When I heard that my husband’s fourteen-year-old grandson had landed a part-time job working at Kernels I was suddenly filled with so much pride in him. Apart from being a good student and an active participant in Marc and Craig Kielburger’s Me to We children’s charity program, he’s now a working man. I’m of the opinion that early work for young people is a good…
Multi-tasking is not the best use of time: an encore
Science is now confirming what we’ve long suspected, that multi-tasking is not only an overrated virtue but can in fact be counter-productive. Women, in particular, have been brainwashed to think we should be able to juggle work, home, community and social activity balls simultaneously and efficiently without dropping a single one in order to be deemed successful mothers, wives and human beings. Well, it’s…
Well-heeled means not wearing Manolo Blahniks
Pearl Bailey once said, “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor and honey, rich is better.” I know I’ve certainly been poor at times in my life and it was not fun. Not having money can mean living a simple, happy, uncomplicated life but in today’s world it more often means worrying about not having enough to pay our bills, how to save for a…
Support is growing for truth in advertising
Another women’s fashion business has aligned itself with a growing list of companies pledging to not drastically alter images of their models in print and website advertising. On-line retailer ModCloth, based in San Francisco has promised to not “materially change the way a person looks” other than for such things as to erase flyaways in a hairdo or correct bad lighting. No longer will their…
It is written, therefore it is . . . retained
Albert Einstein was once asked a simple question for which he did not have the answer. The world-renowned genius’ response was, “I don’t clutter my head with things that can be found in a book.”. I knew there was a reason that story has stayed with me. And I certainly don’t clutter my head with anything I can do without. The journal Psychological Science reports…
Grasping at skinny straws for solutions
Boomer broads are never at a loss for excuses about we’re always a few (or more) pounds overweight: I’m big-boned; it’s hereditary; it’s my thyroid; I don’t have time to exercise, or simply, I just love cookies and ice-cream. Well, my dears, your Boomerbroadcaster has come through with the definitive word on why it’s not our fault. It all has to do with city planning….