still working on it

hectic week so far, so not much time to make headway on a lot of the changes i have in mind. i've been messing with the sidebar widgety things a bit, and hopping thru themes lately, but that's about it. I've had a pretty rough time sticking to my "planned schedule" this week so far, but hopefully the rest of the week will be better (excepting, of course, tomorrow night and Friday night, which are consumed by extra-curriculars). oh well! i HAVE managed to get some "fun" reading in, which has been great!

revamping

so, i'm in the process of revamping a lot of things, including, possibly moving to a new blog and style in order to refocus. my life has gotten away from me lately and i'm seeking to get organized and get things in order! more to come soon!

peanut butter recall

here is a widget from the FDA to check:

an alternative perspective...

i saw this today on indexed, and i thought it was a cute tongue-in-cheek* follow up to heath's thoughtful post about valentine's day yesterday.

*note: not to be taken seriously. i agree with heath's points on his post. :)

profit!

a still from the south park episode that inspired me to pursue my mba...


i was reminded of the episode because it was referenced in a consumerist post today citing some shadiness in target's "sale" policies... see the image below...

another thinker

from freakonomics. this one is about people reducing their human interactions. it's focused on whether there are times/situations in which paying a premium to avoid interaction/relationship is preferred or useful. pretty interesting read.

indeed!

this post from the freakonomics blog pretty well sums up my feelings about the housing bailout stuff. heath and i have chatted a bit about this and why we are particularly frustrated by the bailouts. we are paying for other people's/corporation's poor choices. this is especially frustrating because we're not homeowners. we're not homeowners specifically because we didn't want to purchase a place beyond our means. so, despite making the financially prudent choice to wait until we had more money (or lived in a more affordable locale) before buying a home, we are still paying the price for those less responsible. my sympathies if any of you who read this are in trouble because your home has lost value or your ARM is exploding your housing payments. i certainly don't want anybody to lose their home. i do think, however, that it's unfair for me to be expected to help pay for it when the loss is due to improper lending practices and/or irresponsibility/lack of accountability on the part of the borrowers.