Brother, Can You Spare A Kotex?

This is something I take for granted and can't even imagine living without. It also proves what a man's world it is, especially in Zimbabwe. If men got their periods, women could take over governments across the world in non-violent coups in less than one lunar month.

Zimbabwe in sanitary towels plea

Women trade unionists in Zimbabwe have appealed for international funds to make sanitary towels available at an affordable price.

South African towels are available at black market prices, but one month's supplies can easily cost half a month's wages - much more if a woman has teenaged daughters at home, who also need them.

"One MP within the parliament did raise the issue of the sanitary towels," she told the BBC.

"But society finds it taboo to talk about it, so to them it was just a joke, because everyone laughed when they talked about it.

"And I remember one minister said we should go back to history: somebody's telling us now we should go back and use hides."

But Ms Khumalo says women are now reduced to using rags and old newspapers, which are uncomfortable and unpleasant and increase the risk of infections.

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This was not a sophisticated ruse to lose all male readers of my blog ;). I swear. I didn't even bring up tampons, so there.

Husband's Day

Indians are celebrating husband's day. Honestly, this must have been thought up by a man!



"In India it is the eve of Karvachauth, Husband's Day. As well as painting their hands with henna, married women fast and offer prayers for their husbands."

I'm trying to see it in a good light, but it sounds really lame. I will take this back if there is a corollary day called Wives Day. Instead of starving, men should have to clean and do laundry. Then they need to reinact the Kenny Rogers' song "Buy Me a Rose":

Buy me a rose, call me from work
Open a door for me, what would it hurt
Show me you love me by the look in your eyes

Uh oh, mean time between quoting country lyrics is falling.

Governor Suggests Putting SSN on Forearm?

here she comes, originally uploaded by tromasbronot.

If the floodwaters don't get ya, the identity thieves will. I guess that wasn't his most pressing worry.

Here's Some Blogorrhea For Ya

Just saw the term "blogorrhea" in Time magazine. According to the UrbanDictionary it means:

To write a blog entry just for the sake of posting an entry, not because you have anything interesting today.

Used in a sentence:

I couldn't really think of anthing good to blog about, so my last post was real blogorrhea.

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Rainy, originally uploaded by baglady.

If I remember the song right, the next part is about going to bed, I think. Or maybe it's about big feet?

Use The Dolls To Explain How They Touched You...

Here is a disturbing playset!

The Airline Screening Playset: Hours of Fun!

The Only Mistake Is To Do Nothing: Procrastination

Good article on Kiplinger's site via Slackermanager:

Career Advice: Just do it

I once asked a group of top executives how many of them consider themselves to be serious procrastinators. Just 25% raised a hand. But when I put that question to groups of unemployed job seekers, 80% of the hands went up. That's consistent with what I've found in my 18 years as a career coach: Too often, procrastination can kill a career.

Many people learn procrastination in school. They wait until the last minute to write a paper or to study for a test, but, thanks to grade inflation, they still end up with a decent grade. That gets them by until they land in higher-level jobs, where there's no such thing as grade inflation to bail them out of their bad habits.

Some people procrastinate to avoid failure.