Posts under ‘Global Concerns’

**11:45AM – Uh ooops, I forgot to add my disclaimer: I love men so this isn’t about male bashing it’s about the harsh reality of women’s lives the world over. Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt, anonymous. 
Last night, after 60 Minutes, dateline/MSNBC ran a special re: young Cambodian girls 8-10 years old being [...]

But think what you want…invest where ever you think you should…he’s a fat cat and living happily in Singapore, and I’m more envious of that than any amount of money he controls.
He was on Bloomberg channel last night but I didn’t catch that, but I did find this March 08 video on youtube…
How much do I [...]

I’ve got a few other names for you later this week but let’s start with Peter.
Yes, we’re on a first name basis, anyone this smart gets to be my friend whether they want to or not : ) plus he’s living in my home state of Connecticut. His company is in Darien, CT, a gorgie [...]

Last Thursday I received a Burberry look-alike scarf in the mail. I had to look at the package again to make sure it was addressed to me, I didn’t order it. It came from www.care.org and I thought, hmmm, I send money regularly to this charity in the hopes that the cash will be used [...]

Oh my, there are so many topics to write about, it’s about deciding which one feels somewhat inspirational to me at the moment I choose to sit and write that matters…
Tonight I scanned the ‘latest headlines’ and you know, hmmm there wasn’t anything about medical ‘breakthroughs’ or scientific discoveries of value to us all, nope, [...]

…and it’s about friggin’ time, although apparently it’s a call they make on an annual basis…in case you missed the article on BBC news, here’s the link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7747601.stm
So, on this day, this week, Thanksgiving week, I am thankful to be born a Western woman, and one who would never put up with any abuse. That’s [...]

And an excerpt from the above titled article:
‘…Gohar-taaj Ahadi is the head of the Women and Children’s Justice Commission, which has been set up to look at ways of educating women about their rights and supporting them in court.
“The judiciary system all over Afghanistan tends to side more with men than women,” she told [...]

Listen, my life has been just a titch complicated lately, but no worries, I always remember these two things: ‘this too shall pass’ and ‘that which doesn’t kill you will make you stronger’
: ) – I smile at the latter one bc well, there have been moments when I have said out loud [...]

**response to comments at end, as usual : )
It’s pretty amusing to me when someone of another culture, a ballsy person of another culture, looks at me warily and says, ‘Are you American??’ This happened regularly in Singapore and it still happens here…not sure what’s up with that…
My internal ‘Lilly red alert’ sends out the [...]

OK, please don’t ask for more info than the above title, can’t tell you or I’d have to kill you. Hmm, in turn he’d probably have to kill me. I’m not sure I’m ready to die just yet, so…read on…and please heed the ‘Smoking Man’ advice. Great and appropriate nickname – thank you for the [...]