What would you do?

Parade magazine recently asked their readers to answer a series of questions as insight into the readers' morals. The results, in some instances, were surprising - I can't believe 67% of those who took the survey would not lie about their age and 66% would tell a friend his or her spouse is cheating - I think they got the yays & nays backwards!!!



Some more involved and potentially controversial ethical dilemmas here - what would you do?



You can also take the Harvard Moral Sense Test if you'd like.

Nat'l Women's History Month

We are women, hear us roar! It's National Women's History Month - a time to celebrate the wide range of contributions and achievements made by women that have been overlooked in many U.S. history classes.



The National Women's History Project, founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization. Their mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.



You can help give the National Women's History Museum a permanent home; and, let us not forget about TITLE IX which is also known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, named for the late Congresswoman who wrote the law. She did so an outgrowth of adversities she faced in obtaining her college degrees at the University of Hawaii, University of Nebraska and University of Chicago.



If you've ever used a windshield wiper, cordless phone, dishwasher, Liquid Paper, automatic drip coffee maker, sports bra, Spanx, disposable diapers, electric hot water heater, scotchguard, circular saw, or a Roomba, you can thank a woman for inventing it!



Author Ethlie Ann Vare has written two books on the subject: Patently Female and Mothers of Invention: From the Bra to the Bomb: Forgotten Women and Their Unforgettable Ideas.



Ms. Vare is working with Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry on an interactive exhibit on women inventors and it could happen this year!





Why are so many women mystery Inventors?


We'll probably never know how many women inventors there were. That's because in the early years of the United States, a woman could not get a patent in her own name. A patent is considered a kind of property, and until the late 1800s laws forbade women in most states from owning property or entering into legal agreements in their own names. Instead, a woman's property would be in the name of her father or husband.
For example, many people believe that Sybilla Masters was the first American woman inventor. In 1712 she developed a new corn mill, but was denied a patent because she was a woman. Three years later the patent was filed successfully in her husband's name.

Buy NYC tap water

Willing to spend $1.50 a bottle for New York City tap water? You can buy Tap'd NY by the case - now if I could somehow get a John's Pizza to arrive fully intact...

A few of the germiest things

There are two types of people: Germaphobes, and everybody else. That being said, there are a few items even us non-germ freaks should pay heed to and perhaps use a bit more caution when handling... or not.

Another item that can get quite nasty is the bottom of your purse, to the point of making you sick.

But wait, there's more ick! You cell phone, gone uncleaned, can have more germs on it than a terlit seat! If your not 'hands free', and you wonder why you keep having minor break outs around the mouth, cheek, and chin area, clean your phone!!!





Ya know, I clean and disinfect things to a certain degree, but I've been known to grab grocery cart handles bare-handed and don't always use paper towels to open bathroom doors; I'm not trying to gross the germaphobes out, but I wanted to point out that I'm rarely ever sick. I've had a cold once in the past 8 years. Meanwhile, many of my friends who have a Purell IV, disinfect everything all the time, and open public doors with their elbows, seem to catch every cold that blows by; just a little bacteria for thought.

Upcoming Job Fairs

Here's a list of upcoming job fairs:

Miami Dade College North Campus Job Fair
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
5:00pm - 7:30pm
11380 NW 27 AvenueMiami, FL 33167-3418

Miami Dade College North Campus Job Fair
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
9:00am - 12:00noon
11380 NW 27 Avenue
Miami, FL 33167 - 3418

Keiser University - Fort Lauderdale Campus Career Fair
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
10:30am - 1:30pm
1500 NW 49 Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

Workforce One South
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
10:00am - 1:00pm
7550 Davie Road Extension
Hollywood, FL 33024

Barry University Social Services, Non-Profit, & Government Career Fair
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
2:00pm - 4:00pm
11300 NE 2 Avenue
Miami Shores, FL 33161-6695

St. Thomas University Spring Career Fair
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
11:00am - 2:00pm
Evelyn & George Goldbloom Convocation Hall
16401 NW 37 Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33054

Nova Southeastern University Spring 2009 Career
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
2:00pm - 6:00pm
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796

Lynn University Sping Career Fair
Wednsday, March 25, 2009
10:00am - 3:00pm
3601 N. Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33431

Johnson & Wales University Spring Career Conference
Thursday, March 26, 2009
11:00am - 2:00pm
North Miami Campus
1701 NE 127 Street
North Miami, FL 33181

Florida Atlantic University - Davie Campus Career & Internship Fair
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
10:00am - 3:00pm
2912 College Avenue
Davie, FL 33314

Cult of Snuggie-ality part two

So Bryan Shine and his lovely lady gave me the gift of a Snuggie. I'm sure they gifted me the blanket with sleeves because they're very nice people, but more likely the reason was my skepticism of the functionality of the Snuggie. I questioned its stay-up-ablity, that is, staying up around the shoulders; a snuggie is not unlike wearing a robe backwards. Bryan told me it worked, and to prove it, bought me a Snuggie of my very own.

So far, so good! Relaxing couch-side, yes; jumping jacks, no.

Millions of these things have been sold and they are on backorder a good portion of the time (Bryan said that was the case with mine).

My original Snuggie post has a link to videos a.k.a The Cult of Snuggie!