Issues

Guest Post: Dealing With Teen Depression

I have mentioned before that my company works on health education projects. I am very proud to have a guest post from one of my colleagues whose research focuses on physical activity interventions and how they can be used to treat depression. She is currently…

I Am Sick of Stormy-Weather Friends

You have heard of fair-weather friends, right? Where they only hang around when times are good? Well, I have noticed something lately - and I am not sure if it's the result of reality show programming, or ADD, or the George Bush presidency, or *what*…

I Forgive Me Too.

Do you know GraceD? I have always loved her Twitter name because if you make the "D" lower case it's "graced."Have you seen her Community Keynote presentation from BlogHer this year? Prepare to be emotionally humbled.As for me, I was more like emotionally staggered.The tears…

Manners and Jason Mraz

There have been a flurry of posts about manners lately, what with people yelling at the president and tennis judges and little country-pop singers and all, but I witnessed such an egregious abuse of manners a few weeks ago, I couldn't let it go without…

PETA has lost their ever-lovin’ minds.

When the guys at work forwarded this news article around, I thought it was a joke. I thought it was The Onion. Then I thought PETA was high on mice formaldehyde.Seriously? PETA is MAD at the president for swatting a FLY? I am ALL about…

Theology By Mail

Folding clothes last night...Declan: "I respect my clothes. My clothes are awesome."Aimee: "Um, that's good."Declan: "No, really. I respect my clothes. I respect God, and he respects clothes, so I respect them too."[OK. Hold up. Those of you who know us, know we are agnostic…