniac who has been stealing thousands of objects for years– it seemed a little ridiculous to me when I read it (even though I liked the book), but this story of a Japanese man who stole thousands of school-girls’ sneakers makes me realize there really are folks out there who do these things! Follow the links from this link to the news story.