Word about today's horrific shooting in Connecticutt spead quickly amongst the parents and teachers in my daughter's preschool class as we came to pick up our children today. Everyone hugged their kids harder than usual, tried not to cry and faked smiles for the children. Moms mumbled about home schooling and avoiding movie theaters and malls. A ( Read more... )

It sucks a lot when you see someone you care about self-destructing and you realize there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

My uncle has $6 in the whole world. He's unemployed. He's suicidal. He's cut himself off from everyone other than my mother (his sister), who lives 3,500 miles away. He's too proud to ask for help and he's combative ( Read more... )

Why is it a pain in the ass to arrange to donate cord blood? For srs, guys. It looks like I'm going to have to have my baby's cord blood shipped to Florida... FROM OREGON... if I don't want it to go to waste (assuming my doctor - whichever one out of three dozen is on call at the time - will actually do the cord blood recovery). I personally find ( Read more... )

To say that LJ/6A has botched their image with their customer base is, at this point, rather like calling the Grand Canyon a hole in the ground. If they have a trained employee devoted to public relations, they should seriously reconsider this person’s position with the company. That said, I doubt they do. The very smartest move LJ/6A could make ( Read more... )