Mum sent me another part of her story for Breast Cancer Awareness month. It’s about something that I had not heard about and I’m sure many people are not aware of the ongoing problems cancer and surgery can cause. Mum writes: Since writing My Story, there has been an interesting development. My hubby and I […]
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Today is Pink Ribbon Day!
Pink Ribbon Day Wow! So here it is, Pink Ribbon Day… and I’m sitting at home doing assignments so I won’t see anyone selling ribbons or badges or anything else. Obviously there’s opportunity to donate at their site, and they have t-shirts available for purchase too! They don’t have any dandelion ones left in my […]
Anonymity + Audience = Stumbled?
There’s a lot of talk recently about StumbleUpon, among other social bookmarking sites, and how it’s a good way to discover new things that interest you as well as driving traffic to your site. Not yet a believer I still remain somewhat sceptical of StumbleUpon. Perhaps it’s because I don’t really want to spend hours […]
Inbox Zero
I watched/listened to a Google Tech Talk by Merlin Mann today, Inbox Zero. It was great! I had started thinking, “Do I really need to be keeping all these comments on my computer?” I’ve been staring at Mail, which now has the threaded emails feature enabled (I was so stoked when I discovered it, or […]
Cancer is what now?
I overheard a woman on the train say “I don’t miss my hair, I don’t feel bad about going bald because it means that the treatment I’m having is working.” It’s nice that she doesn’t feel bad about herself, but it made me a little sad because it’s not necessarily true. I don’t know what […]
What gets thrown in your back yard?
Do you think about what you throw away, the things you never lay eyes on again? Do you think about the things that get washed away from your sight? Much of it never really goes away. Today, October 15th, is Blog Action Day. A day for us to spread awareness abut environmental issues. This semester […]
