And of course, as today is the 8th of March, I do want to take a moment out of the regularly scheduled ramblings to wish everyone a Happy International Women's Day!

I'm so blessed to have so many amazing women in my life, from my great-grandmother to my new sister in law; from my childhood friend adrian_ilo and her mother to my "roomie" wyvernmoon and other ( Read more... )

I was browsing around The Times website (as you do when you are avoiding reading Tort cases) and was shocked and intrigued by a portion of their website entitled "Alpha Mummy" I had to click, so I did and found a cross between a blog and a "human interest" piece of journalism about how hard it is to have a career while being a good mum. (In other ( Read more... )

This is shameful.

Smithsonian officials estimate that it will take a total of $2.3 billion over the next nine years to solve the most pressing problems. The Board of Regents, the institution's governing body, has considered charging entrance fees to compensate for the budget shortfall. Since it was established in 1846, the Smithsonian has never ( Read more... )