Buy Dove

Do you use soap? Do you want girls to grow up feeling confident, proud and valued?

Of course you do.

Well, Dove has got a deal for you.

When you buy Dove products, $1 of your purchase is donated to Girls Inc. (my employer) and two other national organizations dedicated to building girls' self-esteem. (Just don't forget to enter your UPC code on the web site.) They'll donate up to $500,000! Donations are limited to 1 per household, so tell everyone you know, until 12/15/09.

It's a win-win. You get clean, and girls get great support. It's all part of Dove's "Thank You For Making a Difference" campaign.

If you still aren't convinced, enjoy the Super Bowl commercial Dove ran in 2006:

Yes He Can...

Newsweek's latest cover features Obama, shouting "Yes He Can" in big, bold letters. Then a small parenthetical: (But He Sure Hasn't Yet.) Anna Quindlen penned the cover story and opens with the best lead I've ever read in print:

"From time to time the American people participate in a mass delusion about how their government works. Such a delusion took place exactly a year ago, when a 47-year-old African-American who had once been accorded little chance of prevailing was elected president of the United States."

She goes on to explain the burden for Obama to bring about big change in "a nation built on revolution, then engineered so the revolutionary can rarely take hold."

The article definitely worth a read, no matter which side of the aisle you yell from.

Inspirational Pumpkin

Inspiration:


My 2009 Jack o' Lantern creation:

It almost made too much sense - a skeleton, made in Oregon, a symbol of a great libation.

Let it light up the night with it's greatness... until some punk kid kicks it in.

A Case of Stolen Identity

Here's an intriguing article from the New York Times about how artifacts are used as political pawns. If you've ever been to a museum full of artifacts from colonial conquests, or considered the life of art beyond the surface, you might find it engaging.

It reminds me of the J-Term when I saw the friezes and sculptures from the Greek Parthenon installed in the British Museum in London, and then 2 weeks later saw where those friezes and sculptures should have been at the actual Parthenon in Athens.


Does "to the victor goes the spoils" have a statute of limitations?

10 Reasons My Day Was Awesome

1) Our manager gave us the morning off for an "independent self-care contest."

2) I slept in without guilt (see 1.)
3) Thai leftovers. Mmmm.
4) I treated myself to a Peet's Pumpkin Spice latte.
5) I had a chat with my BFF Tyler, who is now very pregnant. Hey, little Noah, to come out and meet the world!

6) We had an enthusiastic and helpful volunteer at school today.
7) My girls were great today and rocked the Thriller dance rehearsal. (And one of the girls whose been difficult lately thanked me at closing circle for a really fun day.)
8) I had an awesome work-out, while listening to a Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me podcast.
9) I'm going to a party with Aaron tonight.
10) It's Friday and I have a fun-filled weekend ahead of me!

As Good As It Gets

Sorry for no fun updates. I've been super busy turning 25, enjoying the changing seasons, and taking care of business.

Work is good, life is good, love is good.

But really, I do. This week's hardest tasks are preparing the supplies to make paper from recycled scraps, and learning the Thriller dance. Rough life.