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An upgrade for the classic toilet! Sweet! And it saves water and encourages more hand washing?
You know I’m all about this! Anything to get the masses to wash their hands after wiping their asses!
Two Great Documentaries with one Severely Important Message:
Where does our food come from?
The first, “King Corn” centers around two guys who rent an acre of land in Iowa to grow corn and to follow where it goes once if leaves their little acre. They soon find out that there is a lot more to being a corn farmer than they realized. Specifically, government subsidies. In the end they lost money on their crop, but with the government subsidy were able to break even (or close to it).
I was personally surprised to find out that most of the corn grown in the USA is not immediately edible and in fact tastes terrible! It goes from fresh off the farm to what seems to be an endless journey into food processing. What I took from this movie is that corn is everything in this country. It’s in everything we eat, everything we buy and use and it controls so much of the economy and marketplace that it will make you step back and think about your own choices as a consumer. The other startling thing I learned from the film was about cows and feed lots. Holy crap! Look, I’m no naive ninny, but weren’t we always told that corn fed cows were healthier or something? Well, it’s all lies! They talk to farmers and experts and it turns out cows were never meant to eat corn. They were meant to only eat grass. DUH! So what you get are very ill cows that grow so fast (to get to market/slaughter faster) on such a poor diet that they can’t even walk by the time they are “ready” to be sold for slaughter. *barfs* Luckily in this doc, you’re spared the more gruesome images that this brings to mind.
“Food Inc.” follows these same lines about food overall and where it comes from. But it also gives a lot more facts and statistics that will leave you in a state of shock and awe! If you’re not rethinking your own diet let alone our entire country’s then you may need to check your pulse! This doc seems to focus a lot more on the animals in our giant food industry and how they are treated and the industry’s demands on farmers. What we see in the grocery store with names and images referencing old family farms are once again, ALL LIES!!!
It also points out the incredible power each and every one of us holds when it comes to our buying choices. Every meal, every dollar and every change are ruled by us, the consumer! It became clear to me when reps from Walmart explained the reasoning behind Walmart going Organic, the customer wants it! WOW! A giant company listening to it’s customers? Yep! They have no choice after all. If you know what you want and they don’t have it you’ll simply go elsewhere and they get it!
I highly recommend both of these films (and the order in which I present them to you) to everyone in the world! I feel that we as a nation have been kept in the dark about where our food comes from and what is and isn’t “healthy.” We turn a blind eye to things like the biggest slaughter house in the world and their labor practices. Our government subsidizes these companies to gain control over a global market. Even if this is no surprise to you, I ask that you still give these a shot. Especially, “Food Inc.” because it really does give facts that I hadn’t seen or heard before. When it comes to obesity, diabetes and everything in between and surrounding what we eat, I think that it is our responsibility to learn as much as we can and make more conscious decisions in our daily lives.
You can watch both Streaming on Netflix’s “watch instantly” section. And please, spread the word!!!
Because I’m feeling oh so BoHo (and not Loco!) I happened across an Outfit Of The Day on LJ’s (www.livejournal.com) Fathionista community and the gal got her dress on there. So I looked it up and Whoa! I WANT IT ALL!
One fabulous feature of the site is that you can shop by size! Makes digging through all the goods much faster/easier. Also, yay for multiple size charts! For once someone’s admitted that different brands use different sizing. Duh!
Here’s what I’m lusting after (wish I had some moolah to buy ONE of these fine dresses):
1.) Quirky Casual Dress by Blue Plate $49.00 http://www.alight.com/10112814.html
2.) Color Queen Dress by Blue Plate $49.00 http://www.alight.com/10112813.html
3.)Black Licorice Dress by Blue Plate $62.00 http://www.alight.com/10112858.html
4.) Fine Wine Dress by Blue Plate $59.00 http://www.alight.com/10112847.html
5.) Ocean Waves Dress regular: $49.00 sale: $39.99 save 18% http://www.alight.com/10112836.html
6.) Brooklyn Bandana Dress by Blue Plate $48.00 http://www.alight.com/10112572.html
7.) Global Studies Dress by Blue Plate $48.00 http://www.alight.com/10112833.html
8.) Coming Of Age Top by Blue Plate $42.00 http://www.alight.com/10112790.html
I know the prices are good, but I’m the bargain huntress! I can’t pay retail for clothes! (Nor can I afford to!) I do love that last top, oh so much! *sigh* Which is your fave darlings? How are you feeling? A little country/rock ‘n roll? Ha!
Ah Mother’s Day! Another card & flowers made-up holiday. Another chunk of time where jewelry companies spend a lot on marketing the concept that your love for your mother should be apparent to anyone inspecting her new piece of expensive (but probably cheaply made) jewelry. Yep! That’s just how we do things here in the USA. (BARF!)
Look, I’m all for showing the ones I love how I feel, but this whole thing about Mother’s Day is pretty silly to me. It leaves out so many of us who don’t have a mother in our lives. Be it from loss, abandonment, estrangement or another circumstance, not everyone fits into the classic family model. And thank the stars for THAT! Whew! Ha-ha!
I’m not so bitter, though. Every year I make sure my husband sends his mama something fabulously special (and hopefully on-time). I used to get my dad something on M’s Day, but it’s been a long time. And even Father’s day gifts have waned on my behalf (long story). I guess my point in all of this is that it shouldn’t just be Mother’s Day. I mean, I don’t have a child, but I sure as hell take care of people and “babies” (in my world all animals are babies). Yet there’s no Pet Parent Day!
What’s a motherless person to do? Repeat after me: “FUCK IT!” Who cares?! There is no moral obligation to do anything. Oh sure, societal pressure. “FUCK IT!” There is no law that says I/we must celebrate any holiday, let alone one that simply doesn’t apply to us. I don’t celebrate religious holidays because I’m not religious. I don’t need to buy anything for anyone if I don’t want to. I think it’s awesome that there are mothers, period.
I used to know a gal that was childless by choice, but every Mother’s Day she’d send cards out to all her friends that were. Sweet gesture, but unnecessary. Why not just celebrate International Women’s Day? Never heard of it? Hmm…then you missed it because it was March 8th! Somehow it’s so important to celebrate mothers with feverish retail abandon, but not all women? Huh.Okay, fine. “FUCK IT!”
http://internationalwomensday.com/
© 2014 Sarah Redman
