I just read this crazy article on CNN.com about how all our medicines are in the public water supply. I guess we pee them out and then drink them again. Could this explain the increase in infertility and even precocious puberty? Inadvertant drinking of birth control and hormone treatments? And while researchers do not yet understand the exact risks from decades of persistent exposure to random combinations of low levels of pharmaceuticals, recent studies — which have gone virtually unnoticed by the general public — have found alarming effects on human cells and wildlife, states the article.The federal government doesn’t require any testing and hasn’t …read more

I can’t help but feel such sorrow for Anna Nicole Smith, who died this afternoon.
After living a life filled with enough (some would say) lurid material that even Hollywood couldn’t make it up, I wonder if the world will be able to muster a modicum of respect and sensitivity.
Judging from this CNN.com headline, I’m skeptical: “Smith: From Topless Dancer To Tabloid Star”.
In a way, her death reminds me of my own mother’s passing…alone, broken-hearted, with no true identity.
I truly hope her new-born daughter will be taken care of and will grow up to know something enlightening about her mother — …read more

Consider these key paragraphs in Fortune Magazine’s infamous — The 100 Best Companies To Work For Issue:
At Google it always comes back to the food. Google runs 11 free gourmet cafeterias at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, and offers all its employees free gourmet meals.
In addition to its cafés, Google has snack rooms which contain various cereals, candy, nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks, and dozens of different drinks including soda and make-your-own cappuccino.

Aside from the food, (big woop sauteed Sea Bass) consider some of Google’s now epic perks:

Unlimited sick days
Five on-sight doctors (free)
TGIF Parties
Scooters
$ 5,000 …read more

This post is not a social or political entry, as it relates to today’s immigration rallies. It is merely an observation.
It is interesting to me how a national event is mirrored in small towns. I work from my home each day, and on a typical spring morning, I usually endure the buzz of lawn mowers and hedge trimmers used by local landscape companies throughout the town. A good majority of the workers who tend to our lawns are from Mexico.
Today, it is dead silent. No mowers, no leaf blowers…it’s simply a quiet, glorious May day. Interesting juxtaposition, if …read more